Posts from — January 2008

You may have noticed in the past when wanted suspects pictures have been plastered on billboards around the city, but the FBI is taking that tactic to a whole new level.

In a partnership with Clear Channel Outdoor, the FBI will be using 150 digital billboards to aid in the capture of dangerous criminals. These billboards will not only be able to display fugitives, but public safety warnings or missing children alerts as well, and it can all be done in real-time. So far, these digital billboards are only in 20 major cities around the U.S. Check out the list of cities participating below. [Read more →]

Ads out of the norm

Whether we’re in the advertising field or not, I think we all enjoy critiquing the good, the bad and the ugly side of commercials we see on TV.

Dominos; gracing many countries with its presence, this Netherlands based commercial says it all; “Man hungry. Ding-dong. Pizza!”

The Dominos’ ad portrays a man- a hungry man, uhh, regurgitates the pizza delivery guy; bicycle helmet and all. Apparently this man was indeed hungry while the pizza boy was perceptibly angered and confused. Wouldn’t you be?

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