UPDATE: Freeview Spoof Ad Causes Controversy; Youtube Pulls Video

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1. Tim Burrowes - Mumbrella says:

   March 8, 2009 at 3:43 pm

   I was slightly surprised that Freeview didn’t just go straight to YouTube and claim copyright violation. I expected to see the video disappear within hours.

   But it is indeed fair comment. The more suspicious-minded could almost think that the free TV networks don’t want Freeview to succeed, it’s being done so badly. (As Homer says, it’s funny because it’s true.)

   But Dan is being a tad unfair on Freeview regarding the Ford creative. They certainly are similar. But they came out very close together, and lead times being what they are, would both have been in the can before either one aired.

   Still, it’s all great PR for Dan’s show…

   Cheers,

   Tim – Mumbrella
2. matteo says:

   March 8, 2009 at 4:46 pm

   ah the media
   always first to step on free speech
3. gavin says:

   March 9, 2009 at 1:07 pm

   Well, youtube have pulled the clip now – you just get a “This video has been removed due to terms of use violation” message. So it looks like someone’s complained.
4. David Jackmanson says:

   March 9, 2009 at 2:06 pm

   I’ve Dugg this article at

   http://digg.com/television/YouTube_pulls_Aussie_Freeview_spoof_ad
5. Jason Cartwright says:

   March 10, 2009 at 11:44 am

   Hey Freeview, instead of calling your lawyers, why don’t u just admit, this ads really highlights the truth about Freeview. It’s nothing more than marketing spin on free chanels in an attempt to compete with PayTV.

   You could also address the critisisms directly with a video reply, explaining things like why we’re seeing so many chanels duplicated etc.

   Also what the hell is going on with TenHD. They’ve pretty much shut it down in the lead up to the launch of OneHD, really don’t see how they rationalisation this.

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