Amazon tries to ignite Fire with TV ad

Amazon is backing the launch of the Fire mobile phone with a TV campaign, as part of the expansion of its above-the-line activity.

Amazon: backs launch of its Fire mobile phone with TV ad campaign
Amazon: backs launch of its Fire mobile phone with TV ad campaign

The ad, created by Above & Beyond London, launched on TV this weekend and ran in ITV’s ‘The X Factor’ and ‘Downton Abbey’, in a campaign planned and bought by the Interpublic media agency Initiative.

The ad shows a woman using her Amazon Fire phone to find out information about gigs, music and cafes. The ad ends with the line, "You’ll be amazed at what Fire starts."

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Owen Harris directed the spot through Outsider. The editor was Jinx Godfrey at Marshall Street Studios.

Amazon appointed Above & Beyond London to its agency roster last month ahead of it expanding its marketing in the UK. The Amazon-owned e-reader Kindle is the headline sponsor of ‘Downton Abbey’.

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