Anthem has landed the task of promoting ice hockey to the British
public by winning the advertising account for the London Knights, the
only London team in the UK’s eight-strong Ice Hockey Superleague.
The club, based at the London Arena, aims to promote the sport by
advertising in the specialist press and then using other media, before
finally moving on to TV.
Anthem’s first work is a print campaign which will run in specialist
publications until Christmas. The drive will begin in earnest in the new
year with a series of targeted subscription drives.
The press ads use the puck as the star, playing on its physical
similarity to a pill. The first execution runs the line, ’to be taken
twice a week’, and copy at the bottom explains that games are played at
the Arena twice weekly.
The second, ’will not cause drowsiness’, highlights the screaming that
goes on during the games and the third, ’can be taken with alcohol’,
explains that that you can have a good night out as cold beer and hot
dogs are available.
Andy Stevens, the Knights’ project manager, explained: ’The Knights are
a new brand within a new product category as far as the UK is
concerned.
We needed an agency which could understand that dynamic as well as work
alongside our public relations and design partners.’
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