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Champions League BLACKOUT!!

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 3:34 pm
by memory man
Millions of TVs will 'TURN OFF' during Real Madrid Liverpool

THE Champions League final is tonight with Liverpool and Real Madrid set to face off in a mouth-watering match, but viewers are set for one big shock. :o


Liverpool will take on Real Madrid in a hugely anticipated Champions League final at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev this evening.
Real Madrid could become the first team ever to win three Champions League titles in a row.
While Liverpool could win their sixth Champions League trophy tonight, putting them ahead of European heavyweights Barcelona in terms of titles won.
But as fans gear up for the big match, they’re being warned that millions of TVs are set to ‘turn off’ during the Champions League final.
In the middle of Real Madrid vs Liverpool viewers will be left stunned as it appears that their TVs have shut down.
This is because of a TV ‘blackout’ campaign that Samsung are running during some of the UK’s most popular programmes tonight.
The short advert is designed to trick people into thinking their TVs have broken down.

Screens will begin flickering before looking like it shut down entirely, leaving viewers left wondering if their TVs broke down right in the middle of the big game.
The advert will be shown during the Champions League final and Coronation Street.
It will also be played at cinemas before the new Star Wars film Solo is shown and on the big screens at Piccadilly Circus.

Samsung said the advert campaign is being used to promote the Ambient Mode technology in its new QLED TVs.
The South Korean giant said this tech “redefines what it means for a TV to be 'off”.
It allows the TV set to show information or blend into the wall behind it when it is not being used.
Samsung said: "Screens will buzz with static and interference before going blank and entirely silent, leaving viewers staring into the void – or searching for their remote controls – for five long seconds.”

At the end of the advert a message will appear on screen saying: “This is your TV screen ... most of the time; a void full of nothing.”
The rest of the advert will then explain the Samsung QLED TV technology.
The advert will be shown right in the middle of the Real Madrid vs Liverpool Champions League final today.
Seeing as many people will be watching the match in the pub they may be left scratching their heads at what’s going on.
Speaking about the ad campaign Rebecca Hirst, Marketing Director for Samsung Electronics UK & Ireland, said: "This unique and disruptive marketing campaign has been designed to underscore our messaging in the most dramatic way possible, switching sets off to remind the public that their TV is simply a boring black screen for 90 per cent of the time.”


PHEW!

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/sc ... turned-out

Re: Champions League BLACKOUT!!

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 3:39 pm
by Kili01
It isn’t April 1st are we supposed to believe this?!!

Dee

Re: Champions League BLACKOUT!!

Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 4:24 pm
by Anarita John
I suppose right in the middle means half time.

Re: Champions League BLACKOUT!!

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 7:00 am
by JimX
It stayed on my TV's but I blacked out before the end, too late for me. Wrong result too, :(

My TV's are both Samsungs,

Re: Champions League BLACKOUT!!

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 10:26 am
by emgee
I've seen this advert several times in the last few days, obviously not the football version.

Alan

Re: Champions League BLACKOUT!!

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 1:14 pm
by Anarita John
Sorry, could not work out the point of the stupid advert. It did not happen as outlined in the above post. We just had a message that this was an advert with different coloured backgrounds. I watched fairly legally on BT Sport, as we subscribe in the UK. My payments are getting blocked by my bank with one of the dodgy providers here which I usually subscribe to.
Both of our goalkeepers have been suspect all season as has our defence. Not the first time a goalkeeper has lost us a European Cup. Was talking to a crowd of Cypriots this morning and all agreed the Madrid player should have been sent off.
Great to have such an enthusiastic manager and they have done well to reach the final.