Lost Digital UK ads?

[EeveeSparkles]

Does anybody remember the old ads from 2006 promoting the UK's switch to Digital TV? I already found one on TV Ark:
https://www.tvark.org/?page=media&mediaid=115341

I found a still from a christmas advert as well:
https://cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk/re...BEC01F.jpg

I saw that there are other ads as well, but I can't find them anywhere. If you do find any, please let me know!

Thank you! :3

[L1]

https://youtu.be/Ypv8YI97Eus

This GMTV switchover ad is particularly cringe inducing! I remember with Border TV region being the first I believe to switchoff analogue they had a bus going round the region with people there presumably to explain everything. No major promises on the side I don't think though!

[EeveeSparkles]

https://youtu.be/Ypv8YI97Eus

This GMTV switchover ad is particularly cringe inducing! I remember with Border TV region being the first I believe to switchoff analogue they had a bus going round the region with people there presumably to explain everything. No major promises on the side I don't think though!

Ugh! That is cringey indeed!

[Neil Jones]

Well they're hardly "lost" considering there's a collection of them on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggn2orAwUk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUhUvFjU-Kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da291SrZm6U


Longer version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzMH7F7F_gs

[nwtv2003]

There was a time prior to Digital Switchover where in addition to the Digital UK adverts, for some reason every public service broadcaster ran some sort of promotion for DSO. This explains why the likes of GMTV ran a promo for DSO. There were certainly less cringier ones for Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C. Not forgetting the BBC’s promotions either. By the time DSO happened, the major promotions were those set by Digital UK.

[EeveeSparkles]

Well they're hardly "lost" considering there's a collection of them on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ggn2orAwUk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUhUvFjU-Kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da291SrZm6U


Longer version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzMH7F7F_gs

I've already seen them and they're very cute. I also managed to find another one with the original design for Digit Al
in this video.
https://youtu.be/SqeAUo2Hheg?t=94

[Inspector Sands]

There was a time prior to Digital Switchover where in addition to the Digital UK adverts, for some reason every public service broadcaster ran some sort of promotion for DSO. This explains why the likes of GMTV ran a promo for DSO. There were certainly less cringier ones for Channel 4, Channel 5 and S4C. Not forgetting the BBC’s promotions either.

The broadcasters were all obliged to provide information about switchover as part of their 'Digital Replacement License', which of course included GMTV
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/consultations-a...gory-2/drl

The organisation SwitchCo mentioned in the document was the original name of Digital UK

[EeveeSparkles]

Hey guys, I just found a website featuring the ads that are not on YouTube!
Unfortunately, you need to make an account in order to view the videos though which is a shame.

https://www.davidreviews.com/Clip.asp?Us...andID=2548

[Neil Jones]

Hey guys, I just found a website featuring the ads that are not on YouTube!
Unfortunately, you need to make an account in order to view the videos though which is a shame.

https://www.davidreviews.com/Clip.asp?Us...andID=2548

"David Reviews is a subscription service. Unless you or your company has a valid subscription then you will not gain access to the content by registering."

Its not necessarily "a shame", they've obviously put it behind a subscription paywall for a reason, not just to annoy you.

[EeveeSparkles]

I've recently found one from 2007 on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/mZbfwFKBUtQ

[Mike]

Would you not feel that this is better suited for some kind of blog?

Are there others with the same interest in Digital UK ads as you?

I'm not being rude it's just you described them as lost, I'm sure there's copies and recordings out there somewhere just as the ones you found but obviously by 2012 the campaign was surplus to requirement and any airings would have finished.

[JohnnySmith]

I've recently found one from 2007 on Youtube.

https://youtu.be/mZbfwFKBUtQ

Am I the only one who gets crept out by Digital Al? I always used to walk out the room if it was on television.