Monday, October 18, 2010

Commercials which were banned on Egyptian TV

In my last Media class, I’ve learned that some commercials are banned to be broadcasted on TV, and those banned commercials are launched through YouTube instead, which is welcomed and gained a lot of success.
In my opinion, those commercials were banned mostly for moral reasons, Such as Coca Cola African Cup Campaign in Egypt. A lot of commercials were launched on YouTube and they gained much success as those who were broadcasted on TV (me personally knew about the campaign through Facebook before watching it on TV)


That commercial showing sarcasm to Egyptian actor, That even guys who have Karam Motawe3’s haircut are supporting Egypt. Of course such kind of commercials won’t be banned in American or European channels even if they were showing sarcasm to Elvis Presely haircut.

That commercial in my opinion is very offensive to Kaka’s merchants

Same has happened to another campaign for Juhayna.

I think that commercial was banned because it had mentioned another brand—Louis Vuitton.

We can conclude that Egypt as a country pays a due attention to morality& offensive issues on TV, which I’m actually surprised when we compare it to Melody Hits commercials.
The question is, will YouTube be a substitute for TV for commercials in the future?  Melody Hits had announced in its TV commercials to watch its other commercials on their YouTube channel, which can be a good start…

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