GoDaddy.com Locked in Super Bowl Showdown
GoDaddy.com is in a standoff, stuck waiting for approval to advertise during America’s big game. After 14 revisions and weeks of intense negotiations, the ABC Television network is withholding approval for the Internet powerhouse to broadcast a “GoDaddy-Esque” commercial in Super Bowl XL.
“It’s a good thing I can handle rejection,” said Bob Parsons, founder and president of GoDaddy.com. “From the beginning, all I ever wanted was to get our ad approved and on the air. GoDaddy’s commercial may not appeal to everyone, but I guarantee it will be FUN, edgy and just a touch inappropriate — that is the definition of ‘GoDaddy-Esque.
GoDaddy.com spent months of time and more than $1 million developing 14 different spots in an effort to produce a commercial that would be acceptable to both Go Daddy and ABC TV. Go Daddy agreed to buy a 30-second ad in the February 5 Super Bowl, but is struggling to win creative approval from the ABC Television network’s “Standards and Practices” division.
Last year, GoDaddy.com’s edgy commercial, a parody on censorship, was pulled before it aired a scheduled second time during the Super Bowl.
Update: As of 2/2/06 GoDaddy.com Approved for Super Bowl Commercial. After 14 revisions and weeks of intense negotiations, the ABC Television network today gave its approval for the Internet powerhouse to broadcast a “GoDaddy-Esque” commercial in the big game.
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February 8th, 2006 at 12:33 am
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