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The Ad Show by Culture Pub (a French show created by Christian Blachas in 1987) presents  renowned ads from around the globe as an effort to honor the creativity of ad agencies & advertisers. Click here to go directly to the website. 

L'Odyssée de Pi: Cinéma sur l'eau or T he O dyssey of Pi: C inema on the W ater was a n attempt by Fox France to promote the film .

The idea was to promote Sprint's ability to handle unlimited data network and the new HTC product line - EVO. For this regard, the took the help of the amazing customer interactive Time Square billboards where customers share their 'love abouts' on New York.

The alcohol consumption during carnivals in Rio de Janeiro is very high which eventually results drunken driving. Drunk drivers are directly involved in the increase of 50% of fatal accidents during this time of the year. Antarctica, a highly consumed beer brand came up with an idea to solve the issue.

Women can be their worst critics. An experiment was held to explore how women view themselves in contrast with how others see it. The commercial elicited a massive emotional response and managed to garner more than 114 million views in one month of its release.

A concept by Ogilvy & Mather (Mumbai, India) to promote education for the under privileged kids.

Ken Block is a professional rally driver and one of the co-founders of DC Shoes (an American company for action-sport-footwear). Later, Ken began to feature his popular Gymkhana videos on YouTube that present his incredible rally driving skills. His second Gymkhana video is considered as the most viral video of 2009. On July 2012, Block released his fifth Gymkhana video where he drove a Ford Fiesta in San Francisco. In 24 hours, the video got around  5.1 million hits and became the top-viewed video of the week.

Felix Baumgartner is an Austrian skydiver, daredevil and BASE jumper. He set the world record for skydiving an estimated 39 km reaching an estimated speed of 1357.64 km/h 14 October 2012 and became the first person to break the sound barrier without vehicular power on his descent. The Five Most Daring Freefalls Of Felix Baumgartner

French daredevil Guerlain Chicherit attempt the first-ever unassisted back-flip. This gravity defying feat has to be seen to be believed. Frenchman Guerlain Chicherit, trained for four years before the stunt. He used specially built Mini Countryman, driving up ramp at exactly 37mph. Daredevil did first stunt in private, then did it again for crowds in Tignes, France.

Swatch, an international watch company, launched its all-new Swatch Chrono Plastic collection in Israel. The campaign slogan was Push the Button of Fun which was initiated to introduce the brand's sporty and stylish image. As a part of the campaign, Purple (a Chicago based ad agency) came up with an idea of Facebook game - Stop the Time. The campaign was launched in 23 July 2012 and was online for a whole month.

Polo is a brand of Volkswagen's super mini car product line. Target market was the youth across the country. With the understanding of social media being a crucial element of a youngster's life, DDB (an ad agency from Barcelona) came up with an outstanding idea of this Twitter-based promotion.

A marketing technique by Orphea that included renting a billboard in Milan. The billboard was created as a giant insect trap using transparent glue that was placed on the billboard in the shape of an aerosol spray.

Airtel - a telecom brand and Prothom Alo - a leading newspaper daily from Bangladesh came up with the idea of celebrating Pohela Boishakh (the first day of Bangla new year) in a grand manner.The dream was to paint the world's largest ALPONA  (a hand  painted  motif) on Manik Mia avenue in Dhaka with the help of five renowned artists from Bangladesh.  220 young artists, supported by thousands of volunteers, worked from 12 am to 6 am, using almost 3,600 liters of paint to create an Alpona that stretched from one end of the Manik Mia to another. The 1 km long Alpona created covered a staggering area of 260,000 sft, and was the perfect way to mark the start of 1419.

Fun Commercials Fun is a crucial element of marketing. Hence I thought of creating a playlist of funny commercial videos and share it with you. Playlist Patada Premios TV y Novelas Best Commercial ever - Zazoo Use Condoms - Fun, Sexy, Save [Banned] Funny commercial: Death by Acupuncture Lost in translation / Berlitz ad. Hungry dumb blonde beauty Hilarious "Don't judge too quickly" Ameriquest series Hot temptation before wedding : sexy sister-in-law Esthe WAM The Sincerest Wish Dream job: kiss all day!

The competitive struggle between these two brands has come to embody the very spirit of America and its influence on the rest of the world. This incredible and sometimes disturbing success story is at times cynical, often heroic, and always fascinating. Neither Coke nor Pepsi wished to officially participate in this documentary which chronicles their long standing combat. The two marketing and communication giants usually choose to remain discreet, unless it involves promoting their own product.

Contrex, the French mineral water brand owned by Nestle, is running Contrex Ma Contrexpérience, a television commercial centered on an outdoor experience. The message - Bravo! Vous avez dépensé 2000 calories (You have burned up 2000 calories) is backed up on the Contrex Youtube channel and Facebook page with the message - to lose weight effectively and permanently, there is no miracle but to adopt a balanced diet, drink water and exercise regularly.

S-Oil wanted to show it had a mission: to save oil. They knew South Korea's capital had some of the highest gasoline consumption in the world. What's more, car use was increasing, petrol costs rising, and parking spaces scarce. Every day, a Seoul driver wanders for 500 m to find a space. Over a month, this comes to 15 km of driving. People were using around a liter of gas just trying to park.  The company set up a bright yellow balloon in each parking space. The balloon falls when a car parks in the space, and rises again when the car leaves. Drivers could see the colorful balloons from far away and spot empty spaces. Quick parking means saving time and saving oil. That means happier drivers and a healthier planet. The campaign certainly helped drivers to save oil. In just one day, 700 cars used 23 liters less oil. Over a whole year, they saved much more. S-Oil had engaged with people: now they knew it was a company that cared about saving oil. They even put the balloons on...