Sexy Vodacom ad just fine

[Kevin Lancaster]

Sexy Vodacom ad just fine: ASA

The ASA has dismissed complaints against a Vodacom advert which was seen as “sexually provocative” and “sexualising women and children”

 

[zululami]

Oh no! Some people have too much time on their hands!

 

[Ninja'd]

Gotta feel sorry for whoever laid the complaint. Can't watch or read anything

 

[milomak]

i thought i had missed out on some vodacom ad and then i see it's that one

 

[RichardG]

Oh no! Some people have too much time on their hands!

They should rather use that time wisely they've and browse Mybroadband to keep themselves entertained

 

[Nerfherder]

Ohh... like how they zoom in on the kids nappy... sexy ne ?

WTF

I think I'd rather complain about the delusional situation they are trying to portray, where the TV wont work and randomly gets a failed signal.... but then somehow a tablet using a vodacom simm just plays the same video without even buffering !
What lie are they selling us ?

also they stole the idea from an actual YouTube vid :

[video=youtube;kU9MuM4lP18]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU9MuM4lP18[/video]

Link to origional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjbb5OF_rs

 

[dj_jyno]

I think I'd rather complain about the delusional situation they are trying to portray, where the TV wont work and randomly gets a failed signal...

That's what I was thinking as well. Is the dish they're using in the ad as big as a R1 coin?

 

[Totempole]

also they stole the idea from an actual YouTube vid :

[video=youtube;kU9MuM4lP18]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU9MuM4lP18[/video]

Link to origional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUjbb5OF_rs

The original is actually funny. The Vodascum ad is just stupid.

 

[bwana]

Who cares? ASA is a toothless agency anyway.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Its typical of a very unimaginative ad agency.

"Ooooooh, this video was popular on YouTube a while ago, it will make a cool Ad and nobody will know that we ripped off the idea lock stock and barrel, and we can charge Vodacom a fortune for it"

 

[Nerfherder]

Its typical of a very unimaginative ad agency.

"Ooooooh, this video was popular on YouTube a while ago, it will make a cool Ad and nobody will know that we ripped off the idea lock stock and barrel, and we can charge Vodacom a fortune for it"

It's so pathetic... And this is not a small company

 

[JerryMungo]

I have to ask... how many of these do they process a month? I ask since we get the odd report like this every other month... surely this one isn't special or unique...

 

[CataclysmZA]

The original vid is adorable.

 

[maumau]

The original vid is adorable.

Very cute but i like the ad too.

 

[supersunbird]

Put-a-ring-on-its video is sexually provocative? OMG, they have no idea do they?

 

[Polymathic]

Me thinks a closet pedophile might of filed this claim

 

[CuppaJoe]

The two plaintiffs were:

A. MTN

B. Cell C

Telkom wanted to complain, but they did not want to stay on the line when ASA's switchboard informed them that they are "experiencing high call volumes".

 

[lordnokon]

Its a stupid add anyway!