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Client: WLFLTV (Sinclair) and The Big Bang Theory Situation SetUp MPI had been working with WLFLTV for their typical sweep buying for many years. But in the summer of 2011, they wanted to do something “different” when they launched The Big Bang Theory in it Prime Access time period. The Challenge: Budget was tight and timing was short. It was already July before we secured coop fund approval for promoting the September 2011 launch of TBBT and it was critical to get some early legs for the show that would carry them into a successful November sweeps for that time period. The Approach: MPI worked diligently with WLFL’s promotion director to create some “outofthebox” media strategies for delivering the greatest reach for their message in the time period closest to the September launch date. The Marketing Tools: Capitalizing on the summer time period, we took our message outdoors. MPI secured mobile trucks, elevator wraps at local malls and signage in a baseball park. All messaging was “larger than life” and focused on the main characters of the show with an emphasis on Sheldon… and his growing popularity. Mall advertising was secured on the elevator during the key “back to school” weekends and the creative was the “yellow construction tape” signifying the broken elevator on the popular show. The baseball stadium strategy encompassed backlit signage in the stadium breezeway, as well as a “night” at the ballpark. A WLFL personality threw out the first pitch. A prerecorded video announcement from TBBT cast was shown on screen. And every attendee for this home game received “fans” of either Penny or Sheldon to use on this HOT 100 degree day! As a final “add on” to the ballpark promotion… fireworks were launched for every home run… and BAZINGA appeared on the three videotrons in the stadium. Radio schedules and :10 liner copy were used in the week prior to launch to promote The Big Bang Theory and its new home from 78pm, five nights a week. Results: Successfully timed events, creative implementations all around, leading to multitiered exposure of this hot new show in syndication. And, a stadium full of Sheldon & Penny fans the Sunday night prior to launch. Did we mention one very happy client!

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Client:    WLFL-­‐TV  (Sinclair)  and  The  Big  Bang  Theory    Situation  Set-­‐Up  MPI  had  been  working  with  WLFL-­‐TV  for  their  typical  sweep  buying  for  many  years.    But  in  the  summer  of  2011,  they  wanted  to  do  something  “different”  when  they  launched  The  Big  Bang  Theory  in  it  Prime  Access  time  period.    The  Challenge:      Budget  was  tight  and  timing  was  short.    It  was  already  July  before  we  secured  co-­‐op  fund  approval  for  promoting  the  September  2011  launch  of  TBBT  and  it  was  critical  to  get  some  early  legs  for  the  show  that  would  carry  them  into  a  successful  November  sweeps  for  that  time  period.      The  Approach:      MPI  worked  diligently  with  WLFL’s  promotion  director  to  create  some  “out-­‐of-­‐the-­‐box”  media  strategies  for  delivering  the  greatest  reach  for  their  message  in  the  time  period  closest  to  the  September  launch  date.    The  Marketing  Tools:    Capitalizing  on  the  summer  time  period,  we  took  our  message  outdoors.    MPI  secured  mobile  trucks,  elevator  wraps  at  local  malls  and  signage  in  a  baseball  park.    All  messaging  was  “larger  than  life”  and  focused  on  the  main  characters  of  the  show  with  an  emphasis  on  Sheldon…  and  his  growing  popularity.    Mall  advertising  was  secured  on  the  elevator  during  the  key  “back  to  school”  weekends  and  the  creative  was  the  “yellow  construction  tape”  signifying  the  broken  elevator  on  the  popular  show.        The  baseball  stadium  strategy  encompassed  backlit  signage  in  the  stadium  breezeway,  as  well  as  a  “night”  at  the  ballpark.    A  WLFL  personality  threw  out  the  first  pitch.    A  pre-­‐recorded  video  announcement  from  TBBT  cast  was  shown  on  screen.    And  every  attendee  for  this  home  game  received  “fans”  of  either  Penny  or  Sheldon  to  use  on  this  HOT  100  degree  day!    As  a  final  “add  on”  to  the  ballpark  promotion…  fireworks  were  launched  for  every  home  run…  and  BAZINGA  appeared  on  the  three  video-­‐trons  in  the  stadium.    Radio  schedules  and  :10  liner  copy  were  used  in  the  week  prior  to  launch  to  promote  The  Big  Bang  Theory  and  its  new  home  from  7-­‐8pm,  five  nights  a  week.          Results:    Successfully  timed  events,  creative  implementations  all  around,  leading  to  multi-­‐tiered  exposure  of  this  hot  new  show  in  syndication.    And,  a  stadium  full  of  Sheldon  &  Penny  fans  the  Sunday  night  prior  to  launch.    Did  we  mention  one  very  happy  client!