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Media Lifeline: Ad break innovations.
Creative breakthroughs have included event spots, such as a live skydive, and themed breaks.
December 1998: There had been several isolated examples of advertisers moving to 'own' whole ad breaks with epic commercials - for instance, Hanson's 'changes' ad in the late 80s. Then, in the 90s, there are several multi-brand initiatives - for instance, Unilever (incidentally, the first ever advertiser on ITV in 1955) buys up the whole of the first ad break on ITV2.
May 2007: Other multibrand initiatives revolve around individual agencies - such as Mindshare's move to buy up the entire first break of the return of Saturday night Premier League highlights to ITV (in August 2001) on behalf of its advertisers. But rethinking the thematic structure of television advertising gets a new impetus when Channel 4's strategic sales unit, headed by Mike Parker, puts a new focus on innovating the break in 2007.
May 2008: Arguably, the strategic sales unit's highest-profile coup is the live skydive ad for the launch of the Honda Accord. The three-minute spot, created by 4Creative, features a team of skydivers linking swiftly up to spell out the Honda name while hurtling towards terra firma.
December 2008: But other initiatives are more lateral and thematic. For instance, a spot in Grand ...
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