Wataniya ad Rip-off!
I love hating Wataniya. Have you watched the Wataniya TV commercial where there is a guy walking on a red carpet that keeps rolling open in front of him? Well Kuwaitism found an ad from Taiwan by a company called Mio with the exact same concept. Check it out. [WMV 2.3MB] (right click and save as)
Update: Just uploaded a much higher quality video.
Update 2: Ok, sadly it seems Mio might have copied the ad from Wataniya. I just did a bit of research and I found out the Mio A700 which is the phone advertised in this commercial was released last month but was first announced in October. Wataniya on the other hand released their ad in October, but they must have worked on it atleast a month before. This means that Mio copied the ad from Wataniya.. and managed to do a better production job.
Update 3: Here is the video of the Wataniya TV ad. [WMV 1.14MB]
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So, who copied?
Suckers!!!
Wataniya should start some shit.`
wahahah…walla salbeh inta ;)
from where did u get the wataniya ad !!!!!
we have an archive of their ads here at the agency.
[...] Update – More details on Mark’s blog about the ads, seems like the Wataniya ad came first! [...]
That wataniya ad (both the long and short versions) is fuckin amazing. Everyone I know loves it. It was basically one of the highlites of Ramadan last year.. Even if they had copied the concept from Taiwan, I don’t care. It’s superb and the concept realized perfectly Gulfstyle anyway. .
great post btw
mark u sure seem stupid right now, notifying mtc and all
Wataniya should sue them.
Yazeed wtf are you talking about?
3abboud its a stupid ad and very badly produced.
there’s a history of great ads that people loved that are far worse in terms of production than this great wataniya ad
didnt u say on kuwaitism that you notified mtc?
and now it seems that wataniya didnt copy anyone, they were copied.
There’s been an ad like this in Hungary for ages. But it’s for a Bank. The guy walkes to all the way to his the bank on a red carpet that rolls by itself (there’s no people rolling it)
No ideal is original, there is nothing new under the sun. It’s never what you do but how its done.
it’s great ads and Mark, shut up!
Wataniya ad good?? I suppose if they were in the carpet business, then they may have a case for an effective ad campaign. Go to Watania, the red carpet company, buy a persian rug and you’ll get a mobile phone for free..
The Wataniya Ad reflects a society of slavery, where expats are merely here in Kuwait to slave for the Kuwaitis every wish. Whether you wanna argue my point of view or not I don’t give a flying fuck!!! As the above remains the FACT
Hellraiser wrote one of the funniest comments i read in a while. . LOL
it’s so true
I don’t think that Ad Agencies in Kuwait are good. They LACK CREATIVITY. I have met many Ad agencies’ owners and they seem they don’t know jack shit about the industry of advertising.
firstly u need to ignore ad agencies owners, they usually dont know anything thats why they hire creatives.
but the thing is i used to blame agencies in kuwait and i still do most of the time but from my experience i have learned that the client is usually the one at fault.
Hey mark you mind if I put both these ads on YouTube again? as one video?
I really prefer Wataniya’s add.