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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23 Comments, add your own...
1. CyberRowdy | March 22nd, 2006 at 1:05 pm
So, who copied?
2. khobiz | March 22nd, 2006 at 2:34 pm
Suckers!!!
3. KtheKuwaiti | March 22nd, 2006 at 3:31 pm
Wataniya should start some shit.`
4. Fonzie | March 22nd, 2006 at 4:00 pm
wahahah…walla salbeh inta ;)
from where did u get the wataniya ad !!!!!
5. Mark | March 22nd, 2006 at 4:08 pm
we have an archive of their ads here at the agency.
7. 3abboud of rak | March 22nd, 2006 at 10:50 pm
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
8. Yazeed | March 22nd, 2006 at 10:53 pm
mark u sure seem stupid right now, notifying mtc and all
9. Pearls | March 22nd, 2006 at 11:41 pm
Wataniya should sue them.
10. Mark | March 22nd, 2006 at 11:46 pm
Yazeed wtf are you talking about?
11. Mark | March 22nd, 2006 at 11:47 pm
3abboud its a stupid ad and very badly produced.
12. 3abboud of rak | March 23rd, 2006 at 1:11 am
there’s a history of great ads that people loved that are far worse in terms of production than this great wataniya ad
13. Yazeed | March 23rd, 2006 at 1:19 am
didnt u say on kuwaitism that you notified mtc?
and now it seems that wataniya didnt copy anyone, they were copied.
14. Q8Sultana | March 23rd, 2006 at 1:34 am
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)
15. KtheKuwaiti | March 23rd, 2006 at 7:57 am
No ideal is original, there is nothing new under the sun. It’s never what you do but how its done.
16. unknown | March 23rd, 2006 at 8:14 am
it’s great ads and Mark, shut up!
17. blackadder | March 23rd, 2006 at 5:07 pm
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..
18. Hellraiser | March 25th, 2006 at 7:08 am
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
19. 3abboud of rak | March 26th, 2006 at 2:36 pm
Hellraiser wrote one of the funniest comments i read in a while. . LOL
it’s so true
20. Doberman | April 9th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
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.
21. Mark | April 9th, 2006 at 4:49 pm
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.
22. Q | January 12th, 2007 at 4:18 am
Hey mark you mind if I put both these ads on YouTube again? as one video?
23. nxman | May 27th, 2007 at 12:58 am
I really prefer Wataniya’s add.
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