TV Show Betting for the UK
Big Brother 8 (BB8) is just the latest of online reality shows to provide
betting opportunities in the online casino betting industry in the UK. In fact,
this season, thanks to a season of BB8 sponsored by Virgin Games, both seasoned
bettors and simply BB8 fans can use the Virgin Games and BB8 Web site to place
bets through the affiliated VirginBets.com. This type of integrated marketing
campaign is an indication of where the online casinos and reality television
industries are headed. More and more companies are turning to innovative and
integrated marketing campaigns to drive the target market to the internet.
This new form of online casino betting at VirginBets.com features video bets
related to BB8 on the Virgin Media Web site throughout the BB8 season. Then
online casino bettors and BB8 fans are able to go the site and place bets.
The integrated advertising campaign means a quick turn around time for the
marketing executives as they have to edit, approve, launch, and advertise a new
video every single week the show is on the air. But since that is where the
online casinos betting industry is heading, Virgin Games is more than willing to
pioneer this new form of reality TV betting.
The Commercial Director of Virgin Games, Josh Morris, comments on this new BB8
promotion, “Virgin Bets is all about fun and entertainment, so we wanted to make
our Big Brother campaign as entertaining and light hearted as possible. It’s an
ambitious project as the ads need to be signed off within an extremely tight
time-frame each week, however we were keen to ensure the video content was
up-to-date as possible in order to resonate with Big Brother fans and keep
things fresh.”
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