Within the days main as much as the Tremendous Bowl, Xfinity is operating a brand new marketing campaign that includes 49ers operating again Christian McCaffrey and one other Christian McCaffrey who doesn't fairly match up.
The purpose of the marketing campaign, created by Whistle, is that different suppliers are falling wanting Xfinity.
Asserting that “not all Christian McCaffreys are the identical,” the spot options the NFL All-Professional and his namesake, a restaurant supervisor from Belvidere, Illinois. “I make tacos,” says the lesser-known McCaffrey.
Each McCaffreys are wearing related fitness center baggage and undergo a sequence of workout routines, operating, catching balls and pushing a dummy.
It's simple to inform a soccer participant from a restaurant supervisor.
“Don't accept sluggish… or unreliable… or weak,” the spot says. “Get the true deal, pace, reliability and efficiency with Xfinity.”
The spot will air on linear networks all through February.
The video will even seem on Whistle and Xfinity's social channels, together with TikTok, Instagram, Fb Reels and YouTube shorts.
“All three challenges that Christian McCaffrey and his namesake will probably be collaborating in will construct on the core options of our Web — pace, reliability and efficiency — and present that simply because one other providing technically supplies the Web doesn't imply they're the identical,” Comcast Stated it's VP of Partnerships and Model Activation Matt Lederer. “We’re grateful that Christian noticed the playfulness of the marketing campaign and was such a very good sport.
Like different cable corporations, Comcast has been below stress from lower-priced wi-fi broadband suppliers. Comcast misplaced 34,000 broadband prospects within the fourth quarter.
“It's been a number of enjoyable attempting the challenges realizing I'll be competing towards one other Christian namesake,” stated Christian McCaffrey of the 49ers, who face the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs within the Tremendous Bowl on Feb. 11. “The truth that he's a fan of mine and was prepared to maintain up with me makes me very appreciative of him and his good nature.”
Restaurant supervisor Christian McCaffrey stated: “I've at all times been a fan of Christian McCaffrey, given the loopy coincidence that we’ve got the identical identify, and other people carry it as much as me on a regular basis. I appreciated the idea of the marketing campaign and thought concerning the playfulness of it, attempting to carry my very own and examine abilities with the legend who wears the identical identify on his again each Sunday.”
Workforce Whistle is a sports activities and media firm that focuses on the creation and distribution of data-driven content material.
“At Whistle, our playbook focuses on creating shared moments in sports activities tradition,” stated Corey Radel, Whistle's vice chairman of name partnerships. “We had been so excited to accomplice with Xfinity and Christian to ship these industrial belongings throughout social platforms for our viewers to browse whereas watching the massive recreation on February eleventh.”