Tell us about the Opportunity / What is it?
The ACS Sponsor Funded Tethered Blimp has been a regular feature of the England Summer Test Series for many years providing stunning aerial images of the cricket grounds and the surrounding landscapes. The Blimp is fully funded by sponsorship with the aerial imagery supplied free of charge to the broadcaster in return for guaranteed hourly on-air visual and commentator verbal references to the sponsor branded blimp. The 20m long and 10m high Tethered Blimp is operated within close proximity to the stadium so the sponsor will also recieve extensive ambient exposure.
How does it work?
The ACS Tethered Blimp, successfully operated around the world since the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics, is a unique sponsor funded filming platform providing stunning aerial coverage of live broadcast events. The 20m Tethered Blimp comes fitted with a state of the art, HD broadcast stabilised Cineflex camera mount, is silent in operation and is capable of flying up to an altitude of 1000 ft (300m) with long flying endurance. The Blimp can be branded by an event or associate sponsor offering un-paralleled exposure opportunities both to the live and captive broadcast audience.
Who's used it in the past?
We have worked across a wide variety of sports with an extensive range of sponsors including:-
UK & Irish Horseracing:-
Guinness, Budweiser, William Hill, Ladbrokes & Investec
Cricket:-
LG, Blue Square, Betfair & MRF (IPL)
Football:-
BBC, AXA, Nationwide, Budweiser, Skybet, E.ON
Golf:-
Guinness, RBS, Mastercard, Ginn Clubs & Resorts, 02 & Emirates
Motor racing:-
Betfair & Nissan
Others:-
OLYMPICS
Sydney 2000 (NBC)
Athens 2004 (NBC)
Turin 2006 (TOBO, NBC & Goodyear)
Vancouver 2010 (OBS)
BBC - 2002 Commonwealth Games
BBC Scotland Tatto
London 2012 bid
Features / Benefits
Benefits include:-Unique event sponsorship opportunity
-Guaranteed Live broadcast visual and commentator verbal exposure (hourly)
-Ambient exposure at venue
-Flexible branding options
-High spectator/viewer awareness of Tethered Blimp branding
-Enhances the live television coverage of the event
-Affordable entry product to national and international sporting events
-Association with event series