Comments on: Penguins can fly on the BBC’s iPlayer.

By: Chowchillah

Chowchillah — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:15:22 +0000

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Best promo for a media player EVER.

By: Ornsack

Ornsack — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:00:42 +0000

Apparently April Fools jokes are a bit of a tradition, but I don’t remember any others

By: Jugalug

Jugalug — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:20:13 +0000

“That April Fools joke probably costed them an awful lot of tax payer money…”

No, it came from the iPlayer budget.

By: Samantha Peace

Samantha Peace — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:26:01 +0000

Who made this ad you may ask?

• Advertising Agency: RKCR/Y&R
• Creative Director: Mark Roalfe
• Writer: Paul Silburn
• Director: Vince Squibb
• Planner: Megan Thomson
• Account Director: Fiona Richards
• Media Company: BBC Media Planning
• Media Planner: Helen Weeks
• Production Company: Red Bee
• Producer – Sarah Caddy

By: Pieter

Pieter — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:31:14 +0000

@Sean: Don’t confuse QuickTime’s H.264 format with HD. This is still in Standard Definition.

@Stu: Yeah, I had to think about that for a minute before I understood their slogan.

By: Stu

Stu — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:12:23 +0000

LOVE the tagline – Making the unmissable, unmissable – very clever.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:56:12 +0000

Oh that was so hilarious, clever plug for BBCiPlayer though.

By: Niko

Niko — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:37:56 +0000

Maybe it is! I hope you’d be able to post the behind-the-scenes footage that the BBC just posted on the iPlayer, too.

Very ingenious, I say.

By: Sean O'Brien

Sean O'Brien — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:11:32 +0000

I knew you’d post this! Surely this is the first April Fools in HD?!

By: Pieter

Pieter — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 11:57:18 +0000

That April Fools joke probably costed them an awful lot of tax payer money…