Murray Fish Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 June 3rd, 4 full pages. Was this in other papers? or a contra deal with ODT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 EntainNZ is spending millions on advertising at the moment. Big TV and Radio campaigns. But I thought Bill Nighy did the song better: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 It's got that Grand Tour vibe to it ... yuk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaman Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 Waste spending money in Otago, this would be the most conservative and least gambling area of NZ. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted June 13 Share Posted June 13 8 minutes ago, aquaman said: Waste spending money in Otago, this would be the most conservative and least gambling area of NZ. No point targeting the most gambling area. Presumably they would have them all on board already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Yeah catching all that on podcasts. Leaves me flat but I guess it's not aimed at me. Absolutely kills a good song, Reminds me of the America's Cup and Dave Dobbyn's Loyal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 25 minutes ago, Mark D said: Yeah catching all that on podcasts. Leaves me flat but I guess it's not aimed at me. Absolutely kills a good song, Reminds me of the America's Cup and Dave Dobbyn's Loyal But who are they aiming at? The song was a hit in the movie Love Actually in 2003 i.e. 20 years ago. I like the song and try to sing it in the shower much to everyone's cringe. But I'm hooked already on racing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark D Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I have no idea. I seem to remember that it was an actual hit long before that (in fact I did a Google Search and) "Love Is All Around" is a song recorded by English rock band the Troggs. Released as a single in October 1967, it was a top-ten hit in both the UK and US. It is a lie of course to say that they have an existing new app - as existing customers know and new customers will find out. So it's all well and good to have an advertising splurge but if your product is substandard it won't matter. That is, you're shining up shit and calling it gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 25 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: But who are they aiming at? The song was a hit in the movie Love Actually in 2003 i.e. 20 years ago. I like the song and try to sing it in the shower much to everyone's cringe. But I'm hooked already on racing. 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral. One of my favourite karaoke songs then. The Wet Wet Wet version. However, even Wet Wet Wet got so sick of it, they withdrew it from sale when it was still selling 120,000 copies a week. A very odd choice for a TAB ad I thought, especially if trying to appeal to a contemporary audience who probably never even heard of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 IT question. My Android phone connects to new TAB app instantly but on my laptop via ultra fast fibre broadband I get the spinning wheel for ten to 15 seconds then once connected no problems. Any ideas why the initial delay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 I have the same problem. The bigger issue that I experience is that I can't see the apprentice claims without going into full form. Showed a friend the problem and they don't have it on their smart phone which is more basic than mine! Changed font sizes and everything I could and no difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 7 minutes ago, curious said: 1994 Four Weddings and a Funeral. Directed by the Director that did the movie I was in - Bad Blood. Mike Newall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 4 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: I have the same problem. OK. I'm patient and thought give it time to sort but now it is time to call the help desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 Got through to a very helpful lady at TAB help desk. This lag is normal for now but she will pass on my concern and we shall have to wait to see if it improves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 On 6/13/2024 at 9:22 AM, Murray Fish said: June 3rd, 4 full pages. Was this in other papers? or a contra deal with ODT? Those adds on TV are fucking stupid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 17 hours ago, Chief Stipe said: But who are they aiming at? The song was a hit in the movie Love Actually in 2003 i.e. 20 years ago. I like the song and try to sing it in the shower much to everyone's cringe. But I'm hooked already on racing. The song was first recorded by The Troggs in 1967 and was a number One Hit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 whoops I see that Mark D pointed this out in an earlier post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 11 minutes ago, Bloke said: The song was first recorded by The Troggs in 1967 and was a number One Hit It only got to 5 on the charts. The Wet Wet Wet version, with slightly altered lyrics made it to No.1 in 1994 for 15 weeks. They were asked to cover it for a movie. Its rise in the charts no doubt helped by the movie Four Weddings and a Funeral directed by Mike Newall. One of the UK's top directors whose best movie (in his words) was filmed in Hokitika on the West Coast in 1983. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted June 14 Share Posted June 14 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said: It only got to 5 on the charts. Yes, the Troggs version reached #5 in the UK and #7 in the US, however the WWW version remains the best selling love ballad in the UK. Edited June 14 by curious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted June 19 Share Posted June 19 Gambling awareness??? FFS, they are pushing people to punt… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray Fish Posted June 19 Author Share Posted June 19 20 minutes ago, Newmarket said: Gambling awareness??? FFS, they are pushing people to punt… Back at one of those meetings that John Allan presented around the country a few years back, about the encouragement to bet, I had to actually stand Up and Interrupt him! I suggested that with 'awareness', then, the key education to any, old or new, is around How much the Take Out$ for the different types of bets on offer! Explaining how for all other bets the take kicks in around 25% and then gallops quickly into the 30+%. Very hard to bet against a house like that! I'm not sure if that is what was meant with "you know the odds, now beat them" YEAH RIGHT ps, "At least when Ned Kelly robbed you! You knew it!" 😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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