Message in a bottle

When Cristiano Ronaldo moved the Coke bottles from the media table, he was changing the nature of the Coke-FIFA Euro 2020 sponsorship contract

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Coca-Cola  | Advertising industry | UEFA European Championship

Ambi Parameswaran 

Ambi Parameswaran

When Coke signed on as a co-sponsor of American Idol in 2002 for $10 million, little did the world know that it was going to unleash yet another marketing communication innovation. While the brand’s ads ran on American Idol, it also got its Coke branded cups on the Jury Table.

This was not an accident but a part of the sponsorship deal. The TV network embraced the new idea since it, Fox to be precise, was getting ready for a new world of DVRs (digital video recorders, which enabled the audience to skip through the ads). The partnership between Coke and American Idol ran uninterrupted ...

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First Published: Tue, July 13 2021. 21:49 IST
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