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I was thinking.. I know TV adds are expensive but I can see it now. If the word got out to the masses, those that havnt heard of bitcoin or those that think its gone after the crash.

Is that even possible? theres tons of startups spending $ on BTC technology, surly one of them could afford a 60 second slot or something..

the only way we will ever see $10k is mass involvement, BTC must be a household name. The most effective way for that to happen has always been TV.

I may be way off base but gimme your thoughts either way.

Not a tv add but on the NBC show "The Blacklist" (Awesome show, btw) Reddington, who is one of the main characters had a computer guru to move a lot of money from one account to another with out being detected with a gun to his head, he had just seconds or a minute or so to move i believe 5 million dollars, he succeeded with just seconds remaining. When Reddington asked how he did it, the guru spoke really fast and the I really only caught 2 words, Ripple and Bitcoin.. So he moved the 5 million anonymously using ripple and bitcoin. Ill have to go back and really listen to how he did it.. but bitcoin is being mentioned in the media. In one of my wifes book that she just finished reading talked about bitcoin.

Also, in a few months, we will see a lot of adds regarding bitcoin.. The "Bitcoin" bowl will take place the day after Christmas.. So, you will see it before the end of the year, at least on ESPN...

Wait, what is this 'bitcoin bowl' you speak of?  ::)

I don't know if we will actually see a BTC commercial because that would require money behind it...and if it is just BTC in general, then no one is going to make money from the advertisement.   That would have to come from like the Bitcoin Foundation or something like that.


I do think that we will start to see commercials that incorporate BTC or that they accept BTC...but they will be specific companies, like Overstock, etc.

Bitcoin foundation doing something? Impossible!

Yes, I think first we will see "BTC accepted" in an ad.

Maybe later some bitcoin payment providers may advertise with a more bitcoin centric ad.

I hear an entire episode of "The Good Wife" was devoted to BTC
SO not sure we desperately need an ad to further the mainstreaming, it is happening as we speak

imagine that you don't watch tv 24-7.

Bitcoin was referenced on Law and Order SVU for a cab service (like lyft).  Its mentioned multiple times on the TV show Almost Human for being the de-facto future internet currency.  

So i think it happens more than you would give it credit for.  

It was even mentioned by Krusty the Clown on the Simpsons Last season as he lost money on the Bitcoin markets.

I'm personally waiting for it to be made fun of in an episode of southpark.


edit:  as for a tv commercial -  I think that forward thinking companies realize that traditional mediums like tv and radio to advertise with are dying - they are embraced more so by the older generation and it would be a colossal waste of marketing resources to 'shotgun approach' market bitcoin on TV.  I was thinking that paypal finally did it with their last string of commercials but apparently they're trying to steal the whole "people to people steelow" that bitcoin encompasses without any regard to referencing. 

I'm curious, does a TV advertising reseller accept bitcoin payments?  Could i pay bitcoin to be a commercial on nationally syndicated television?

I would find this to be more likely then someone adverting the use of bitcoin as no one specifically backs bitcoin and therefore no one person/entity directly benefits when bitcoin use goes up.

If bitcoin reaches higher adoption levels and discounts are offered for paying in bitcoin then it could very well be a selling point when a company accepts bitcoin

i have seen a TV ads about bitcoin in my country ^^

+1

On the show "Justified" a man steals money from a US Marshall and a bunch of other people and coverts it into Bitcoin so it's untraceable.

This is fiction LOL, plus any transaction in fiat (that involves bank accounts) will likely be traceable to the person who stole the money.

I do, however think that mentioning bitcoin in pop culture would likely be more effective of spreading awareness of bitcoin and it's uses then an "advertisement" as people tend to pay more attention to the content of TV shows and movies, why people tend to try to ignore commercials.

Sure you will see bitcoin commercial who will be the first? thats a question

Which country is this?

Current overstock.com commercials already say "Bitcoin Accepted" in them.  I've also seen Bitcoin on Conan, Parks & Recreation, The Good Wife, & The Simpsons to name a few.

They are definitely out there, you just have to pay attention. It would be nice to see it as the main topic of a stores ad to attract the customers attention.

no one person or entity benefits from specifically advertising bitcoin, so no i don't think so. you might see overstock, dell or some company put a bitcoin logo on an ad, though.

As soon as the marketing guys figure out they can put a QR in their advertisement and have people impulse buy instantly and that they will have the money in hand instantly... to the moon or at least a few more feet off the ground!

Broadcast TV is currently doing a death roll right now in developed countries so the effect of BTC in ads may be minimal.

Yeah, the bitcoin foundation is never going to do that. Or anything.
Someone just needs to pony up and have a commercial made. It would do a LOT of good. Billboards would do a lot of good too. People need to subconsciously see and think bitcoin.

I think we will see full blown commercials about bitcoin during the Bitcoin bowl in florida on Dec 26th. Bit-pay is the sponsor, so im sure it will be bit-pays commercials that we see about bitcoin. But most of the hotels and other venues will accept bitcoin in the area of the bowl game. I think that will bring the most exposure to date regarding BTC. Its only a few months away.. I believe the full name of the bowl gami is Bitcoin St petersburg bowl..It will be ESPN!

We won't see commercials about it but we may see lots of discussions about it.

Maybe we see BTC ads on TV
But maybe just a service accept bitcoin  :(

And who is generous enough to give ads about bitcoin in TV ?


This already happen  ;D

Id be very surprised if we go thru the entire BITCOIN bowl without one commercial about bitcoin... I can guarantee you that there will be commercials about bitcoin. They didn't pay for the rights just to have the name. Every time i watch a bowl game that is sponsored, I see tons of commercials regarding that sponsor.. Papa Johns is a good example.. They have a million commercials about their pizza during their bowl game..

Obviously we'll see commercials about bitcoin at a bitcoin related event, just not during other events. Unless the sponsor accepts bitcoin and States that it accepts bitcoin. That could count right?

Not unless someone started a fund raiser specifically for this.  Its a blank canvas with BTC you can do whatever you want.  We have seen the doge nascar and bitcoin billboards so who knows...

Imo TV is the thing that we don't need and I hope that Bitcoin will destroy it somehow.

Not as add of bitcoin itself. But add of economy building around bitcoin.

About 2 week sago. my mother asked me about bitcoin. i was so surprised. But she saw on TV, was in evening news, of one BTC conference, that was hosted by national telecommunication distributer, and of opening of 4th ATM in out capital. Those are better commercials that those classical.

prime time TV show mentioning bitcoin
The blacklist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5Mgsdz2kDI
The good wife: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fazu1rgr9k
Almost human: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8LqlMzEe-I
simpsons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ovL20iGEac
criminal minds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJW_e-T--A
person of interest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIPyjq9kBDU

other prime time tv shows such below also mention bitcoin but cant find youtube links
Justified
Law & Order
NCIS
House of cards
Silicon valley

You would have to wait 10 years from now to see something like that. By that time Bitcoin will rule one third of the worlds economy and every channel will telecast not just adds but talk shows and many more.

What's fiction? the TV show or the untraceable part?

Either way I disagree lol, as long as you never turn the cash back into FIAT I think it can be untraceable (to your identity that is)

Overstock.com tv commercials have Bitcoin.

Also just noticed Apple iOS 8.0 capitalizes Bitcoin pretty neat.

I think we will. They used in a tv show "Almost Human" and like three time but sadly after one season it got canceled.
It was a good one too.

Oh wow this is great!  What network do they air on?  I am in the UK so if you have a way to record and upload it, I am sure all the non-US Bitcoiners would be interested to watch

Right now all the people who have their projects related to bitcoins want to reach out to the cryptocurrency community.

Maybe in a few years if more and more people get to know BTC and getting a mainstream thing there will probably be some casino advertising on TV.

Bitcoin is very traceable. You can easily trace the route that specific inputs take throughout the blockchain. Several people have done this with some of the coins that satachi had spent.

Even if you do not turn your bitcoin back into fiat, your identity would still be exposed whenever you would spend your bitcoin on some good or service, as the merchant would need to know who to ship/provide the good/service to.

If you deal in large enough amounts then even a mixer cannot break the connection between two addresses that you control 100%

The Simpsons mentioning bitcoin is quite bad ass.

Yes.. specially in Indonesia and Canada..

I just saw in newspaper, add, of some Government agency (National press agency ), and among some words on their poster was also bitcoin. among words like internet, innovation, technology, ... It is not directly of BTC, but i guess will be also same on TV.  Bitcoin is mainstream in many countries already. Well they are aware of it, and will try to get as much out of it as possible.

If and when Paypal fully integrates BTC into the normal wallet when you log in online, I could see them including BTC in a commercial or something like that.

Like I mentioned earlier in the thread, I still don't think there will be just a BTC commercial, because no one would recoup their investment on the adspace.   It will have to be a company that has chosen to integrate BTC and it will be that company's commercial (with a BTC cameo)..

THIS.  BitPay did the whole community a huge service, and has set themselves up to lead the industry by sponsoring the Bitcoin Bowl.  Every news channel, site, and paper in the US and many elsewhere will feature a story about it.

I just saw a newer Overstock.com commercial on ESPN during Monday Night Football,  and it says "now accepting Bitcoin" at the very end of the commercial. There you have it, a bitcoin commercial. Like I mentioned earlier, I expected Bitcoin to be mentioned in an advertisement for a specific company, not just a bitcoin commercial by itself.

Bitcoin has already been mentioned in many TV series including "The Blacklist", "Almost Human", "Person of Interest" etc. and probably in a movie or two. It doesn't need a TV add. We might see a movie with Bitcoin in Title  in near future.