Activations

As Australia made its way to the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020, the team’s primary partner Commonwealth Bank reworked the famous “C'mon Aussie, C'mon” cricket anthem.

In Q1 2020, UT beer partner Corona leveraged its rights around the Texas Longhorns basketball team with a programme led by a pair of limited edition co-branded sneakers.

To celebrate Liverpool winning the Premier League in 2019-20, beer partner Carlsberg launched a limited-edition commemorative ‘Champions Beer’ promoted through global and local campaigns in more than 30 markets.

Nissin Foods, the official Noodle partner of Tokyo 2020, ran an early 2020 regional television and social campaign that aimed to break down the perceived Games-related divide between host city Tokyo and the rest of the country.

In December 2020, primary partner Honda leveraged its Vietnam Football Federation rights through a TV, digital and social campaign pushing the idea that every goal the side scored was a result of the shared dreams of the entire country.

Running from September 2020 to April 2021, ‘A World United’ was a fan engagement and data capture activation based around a virtual stadium and a monthly prize draw for participating supporters and employees.

Dream11's wide-ranging activation program for 2020, its first year as IPL title sponsor, included a GIPHY Channel strand that gave locked-down Indian cricket fans a library of social meme fuel.

UnionPay International used a three-phase campaign around the 2019 ICC competition to boost sales among Singaporean football fans

With fans stuck at home during Covid-19 lockdowns of 2020, Midea ran a three-month social media engagement campaign that saw Man City players and legends encourage fans to take part in a series of at-home skills challenges.

Based around a bespoke game prediction algorithm, KFC’s 2019 sponsorship of the Riot Games-operated League of Legends Pro League in China smashed the brand’s exposure and sales goals.

Swiggy’s IPL 2020 activation spanned national and regional television, digital and social with humorous content reinforcing its brand benefits of convenience and simplicity.

CTBC Bank leveraged its title sponsorship of the 2019 WBSC Premier 12 through a short film-led campaign that aimed to unite the country’s support for the national team and boost brand sentiment.

For the second year of its community sport investment campaign, in 2020, Australian bank St. George’s went bigger to help grassroots clubs suffering amid Covid-19.

Edtech startup Unacademy leveraged its IPL 2020 partnership – including title rights to the ‘Unacademy Fan of the Match’ and the ‘Unacademy Cracking Sixes’ – to target potential and current students aged 14 to 32.

Ahead of the January 2021 #SkrillDay game against Juventus, AC Milan payment partner Skrill promoted its services via a week-long, incentivised TikTok hashtag challenge.