Posts tagged with ‘pop culture superfans’
How Paramount+ Hyped its ‘Frasier’ Reboot with a 60-Foot Crane and Food Trucks
It’s been 30 years since “Frasier” first made waves on the airways, and as Paramount+ prepared to revive the renowned sitcom this fall, it became abundantly evident that fans were still clamoring for a dose of the haughty radio psychologist.
At SXSW, Paramount+ Creates a Mountain of Content at ‘The Lodge’
“The cool thing about being able to make an experience with multiple different IPs is that it allows the fans themselves to make their own journey throughout The Lodge and to focus on things that they personally enjoy from a viewership and an IP perspective.” –James Stewart Cullen, VP-Global Brand Marketing, Paramount Streaming Contrasting Austin’s...
HBO’s In-world Immersion for ‘The Last of Us’ Wows Superfans
Generating interest in a series that has a built-in superfan base who is intimately familiar with the content ahead of time may seem like a marketer’s dream, but the intense scrutiny and pervasive demands to maintain “canon” usher in a unique set of challenges. Such was the case with HBO’s new post-apocalyptic series, “The Last...
HBO Marketing’s VP Talks Cultivating Fandom for ‘The Last of Us’
HBO’s new post-apocalyptic series “The Last of Us,” based on a 2013 video game of the same name, raked in 10 million viewers in two days across linear and HBO Max, making it the second biggest premiere on the network in a decade. But the marketing strategy started long before the show’s Jan. 14 debut....