Marriage ad on TV from tonight
Grassroots lobby group GetUp! have announced that their popular promotional video for marriage equality will air on commercial television from tonight.
The ad, which has had nearly 3-million views on YouTube since last week, has attracted praise from same-sex marriage supporters the world over.
Donations to GetUp!’s campaign to get the advertisement on air secured enough contributions to ensure airplay across the country well into next week.
In addition to the new commercial air dates, GetUp! have had the video running on Sky News to reach those watching the ALP National Conference live.
ALP delegates today received a petition from the organisation asking them to end marriage discrimination, which had over 140,285 signatories.
There will also be skywriting and bike ads around the National Conference encouraging change to the ALP platform.
TV spots for the ad so far are listed below:
Sky News (National):
Wednesday
6:00am-8:30am
6:00am-8:30am
10:00am-12:00pm
Thursday
6:00am-8:30am
6:00am-8:30am
6:00pm-8:30pm
6:00pm-8:30pm
11:00pm-12:00am
Friday
6:00am-8:30am
6:00am-8:30am
10:00am-12:00pm
10:00am-12:00pm
6:00pm-8:30pm
6:00pm-8:30pm
9:00pm-10:30pm
9:00pm-10:30pm
11:00pm-12:00am
Commercial TV spots:
Sydney
Friday, 8:30pm-23:30pm (Chanel 9, “The Fugitive”)
Sunday, 5:00pm-6:30pm (Channel 10, “News at 5pm”)
Melbourne
Friday, 8:30pm-23:30pm (Chanel 9, “The Fugitive”)
Thursday, 5:30pm-6:00pm (Channel 7, “Deal or No Deal”)
Friday, 5:30pm-6:00pm (Channel 7, “Deal or No Deal”)
Sunday, 5:00pm-6:30pm (Channel 10, “News at 5pm”)
Adelaide
Friday, 8:30pm-23:30pm (Chanel 9, “The Fugitive”)
Sunday, 5:00pm-6:30pm (Channel 10, “News at 5pm”)
Tuesday, 6:30pm-7:30pm (SBS, “World News”)
Perth
Friday, 8:30pm-23:30pm (Chanel 9, “The Fugitive”)
Wednesday, 6:30pm-7:30pm (SBS, “World News”)
Brisbane
Tuesday, 10:05pm-11:45pm (SBS, Documentary)
Wednesday, 5:30am-8:00am (SBS, “UEFA Champions League”)
Friday, 1:00pm-1:30pm (SBS, “Food Lovers’ Guide to Australia”)
And various other SBS films and documentaries throughout the week.
It REALLY is TIME! Well done. As a patriotic Brisbanite who has lived in New York City for the past 14 years, I am optimistically awaiting positive results from this weekend’s National ALP Conference.
It’s a genuinely moving ad, and it’s just plain brilliant because of the way it’s been executed. Well done to everyone involved. :)
I am so proud of the work Getup have done to put this together. Beautiful clip :)
Congratulations Getup and it’s supporters. This ad is receiving incredible attention worldwide among interest groups. Now thanks to get up donations it will be out there in front of all Australians,,, and fingers crossed,,, make a difference.
This as is so beautifully filmed. Anyone who is not even the slightest bit moved by it simply has no heart.
Cried again….this ad gets me everytime
Brilliant & like it says – “it’s time”….well done GetUp!!!
Fantastic. Thank you Get Up and all involved…
Fuck. Yes.
:D WOOHOO!