This Ad Has 20 Hidden References to Netflix Shows. Can You Spot Them?

Bouygues Telecom gamifies its special offer

French phone and internet company Bouygues Telecom is offering a year of free Netflix to new subscribers—and is promoting the deal with a fun "Spot the Reference" game, where viewers are challenged to find 20 hidden references to Netflix shows within a new 60-second commercial. 

A hint to get you started: The lights from Stranger Things appear around the 17-second mark. But that's probably the easiest one. Spotting the others will require some serious Netflix fandom. 

The ad will run on French TV beginning this month. French residents who want to enter the contest for real can visit SpotTheReference.com, which has an interface for entering the answers. 

The campaign comes from BETC Paris, which also made this sweet and goofy holiday spot for Bouygues Telecom last year, featuring a boy's journey through life alongside his dancing dad. 

CREDITS

Client: Bouygues Telecom

Client Management: Tanguy Moillard, Anne-Laure Dreano, Céline Matter, Jérémy Rodney, Lucas Joly, Diane Réol

Agency: BETC
Agency Management: Bertille Toledano, Mathieu Laugier, Sophie Roberts, Adrien Bletton
Executive Creative Director: Stéphane Xiberras
Creative Directors: David Soussan, Marie-Ève Schoettl, Alexandre Girod
Copywriter Art Director : Julien Vergne
Traffic : Alexandra Chini
Creative Producer: Sébastien Lintingre

Production Company 
Producer : Jean Duhamel / Jules Dieng
Director : Adrien Armanet
Sound Production: General Pop
Music Creative Director: Christophe Caurret

Website: SpotTheReference.com
Direction de Projet: Thibault Cuisiniez, Claude Zamy
Creative Director: Sylvain Paradis 
Web Designer: Mickael Dubost
Technical Consultant: Alexis Galbourdin, Benjamin Vergne
Developer: Antonin Langlade

Digital Activation 
Head Of Entertainment Strategies: Lennie Stern
Activation Strategists: Marine Birolleau, Charlotte Jacquety

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