ABC2 gives free rein for branded entertainment

The ABC has launched a series of music videos about its lesser-known digital station ABC2 to raise awareness and build awareness of its brand.

Creative talents the Bondi Hipsters, The Bedroom Philosopher and Axis of Awesome have each created two branded entertainment videos about the channel with three of the videos launched this week and the rest to follow next week.

Stuart Menzies, ABC2 controller, said he gave the artists a simple brief: produce two 60 second musical numbers that refer to the digital television channel, however they like.

With no holds barred the Bondi Hipsters threw in the line ‘ABC2 can suck my dick’ and approach the difficulties viewers have finding the station on the remote with the line, “Why the f*ck is ABC2 so hard to find?”

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