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== Premise ==
== Premise ==
The commercial starts with a female ice skater followed by a pan shot of a television. As the camera zooms out, we see an woman skating above the LCD screen of a TV. The screen fades showing the TV zooms away with the skater on the screen. In English version which was aired in the Philippines, it is said to be uses different background music, and ended with the slogan in English text, "It's a marvelous performance."<ref name=k1>[https://web.facebook.com/groups/tsag.ph/posts/2076898559283222 Facebook post discusses about the commercial]. Retrieved April 18, 2023.</ref>
The commercial starts with a female ice skater followed by a pan shot of a television. As the camera zooms out, we see a woman skating above the LCD screen of a TV. The screen fades showing the TV zooms away with the skater on the screen. In English version which was aired in the Philippines, it is said to be uses different background music, and ended with the slogan in English text, "It's a marvelous performance."<ref name=k1>[https://web.facebook.com/groups/tsag.ph/posts/2076898559283222 Facebook post discusses about the commercial]. Retrieved April 18, 2023.</ref>


== Availability ==
== Availability ==
The only version of commercial available is in Chinese version, which was documented to be aired on [[wikipedia:CCTV-1|CCTV-1]], was found on March 2023.<ref name=k2>[https://web.facebook.com/groups/pahg.ph/posts/6620082024686081 Facebook post about the commercial]. Retrieved by April 18, 2023.</ref> However, the English dub of the commercial is considerably to be lost.<ref name=k1/> It was aired on GMA-7 during ''[[wikipedia:Digital LG Quiz|Digital LG Quiz]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Saksi|Saksi]]'' and IBC-13 at around 1999 to early 2000s. The viewers also said that the commercial find this "creepy" citing the male voice-over.<ref name=k1/><ref name=k3>[https://web.facebook.com/groups/tsag.ph/posts/2717576511882087 Facebook post about the commercial].</ref>  
The only version of commercial available is in Chinese version, which was documented to be aired on [[wikipedia:CCTV-1|CCTV-1]], was found on March 2023.<ref name=k2>[https://web.facebook.com/groups/pahg.ph/posts/6620082024686081 Facebook post about the commercial]. Retrieved by April 18, 2023.</ref> However, the English dub of the commercial is considerably to be lost.<ref name=k1/> It was aired on GMA-7 during ''[[wikipedia:Digital LG Quiz|Digital LG Quiz]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Saksi|Saksi]]''; and IBC-13 at around 1999 to early 2000s. The viewers also said that the commercial find this "creepy" citing the male voice-over.<ref name=k1/><ref name=k3>[https://web.facebook.com/groups/tsag.ph/posts/2717576511882087 Facebook post about the commercial].</ref>  
 
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 14:35, 31 January 2024

Konkacommercial.png

Screenshot of Chinese version of commercial

Status: Lost

Konka Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese manufacturer of electronics products headquartered in Shenzhen. There is also an English version of this commercial that was aired in the Philippines in 1999 up to early 2000s.

Premise

The commercial starts with a female ice skater followed by a pan shot of a television. As the camera zooms out, we see a woman skating above the LCD screen of a TV. The screen fades showing the TV zooms away with the skater on the screen. In English version which was aired in the Philippines, it is said to be uses different background music, and ended with the slogan in English text, "It's a marvelous performance."[1]

Availability

The only version of commercial available is in Chinese version, which was documented to be aired on CCTV-1, was found on March 2023.[2] However, the English dub of the commercial is considerably to be lost.[1] It was aired on GMA-7 during Digital LG Quiz and Saksi; and IBC-13 at around 1999 to early 2000s. The viewers also said that the commercial find this "creepy" citing the male voice-over.[1][3]

Video

Chinese version of the commercial

References