BETC Created a Bunch of Throwback Ads for '80s Products, Just to Remind Us How Far TV Has Come

Canal highlights the long road to portable streaming

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From the return of Duck Tales to Netflix’s hit wrestling look-back, GLOW, the 1980s are certainly on people’s minds these days, and ad agencies are no exception.

Earlier this week, we saw an Australian spot that imagined a feather-haired visitor from the ’80s getting hungry eyes for 2017’s streaming TV options. And today we’ve got another fun retro campaign for streaming, this time from French provider Canal.

Agency BETC created a series of believably throwback ads for products that seemed like—and certainly were—marvels of innovation in their day.

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