"celebrate the 40th anniversary of ""Star Wars"" in April 2017, another two new meerkat toys were released featuring Aleksandr in a Luke Skywalker outfit and Sergei in an Obi-Wan Kenobi outfit. Compare the Meerkat Compare the Meerkat is an advertising campaign on British and Australian commercial television for comparethemarket.com, a price comparison website, part of BGL Group. The adverts feature Aleksandr Orlov, a CGI fictional anthropomorphic Russian meerkat and his family and friends. Orlov is portrayed as being of aristocratic stock and the founder of comparethemeerkat.com: the campaign centres on his frustration over the confusion between his website and comparethemarket.com,"
"Australian company's television advertisements also feature the meerkat characters Aleksandr Orlov and his Head of IT, Sergei. However, these ads differ from the UK’s, with one such storyline revealing the meerkats have purchased comparethemarket.com.au. In September 2017, it was announced the company was under investigation by the competition regulator surrounding allegations regarding most favoured nation clauses with home insurance providers. Compare the Market allows customers to compare prices on a number of insurance products including car, home, van, life, pet, travel and over 50s insurance. It has also expanded in to the comparison of items that can be switched such"
"as energy/utilities, broadband and digital TV, as well as a range of financial products such as loans, credit cards and ISAs. On 5 January 2009, the company launched an advertising campaign featuring a CGI Russian meerkat character named ""Aleksandr Orlov"" who pleads with viewers looking for cheap car insurance to stop confusing his meerkat comparison website ""comparethemeerkat.com"" with ""comparethemarket.com"", due to the similarity between the words ""meerkat"" and ""market"". As part of the campaign, Comparethemeerkat.com was created which does indeed allow visitors to compare meerkats. In August 2009 an opinion piece in ""The Guardian"" newspaper accused the advert series of"
"the 4th most visited insurance website in the UK, up from 16th in January 2008 and the site's overall sales doubled. By 2010 the site had increased its market share by 76%, where competitors' share had fallen by up to 30% over the same period. , Aleksandr had more than 700,000 Facebook fans and 22,000 followers on Twitter, while on photo-sharing site Flickr there is a popular gallery of Aleksandr's family. According to entrepreneur David Soskin, the wordplay of ""meerkat"" vs. ""market"" overcomes the high cost of the latter keyword in sponsored search engine listings. The character remains extremely popular"
"containing a map of the town. Oleg is a baby meerkat who first appeared in an advert broadcast on 25 December 2013, where Sergei and Aleksandr find him on their doorstep and take him in. On 25 December 2014, whilst on a trip to Africa with Aleksandr and Sergei, Oleg decides to stay there after befriending the meerkats there. Ayana is another young meerkat, appearing on a ""Frozen"" themed advert in late 2016, whom Oleg appears to have made friends with in Africa. The advert also sees Oleg himself reappear after almost two years. Ayana speaks in an English accent."
"The April 2015 campaign sees the launch of Meerkat Movies. After suffering from empty nest syndrome, Aleksandr and Sergei travel to Hollywood for a holiday, and whilst on a set tour Aleksandr realises that the best way to reward customers is with cinema tickets. In October 2015, an advert was shown where Sergei goes on a date to a cinema with Nicole Kidman. Since the launch of Meerkat Movies, only Aleksandr and Sergei regularly appear in the main television advertisements, though the Meerkovo characters continue to feature in the ""Coronation Street"" sponsorship bumpers. Following the campaign, ""comparethemarket.com"" was ranked as"
"racism for mocking Eastern European accents. However, the Advertising Standards Authority stated that it had not received any similar complaints. On 12 November 2012, the website started sponsoring the long-running soap opera ""Coronation Street"" on ITV in a three-year deal, costing around £30 million. In December 2012 another advert was launched this time featuring Maurice Wigglethorpe-Throom (played by Robert Webb) the founder of Compare the Market and his assistant Spencer who find out about Aleksandr (who makes a cameo appearance in a photograph) and Compare the Meerkat. Comparethemarket.com comparethemarket.com is a UK price comparison website, founded in 2006, that is"
"direction on Sony Bravia ""Play-Doh"", where hundreds of plasticine rabbits take over Manhattan, won Best Animation at the 2007 D&AD Awards. The comparethemarket.com campaign, featuring the Russian meerkat character, Aleksandr Orlov, won a silver and three gold awards at the 2010 British Television Advertising Awards. The Orlov character was designed by Walsh and he has directed all of the TV advertisements for the campaign. In total, his commercials have picked up over 50 industry and animation awards since 2006. In 2011, Walsh animated the clockwork mouse for ""Hugo"", which was nominated for 11 Oscars, and he was also awarded an"
"Comparethemarket.com comparethemarket.com is a UK price comparison website, founded in 2006, that is part of the BGL Group. The website also offers other on-line companies the ability to provide their customers with a co-branded or white labelled comparison service. In 2009 the company launched an advertising campaign featuring a series of meerkat characters, after which it became the third-largest price comparison website in the UK. The website was set up by Budget Group (now BGL Group) in early 2006, following a decision to sell its high street business to Swinton. In 2012, Comparethemarket.com.au launched its comparison service in Australia. The"
"organization “Republican Consumer Rights Protection Society”, founder and leader of the joint-stock company «Scientific Diagnostic Center of Clinical Psychiatry», founder of the regional public organization “Moscow Society of Psychiatrists”, chief editor of the magazine “Moscow – Tel-Aviv”, publisher and chief editor of the magazine “AH!”, member of “Congress-collegium”. In addition to professional activities, he is involved in charity work and sports, and promotes a healthy lifestyle. In the mass media, he serves as an expert and specialist in law, security, psychiatry, psychology, social policy and interethnic relations. Alexander was born on June 30, 1966, in Moscow into a family of"
"in ""meerkat"" pronunciation (created from audio clips from the TV adverts), a mongoose ""detector"", and some videos. The British site previously had these features, however it no longer has them and the app is no longer available, however there is a 'Meerkat Movies' app to redeem your voucher code. From 1 July 2011, a cuddly toy representing one of the characters has been given away with each policy sold via the website. So popular are these toys, that the marketing campaign involving them has doubled the company owner's personal fortune. In December 2013 a baby meerkat called Oleg was introduced"
"competitive home insurance, and the cheapest motor insurance cover. The company opened its Cape Town Contact Centre in 2004, set up Comparethemarket.com as a complimentary service in 2005, and sold Budget Retail in 2006. In July 2007 the company changed its name to BGL Group, launching an eco-friendly car insurance site, ibuyeco.co.uk, and relaunching the comparethemarket.com insurance price comparison site. The year 2009 saw the creation of comparethemeerkat.com – online meerkat comparison website as part of a spoof advertising campaign featuring a CGI meerkat character named Aleksandr Orlov. French price comparison sites LesFurets.com and CreditMieux.com were acquired in 2010, and"
"to assert their identity to resist Spanish centralism. Renewed attention to the regional burro helped start a breeding campaign for its preservation, and its numbers have increased. Proshka, an ass owned by Russian populist nationalist liberal democratic politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky, became prominent during the 2012 Russian presidential election campaign, when he was filmed in an election advertisement video. In that controversial ad, Zhirinovsky appeared sitting in a sleigh harnessed with Proshka, then claiming that the ""little wretched ass"" is the symbol of Russia and that if he would become President a ""daring troika"" would return as a symbol of Russia"
"child and two grandchildren. He owns a vineyard on Long Island and the related company Leslie Wine, launched in 2008. He also has a residence in Houston. Alexander was raised Jewish, and now identifies as Agnostic. He is a vegetarian and an advocate of animal rights. He is a supporter of the Democratic Party and has donated $15,000 in the past 20 years to Democratic candidates. He purchased the duplex penthouse of 18 Gramercy Park in 2012, reportedly for $42 million. Alexander's net worth is an estimated $1.54 billion as of Q1-2016, placing him at #401 on the list of"
"in social networks (published in 2012). The same year, he became one of the winners at MobileBeat Innovation Competition, 2012 (San Francisco). In 2015, Russian Venture Capital (RVC), a government fund of funds and the development institute of the Russian Federation, named Borodich Russia’s most active business angel of the year. In 2016, the Russian National Business Angels Association recognized Borodich as Russia’s ""business angel of the year"" at a ceremony at the Skolkovo Hypercube. Alexander Borodich Alexander Borodich (Russian: ; born July 28, 1975) is a Russian venture investor, serial entrepreneur, digital media strategist. Borodich is the former marketing"
"second Pro Bowl nomination. Alexander was named the Defensive MVP of the Pro Bowl, after a 20-13 AFC victory. He was also ranked 91st by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017. On March 11, 2017, Alexander signed a two-year, $9 million contract extension with the Bills. Alexander was raised by his mother and his maternal uncle. He is married and has two daughters and two sons. He has a family history of diabetes and thus is a spokesman for the American Diabetes Association. When he joined the Redskins in 2006, Alexander gained the nickname ""One Man"
"""The Fairly OddParents"", """" and ""A Fairly Odd Christmas"". He played Cosmo, one of Timmy Turner's fairies. On January 6, 2010, it was announced that Alexander would be the new face of the weight loss company Jenny Craig. Alexander stars in the music video for Nickelback's ""Trying Not to Love You"" as a coffee foam artist. On January 6, 2015, Alexander made an appearance in a YouTube video with one of his son's popular YouTuber friends. In August 2018, Alexander became one of several celebrities to play Colonel Sanders in commercials for the famed chicken restaurant chain KFC, reprising his"
"young people. In terms of audience outreach, MDK surpasses the majority of online publications, which causes interest among advertisers. Large companies and brands like KFC, Durex, Axe Effect advertised in MDK. In August 2013, during the Moscow election campaign, the photo of politician Alexey Navalny appeared on the avatar of MDK. Since 2017 MDK creative agency promotes Burger King company in social networks. ""Pixels"" game, one of the agency's projects, was the launched in April 2017. 132,000 people started to play it in just a few days. The MDK communities network belongs to the companies ""Hermes"" and ""Sarafanka"". Sarafanka LLC,"
"the 2003 commercial. The duck also appeared with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner, and Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. In 2005, the company logo was changed to incorporate the duck. The first commercial using the new logo featured Gilbert Gottfried at a pet store because the duck kept saying, ""Aflac!"" and he had to trade in the duck for a parrot, saying, ""If you're hurt and can't work"". The duck was originally voiced by comedian Gilbert Gottfried, who also voiced Digit on the PBS Kids series ""Cyberchase"" and Iago in the Disney film ""Aladdin"". After"
"Russia to be elected to government. He is a municipal councilor in the village of Novozavidovo, north of Moscow. Posters and toys depicting Barack Obama as a monkey have been sold in Russian stores in 2015, and Member of Duma Irina Rodnina has publicly posted a picture showing Obama with a banana on Twitter. A Tatar owned supermarket in Tatarstan sold calendars with images of American President Obama depicted as a monkey and initially refused to apologize for selling the calendar. They were then forced to issue an apology later. In mid-2016, after tensions rose between the U.S. and Russia,"
"Aleksandr Marshal Aleksandr Vitalyevich Minkov (; born 7 June 1957 in Korenovsk, USSR), better known by stage name Alexander Marshal(), is a Russian singer, songwriter, and musician; Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2007). He is known for his solo career, and as well as member of several bands: Araks, Tsvety, Zdravstvuy, pesnya, Gorky Park. Was awarded with Golden Gramophone Award in 2001 and 2003, and is laureate of Russian musical awards like Chanson of the Year and Pesnya goda. His stage name, ""Marshal"", is in fact his nickname since school years, because, being very tall, he always stood first"
"which owns the MDK trademark, belongs to Dmitry Aladyshev and Vladislav Ivashov on an equal footing. The main owner of communities, according to Fontanka.ru, was called Hermes LLC, owned by Panchvidze and Aladyshev. According to Lenta.ru, ""Hermes"" places advertising in MDK by agreement with ""Sarafanka"". MDK (community) MDK (also МДК) is the most popular community in social network VK.com with more than 8.3 million followers (as of June 2017). By May 2016, MDK grew into a network of communities with a total monthly audience of about 20 million people. Most of the entries in the group are funny pictures, Internet"
"in ranks during roll call, both in sports and in military school. Aleksandr Marshal Aleksandr Vitalyevich Minkov (; born 7 June 1957 in Korenovsk, USSR), better known by stage name Alexander Marshal(), is a Russian singer, songwriter, and musician; Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2007). He is known for his solo career, and as well as member of several bands: Araks, Tsvety, Zdravstvuy, pesnya, Gorky Park. Was awarded with Golden Gramophone Award in 2001 and 2003, and is laureate of Russian musical awards like Chanson of the Year and Pesnya goda. His stage name, ""Marshal"", is in fact his"
"signed a deal with Ukraine-based studio Star Media Group to adapt ""Wilfred"" for Russian and CIS television. The deal was finalised in October 2013 and production started in the same month, with the new show to be retitled ""Charlie"". Star Media's plot synopsis indicates the 12-episode series will revolve around a young man named Nikita attempting to woo a woman who owns a dog named Charlie, but unfortunately Nikita and Charlie take an instant dislike to one another (suggesting the Russian version will be more similar to the original series than the American remake). The show will star Maksim Stetskov"
"Alexander Marten Alexander Marten (born June 3rd) is a German born and US educated founder and business angel. Among the companies founded by or with him are AdScent, Augmentation Industries, Docademy, Digital Outlaws, Sublime Investments, Gravity Games, fedger.io (co-founder). He is also the inventor of the patented mad technology and several subsequent patents. Alexander was born in Neuss and raised in Duesseldorf, Germany. After completing his business administration studies, in Germany, he worked in product management for Henkel KGaA at the Duesseldorf headquarters, where he was part of the product teams for the brands Pril, Vernel, Sil, and Perwoll. During"
"the movie """" as a train station manager, alongside his ""Pretty Woman"" costar Richard Gere. Alexander starred in """" as Cosmo. Alexander is featured in country music star Brad Paisley's music videos ""Celebrity"" and ""Online"", the latter of which he directed and won the 2007 Country Music Association's Video of the Year Award for. In August 2012, he co-starred in the music video ""Trying Not to Love You"" by Nickelback with former ""Baywatch"" star Brooke Burns. In January 1995, Alexander did a commercial for Rold Gold pretzels to be broadcast during the Super Bowl. The commercial depicts him with ""Frasier"""
"roles, such as playing the lead in the movie ""Being Peter Zebedee"" encapsulating the life of household name Peter Zebedee. Lyonya Golubkov Leonid ""Lyonya"" Golubkov () is a ""common Russian guy"" played by Vladimir Permyakov in notorious MMM commercials from 1992 to 1994. Due to a very aggressive advertising campaign by MMM owned by Sergei Mavrodi, most people know Vladimir Permyakov by this name. In advertising, Lyonya Golubkov was an excavator operator who invested into MMM stock and became rich enough to buy himself a new apartment, house, etc. (Later for marketing reasons Lyonya marked out his initial plans as"
"Alexander Borodich Alexander Borodich (Russian: ; born July 28, 1975) is a Russian venture investor, serial entrepreneur, digital media strategist. Borodich is the former marketing director at Mail.ru Group. Borodich was recognized as “the business angel of year 2016,"" in 2016. Borodich is a private investor, the founder of the Universa blockchain platform, managing partner of marketing communication agency FutureAction, the founder of FutureLabs Future Laboratory and the VentureClub.ru investor club, a crowd-investment platform and an investor club. Borodich has invested in over 70 projects worldwide. He is the former principal of Economic School at Moscow State University (2010-2013). In"
"filters after Russian Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu and used the logo of United Russia on other filters. Shoigu and United Russia have requested Petrik cease using their names in his marketing. Viktor Petrik Viktor Petrik () (born 1946) is a Russian businessman. He claims to have made a number of scientific breakthroughs which he markets through his company Goldformula. His supporters have compared him to Thomas Edison, but mainstream scientists dismiss his inventions as pseudoscience. Petrik gained a notoriety in Russia during the scandal, dubbed Petrikgate, related to the involvement of politicians in promotion of Petrik's pseudoinventions. Viktor Petrik"
"29 April 2014, Kozak was added to the European Union sanctions list due to his role in the 2014 Crimean crisis. He is barred from entering the EU countries, and his assets in the EU are frozen. Dmitry Kozak Dmitry Nikolayevich Kozak (, ; born 7 November 1958) is a Russian politician serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia since 2008. He is known as the Cheshire Cat () because of his smile and is part of the Vlast' () or power group from St. Petersburg close to Putin. He was previously a regional development minister in the Russian"
"controversial media attention and Alexander responded stating he was ""proud"" of his hair colour. Harman later apologised, admitting her conduct was ""wrong"". In November 2012 the Cairngorm Brewery rebranded their beer called ""Cairngorm Gold"" as ""Ginger Rodent"" with Alexander's agreement and cooperation. This same beer is also exported to Australia where it is called ""Sheepshaggers Gold"". The brewery is located in his former constituency. Alexander has been nicknamed ""Beaker"" due to his resemblance to ""The Muppet Show"" character. Alexander is a self described heavy metal fan. Danny Alexander Sir Daniel Grian Alexander (born 15 May 1972) is a Scottish former"
"him and the senior Madison gets Oscar so mad that he hits Mr. Met in the head. The Mets get Oscar to, as a publicity stunt, apologize to Mr. Met. Mr. Met and the Phillie Phanatic did a MasterCard commercial in 2013 to raise money for ending cancer. Mr. Met Mr. Met is the official mascot for Major League Baseball's New York Mets. He is a man with a large baseball for a head. He can be seen at Citi Field during Mets home games, has appeared in several commercials as part of ESPN's This is ""SportsCenter"" campaign, and has"
"Aleksandr Tsekalo Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Tsekalo (, ; born 22 March 1961 in Kiev) is a Soviet and Russian musician, actor, radio and TV host. Founder of production company Sreda, he is active in television since 1986. Tsekalo is a TV host in Minute of Fame and Big Difference. Aleksandr Tsekalo was born on March 22, 1961 in Kiev, in the family of thermal engineers Yevgeny Borisovich Tsekalo (March 11, 1931 - May 2007), who was Ukrainian, and Elena Leonidovna Volkova (March 24, 1933 – 2000), who was Jewish. He learned to play the piano and the guitar and already at"