Merchandise & Licensing
A synopsis of Double Z merchandise and marketing campaigns
Along with television production Double Z have 21
years experience in
licensing. The company have produced extensive merchandising and
marketing
campaigns for their characters in Ireland, the U.K and Europe.
The Zig and Zag brand spawned three major licensing campaigns; the
first in
Ireland (1988) is considered as the first comprehensive merchandising
campaign for home produced characters in Ireland.
A second larger campaign was based in the U.K and Ireland (1992) and
with
their own show on MTV show a third campaign was mounted in Europe
(1994).
The licencing campaign included a platinum selling single 'Them
Girls,Them
Girls' (produced by Simon Cowell!), No.1 selling plush toys, books,
comics,
molded collectables, stationary, clothing ranges, postage stamps, board
and
electronic games and deals with Kelloggs, Pizza Hut, BHS, Nestle, BMG,
HB,
The Sunday Mirror newspaper, An Post national postal service, Golden
Wonder,
Vivid Imaginations, Polygram, Yoplait and Cadbury.
With the success of their award winning adult talk show Double Z have
produced a wide range of licensed products based around the Podge &
Rodge
characters including DVD's, Talking Plush Toys, a No.1 bestselling book
'The
Ballydung Bible', a Potato chip snack range,a full clothing range:
T-shirts,
socks, nightshirts, slippers, a weekly newspaper column, two sold out
live
Stage shows: 'Desperate for Housewives' 2006/2007 'It's a Podge &
Rodge
Show - Get Me Outta Here' 2008 and deals with Dunnes Stores, RMG,
Warner
Video, Tayto, Microsoft, The Star newspaper and Aiken promotions.
Dustin the Turkey is another of Double Z's extremely successful puppet
stars
appearing on children¹s television for twenty years. Dustin the Turkey
has
had an amazingly successful recording career in Ireland, with six
multi-platinum selling albums, seven No.1 singles. In 2008 Dustin won
the
public vote to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest with
the
song 'Irelande Douze Pointe'. Other spin offs include talking plush
toys, a
weekly newspaper column, books, DVD, five sellout Christmas stage shows
and
deals with The Sun newspaper, Glanbia, EMI, Sony, Eircom, MCD, ESB and
Bus
Eireann.
Double Z have made corporate videos and appearances for the following clients:
Dunnes Stores, Irish Life Insurance, Esat Telecommunications, Tesco, Budweiser, Aer Lingus, Shell, Microsoft, ESB
Zig and Zag
The Zig and Zag brand spawned three major licensing campaigns; the
first in
Ireland (1988) is considered as the first comprehensive merchandising
campaign for home produced characters in Ireland.
A second larger campaign was based in the U.K and Ireland (1992) and
with
their own show on MTV show a third campaign was mounted in Europe
(1994).
The licencing campaign included a platinum selling single 'Them
Girls,Them
Girls' (produced by Simon Cowell!), No.1 selling plush toys, books,
comics,
molded collectables, stationary, clothing ranges, postage stamps, board
and
electronic games and deals with Kelloggs, Pizza Hut, BHS, Nestle, BMG,
HB,
The Sunday Mirror newspaper, An Post national postal service, Golden
Wonder,
Vivid Imaginations, Polygram, Yoplait and Cadbury.
Podge & Rodge
With the success of their award winning adult talk show Double Z have
produced a wide range of licensed products based around the Podge &
Rodge
characters including DVD's, Talking Plush Toys, a No.1 bestselling book
'The
Ballydung Bible', a Potato chip snack range,a full clothing range:
T-shirts,
socks, nightshirts, slippers, a weekly newspaper column, two sold out
live
Stage shows: 'Desperate for Housewives' 2006/2007 'It's a Podge &
Rodge
Show - Get Me Outta Here' 2008 and deals with Dunnes Stores, RMG,
Warner
Video, Tayto, Microsoft, The Star newspaper and Aiken promotions.
Dustin the Turkey
Dustin the Turkey is another of Double Z's extremely successful puppet
stars
appearing on children¹s television for twenty years. Dustin the Turkey
has
had an amazingly successful recording career in Ireland, with six
multi-platinum selling albums, seven No.1 singles. In 2008 Dustin won
the
public vote to represent Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest with
the
song 'Irelande Douze Pointe'. Other spin offs include talking plush
toys, a
weekly newspaper column, books, DVD, five sellout Christmas stage shows
and
deals with The Sun newspaper, Glanbia, EMI, Sony, Eircom, MCD, ESB and
Bus
Eireann.
Double Z have made corporate videos and appearances for the following clients:
Dunnes Stores, Irish Life Insurance, Esat Telecommunications, Tesco, Budweiser, Aer Lingus, Shell, Microsoft, ESB