AB InBev’s chief advertising and marketing officer Marcel Marcondes sat down with Fox Information Digital to debate the beermaker’s new Netflix partnership.
A brand new landmark partnership between film and tv streaming big Netflix and the world’s largest beer producer AB InBev is betting on “cheers” in the lounge.
Fox Information Digital spoke with Marcel Marcondes, the chief advertising and marketing officer for AB InBev, who says that adjusting their technique to attraction to an viewers at house is paramount and affords a glimpse into the way forward for not solely how individuals socialize, however after they select to drink.
“Streaming is changing into a giant social event,” Marcondes defined to Fox. “Folks get collectively to observe the exhibits, to observe this sequence, and it is a large beer event.”
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“We see individuals scheduling to get collectively to observe the following episode of their favourite exhibits and even with individuals in numerous properties in numerous households to say, let’s watch collectively although we’re aside that episode in three, two, one now in order that they’ll have that collective expertise,” Marcondes added. “That is simply a part of tradition now.”
Netflix introduced a partnership with international beer producer Ab InBev on Monday. (Mario Tama/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
Marcondes additionally defined how they plan to supply promotions for Netflix subscriptions, commerce activations and themed packaging for various exhibits.
Ticker | Safety | Final | Change | Change % |
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BUD | ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV | 59.36 | +0.78 | +1.33% |
NFLX | NETFLIX INC. | 1,226.97 | +19.19 | +1.59% |
In flip, Netflix will incorporate AB InBev merchandise into exhibits themselves, with season two of “The Gents” that includes actors and actresses consuming Stella Artois all through the sequence.

Corona, considered one of AB InBev’s merchandise, can be included in a number of the model promotion as a part of the partnership. (Kevin Carter/Getty Photos / Getty Photos)
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“The recognition of our titles permits us to pierce the cultural zeitgeist in methods few others can, and an excellent partnership could make that even higher,” Netflix chief advertising and marketing officer Marian Lee mentioned in an announcement. “We’re tremendous enthusiastic about creating attention-grabbing campaigns with AB InBev which are simply as distinctive, enjoyable, and artistic because the exhibits and flicks they help.”
AB InBev, headquartered in Belgium, is behind manufacturers like Corona, Stella Arois, and Budweiser and controls roughly 25% of the international beer market.
As for Netflix, studies point out that they’ve greater than roughly 300 million paid subscribers.

AB InBev is betting on beer drinkers pouring a glass at dwelling in new streaming partnership (REUTERS/Herwig Prammer / Reuters Images)
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“This partnership is highly effective as a result of our manufacturers are naturally a part of these social moments,” Marcondes famous to Fox.
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“Be it within the social events, beer events being portrayed within the exhibits, be it within the music and sports activities occasions that they are going to stream dwell the place our manufacturers are naturally a part of,” Marcondes added.