​Samsung and Chrysler have signed on as global sponsors for Fox’s ambitious “Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey,” Fox announced Wednesday.

Both brands will see custom spots and digital extras as the 13-part series airs on Fox and National Geographic Channel in the U.S. and Fox International’s 220 channels worldwide.

Samsung is sponsoring a series of “insider” videos, and a contest that allows viewers to send their own “golden message” to the universe and enter for a chance to win a trip to a “Cosmos” event and meet host Neil deGrasse Tyson.

For its part, Chrysler’s sponsorship extends to the U.S. broadcasts on Fox and Nat Geo, as well as Canadian airings on Global TV.

The sponsorship deals were hammered out by Fox One, the company’s cross-division integrated marketing and sales division.

“The expansive scope of this remarkable series has created truly unique sponsorship opportunities beyond anything Fox One has endeavored before,” said Jean Rossi, Fox One’s president and network sales EVP.

Brief Take: Fox has lured two deep-pocketed sponsors to help foot the bill for this ambitious event series, which rolled out across ten domestic networks at the same time.

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