"I think the ads that get rejected are always the more interesting ones," said David Carson, Heavy.com's co-founder and co-CEO.
Heavy.com consists of a mosaic of video clips, radio, and games that attract the young males (and increasingly females) so coveted by advertisers today. The site is consistently laden with brands like Diesel, Sony, and Nike, as well as trailers for films such as New Line's 'Wedding Crashers."
Carson made no arrangements with any of the brands whose Super Bowl ads his site is featuring. "We just found them online," he said. "We thought it would be smart to compile them all together into one package."
Users clicking on the banned TV ads are first shown, very briefly, a separate full-screen banner ad; Tuesday night, one ad was for the movie "Underworld," and another was for Honda Civic.
In other Super Bowl commercial news, Yahoo is teaming up with iFilm to offer on-demand the commercials that do air on game day, February 5. Classic Super Bowl ads from years past will also be available on-demand, as well as football-related clips--and exclusive content from Yahoo Sports, including the NFL This Week webcast studio show.