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CCT distances itself from viral ‘Hitler’ video

- Janette N. Brin, Marketing & Public Relations Manager @ CCT debunks assumption that the video was produced by her company
August 26th, 2015 | Tags: CCT viral video 'Hitler' Downfall Janette N. Brin
A screenshot of the scene from the 2004 movie 'Downfall' showing 'Adolph Hitler'. This is the scene used in the viral video but with the original dialogue changed. Photo: blackholereviews.blogspot.com
Marketing and Public Relations Manager at CCT Global Communications Janet N. Brin. Photo: VINO/File
Marketing and Public Relations Manager at CCT Global Communications Janet N. Brin. Photo: VINO/File
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Marketing and Public Relations Manager at CCT Global Communications Janet N. Brin has confirmed that a video, which has gone viral and which purports to bash one telecommunications provider while favouring CCT, has not been produced or sanctioned by her company.

The almost four minute video which has been making the rounds on social media is actually based on a clip of the 2004 World War II movie ‘Downfall’ during which ‘Adolph Hitler’ is in a heated exchange with his top military strategists in which would have been the final days of the war leading up to his demise and the fall of the Third Reich.

However, while the actual video from the movie is shown, the subtitles have been changed to depict an engagement between ‘Hitler’ and his men regarding poor data service from a particular communications provider in the VI and the option of a better service from a competitor.

Brin was clear that CCT had nothing to do with the video. She also confirmed that she has seen it.

“Please note that we have seen the video. Please further note that it is not a CCT video and as a result we have no comment on its contents,” said Brin to our newsroom today August 26, 2015.

“When we saw it, it was a concern that people might assume that we did it. So we want to maintain the truth in that it is not a CCT video. We had nothing to do with it. We didn’t create it. We didn’t do anything. We found out like everybody else,” she said.

The clip in question seems to be a popular platform for making political statements as it had been used in another setting recently with the words changed up to reflect another real life situation.

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50 Responses to “CCT distances itself from viral ‘Hitler’ video”

  • Disgusting (26/08/2015, 16:21) Like (14) Dislike (35) Reply
    Come on CCT. Have a bit of backbone and own up to it. Making a joke out of such a significant and shameful period in the worlds history is symptomatic of a company that bled the people of this territory for everything they had prior to competition in the marketplace. A local company with the peoples interest first? Please!!! The only interest is in the investment club and what can be gotten out of it
    • Typical (26/08/2015, 22:03) Like (18) Dislike (5) Reply

      Yea, sure, right! Let's forget that C&W had the real monopoly but those are rich white European interests so we shudder at the thought of calling them out. Instead let's pounce on our own people who built their product from scratch. I'm no CCT fan or Investment Club fan but it sickens me to hear this monopoly nonsense while conveniently excluding the role C&W played in the entire thing and up until now still offering half-@$$ed services to us for top dollar. WE should be ashamed of ourselves picking on our own every minute while others get away with rape and murder. No different to Festival where we shout down our local artists while overseas people come here, shout a bit, take off their pants, grind up on the audience and leave with $20K in cash while our people wait months and years for theirs. Keep it up, Willy Lynch is proud!

      • Wes (27/08/2015, 00:49) Like (16) Dislike (2) Reply
        Rape is rape regardless of the race or birthplace of the rapist. What CCT did when they had the monopoly was down right despicable. What C&W now SLIME are doing is just as awful.

        Brilliant marketing strategy though CCT even though you won't own up to it!
        • @ Wes (27/08/2015, 15:39) Like (7) Dislike (1) Reply
          Understand this and understand it well CCT didn't have a monopoly. LIME did everything had to go through lime and what they charged for both incoming and outgoing was outragous but because u only saw the CCT end you here talking a bunch nonsense. It was 20 years ago get over it. CCT is doing better than both lime and digicel right now and charging less for more.
          • Wes (28/08/2015, 12:48) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
            C&W took their pound of flesh but you can't deny CCT took theirs too. It wasn't all the big bad imperialists at C&W benefiting. Quite a few did very well suckling off of the CCT money titties back in the day at the expense of the population. I guess you were one of them....
            • @wes (28/08/2015, 13:33) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
              Dont change the subject at hand. You are misleading people and need to stop it simple
      • Hmm (27/08/2015, 06:31) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply
        Bvi didn't create cct, we bought it
  • digilime (26/08/2015, 16:24) Like (13) Dislike (8) Reply
    it is them yes
  • Boo (26/08/2015, 16:27) Like (15) Dislike (5) Reply
    Brilliant marketing strategy using viral marketing! Great job CCT lets see what Digicel comes back with!
  • i from here (26/08/2015, 16:43) Like (39) Dislike (1) Reply
    This video is the BOMB! LOL!!
  • Dr. Schnitzel (26/08/2015, 16:51) Like (8) Dislike (1) Reply
    Should let him loose on David V Johnson - they're much alike.
  • ABC (26/08/2015, 16:58) Like (1) Dislike (3) Reply
    Big fat lie
  • cay (26/08/2015, 17:16) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
    No no its now dem....yea right
  • Nice (26/08/2015, 17:17) Like (25) Dislike (1) Reply
    All the phone companies are terrible anyway but this video was just brilliant! Insensitive but brilliant!
  • Yes (26/08/2015, 17:18) Like (23) Dislike (1) Reply
    Can someone please make one for the NHI? I really love these Hitler videos, even more than cat videos.
  • town hall (26/08/2015, 17:33) Like (11) Dislike (6) Reply
    Typicall ndp nasty behaviour
  • Disgusting! (26/08/2015, 17:40) Like (7) Dislike (9) Reply
    Yeah right, they didn't make it... Shame on you! It's not even funny. Really, why would anyone make fun of a war that murdered thousands of innocent people. Ho yeah, and CCT remember when your network went down and Digicel let you piggyback on their network for days.
    • Que? (27/08/2015, 10:19) Like (0) Dislike (6) Reply
      Umm Hitler knew more and better than us, JEWS ARE NEVER INNOCENT.
    • uurrmmm (28/08/2015, 09:45) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      it ain Frazer ayo say was tie up with CCT now tis NDP.. my confused BVI people
  • Curious (26/08/2015, 18:39) Like (5) Dislike (1) Reply
    The foreign companies mad but the truth hurts and the local company sharing back some licks.
  • Scary Mary (26/08/2015, 18:42) Like (11) Dislike (11) Reply
    During WWII, Hitler was and remains to this day, one of the most evil human beings in modern history. To trivialize this scene, portraying the mastermind of the holocaust during the last days of the Third Reich, is to trivialize the suffering of millions of men, women and children put to death in gas chambers, starved to death or subjected to unimaginable cruelties and medical experiments.

    I have to wonder if someone took that famous clip from the movie "Roots", where Kunt Kinte (with metal shackles around his neck, wrists and feet) is being whipped by his "owner" insisting that he accept his new slave name,"Toby", and they turned it into a joke about some BVI company insisting that employees wear button down shirts instead of t-shirts; would we still be quite as amused?

    As members of the global community, this kind of insensitive tastelessness is not only deplorable, it is a very disturbing indicator of how far we have allowed ourselves to sink as a people. Pure ignorance!
    • @Scary Mary (26/08/2015, 20:11) Like (16) Dislike (9) Reply

      Its a video poking fun at real issues in the BVI. If you watched it and got the gist of the video u wouldn't be such a jack@$$ about it. The multi national companies getting away with raping the pockets of our people and the TRC stifling the growth of the home grown company who is capable of doing the job right now and u worried about the characters in the video. Its a scene from a hollywood movie get over it

    • Toby (26/08/2015, 20:48) Like (11) Dislike (14) Reply
      Scary Mary

      This holocaust you are referring to, even if it was proven to be true, can in no way approach the level of evil represented by African slavery. African slavery was in a whole class of evil by itself. Tens of millions of defenseless people killed or treated as disposable property.

      I fear the earth will cease to exist before African slavery and its legacy of racism are forgiven. Many, many people of both races will continue to die because of this. So please - refrain from using this holocaust and African slavery in the same comment.

      By the way, the video was brilliant marketing. Even so, I don't think CCT was dumb enough to do this.
    • brilliant (26/08/2015, 23:25) Like (5) Dislike (5) Reply
      Brilliant video. I wouldn't have expected this.

      @Scary Mary, you are wrong in your comparison - I am against killing jews, homosexuals, gipsys and others as much as anyone, but this clip is not the same as taking the clip of Kunte Kinte as you suggest. The equivalent of what you suggest would be to take a scene of innocents from the gas chamber and dub the speech of the guards sending them to their death for not choosing the bigger better network (or whatever). The equivalent of this clip is of using a portrayal of a plantation owner, and not (especially) featuring the slaves (although they might have a peripheral role).

    • Que? (27/08/2015, 10:21) Like (2) Dislike (2) Reply
      Huh? What are you smoking? CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE MOST EVIL MAN IN THE WORLD.
    • ????? (27/08/2015, 16:24) Like (3) Dislike (3) Reply

      Scary Mary, go sit your low minded donkey in a corner. Is that your best comparison? Getting sick of your sh&&ty postings now.....

  • wize up (26/08/2015, 19:33) Like (11) Dislike (3) Reply
    Great Video: CCT is a locally owned businesses and I think they must be given an opportunity to develop in our territory: those other provider already have lucrative business throughout the world; why can CCT enjoy prosperity in this territory: I must say for right now, the internet service is better that that iris company; I was paying almost 200.00 month for Digicel internet; I am now paying 99.00 for unlimited data from CCT....
  • mary j (26/08/2015, 19:36) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Look trouble for me!
  • vex (26/08/2015, 20:56) Like (4) Dislike (2) Reply
    Now now cct stop hiring behind this vidio
  • brilliant (26/08/2015, 21:34) Like (8) Dislike (4) Reply
    thats sad, because its one of the most brilliant marketing strategy to come from the BVI.
  • Yes (26/08/2015, 22:05) Like (4) Dislike (8) Reply

    Hitler is evil but we hail the Queen. It's amazing how people try to sound so intelligent but come off as totally brainless and dumb. The media has done a heck of a job f@#$%^g with our minds! Wow!

  • just asking.... (27/08/2015, 00:09) Like (1) Dislike (2) Reply
    you expect them to say is dem?
  • 123 (27/08/2015, 00:11) Like (0) Dislike (4) Reply
    WE KNOW WHO IS BEHIND TIS
  • John (27/08/2015, 04:29) Like (4) Dislike (13) Reply
    CCT is a white majority owned company with a few local politician shareholders and their cronies. It is not the "local company" people keep talking about. It is controlled by the politicians' "rich white friends". The locals have no decision making power.
    • ?? (27/08/2015, 08:00) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      Is this true????
    • wize up (27/08/2015, 08:13) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
      @ John; are you saying CCT & Digicel are the same thing: CCT controlled by NDP factions; while Digicel controlled by the VIP's loyalists when under VIP leadership....
    • L**s (27/08/2015, 09:41) Like (7) Dislike (0) Reply
      Stop telling lies before someone actually believes you. Not one single white person is affiliated with CCT. Maybe a few years ago...but as for right now that is absolutely not true. It is 100% locally owned.
  • Peaches (27/08/2015, 05:50) Like (1) Dislike (5) Reply
    can someone send the link for the video please?
    • Blind Man (27/08/2015, 08:35) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      Click on the link on this page just above the blogs...(click here to see full video)
    • read man read (27/08/2015, 08:43) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      It is at the bottom of the story>>>"CLICK HERE TO WATCH FULL VIDEO"
  • ABC (27/08/2015, 15:10) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    the high paid consutatants are at it again!
  • Sunny (27/08/2015, 17:56) Like (4) Dislike (0) Reply
    I dont care who made this video, it is hilarious and t i dont care what no body say, A little humor never kills nobody. lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll i just keep watching this over and over
  • williehes (27/08/2015, 20:11) Like (2) Dislike (0) Reply


    Whoever dubbed this video clip is a genius. I watched it several times and since I am a little slow in reading I decided to write out the script. Here it is for those who want to follow the script.

    I’m sorry Sir, I have some bad news!!
    CCT has launched their new LTE Network
    They have coverage in these areas.
    Our people have tested it and report that it to be fast.,
    With no buffering on Netflix
    They plan to have coverage here and in here by year end.
    …………………………………………………………..
    No worries. The TRC will turn that sh*t off.
    Digicel is the bigger, better network.
    ……………………….
    Umm Sir……
    The TRC…
    The TRC says it’s OK. Also Digicel is now trying to block What’s app calls….,
    after advertizing to customers that they get Whats app for free.
    ……………………………
    ALL CCT customers leave the room.
    What the f…. is Digicel doing?
    Bigger, better my f…ing ass!
    I tried doing a speed test the other day in town . The internet was so f…ing slow it couldn’t even start
    At this rate they’ll have to change their name too…like LIME.
    All my friends in the f…ing chat group have already switched to CCT.
    But I said no,… Digicel got this!.......
    CCT already offered more data….
    Now they’ve got LTE and this is the bullsh…t Digicel gonna do in response?..
    ………..
    But Sir if you apply a bundle…..
    ……………
    I don’t want to hear the dummy f….
    ……..
    We’re also trying to offer fiberoptic…..
    ….
    I can’t go down that f..ing road with fiberoptic.
    MEDIOCRE!!!
    Imagine I’m on a plan and I had to go to the CCT Booth in the Village this year to beg for WIFI…..because my data was utterly f..ing useless!!
    Furthermore…why the f…Google always thinks that I am in Antigua?....When I live in the BVI and never been there in all my f..ing life?
    We out here getting bodied by a local carrier……..
    I really thought ya’ll had this.
    I want to hate CCT so bad….the only ammo I have is that they used to charge 75 cents per minute 20 f…ing years ago.
    Lets just hope …they don’t come out with LTE phone plans just yet…..
    I would pitch this f..ing SIM card the bush with all my strength….I don’t even want it in my garbage.
    REDICULOUS,,, F…ing ridiculous, words cannot describe my disappoingment
    And LIME is no better….with their ‘unlimited’ plan that is limited in every possible way.
    Tell me how the F… is that even possible?
    …………………………………………………….
    (some one started crying and her colleague consoled her, saying….)
    Don’t worry, He’ll switch to CCT soon.
    ……………………………………………………….
    I have a confession to make…….
    I Always kept my CCT chip and I send someone to topup every Tuesday…Topup turn up they call it.
    You get a chance to win extra credit.
    I think I’m going to sign up on the FREEDOM plan tomorrow. I’ll get 10GB of data that actually works.
    F…U guys!!

    • The Weekdy (28/08/2015, 16:14) Like (1) Dislike (0) Reply
      This had me rolling! Makes me want to sign up with CCT and I'm LIME all the way. One more screw job by LIME and I'm GONE!
  • cnn (27/08/2015, 22:03) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply
    Thank you willhes tis ting bad
  • Sunny (14/12/2015, 08:54) Like (0) Dislike (0) Reply

    Metal viral is a website for viral picture . viral image are just part of life now..CONTACT US ,,,,!


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