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A television advertisement (also called a commercial, spot, break, advert, or ad) is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization. It conveys a message promoting, and aiming to market, a product, service or idea.
spot A radio, television commercial or underwriting spot spot advertising A commercial or commercials run in the middle of or between programs, sold separately from the program (as opposed to sponsors' messages). A station identification slide for WAKR-TV in Akron, Ohio (c. early 1980s). Station identification. Also top of the hour ID or TOH ID.
A promo (a shorthand term for promotion) is a form of commercial advertising used in broadcast media, either television or radio, which promotes a program airing on a television or radio station/network to the viewing or listening audience.
The annual Super Bowl football game is known as much for its commercial advertisements as for the game itself, and the average cost of a single 30-second TV spot during this game (seen by 112 million viewers) has reached US $7 million (as of February 2022).
"As seen on TV" is a generic phrase for products advertised on television in the United States for direct-response mail-order through a toll-free telephone number. As Seen on TV advertisements, known as infomercials , are usually 30-minute shows or two-minute spots during commercial breaks.
In broadcasting, a commercial bumper, ident bumper, or break-bumper (often shortened to bump) is a brief announcement, usually two to fifteen seconds in length that can contain a voice over, placed between a pause in the program and its commercial break, and vice versa.
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In the television industry, an upfront is a gathering at the start of important advertising sales periods, held by television network executives and attended by major advertisers and the media.