Category "commercial"

Captions in Mexican TV Commercials

Watching Mexican TV channels like Televisa and TVAzteca, you'll notice that many TV commercials have captions at the bottom of the screen with what appear to re

Are Movie Stars typically forbidden from appearing in future commercials resembling a played character?

Maybe no one around here would know the answer to this, or maybe it varies wildly, but I'm curious to know whether or not it's typical for movie stars to be for

Is there a common origin to those blue background TV commercials?

I've seen a number of these in my many years of watching TV since at least the 1990s. These are commercials for some random mail order product, and right before

When a TV commercial shows for a split second then cuts off, what is happening?

I see this from time to time during commercial breaks: all of a sudden, a commercial will play for a split second, no more than 2 or 3 seconds but then get cut

Is there a requirement that television commercials state "paid spokesperson" and such in the US?

Saw a commercial tonight where a local hospital had patients singing praises of the hospital. Except that, in small letters it said "not a patient". I know fi

Where was this Old Amsterdam commercial filmed, exactly?

This commercial for Old Amsterdam was obviously shot in Amsterdam. Where was it shot exactly?

What are all the mistakes in this Specsavers ad?

In this recent ad for Specsavers that was shown on Australian TV, at the start they say there is 15 mistakes in it. so far all I can see are: The Hammer seems

Showing Children's commericals during Adult Programming

I was watching an animated movie on TV one night (close to midnight), and when it finished a commercial break, but before it returned to the movie, it would air

What has been the effect of being able to fast forward commercials?

To keep this on-topic, this is not about 'commercials' - rather television production and economic effects (see tag description) of majority viewers being able

Why is oversampling so "abused" in scenes with vehicles, that seem to moving backwards?

I always wonder, looking at certain movies (but especially TV commercials), why oversampling is not reduced someway. I think that you can recall any scene, both

Who initiates discussions for commercials of movies played on TV?

I am watching What To Expect When You're Expecting on TNT. I am noticing a trend among the commercials. There are several different diaper and baby aids ads.

How much money did this Evil advertising promotion cost the Network?

Being a pretty big fan of Robert & Michelle King's TV series, I also watch their latest venture, Evil on CBS. The series is about examining evil in the wor

Dissecting and interpreting weird MTV commercial

This MTV commercial seems to be filled with weird symbolism. Does anyone have the enough expertise to dissect the commercial and provide an interpretation for i

If Sweden didn't have commercial TV channels until the late 1980s, how can these TV commercials from the 1960s and 1970s exist?

Lately, I've been watching a bunch of Swedish-language TV commercials from the late 1960s and 1970s. Here is an example from 1969: