Commercials

  • The First Commercial

    The First Commercial
    •The first TV commercial ever aired on July 1, 1941, during a baseball game featuring the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. The ad was for Bulova watches and featured a watch face superimposed over a map of the U.S. A voiceover for the commercial said "America runs on Bulova time." The company paid $9 to run the ad.
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    Commercials

  • The Evolution of Commercials

    ntertainment value became a factor later on, while still being rather basic they would include "catchy" jingles which were made to leave lasting impressions in the audience and build the brand. These types of TV adverts were quite common with branded confectionery food items, pop, soaps, shampoos, beer and various others.
    Through the years advertising campaigns on TV have become regulated by various governing bodies, requiring broadcasters to meet certain standards and restrictions on how much
  • Commercials Now

    Commercials Now
    Commercials are random these days, people make them for anything. Television advertisements have been used for decades to provide revenue for television. From the humble origins of the first black and white television advertisements to the multi-million ad spots sold during the Super Bowl each year, the nature of television commercials has changed a lot over the years.
  • The Future of the Commercial

    The Future of the Commercial
    I predict that in 2050 the commercials will be non-stop, they will be 3-D, You can chose your own commercials they will be less boring. I predict this because people chose to watch more
    3-D movies then regular movies.
  • Bibliography

    Bulova Time. 1941. Photograph. Map of Usa, New York.
    Cummings, Tucker. "The History of Tv Ads." Http://www.ehow.com/about_5444518_history-tv-ads.html. N.p., 1990-2012. Web. 1 Nov. 2012.
    "History of Advertising and Public Relations." About.com Advertising. About.com., 2012. Web. 29 Oct. 2012. http://advertising.about.com/od/history/History_of_Advertising_and_Public_Relations.htm.
    NBC Studio. 2012. Photograph. New York, New York.
    Pepsi 3D Commercial. 2009. Photograph. N.p.
    Super Bowl. 2012. Pho