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Years In The Making! 111 Minutes Of 207 Classic TV Commercials From The Years 1987, 1988 And 1989 Of The Golden Age Of Cable TV, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! #TVCommercials #TelevisionCommercials #Commercials #TVCs #TVAdvertising #TelevisionAdvertising #Advertising #Television #TV #DVD #VideoDownload #MP4 #USBFlashDrive
Contents:
1987-1988:
Should You Know More About Social Security? #1
A&E Cable Network ID #1
Crazy Calls Answering Machine Tape
Fortune Magazine With Free Bound Planner
A&E's Living Dangerously
Soft Scrub With Clorox Bleach
Vincent Price For Tilex Mildew Stain Remover
Discovery Channel ID #1
Grey Poupon Mustard In Venice
Charles Schwab On Financial Advisors
National Committee For Adoption
Dentu-Creme Or Dentu-Gel
Art Linkletter For Contour Chair
Woodbridge Dodge King George Rd. Woodbridge NJ
Queen City Pontiac And GMC Dealer Rt. 22 Greenbrook NJ
Discovery Channel ID #2
Filing System Clothes Hanger Organizer
The Discovery Channel's Monthly Program Guide
Today's Wall Street Journal
TNT's The Big Picture Opening
The Big Picture: Brought By Geo
Clairol Loving Care Hair Color
Renuzit Roomate Air Freshener
Schmiede Tree Expert Corp. Scotch Plains NJ #1
Salerno-Duane Pontiac Jeep-Eagle Summit NJ
Safari Sam And The Kingdom Of Total Pets Route 22 Union NJ
TNT Program Guide
Smooth Operator Waterproof Electric Razors From Panasonic
New Cascade For Spotless Dishes
Chubby Checker, Scott Carpenter, Orel Hershiser, Lorenzo Lamas And Milton Berle For BVD Mens Underwear
Pentax IQZoom Camera
Crunch 'N Munch
Pennzoil Motor Oil
Chevrolet Cavalier
CNN: How White House Stayed Informed On Events In China
Pedigree And Pedigree Mealtime Dog Food
JCPenny Father's Day Sale
Chevrolet Beretta
Future Watch On CNN
TNT The Good Stuff
Poolside Pool And Spa Rt. 1 South Brunswick NJ
Schmiede Tree Expert Corp. Scotch Plains NJ #1
Insight Chiropractic: King Coil Spinal Guard Mattress, Life College School Of Chiropractic
Chevrolet Corsica
Domino's Pan Pizza
Ultra Pampers Plus
Sears Camcorder
TNT: Brewster McCloud Ad
TNT ID #1
Reydel Pontiac Rt. 27 Edison NJ
Sylvan Learning Center: Helping Kids Do Better
Jacuzzis From Poolside Pool And Spa #1
US Representative Matt Rinaldo: Social Security Hotline
Semicid Contraceptive Inserts
Future Floor Cleaner
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
What Makes A Woman Unforgettable: Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, Sandra Bernhard For Revlon Superlucious Lipstick
Vivid Laundry Detergent
Oral B Toothbrushes
Murine Thimerosal-Free Soft Contact Lens Solutions
CNN Daybreak
Ban Solid Deodorant
TNT ID #2
Jacuzzis From Poolside Pool And Spa #2
Amboy-Madison National Bank Choice Banking Equity Loans
Montclair Bloomfield Ford Montclair NJ
Encyclopedia Britannica Free 3 Volume Desk Reference Set
Jerry Lewis: Cable Cares For Jerry's Kids
Maytag Repairman Sleeps Soundly
A&E's Diamond Classics Showcase
DeBeers: A Diamond Is Forever
Scott's Liquid Gold Foaming Glass Cleaner
AT&T Reach Out: Mother And Son Hear
Moon Over Parador
Should You Know More About Social Security? #2
Tough New Spirit Of Dodge
New Mission: Impossible
DP Ergometer 3000 Treadmill
BASF Video Tape: Even After 500 Plays!
Secret Antiperspirant For Women
WNET Channel 13: Clocks Fundraising Ad
Channe 13 Nightworld: Tomorrow's Early AM Schedule
Channel 13 Nightworld: Fundraising Ad
Channel 13 ID: Thirteen: Always The Best For 25 Years
A&E Program Sponsorship Opening: UPS
UPS Every Night While You're Sleeping
New Zealand: The Two Most Beautiful Islands In The World
Britta Water Filter System
Dean Martin's Greatest Hits
Channel 31 New York City: News City
Time Life Books: The Civil War Series
The Sporting News Weekly
Rambo III On Video Cassette
Miss Lee's Press-On Nails
USA Movie: Pretty Baby
Wall Street Journal: It Takes Money To Make Money
Vote America
LifeSign Stop Smoking System
E.T. The Extraterrestrial On Video Tape
Randee Of The Redwoods For President #1
MTV's Top 100 Of All Time Sponsorship: Caramello, Secret Solid Antiperspirant, Le Tigre, Stefanel Fashionwear
Randee Of The Redwoods For President #2
MTV Station ID
MTV Closet Classic Capsule Opening
MTV Technical Difficulties Title Card: Hang In There, We'll Be Right Back
Robert Stack For Time Life Books: The Vietnam Experience
MTV: George Michael On Religion, Music, Love
1988-1989:
WNET Channel 13: The Lucky Thirteen Sweepstakes
WNYC New York City: Complete Closing Theme To Heart Of The Dragon (1989 Run)
WNYC: There's Something Wrong In Paradise WIth Kid Creole And The Coconuts
WNET Channel 13: F.Y.I.: Live From Lincoln Center, Macneil
Lehrer 1988 Vice Presidential Debate Coverage
WNET Channel 13 Election 88: Vincent Price: The Case Of The Missing Voter
WNET Channel 13: Only The Best
The American Express Gold Card: Worth Its Wait
Cheese Riddle #18: Don't Forget The Cheese: Cheese Dogs
Gallo Blush Chablis
Clear Away Wart Remover
A&E: Brit Wit: The Black Adder II
Brickface U.S.A.
Woodbridge Dodge King George Rd. Woodbridge NJ
Kraft Pasta And Cheese
Mutual Of America: Caring For Americans
Your Life Brand DailyPak Vitamins
Melanie And William Shatner For Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
Mercedes Benz Just How Safe Is Your Car?
Nothing Does It Like Gas
Poolside Pool And Spa Rt. 1 South Brunswick NJ
WNYW Channel 5: Fox 5 Movie Club: Coming Up
WNET Channel 13: The Magic Flute Ad
WNET Channel 13 Program Sponsorship Opening: The Mediators, Richard And Gloria Manney
A&E Program Sponsorship Opening: IBM Spotlight Presentation, Volkswagen
A&E It's Entertainment! Opening
IBM: Your IBM Dealer Has Special Offers
IBM: Protecting The Environment
IBM: The IBM PS/1 Computer
Volkswagen Jetta GL: Fahrvergnugen
The People Of IBM
IBM Rethinking Manufacturing
Seasons Greetings From A&E
A&E: The Agatha Christie Hour
A&E: Jack Perkins: TV That Makes You Think
Mastercard Mastervalues For The Holidays
Arts & Entertainment Revue
A&E Program Sponsorship Closing: IBM Spotlight Presentation
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue Out #1
Discovery Channel ID #3
The Honda Prelude Si
Aqua-Ban Helps You Get Rid Of The Bloat
Sleepinal Sleeping Tablets
The Equalizer Investment Software From Charles Schwab
Discovery Channel: America Coast To Coast
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue In #1
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue Out #2
Rue McClanahan: PETA
Nothing Moves You Like A Mercury
HBO: Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesthenthal Story
Easy Glider Exercise Machine
Discovery Channel: National Science & Technology Week 1989 Sunday 4/23
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue In #2
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue Out #3
Discovery Channel ID #4
Whirlpool Home Appliances
Tyson Vs. Bruno On HBO
Charles Schwab: Schwab Professionals Around The World
Discovery Channel: An American Album
Discovery Channel: The Living Body
Mercury Cougar
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue In #3
Dicovery Channel: American Medical Television
April In Paris On Discovery
Rita Rudner On HBO
Wall Street Journal: They've Launched It
Moments Of Discovery: Backyard Habitats
Mercury Cougar XR-7
John Deere Lawnmowers
Buick Park Avenue
A&E Chronicle #1
A&E Program Sponsorship Opening: Mobil Super Unleaded + Gasoline, Audi
Mobile Super Unleaded + Detergent Gasoline #1
Audi Quattro
NYNEX: When Hell Freezes Over
A&E Journeys
A&E Cable Network ID #2
Mobile Super Unleaded + Detergent Gasoline #2
Audi 3-Year Test Drive
Vidal Sasson Salon Premium Hair Products
NYNEX: The Only Game In Town
United Airlines Business Travelers #1
A&E Chronicle #2
The A&E Program Guide
Gillette Atra Plus Razors #1
United Airlines Royal Pacific Service
A&E Program Sponsorship Closing: Mobil Super Unleaded + Gasoline, Gillette
Mobile Super Unleaded + Detergent Gasoline #3
Weight Watchers: Lynn Regrave: This Is Living!
Garfield For Embassy Suites Hotels
A&E's World Of Survival With John Forsythe
Mobile 1 Synthetic Motor Oil
AT&T: Who Says You Can't Go Home Again?
United Airlines Business Travelers #2
Visa Traveler's Checks
A&E Chronicle #3
Mobile Super Unleaded + Detergent Gasoline #3
Gillette Atra Plus Razors #2
AT&T: 10 Minutes To West Germany $0.71 Per Minute
AT&T: 10 Minutes To Japan $0.95 Per Minute
A Television Advertisement, also called a television commercial, commercial, advert, TV advert or simply an 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 or service. Advertisers and marketers may refer to television commercials as TVCs. Advertising revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately-owned television networks. During the 2010s, the number of commercials has grown steadily, though the length of each commercial has diminished. Advertisements of this type have promoted a wide variety of goods, services, and ideas ever since the early days of the history of television. The viewership of television programming, as measured by companies such as Nielsen Media Research in the United States, or BARB in the UK, is often used as a metric for television advertisement placement, and consequently, for the rates which broadcasters charge to advertisers to air within a given network, television program, or time of day (called a "daypart"). In many countries, including the United States, television campaign advertisements are commonplace in a political campaign. In other countries, such as France, political advertising on television is heavily restricted, while some countries, such as Norway, completely ban political advertisements. The first official paid television advertisement came out in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (subsequently WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. The announcement for Bulova watches, for which the company paid anywhere from 4 to 9 USD (reports vary), displayed a WNBT test pattern modified to look like a clock with the hands showing the time. The Bulova logo, with the phrase "Bulova Watch Time", appeared in the lower right-hand quadrant of the test pattern while the second hand swept around the dial for one minute. The first TV ad broadcast in the UK went on air on ITV on September 22, 1955, advertising Gibbs SR toothpaste. In Asia, the first TV ad broadcast appeared on Nippon Television in Tokyo on August 28, 1953, advertising Seikosha (subsequently Seiko); it also displayed a clock with the current time.
Cable Television began in the United States as a commercial business in 1950, although there were small-scale systems by hobbyists in the 1940s. The early systems simply received weak (broadcast) channels, amplified them, and sent them over unshielded wires to the subscribers, limited to a community or to adjacent communities. The receiving antenna would be taller than any individual subscriber could afford, thus bringing in stronger signals; in hilly or mountainous terrain it would be placed at a high elevation. At the outset, cable systems only served smaller communities without television stations of their own, and which could not easily receive signals from stations in cities because of distance or hilly terrain. In Canada, however, communities with their own signals were fertile cable markets, as viewers wanted to receive American signals. Rarely, as in the college town of Alfred, New York, U.S. cable systems retransmitted Canadian channels. As equipment improved, all twelve channels could be utilized, except where a local VHF television station broadcast. Local broadcast channels were not usable for signals deemed to be a priority, but technology allowed low-priority signals to be placed on such channels by synchronizing their blanking intervals. TV's were unable to reconcile these blanking intervals and the slight changes to due to travel through a medium, causing ghosting. The bandwidth of the amplifiers also was limited, meaning frequencies over 250 MHz were difficult to transmit to distant portions of the coaxial network, and UHF channels could not be used at all. To expand beyond 12 channels, non-standard "midband" channels had to be used, located between the FM band and Channel 7, or "superband" beyond Channel 13 up to about 300 MHz; these channels initially were only accessible using separate tuner boxes that sent the chosen channel into the TV set on Channel 2, 3 or 4.[citation needed] Initially, UHF broadcast stations were at a disadvantage because the standard TV sets in use at the time we're unable to receive their channels. Around 1966 the FCC mandated that all TV sets sold after a certain date were required to have the capability of receiving UHF channels. Before being added to the cable box itself, these midband channels were used for early incarnations of pay TV, e.g. The Z Channel (Los Angeles) and HBO but transmitted in the clear i.e. not scrambled as standard TV sets of the period could not pick up the signal nor could the average consumer `de-tune' the normal stations to be able to receive it. Once tuners that could receive select mid-band and super-band channels began to be incorporated into standard television sets, broadcasters were forced to either install scrambling circuitry or move these signals further out of the range of reception for early cable-ready TVs and VCRs. However, once consumer sets had the ability to receive all 181 FCC allocated channels, premium broadcasters were left with no choice but to scramble. Unfortunately for pay-TV operators, the descrambling circuitry was often published in electronics hobby magazines such as Popular Science and Popular Electronics allowing anybody with anything more than a rudimentary knowledge of broadcast electronics to be able to build their own and receive the programming without cost. Later, the cable operators began to carry FM radio stations, and encouraged subscribers to connect their FM stereo sets to cable. Before stereo and bilingual TV sound became common, Pay-TV channel sound was added to the FM stereo cable line-ups. About this time, operators expanded beyond the 12-channel dial to use the "midband" and "superband" VHF channels adjacent to the "high band" 7-13 of North American television frequencies. Some operators as in Cornwall, Ontario, used a dual distribution network with Channels 2-13 on each of the two cables. During the 1980s, United States regulations not unlike public, educational, and government access (PEG) created the beginning of cable-originated live television programming. As cable penetration increased, numerous cable-only TV stations were launched, many with their own news bureaus that could provide more immediate and more localized content than that provided by the nearest network newscast. Such stations may use similar on-air branding as that used by the nearby broadcast network affiliate, but the fact that these stations do not broadcast over the air and are not regulated by the FCC, their call signs are meaningless. These stations evolved partially into today's over-the-air digital subchannels, where a main broadcast TV station e.g. NBS 37* would - in the case of no local CNB or ABS station being available - rebroadcast the programming from a nearby affiliate but fill in with its own news and other community programming to suit its own locale. Many live local programs with local interests were subsequently created all over the United States in most major television markets in the early 1980s. This evolved into today's many cable-only broadcasts of diverse programming, including cable-only produced television movies and miniseries. Cable specialty channels, starting with channels oriented to show movies and large sporting or performance events, diversified further, and "narrowcasting" became common. By the late 1980s, cable-only signals outnumbered broadcast signals on cable systems, some of which by this time had expanded beyond 35 channels.
Years In The Making! 111 Minutes Of 207 Classic TV Commercials From The Years 1987, 1988 And 1989 Of The Golden Age Of Cable TV, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! #TVCommercials #TelevisionCommercials #Commercials #TVCs #TVAdvertising #TelevisionAdvertising #Advertising #Television #TV #DVD #VideoDownload #MP4 #USBFlashDrive
Contents:
1987-1988:
Should You Know More About Social Security? #1
A&E Cable Network ID #1
Crazy Calls Answering Machine Tape
Fortune Magazine With Free Bound Planner
A&E's Living Dangerously
Soft Scrub With Clorox Bleach
Vincent Price For Tilex Mildew Stain Remover
Discovery Channel ID #1
Grey Poupon Mustard In Venice
Charles Schwab On Financial Advisors
National Committee For Adoption
Dentu-Creme Or Dentu-Gel
Art Linkletter For Contour Chair
Woodbridge Dodge King George Rd. Woodbridge NJ
Queen City Pontiac And GMC Dealer Rt. 22 Greenbrook NJ
Discovery Channel ID #2
Filing System Clothes Hanger Organizer
The Discovery Channel's Monthly Program Guide
Today's Wall Street Journal
TNT's The Big Picture Opening
The Big Picture: Brought By Geo
Clairol Loving Care Hair Color
Renuzit Roomate Air Freshener
Schmiede Tree Expert Corp. Scotch Plains NJ #1
Salerno-Duane Pontiac Jeep-Eagle Summit NJ
Safari Sam And The Kingdom Of Total Pets Route 22 Union NJ
TNT Program Guide
Smooth Operator Waterproof Electric Razors From Panasonic
New Cascade For Spotless Dishes
Chubby Checker, Scott Carpenter, Orel Hershiser, Lorenzo Lamas And Milton Berle For BVD Mens Underwear
Pentax IQZoom Camera
Crunch 'N Munch
Pennzoil Motor Oil
Chevrolet Cavalier
CNN: How White House Stayed Informed On Events In China
Pedigree And Pedigree Mealtime Dog Food
JCPenny Father's Day Sale
Chevrolet Beretta
Future Watch On CNN
TNT The Good Stuff
Poolside Pool And Spa Rt. 1 South Brunswick NJ
Schmiede Tree Expert Corp. Scotch Plains NJ #1
Insight Chiropractic: King Coil Spinal Guard Mattress, Life College School Of Chiropractic
Chevrolet Corsica
Domino's Pan Pizza
Ultra Pampers Plus
Sears Camcorder
TNT: Brewster McCloud Ad
TNT ID #1
Reydel Pontiac Rt. 27 Edison NJ
Sylvan Learning Center: Helping Kids Do Better
Jacuzzis From Poolside Pool And Spa #1
US Representative Matt Rinaldo: Social Security Hotline
Semicid Contraceptive Inserts
Future Floor Cleaner
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
What Makes A Woman Unforgettable: Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, Sandra Bernhard For Revlon Superlucious Lipstick
Vivid Laundry Detergent
Oral B Toothbrushes
Murine Thimerosal-Free Soft Contact Lens Solutions
CNN Daybreak
Ban Solid Deodorant
TNT ID #2
Jacuzzis From Poolside Pool And Spa #2
Amboy-Madison National Bank Choice Banking Equity Loans
Montclair Bloomfield Ford Montclair NJ
Encyclopedia Britannica Free 3 Volume Desk Reference Set
Jerry Lewis: Cable Cares For Jerry's Kids
Maytag Repairman Sleeps Soundly
A&E's Diamond Classics Showcase
DeBeers: A Diamond Is Forever
Scott's Liquid Gold Foaming Glass Cleaner
AT&T Reach Out: Mother And Son Hear
Moon Over Parador
Should You Know More About Social Security? #2
Tough New Spirit Of Dodge
New Mission: Impossible
DP Ergometer 3000 Treadmill
BASF Video Tape: Even After 500 Plays!
Secret Antiperspirant For Women
WNET Channel 13: Clocks Fundraising Ad
Channe 13 Nightworld: Tomorrow's Early AM Schedule
Channel 13 Nightworld: Fundraising Ad
Channel 13 ID: Thirteen: Always The Best For 25 Years
A&E Program Sponsorship Opening: UPS
UPS Every Night While You're Sleeping
New Zealand: The Two Most Beautiful Islands In The World
Britta Water Filter System
Dean Martin's Greatest Hits
Channel 31 New York City: News City
Time Life Books: The Civil War Series
The Sporting News Weekly
Rambo III On Video Cassette
Miss Lee's Press-On Nails
USA Movie: Pretty Baby
Wall Street Journal: It Takes Money To Make Money
Vote America
LifeSign Stop Smoking System
E.T. The Extraterrestrial On Video Tape
Randee Of The Redwoods For President #1
MTV's Top 100 Of All Time Sponsorship: Caramello, Secret Solid Antiperspirant, Le Tigre, Stefanel Fashionwear
Randee Of The Redwoods For President #2
MTV Station ID
MTV Closet Classic Capsule Opening
MTV Technical Difficulties Title Card: Hang In There, We'll Be Right Back
Robert Stack For Time Life Books: The Vietnam Experience
MTV: George Michael On Religion, Music, Love
1988-1989:
WNET Channel 13: The Lucky Thirteen Sweepstakes
WNYC New York City: Complete Closing Theme To Heart Of The Dragon (1989 Run)
WNYC: There's Something Wrong In Paradise WIth Kid Creole And The Coconuts
WNET Channel 13: F.Y.I.: Live From Lincoln Center, Macneil
Lehrer 1988 Vice Presidential Debate Coverage
WNET Channel 13 Election 88: Vincent Price: The Case Of The Missing Voter
WNET Channel 13: Only The Best
The American Express Gold Card: Worth Its Wait
Cheese Riddle #18: Don't Forget The Cheese: Cheese Dogs
Gallo Blush Chablis
Clear Away Wart Remover
A&E: Brit Wit: The Black Adder II
Brickface U.S.A.
Woodbridge Dodge King George Rd. Woodbridge NJ
Kraft Pasta And Cheese
Mutual Of America: Caring For Americans
Your Life Brand DailyPak Vitamins
Melanie And William Shatner For Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
Mercedes Benz Just How Safe Is Your Car?
Nothing Does It Like Gas
Poolside Pool And Spa Rt. 1 South Brunswick NJ
WNYW Channel 5: Fox 5 Movie Club: Coming Up
WNET Channel 13: The Magic Flute Ad
WNET Channel 13 Program Sponsorship Opening: The Mediators, Richard And Gloria Manney
A&E Program Sponsorship Opening: IBM Spotlight Presentation, Volkswagen
A&E It's Entertainment! Opening
IBM: Your IBM Dealer Has Special Offers
IBM: Protecting The Environment
IBM: The IBM PS/1 Computer
Volkswagen Jetta GL: Fahrvergnugen
The People Of IBM
IBM Rethinking Manufacturing
Seasons Greetings From A&E
A&E: The Agatha Christie Hour
A&E: Jack Perkins: TV That Makes You Think
Mastercard Mastervalues For The Holidays
Arts & Entertainment Revue
A&E Program Sponsorship Closing: IBM Spotlight Presentation
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue Out #1
Discovery Channel ID #3
The Honda Prelude Si
Aqua-Ban Helps You Get Rid Of The Bloat
Sleepinal Sleeping Tablets
The Equalizer Investment Software From Charles Schwab
Discovery Channel: America Coast To Coast
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue In #1
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue Out #2
Rue McClanahan: PETA
Nothing Moves You Like A Mercury
HBO: Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesthenthal Story
Easy Glider Exercise Machine
Discovery Channel: National Science & Technology Week 1989 Sunday 4/23
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue In #2
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue Out #3
Discovery Channel ID #4
Whirlpool Home Appliances
Tyson Vs. Bruno On HBO
Charles Schwab: Schwab Professionals Around The World
Discovery Channel: An American Album
Discovery Channel: The Living Body
Mercury Cougar
Discovery Wings (1989) Segue In #3
Dicovery Channel: American Medical Television
April In Paris On Discovery
Rita Rudner On HBO
Wall Street Journal: They've Launched It
Moments Of Discovery: Backyard Habitats
Mercury Cougar XR-7
John Deere Lawnmowers
Buick Park Avenue
A&E Chronicle #1
A&E Program Sponsorship Opening: Mobil Super Unleaded + Gasoline, Audi
Mobile Super Unleaded + Detergent Gasoline #1
Audi Quattro
NYNEX: When Hell Freezes Over
A&E Journeys
A&E Cable Network ID #2
Mobile Super Unleaded + Detergent Gasoline #2
Audi 3-Year Test Drive
Vidal Sasson Salon Premium Hair Products
NYNEX: The Only Game In Town
United Airlines Business Travelers #1
A&E Chronicle #2
The A&E Program Guide
Gillette Atra Plus Razors #1
United Airlines Royal Pacific Service
A&E Program Sponsorship Closing: Mobil Super Unleaded + Gasoline, Gillette
Mobile Super Unleaded + Detergent Gasoline #3
Weight Watchers: Lynn Regrave: This Is Living!
Garfield For Embassy Suites Hotels
A&E's World Of Survival With John Forsythe
Mobile 1 Synthetic Motor Oil
AT&T: Who Says You Can't Go Home Again?
United Airlines Business Travelers #2
Visa Traveler's Checks
A&E Chronicle #3
Mobile Super Unleaded + Detergent Gasoline #3
Gillette Atra Plus Razors #2
AT&T: 10 Minutes To West Germany $0.71 Per Minute
AT&T: 10 Minutes To Japan $0.95 Per Minute
A Television Advertisement, also called a television commercial, commercial, advert, TV advert or simply an 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 or service. Advertisers and marketers may refer to television commercials as TVCs. Advertising revenue provides a significant portion of the funding for most privately-owned television networks. During the 2010s, the number of commercials has grown steadily, though the length of each commercial has diminished. Advertisements of this type have promoted a wide variety of goods, services, and ideas ever since the early days of the history of television. The viewership of television programming, as measured by companies such as Nielsen Media Research in the United States, or BARB in the UK, is often used as a metric for television advertisement placement, and consequently, for the rates which broadcasters charge to advertisers to air within a given network, television program, or time of day (called a "daypart"). In many countries, including the United States, television campaign advertisements are commonplace in a political campaign. In other countries, such as France, political advertising on television is heavily restricted, while some countries, such as Norway, completely ban political advertisements. The first official paid television advertisement came out in the United States on July 1, 1941, over New York station WNBT (subsequently WNBC) before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. The announcement for Bulova watches, for which the company paid anywhere from 4 to 9 USD (reports vary), displayed a WNBT test pattern modified to look like a clock with the hands showing the time. The Bulova logo, with the phrase "Bulova Watch Time", appeared in the lower right-hand quadrant of the test pattern while the second hand swept around the dial for one minute. The first TV ad broadcast in the UK went on air on ITV on September 22, 1955, advertising Gibbs SR toothpaste. In Asia, the first TV ad broadcast appeared on Nippon Television in Tokyo on August 28, 1953, advertising Seikosha (subsequently Seiko); it also displayed a clock with the current time.
Cable Television began in the United States as a commercial business in 1950, although there were small-scale systems by hobbyists in the 1940s. The early systems simply received weak (broadcast) channels, amplified them, and sent them over unshielded wires to the subscribers, limited to a community or to adjacent communities. The receiving antenna would be taller than any individual subscriber could afford, thus bringing in stronger signals; in hilly or mountainous terrain it would be placed at a high elevation. At the outset, cable systems only served smaller communities without television stations of their own, and which could not easily receive signals from stations in cities because of distance or hilly terrain. In Canada, however, communities with their own signals were fertile cable markets, as viewers wanted to receive American signals. Rarely, as in the college town of Alfred, New York, U.S. cable systems retransmitted Canadian channels. As equipment improved, all twelve channels could be utilized, except where a local VHF television station broadcast. Local broadcast channels were not usable for signals deemed to be a priority, but technology allowed low-priority signals to be placed on such channels by synchronizing their blanking intervals. TV's were unable to reconcile these blanking intervals and the slight changes to due to travel through a medium, causing ghosting. The bandwidth of the amplifiers also was limited, meaning frequencies over 250 MHz were difficult to transmit to distant portions of the coaxial network, and UHF channels could not be used at all. To expand beyond 12 channels, non-standard "midband" channels had to be used, located between the FM band and Channel 7, or "superband" beyond Channel 13 up to about 300 MHz; these channels initially were only accessible using separate tuner boxes that sent the chosen channel into the TV set on Channel 2, 3 or 4.[citation needed] Initially, UHF broadcast stations were at a disadvantage because the standard TV sets in use at the time we're unable to receive their channels. Around 1966 the FCC mandated that all TV sets sold after a certain date were required to have the capability of receiving UHF channels. Before being added to the cable box itself, these midband channels were used for early incarnations of pay TV, e.g. The Z Channel (Los Angeles) and HBO but transmitted in the clear i.e. not scrambled as standard TV sets of the period could not pick up the signal nor could the average consumer `de-tune' the normal stations to be able to receive it. Once tuners that could receive select mid-band and super-band channels began to be incorporated into standard television sets, broadcasters were forced to either install scrambling circuitry or move these signals further out of the range of reception for early cable-ready TVs and VCRs. However, once consumer sets had the ability to receive all 181 FCC allocated channels, premium broadcasters were left with no choice but to scramble. Unfortunately for pay-TV operators, the descrambling circuitry was often published in electronics hobby magazines such as Popular Science and Popular Electronics allowing anybody with anything more than a rudimentary knowledge of broadcast electronics to be able to build their own and receive the programming without cost. Later, the cable operators began to carry FM radio stations, and encouraged subscribers to connect their FM stereo sets to cable. Before stereo and bilingual TV sound became common, Pay-TV channel sound was added to the FM stereo cable line-ups. About this time, operators expanded beyond the 12-channel dial to use the "midband" and "superband" VHF channels adjacent to the "high band" 7-13 of North American television frequencies. Some operators as in Cornwall, Ontario, used a dual distribution network with Channels 2-13 on each of the two cables. During the 1980s, United States regulations not unlike public, educational, and government access (PEG) created the beginning of cable-originated live television programming. As cable penetration increased, numerous cable-only TV stations were launched, many with their own news bureaus that could provide more immediate and more localized content than that provided by the nearest network newscast. Such stations may use similar on-air branding as that used by the nearby broadcast network affiliate, but the fact that these stations do not broadcast over the air and are not regulated by the FCC, their call signs are meaningless. These stations evolved partially into today's over-the-air digital subchannels, where a main broadcast TV station e.g. NBS 37* would - in the case of no local CNB or ABS station being available - rebroadcast the programming from a nearby affiliate but fill in with its own news and other community programming to suit its own locale. Many live local programs with local interests were subsequently created all over the United States in most major television markets in the early 1980s. This evolved into today's many cable-only broadcasts of diverse programming, including cable-only produced television movies and miniseries. Cable specialty channels, starting with channels oriented to show movies and large sporting or performance events, diversified further, and "narrowcasting" became common. By the late 1980s, cable-only signals outnumbered broadcast signals on cable systems, some of which by this time had expanded beyond 35 channels.