Tag: commercials

Six-Second Commercials Are Coming to N.F.L. Games on Fox (…just catching up with digital advertising)

by gadler

Seems television is trying to catch-up with digital video advertising. According to a recent NY Times article, “A new kind of advertising is coming to N.F.L. games and other programming on Fox Sports this fall: the six-second television commercial. Fox Networks Group will offer the bite-size slots alongside its standard 15- and 30-second ads for … Continue reading Six-Second Commercials Are Coming to N.F.L. Games on Fox (…just catching up with digital advertising)

Oscar Advertisers Paid Record Prices for a 15% Drop in Audience

by gadler

“A slate of boutique films and an uneven, torpidly paced broadcast conspired to put a whammy on Sunday night’s Oscars ratings, as overall viewership dropped 15% versus last year’s big show. According to Nielsen fast national data, ABC’s presentation of the 87th Annual Academy Awards averaged 36.6 million viewers, down from 43 million a year … Continue reading Oscar Advertisers Paid Record Prices for a 15% Drop in Audience