ad break
Program pause for sponsors
An ad break is an interruption in broadcast programming for commercials.
Television and radio shows pause at scheduled points for advertising: We'll be right back after the ad break.
The term also applies to online video content with mid-roll advertisements.
British English; Americans more often say commercial break.
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- intermissionScheduled performance pause
- pauseTemporary cessation of activity
- sponsorFunder of activities
- televisionBroadcast viewing device
prime time slot · jingle · mute · snack · bathroom · remote · channel · channel surfing · interruption · promo · be right back · station · broadcast · thirty-second · skip · DVR · skip button · fast forward
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- advertisingad, ads, ad campaign, ad campaigns, promotional campaign
- breakscrack, pause, fracture, shatter, rupture
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
- recorded mediavideo, audio, clip, video clip, audio clip
- interruptionsinterruption, cutting off, disruption, butting in, interjecting
break, breaks, breaking, broke, broken, advert, advertise, advertisement, advertising