commercial breaks
Television advertising pauses
Commercial breaks are the interruptions in radio and television programming during which advertisements air.
Networks and stations schedule these pauses to generate revenue from sponsors.
The term appears in phrases like We'll be right back after the commercial break or They went to commercial break just before the winning goal.
- adsPaid promotional messages
- infomercialsLong-form television advertisements
- advertisementsPaid public notices promoting something
- availsIs of use
- breaksSplits or pauses
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