paid programming
Bought airtime content
Paid programming is television airtime purchased by advertisers to run lengthy commercials, typically infomercials promoting products, services, or religious content.
Networks broadcast paid programming during low-viewership hours—late night or early morning—when selling ads conventionally would be less profitable.
The term appears in TV listings where a show title would normally be: There's nothing on but paid programming.
- infomercialExtended TV sales broadcast
- late-nightOccurring after dark
- commercialPaid broadcast promotion
- advertisementPaid promotional message
- home shoppingBuying remotely from residence
telemarketing · order now · act now · operators · testimonials · before-and-after · limited-time · money back guarantee · toll-free · rotisserie · miracle · gadget · host · demonstration · insomnia · dead air · low-budget · blender
- broadcast advertisingTV commercials, radio spots, commercials, ad spots, spot ads
- Infomercialscall now, order now, Billy Mays, ShamWow, OxiClean
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
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