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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Television commercial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The effect of television commercials upon the viewing public has been so successful and so pervasive that it is considered impossible for a politician to wage a successful election campaign, in the United States, without airing a good television commercial.
In the UK commercial television is not quite so relentlessly geared to the needs of the advertisers and there are fewer interruptions, as compared to the commercials in the United States.
Commercial broadcasting in the Midlands and the North was delayed by the failure of a Post Office proposal that ITA transmitter aerials could be placed on BBC masts, on the grounds that the new ITA aerials would be impossible to accommodate structurally.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Television-commercial   (4341 words)

  
 BrainDex the knowledge source - Free Online Encyclopedia - Television commercial donut
It is named, somewhat humorously, after the donut, a pastry with a hole in the middle.
Because most of these stations do intend to make a profit from the actual production, despite its low cost, it is not in their interests to go to the extra expense of producing custom 3D artwork and animations for these commercials.
Television commercial donuts allow for inexpensive customization by local cable/televison stations by providing the custom artwork in a editable form.
www.braindex.com /encyclopedia/index.php/Television_commercial_donut   (213 words)

  
 Television advertisement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A television advertisement or commercial (often called an advert in the United Kingdom) is a form of advertising in which goods, services, organizations, ideas, etc. are promoted via the medium of television.
The effect of television advertisements upon the viewing public has been so successful and so pervasive that it is considered impossible for a politician to wage a successful election campaign, in the United States, without including a good television advertisement.
A number of television advertisements are so elaborately produced that they can be considered miniature thirty-second movies; indeed, many film directors have directed television advertisements both as a way to gain exposure and to earn a paycheck.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Television_commercial   (2732 words)

  
 Northeast PA Business Journal - Flexing television's advertising muscle
A well-placed morning television commercial can reach a 25 to 54 age demographic in the DMA survey area for between $2 and $5 per 1,000, depending on the time of year.
Local television budgets may not allow for the domination of the entire medium, but it is possible to select a daypart important to your target demographic and dominate it.
Television is generally referred to as the "reach" medium and radio the "frequency" medium, but cable television advertising can be an effective way to maximize frequency with your television buy.
www.zwire.com /site/news.asp?newsid=6930507&brd=2231...=461&dept_id=449419&rfi=8   (1698 words)

  
 Telecommunications Glossary
Television news created on a character generator or computerized text generator and distributed as lines of text to be displayed on television receiver screens.
Digital TV Television signal transmitted and interpreted as individual bits of binary information (the use of numbers 0 and 1), using electrical or electromagnetic signals that can be modulated to convey their specific content.
Commercial television broadcast station that is not affiliated with a national network (or, by one FCC definition, carries less than 10 hours of network programming per week).
www.indiana.edu /~t347/glossary.html   (4633 words)

  
 NCAA Basketball Promotional Kit
Three television public service announcements will be available this year.
The donut spot can be tailored to your specific through the silent portion at the end of the spot.
If your institution does not have on-campus audio/visual facilities to add the graphics and voice-over to the donut spot, this can be done at any audio/visual production/edit facility or through a local television station.
www.ncaa.org /bbp/basketball_marketing/promo_kit/psa.html   (632 words)

  
 OnMedia | FAQ
Amplifiers are spaced at regular intervals throughout a cable system to restore the amplitude of television signals which are attenuated as they pass through the cable network.
Commercial is aired in the same time period each day or week.
The number of homes in which cable television service is or can be readily made available as a result of nearby feeder cables.
www.onmediaadsales.com /glossary.cfm   (5112 words)

  
 Canadian Copywriter/Copy Page Three
Copywriters who write a TV commercial with the belief that television is a "commercial medium" or the commercial itself is a "salesman" are doomed to failure.
In all these commercials, the images are colorful, the sound track lusty and although one might be left wondering what they have to do with cell phones, the campaign sticks in your mind as does the Telus name.
Since television is a commercial medium, a producer also looks for a gripping reason for the viewer to return after the commercial breaks.
www.canadiancopywriter.ca /copypage3.html   (5318 words)

  
 Toronto Catalog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Because most of these stations do not intend to make a profit from the actual production, it is not in their interests to go to the extra expense of custom 3D artwork, extensive camera work, or animations for these commercials.
Television commercial donuts allow for inexpensive customization by local television stations and cable TV affiliates by providing the pre-made artwork in an editable form.
The major roadblock for TV stations in creating interesting local commercials remains the education and backgrounds of local TV commercial producers, who generally are promoted from the ranks of blue collar TV production positions rather than being hired from advertising agencies.
www.torontopost.biz /Info/?Television_commercial_donut   (416 words)

  
 Television commercial donut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is named, somewhat humorously, after the donut, a pastry with a hole in the middle.
Television commercial donuts allow for inexpensive customization by local television stations and cable TV affiliates by providing the pre-made artwork in an editable form.
The major roadblock for TV stations in creating interesting local commercials remains the education and backgrounds of local TV commercial producers, who generally are promoted from the ranks of blue collar TV production positions rather than being hired from advertising agencies.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Television_commercial_donut   (369 words)

  
 Automatic Gate Opener   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Commercial Can Opener - Commercial Can Opener Television commercial donut - A television commercial donut is a template for a television commercial.
Commercial Information Exchange - A Commercial Information Exchange (CIE) is a service that allows its users to submit, search, and display information related to a commercial real estate transaction (property listing information, agent and company information, etc).
Using Linux commercial can opener and open source technologies, thousands of enterprises are cutting costs, gaining flexibility, commercial can...
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 Mail Tribune Business - It’s a new day at the Donut Haven
Donut Haven still sells doughnuts, but it’s no longer a haven for smokers and Medford’s denizens of the night.
Although Donut Haven was the only all-night shop in town, the business had earned a reputation over the years as a smoke-filled dive where Greyhound bus drivers stopped for a stretch and a free cup of coffee.
And he is starting to advertise, with a television commercial planned for filming last Friday.
www.mailtribune.com /archive/2000/june/060500b1.htm   (544 words)

  
 Contemporary Advertising: Glossary
A rough television commercial produced by photographing storyboard sketches on a film strip or video with the audio portion synchronized on tape.
A type of commercial consisting of a dramatization of a real-life situation in which the product is tried and becomes the solution to a problem.
The oldest type of radio or television commercial, in which an announcer delivers a sales message directly into the microphone or on-camera or does so off-screen while a slide or film is shown on-screen.
highered.mcgraw-hill.com /sites/0072537728/student_view0/chapter13/glossary.html   (1331 words)

  
 CHTA : Case Studies
Television is traditionally a part of GPTMC’s tourism campaigns; however, television was not originally planned for the gay tourism marketing campaign, primarily because television is rarely used in gay marketing.
The 30-second television commercial, first screened at a press conference in Manhattan, was broadcast in its entirety worldwide in television news programs and spawned segments on the Late Show with Jon Stewart (HSMAI Gold Award winner) and on multiple VH1 entertainment programs.
The television commercial, Penn Pals, was among the top five news stories on June 2, 2004, on CNN.com and Yahoo.com and reportedly became one of the top clicked on stories of the day.
www.chtalliance.com /case.html   (1423 words)

  
 Creative Report
Television advertising will consist of a three part series of two thirty-second commercials and one 15 second spot.
Our goal in television advertising is to introduce GoldenKids cereal, as well as launch the promotional offer of direct mail coupons for a trial size box.
The release will be sent at the same time the television commercials are scheduled to air.
members.aol.com /shannonvrn/adplans.html   (1105 words)

  
 Dunkin' Donuts Summary
Mister Donut had been its largest competitor in the United States before the company was bought by Dunkin' Donuts' parent company and the Mister Donut stores rebranded as Dunkin' Donuts.
Dunkin' Donuts is a staple of popular culture references, especially in its home turf of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada.
Since Dunkin' Donuts changed their slogan in 2006 to "America Runs on Dunkin'", They Might Be Giants have made an ongoing series of advertisements of Dunkin' Donuts new products to boost summer sales.
www.bookrags.com /Dunkin'_Donuts   (1088 words)

  
 Slashfood Ate (8): Best Donut Shops - Slashfood
Donuts, or perhaps doughnuts, are one of the most popular pastries in the world - not because people in remote corners of Africa or South America are trotting out to Dunkin' Donuts in the mornings for their fix, but because every culture has some sort of fried dough that they love to eat.
Mighty O Donuts in Seattle is as close to healthy as a real, fried donut can get because they're all natural, vegan and trans-fat free.
Fractured Prune Donut Shoppe in Washington, DC is branching out into new areas, but keeping their specialty donut menu available to all, with combinations like Banana Bread and Trail Mix that are sure to keep customers coming back.
www.slashfood.com /2006/05/10/slashfood-ate-8-best-donut-shops   (985 words)

  
 'Donut Wars and Real Wars' by Matt Dukes Jordan - Get Underground columns     
Many donut eaters are cops who face real danger as well as people who have been drinking all night.
Both of these categories of donut consumers often feel gloomy and emotionally disturbed and might be sent over the edge by an image of the Queen of Perkiness grinning at them from posters in the DD shops.
The Television Bureau of Advertising honored the DD commercial as one of the top five TV ads of the 1980s and its impact has been felt for decades.
www.getunderground.com /underground/columns/article.cfm?Article_ID=2166   (1145 words)

  
 DISPATCH Monthly 1997 Story Archive
The commercial concludes with the camera focusing on the half-eaten Danish on the table between the two firefighters.
She recalled several commercials in recent times that touched a nerve and were withdrawn by their sponsors.
Pollack said television advertising is not trivial for Kellogg--they spent $331 million on in the first nine months of 1996.
www.911dispatch.com /stories/stories_97/story-10-jun97.html   (2385 words)

  
 The Department of Electronic Med   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Commercial Donut—Using a 60-second musical donut commercial announcement (located on ARMSTRONG CD), the student will write and announce copy to fit the donut.
From the beginning it is important to stress that this is going to be a covert activity, where you–as a researcher–will discretely observe people as they watch TV or listen to the radio.
Sometime in the next few days, pick a particular setting and observe people in an environment where either a radio or a television set is in use for a minimum period of one hour.
www.towson.edu /users/armstron   (2806 words)

  
 Progressive Revelations 10/22/02: Boxing Donuts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Just one week after my reference to "Who Let the Dogs Out?" by the Baha Men, I saw a television commercial for the band's new album, which is a collection of their 14 movie hits.
For years, the box that holds a dozen donuts has resembled a shoe box, whereby the donuts are placed inside vertically.
While this dialogue proves the importance of the new donut box, there is some trouble in terms of what this change will do for department stores.
www.progressiverevelations.com /10-22-02.html   (443 words)

  
 People, Places & Things
At the end of the commercial, the other firefighter holds a bowl with a donut and milk - prompting the first firefighter to say "what are you going to do with that?" The other replies, "Give it to the dispatcher!" The two laugh as the commercial fades out.
Most felt the commercial demeaned dispatchers by characterizing all emergency telecommunicators as being overweight, and ridiculing those who are.
However, at least one version of the commercial has been shown with the initial dispatcher reference deleted, and the pastry at the end being offered to the "rookies" instead of the dispatcher.
www.9-1-1magazine.com /magazine/1997/0597/depts/ppt.html   (1231 words)

  
 DAIMER INDUSTRIES | MARKETS | DONUT SHOPS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The factory has been successfully producing for over 20 years our entire line of home, commercial, and industrial - portable steam cleaners, steam cleaning equipment, steam cleaners and steam vacuum cleaners are actually termed vapor steam cleaners (or vapor cleaners), which emit vapor steam.
Our commercial vapor cleaners also work very well for auto detailing or car detailing to help clean carpets and cloth, velour, leather, and vinyl upholstery; wheels, door jams, and other surfaces.
Commercial steam pressure washers for those seeking wet steam at ultra high temperatures for thermal equipment cleaning of grease, oil, food, grime, beverages, and many more substances
www.daimer.com /donut_shops.asp   (2501 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Where do films start, ads stop?
In the 1950s, television shows were sponsored and produced by advertisers, such as Jell-O and Kraft.
Television shows such as the WB's ill-fated "No Boundaries" reality show are increasingly sponsored by advertisers.
The once-all-powerful 30-second television commercial has lost its punch in an era of remote controls and technology such as TiVo, which allows the audience to skip over the ads.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20020803-9999_1b3ads.html   (1007 words)

  
 Cops to hold donut eating competition - Slashfood
The International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA) will host a donut eating competition for past and present law enforcement officers as part of a training conference and expo to be held next week in Arlington Heights, Illinois.
While contestants are allowed whatever non-alcoholic beverages they want, the contest rules state that they may not dunk their donuts in said beverages.
Each eater will be monitored by an "official Donut Deputy." The winner will receive a trophy and, according to the ILEETA site, a "quality handgun." The Sydney Morning Herald has a story about an Australian law enforcement officer who will be attending.
www.slashfood.com /2006/04/21/cops-to-hold-donut-eating-competition   (617 words)

  
 NTU Info Centre: Television commercial donut   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A television commercial donut is basically a television commercial with a hole in the middle.
Traditionally, high quality commercial television advertising has been very expensive and time consuming.
Because most of these stations do profit from the actual production, it is not in their interests to go to the extra expense of producing custom 3D artwork and animations for these commercials.
www.nowtryus.net /article:Television_commercial_donut   (159 words)

  
 The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Everybody must get doned!
They are friendly, and when I ask about the lack of donuts (the case is empty and there are only a few miniature cinnamon donuts in a box on top of the case) one of them tells me efficiently, “No more donuts.
The miniature cinnamon donuts are left in reserve in case we don’t like the other six donuts or need to introduce more sugar into our bloodstreams.
We happen to find the best donut shop in Seattle to be Countryside Donuts (I think that is the name) that is off the 116th Exit of 405 in Kirkland, between the 7-11 and a Subway in a small strip mall.
www.ethicurean.com /2006/07/25/donut-duel   (3502 words)

  
 International Modeling Guide - Glossary
Other type of commercials are Class B (6 to 20 cities) and Class C (1 to 5 cities).
First-run Syndication: Describes television programs that are produced for and sold to independent TV stations all across the country; this is an alternative to selling a show to one of the three networks which would, in turn, feed the programming to its affiliates.
Test Commercial: A commercial scheduled to be aired in a small area and monitored for its effectiveness.
www.myentertainmentworld.com /img/modeling_glossary.html   (6346 words)

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