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The World's First TV Ad

The world’s 1st TV commercial aired on July 1, 1941 during a Brooklyn Dodgers game…


The :10 spot was for Bulova watches and has a voice-over that says “America runs on Bulova time” (Dunkin Donuts should be paying them a royalty): Bulova paid $9 for the media.


It’s kind of funny how we are all enamored with the “new” idea of shorter length video adverts (:06, :10, :15), when the whole game started with a :10 spot. What’s old is new.



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