Television commercial
Definition:
A television commercial is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message. The majority of television advertisements today consist of brief advertising spots, ranging in length from a few seconds to several minutes.
Advantages: | Disadvantages: |
Reaches very large audiences Television is the pervasive medium, so it can reach very large audiences. | Commercial break People always-go or run away form the tv screen at advertisement time. They seems this period as a rest or break time. |
Efficient for deliver message Ability to convey message with sight, sound and motion. | Expensive It is a expensive media when compare to print ad or outdoor ad. |
Direct way The most directly way to bring the product or service “in house”. | TV-er limited Only targeted those people watch TV everyday. |
No "audience ceiling" With television, advertiser gets the "whole screen" to deliver the message –it doesn’t show partial screen ads. | Brief exposure time Since the tight schedule and expensive of the cost, tvc always only have Brief exposure time |
Emotional appeal TVC is a media more suitable for story telling, and story telling involves the viewer emotionally. This can be easier to success. | Difficulty to find a good schedule time TV schedule is tight and fully planned. A good spot or schedule time is difficult and expensive to find. |
Easy way to create norms and make noise Since tvc always repeat and repeat in a period of time, audiences are easily to remember the slogan or funny story in mind. Some norms may create at that period of time and this is the easily way to make noise. | Difficult to make changes TVC always last for a period of time due to the high cost. |
Assist by programme Television advertisements appear between shows, audience may attract by the shows they are watching and stay in fornt of the tv. So the tvc may be assist by the attractive power of shows or program. | Not effectively target the core audience Since the producer cannot control who may watching the tvc. So it is Difficult to effectively target the core audience. When compare to direct marketing. |