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2 unusual facts about Commercial broadcasting


Commercial broadcasting

Advertisers pay a certain amount of money to air their commercials, usually based upon program ratings or the audience measurement of a station or network.

NRJ Group

The NRJ Group has transformed itself from one radio station to a brand of corporate commercial radio stations in Europe.


Seven HD

However, Seven HD became the first Free-to-air commercial television channel introduced to metropolitan areas since 1988, when it launched prior on 15 October 2007, with 25th Hour being the first program broadcast at 10:30pm.


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Field-sequential color system

One field-sequential system was developed by Dr. Peter Goldmark for CBS, which was its sole user in commercial broadcasting.

Osaka Broadcasting Corporation

"OBC Song (OBCソング)" (the lyrics by Akiyuki Nosaka (野坂 昭如), music by Taku Izumi (いずみ たく)) is Japan's first commercial broadcasting station's song produced in 1961.

Postal codes in Belgium

Special numbers are reserved for the EU institutions, NATO headquarters, public and commercial broadcasters (RTBF, RTL TVi, VRT and VTM), the different parliaments and other public institutions.

Reinout Oerlemans

In September 2005, Oerlemans moved from the commercial broadcasting company RTL, for which he worked for fifteen years, to the public broadcasting association TROS, where he presents for a short while the TROS TV show, replacing TV show-legend Ivo Niehe.