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Sporting Event Featuring Commercials

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the its-that-time-of-year-again dept.

Yes folks some sort of sporting event is occuring later today. Super something or other. And while I don't know what teams are playing, I believe that trailers for X-Men 2, and the first Matrix sequel are both supposed to air during the 2 million dollar 30 second ad spots. So this time around, you can tivo in reverse!

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  1. I'm sure all the good commercials by jcurious · · Score: 5, Informative

    will find thier way online during/after the superbowl.. why waste my tivo hours with this?

    some are even online right now:
    http://www.superbowl-ads.com/

  2. Re:"Super Bowl" is trademarked by leviramsey · · Score: 5, Informative

    However, it is legal to use "Super Bowl" in news coverage of the event. However, even if you are a media outlet doing news coverage, you can't use "Super Bowl" in, say, your advertising, unless you are an NFL sponsor. Thus, CBS, ABC, and FOX can use the phrase "Super Bowl" in their ads, but the other networks cannot (I'm not sure how cable nets, like TNN, ESPN, and Fox Sports Net are handled), Coors Light can but Budweiser cannot, Reebok can but Nike cannot, Cadillac can but Toyota cannot, Pepsi can but Coke can't and so forth.