Fox Sports to Adopt 6-Second Spot Format

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Fox Sports said it would be offering advertisers on its sports programming the six-second ad format introduced by YouTube.

Fox joined YouTube in endorsing the shorter commercial unit and first aired a six-second spot during its Teen Choice Award show earlier this month.

The short spots will run on Fox’s America’s Game of the Week NFL games during the first week of the season on Sept. 10.

The ads will also run during college football games and soccer matches on cable network FS1.

Fox said the shorter ad format might contribute to lower commercial loads and will be designed to fit into the flow of each particular game.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.