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by BeetleB 3368 days ago
>They generally are 10 seconds at most, have maybe two sentences about the company, and show the logo.

aka a commercial.

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ad·ver·tise·ment

ˈadvərˌtīzmənt,ədˈvərdizmənt/

noun

a notice or announcement in a public medium promoting a product, service, or event or publicizing a job vacancy.

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As long as said 10-second intervals don't promote a product, service or event, and they simply mention that Company X supports PBS, they aren't advertisements.

https://www.google.com/search?&rls=en&q=define:advertisement...

It's relatively tasteful advertisement:

https://vimeo.com/41440389