The Character of Advertising

Modern advertising is almost infinite in its variety. The notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths on the front page of The Times are advertisements; so is the announcement of a house to let, whether it appears in the classified columns of a newspaper or on an agent’s board planted in the front garden. These and [...]

The Dawn of TV Advertising

Since the dawn of television, invented in 1922 by John Logie Baird, a dreamof many scientists for decades (Historic figures, BBC), it took a few years for thetechnology to be adapted. Eventually the BBC started broadcasting (under the name TheBBC Television Service) from Alexandra Palace via Marconi equipment.
It was not until the hostilities of war [...]