For what company was the very first televised commercial?

MonkeyOnALeash

" The first television advertisement was broadcast in the United States at 14:29 on July 1, 1941, when the Bulova Watch Company paid $9 to New York City NBC affiliate WNBT (now WNBC) for a 20-second spot aired before a baseball game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies. It simply displayed a Bulova watch over a map of the U.S., with a voiceover of the company's slogan "America runs on Bulova time!" " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_commercial " "On July 1, 1941, the world's first television commercial aired on NBC, at that time known as WNBT-TV. The 10-second advertisement for Bulova clocks and watches consisted of the image of a clock and a map of the United States, with a voice-over that announced, 'America runs on Bulova time.' The ad was broadcast before a game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Phillies and cost the Woodside-based company less than ten dollars." [According to microfiche records at the FCC, WNBT was granted a C.P. on 6/17/41 for Channel 1 (50-56 mhz.), effective 7/1/41. " http://members.aol.com/jeff560/chronotv.html Nov 12 07, 6:34 PM

AyatollahK

Bulova Watches, in 1941 http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0310441/tv/tv_main.html http://www.bulova.com/about/history.aspx "1941. Continuing its tradition of advertising firsts, Bulova airs the first television commercial: a simple picture of a clock and a map of the United States, with a voice-over proclaiming, 'America runs on Bulova time.' The 20-second spot costs $9." Nov 12 07, 6:34 PM