Title:

The Rise of Infomercials

Description:

An infomercial is a type of commercial that is typically much longer than the average thirty-second television spot and may last up to five minutes or even longer. Also known as paid programming or teleshopping, there are what seems like hundreds of as seen on TV items for sale at any given time. The earliest television shows were created by companies whose sole purpose in buying broadcast time was to sell a product. It's suggested that the earliest broadcasted infomercials came about as early as the late 1940s although today's style of infomercials began much later in the 1970s.