I've got a major disconnect with the "facts" at the beginning of this article:
Super Bowl ad spots are expensive —
ranging from $20M to $135M.
...
The cost refers specifically to the
Super Bowl ad spot, and not to production
of the commercial.
But Wikipedia[1] (and countless other links e.g.[2]) claim that a 30 second commercial cost about $4.5 million for the most recent Super Bowl.So how does an ad cost $135 million? Did I sleep thru a 15 minute ad? The numbers just don't add up. (pun intended)
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_advertising [2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/onmarketing/2014/01/29/yes-a-sup...