How Many Ads Do We Have to Watch in Our Lifetimes?

The ads in the linear version of NBA League Pass - that is, the version you would get if you were to pay for it through your cable package - are sold by the network, which typically sells national ad inventory, and cable operators like Xfinity, which typically sell local ad inventory.

The standard Pass is "with commercials" and Premium is "commercial-free." I've found online that "commercial-free" for live games means that the viewer sees in-arena content from the game, rather than watching commercials.

AD-FREE. Make ads a thing of the past. Keep your head in the game at all times with in-arena entertainment instead of commercials.

In the USA, the average amount of commercial time is a little over 1/4 of the air time. So for a 60-minute show, there would (on average) be a little over 15 minutes of commercials. This will vary by show, by network, and by episode, and this only applies to first-run episodes.

In general, 16 to 20 minutes per hour. Half hour shows tend to be 22 minutes long with 8 minutes for commercial breaks. Sometimes they get edited down to 18 minutes in syndication to fit more commercials.

NBA League Pass lets you live stream out-of-market games You can step up to NBA League Pass Premium for $20 a month or $130 a year. This plan offers commercial-free viewing and lets you watch on two devices simultaneously.

If you want to upgrade to no commercials, you can jump up to the $22.99-a-month NBA League Pass Premium plan. Otherwise, there's NBA Team Pass for $13.99 a month, which gets you every non-blackout game for one team of your choice.

But most likely you're a hardcore NBA fan if you're reading this and you expect to catch at least 80% of all of the games. (The other games will be on your local channels.) So, get the PREMIUM plan because you won't have to watch commercials! You get to watch from the courtside instead as if you're at the game.

NBA TV is an individual TV channel that provides 24/7 live NBA coverage, including up to 100 exclusive games throughout the season. By comparison, NBA League Pass is a service that provides you with out-of-market games not already televised on channels like ESPN, ABC, TNT, and NBA TV.

So for a 60-minute show, there would (on average) be a little over 15 minutes of commercials. This will vary by show, by network, and by episode, and this only applies to first-run episodes.

Your video production budget will include estimates for these types of supplemental visuals, including: A 2- to 3-minute professionally produced corporate video typically costs anywhere from $20,000 to $70,000.