But for commercial TV channels, adverts have been their main income source for the past 70 years. The first advert on UK television was for Gibbs SR toothpaste, broadcast on September 22, 1955.

Tributes have been paid to a popular carpet salesman known for his 1980s TV adverts following his death aged 79. Batley-born Mike Smith, the driving force behind the Mike's Carpets chain of businesses ...

As our New TV for Drummies buyers’ guide looks to the future of the medium, let’s take a moment to look back at what still remains true after seven decades of TV ads. The UK's first TV ad is 70 years ...

Maybelline’s now-iconic jingle first broke through in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when bold commercials featuring ...