Because of such an enormous viewership, commercial airtime during a Super Bowl broadcast is exorbitantly priced. Being such a big event, companies have been, over the years, developing their most expensive advertisements to be broadcast during the game. Famous commercial campaigns over the years include the Budweiser Bud Bowl campaign in 1898, the 1984 introduction of Apple's Macintosh computer, and the 2000 dot-com ads.

As television ratings of the Super Bowl have exponentially increased over the years, prices too have shot up, with advertisers paying more than a million US dollars for a thirty-second spot during the game broadcast. In 2016 alone, CBS charged a whopping $5 million for a 30-second commercial during the game. Super Bowl 50 was the most watched broadcast in the history of US with over 167 million viewers. It is said that a large segment of the audience tunes into the Super Bowl solely to view commercials.

Tips from Super Bowl Ads

Super Bowl 50 witnessed a gamut of advertisers displaying their products and services. Some bt sport live stream of the major ones included Anheuser-Busch InBev, Doritos, Nintendo, Pokémon Company, Hyundai, Amazon, Colgate, LG, PayPal and SoFi. Movie houses like 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Walt Disney Studios also aired their latest movie trailers during the game.