Fox Sports to Adopt Six-Second Spot Format

Fox said it would be offering advertisers on its sports programming the six-second ad format introduced by YouTube.

Fox joined YouTube in endorsing the shorter commercial unit and first aired a six-second spot during its Teen Choice Award show earlier this month.

The short spots will run on Fox’s America’s Game of the Week NFL games during the first week of the season on Sept. 10.

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