Dame Patricia Routledge had a long list of acting credits, most notably with Keeping Up Appearances and Hetty Wainthropp ...

On this day 70 years ago, the first ad – one for Gibbs SR toothpaste – aired on British TV for the first time as ITV launched. Even back then, TV was hailed as effective. The man behind Britain’s ...

Thousands of people protested in Budapest's Heroes' Square on Sunday (September 21) against state-funded political propaganda, hate speech and fearmongering. Actor Nora Rainer-Micsinyei, who attended ...

When the first TV ad launched on British televisions 70 years ago, only 100,000 homes in London and the south-east could receive the ad on special TV sets. Early TV advertising was simple, often black ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Days after someone revealed the news on social media, Samsung confirmed today that it is showing advertisements on some US customers’ smart fridges. Samsung said the ads showing on some Family ...

Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere. Samsung’s ‘screens everywhere’ initiative is morphing into ads everywhere. is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a ...

Samsung is rolling out a new software update to its Family Hub refrigerators in the US. The update adds promotions and advertisements to the refrigerator’s display when it is idle. Samsung has ...

Samsung is allegedly rolling out a new software update for some of its smart refrigerators. The update adds advertisements to the display on the refrigerator door on certain themes. The changelog ...

If your home is your temple—the last place where you can escape the blasted outside landscape of billboards, screen ads, bus ads, train ads, and TV ads—know that the Mongol horde of advertising is ...

The smart home gadgets worth $1,799 or more are now part of a pilot program showing promotions. There's currently no way to turn the ads off. Samsung’s expensive smart fridges are now using their ...

Drugmakers are officially on notice about their direct-to-consumer ads. Over the past week, the Food and Drug Administration has issued an estimated 100 warning letters to pharma and biotech companies ...