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News, insights, and updates about TV advertising for local businesses
Guides
Streaming TV Advertising Overview
Put your business on Prime Video and streaming TV. We make your commercial free, target the right local customers, and start around $25/day.
How to Advertise on Streaming TV
A step-by-step guide: pick your audience, get a free commercial made for you, set a budget, and launch in about an hour.
How Much Does Streaming TV Advertising Cost?
Real costs for small business: most run about $25/day, averaging about $42.50 per 1,000 views, with a free video and no management fees.
How to Advertise on Amazon Prime Video
Non-skippable ads, Amazon audience targeting, and a free commercial. See how advertising on Prime Video works and what it costs.
How to Advertise on Roku
What it costs, how targeting works, and how small businesses reach Roku and connected-TV households without an agency.
TV Advertising for Small Business
Small business TV advertising without the agency, the big budget, or the production cost. We make your ad for free and run it on premium streaming TV.
Latest articles
Google Ads vs. Prime Video and CTV Ads
Google Ads catches buyers who are ready now, at auction prices. Prime Video and CTV ads make your brand the one they trust. How they compare, and why both wins.
30 Days of Streaming TV Ads for a Restaurant
A month of streaming TV ads for a local restaurant, week by week, with the real platform numbers behind a representative $25-a-day campaign.
The 2026 Small-Business Streaming TV Advertising Benchmark
Original 2026 benchmark from real small-business campaigns: what they spend, views and reach per campaign, cost per 1,000 views, and where ads run.
Streaming TV Ads vs. Facebook Ads (We Ran Both)
We ran local campaigns on both streaming TV and Facebook. Here is the honest comparison: cost, attention, and when to use each one (or both together).
OTT vs. CTV: What's the Difference (and Does It Matter)?
OTT vs CTV in plain English: what each term means, how they overlap, and which one actually matters when you advertise your business.
Does Prime Video Have Ads?
Yes — here's how Prime Video ads work in 2026, how to remove them as a viewer, and how businesses can advertise on Prime Video.
I Made a TV Commercial With AI in Under 10 Minutes
I timed myself making a real, airable TV commercial with AI and launching it on Prime Video. Here is the minute-by-minute, and where a human still matters.
We Spent $1,000 on an HVAC Company's Prime Video Ad
We put $1,000 behind a local HVAC company's Prime Video ad: the setup, the targeting, what that budget buys at real platform rates, and what we'd change.
What Is OTT Advertising? A Plain-English 2026 Guide
OTT advertising explained simply: what it is, how it differs from CTV, what it costs, and what it looks like in real small-business campaigns.
How Prime Video Ads Work
Learn how Prime Video ads work, why you see them, and how your small business can advertise on Prime Video with Amazon targeting and a free commercial.
Amazon Ads and Trusted TV Webinar
Watch our webinar on using Amazon Ads and Trusted TV to put your small business on Prime Video and connected TVs, with audience targeting and a free ad.
How to Make a CTV Ad for Your Small Business
A step-by-step guide to creating a professional, affordable connected TV ad and getting your small business on TV without overspending.
We're Bringing Affordable TV Advertising to Local Businesses
Preflect is spinning off Trusted TV to make premium streaming TV ads affordable for local businesses, with no big budget, agency, or production work needed.