ad break

American  

[ad brayk] / ˈæd ˈbreɪk /

noun

1. an interruption in a program broadcast on television, radio, or over the internet, during which advertisements are shown; commercial break.

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Example Sentences

Nope, you hoped you picked the longer ad break and race back to the couch just in time for the show to come back for the next scene.

From Salon

If you witnessed the collective cultural collapse that was the release of the video for Gaga’s latest song, “Abracadabra,” during an ad break in the middle of the Grammy Awards, you surely felt it too: the sweet, unmistakable sense of nostalgia.

From Salon

We wanted to meet people where they were with a real-time moment of calm, delivered through a simple and unexpected 15- to 30-second silent ad break in between the updates and alerts.

From Salon

So you think this solves the problem, that you see the ad break and you think, oh, the heck with this?

From New York Times

But it is now trialling a feature called "ad break", which users say they can not flick past as usual.

From BBC