The phrase "audio commercial" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a commercial or advertisement that is presented in an audio format, such as a radio ad or a podcast advertisement.
Example: "The audio commercial played during the podcast effectively captured the audience's attention and conveyed the product's benefits."
Alternatives: "audio advertisement" or "radio commercial".
Another audio commercial starts with Mr. Howard asking, "Did you know when you donate a kidney, you give the gift of life?" It continues with an actress's voice discussing how people are "born with two healthy kidneys, but only need one".
Of course, AudioTweets doesn't pay per tweet, but rather per audio commercial that you hear in between a set of tweets.
The audio commercials start with words from Mr. Howard.
The audio commercials, intended for radio stations, also use the Skype sound effects.
Pandora inserts audio commercials into its music stream, Twitter puts sponsored ads into tweet streams and Foursquare lets advertisers try out geofencing.
That enabled the foundation to get, for a budget estimated in the low six figures, dozens of video and audio commercials as well as print, outdoor and digital ads.
The company intends to make its money by embedding audio commercials within the programming -- five minutes each hour, which is about one-third the advertising time on some broadcast radio stations.
Also last week, Pandora, the rapidly growing Web radio service, said it would increase the number of audio commercials on its free service and offer an ad-free version, Pandora One, for $36 a year.
The down side: You could be subjected to audio commercials every time you access the Net for directions, e-mail or a sports score.
This means that Twitter could turn into a sort of Pandora-style situation, letting you passively listen to both ads and tweets like you listen to music and audio commercials.
Intervu, a five-year-old company that is being acquired by Akamai Technologies for $2.8 billion, provides on-demand video and audio for commercial clients like MountainZone.com, which uses chat sessions with athletes to sell sports merchandise online.
