Reminder: Super Bowl LVI will not feature U.S. ads in Canada

Reminder: Super Bowl LVI will not characteristic U.S. ads in Canada

This is the tertiary yr in a row in which the big American ads are prohibited from airing during Canadian broadcasts

The passage of time has been hard to track amid the COVID-19 pandemic, so you'd exist forgiven for forgetting about the whole "Super Basin ads" situation in Canada.

Yous know, the i where Canadians chosen for the big-budget, celebrity-filled American ads for which the big game is known?

Well, equally a reminder: post-obit a December 2019 ruling, American ads are even so not permitted to run during Canadian Super Bowl broadcasts. That applies to this year's Super Bowl LVI, which kicks off on Sunday, February 13th at vi:30pm ET. The National Football game Briefing (NFC) champion Los Angeles Rams and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Cincinnati Bengals are facing off.

This ruling was fabricated after Bong argued that information technology would lose millions in advertizing acquirement if U.Due south. ads were played instead. This was also controversial, as many football game fans have argued that the U.S. ads are an integral part of the Super Bowl feel.

Therefore, Canadians will demand to find other ways to watch the ads, which characteristic everyone from Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost to Lindsay Lohan and Guy Fieri. At the very least, the usual prominent picture show and Boob tube show trailers — including Amazon'sThe Lord of the Ringsshow — should be released online promptly for like shooting fish in a barrel viewing.

For more information on where to lookout the Super Bowl in Canada, click hither.

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