The ATT/Direct TV Star Trek Commercial

[Spock's Barber]

They have been running a commercial for several months in my area that features Kirk and Spock from the "Balance of Terror" episode. The main viewscreen shows an advertisement for Direct TV.

http://http://www.ispot.tv/ad/799q/at-and-t-star-trek-directv-offer

 

[BeatleJWOL]

Yeah, and always weirdly quieter than the rest of the programming too.

 

[publiusr]

And the cable response
http://www.adweek.com/agencyspy/pereira-odell-mocks-satellite-tv-for-charter/93619

The ironic thing? Something like this vessel is actually what A.C.Clarke wanted:
http://lbbonline.com/work/10660/

Manned comm-stations.

I'm a little angry actually. I wish what we had in space was this large:
https://www.charter.com/browse/content/prl-3p-lostinspace-sp-top

Most comm-sats are just BFI dumpsters with washerboard solar panels to either end.