NBC sells 85% of Super Bowl ads

NBC Universal, the television network that just broadcast the most-watched Olympic Games, said it had sold 85% of its commercial spots for Super Bowl XLIII and might sell the rest by year’s end.

NBC executive Seth Winter said the network had gotten as much as $3 million for a 30-second ad to be aired during Super Bowl XLIII, which will take place Feb. 1 in Tampa, Fla.