The dirty little secret that most people who make their living marketing on the Internet will never tell you is that they love watching TV spots.  Of course, it is frustrating how much clients spend on questionably effective television advertising ... and there are a lot of crappy TV ads being produced.  But what if you could collect all the good ones in one place and let people watch them?  My guess is it's not only the marketers that would watch.

New York - Firebrand, the developer of a consumer entertainment site for TV commercials, announced on Tuesday that it has received undisclosed investments from Microsoft, NBC Universal and GE's Peacock Equity Fund, and ION Television, and plans to launch its service on Oct. 22.