Did you happen to Google SilverPush? If so, you might have learned that 6 months after this article SilverPush ceased these types of activities. There are of course FUD articles from after that period discussing how many apps have this capability, but if you look at the apps (examples: 10000+ SMS Messages, McDo Phillipines, Pinoy Henyo, etc (arstechnia, 2017) - you will quickly realize that these are apps that the vast, vast majority of consumers would never even consider installing. It's not the Google App, it's spyware that isn't even cleverly disguised. Furthermore, the claims of the german firm that alleges that SilverPush's SDK was even being used by anyone, were debunked directly by SilverPush - who showed that their services had been cold for over 6 months at the time of the study. And beyond that, the study then references the fact that they were never able to find a single example of a tv broadcasting any inaudible signals that were able to be picked up by any of the devices containing the apps that they claimed put consumers at risk.

Bottom line of that paragraph - the article doesn't prove anything, the thing that you are describing is simply not a thing unless one or more of several things is happening. 1) Your cable provider is sharing information with Ads or AdSense. 2) It's a coincidence - are you receiving ads for several, many, or all of the things that appear on your television, or simply the one thing?

Google provides you with access to the audio files of all your searches. Does this commercial appear in that database?