Grows Customer Base 500% in Six Months, Opens UK Office and Data Center

NEW YORK - AdMeld (www.admeld.com), the leader in ad network optimization for premium publishers,  announced it closed an $8 million round of Series B funding led by Spark Capital and Foundry Group. The funding, which AdMeld will use to accelerate its sales and product development efforts, caps a period of strong momentum for the company. Over the past six months, AdMeld’s customer base has grown five-fold and it expanded into Europe by opening a London-based office and data center.
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Standards-based Approach Enables Real-time Localization of Ads Using Digital Overlays

SAN FRANCISCO & SUNNYVALE, Calif. - RGB Networks, the leader in network video processing, and OpenTV (Nasdaq:OPTV), a leading software and technology provider of advanced digital television solutions, have developed a joint demonstration that shows how cable television operators can use the companies’ advanced, standards-based advertising capabilities to generate new ad revenues from their video-on-demand (VOD) services and traditional linear programming.
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Leading Online Marketing and Advertising Company Unaffected by California’s Sluggish State Economy

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif. - Advertise.com, a premier platform for search and display and CPA marketing, announced it has created eight new positions in response to increased demand for its current offerings, as well as anticipated demand for new services the company will shortly be rolling out. Advertise tapped both industry veterans and fresh talent in its latest expansion, reflecting the online ad industry’s continued strength despite softness in print, television and other advertising sectors. Advertise.com is a premier platform for search and display marketing that enables advertisers to reach a wider audience through an exclusive network of search engines and publisher properties.
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Top Applications in the Apple App Store Had More Than 1 Million Users

SAN MATEO, Calif. & LONDON - AdMob, the world’s largest mobile advertising platform, examines the distribution of consumer usage of iPhone applications in its May 2009 Mobile Metrics Report. In less than one year, the Apple App Store has grown to more than 50,000 applications and given consumers access to applications with broad consumer appeal as well as a long tail of niche applications that serve specific segments.
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Collaboration Enables VideoEgg to Extend the Reach of Its Ad Network While Allowing Members of Six Apart’s Advertising Program to Maximize Ad Revenue

SAN FRANCISCO - VideoEgg, Inc., the rich media ad network for guaranteed engagement, announced a partnership with Six Apart Ltd., a leading social media and services company dedicated to making bloggers successful. Under the terms of this agreement, Six Apart Media will offer AdFrames ad units as part of the company’s advertising program, allowing bloggers to easily integrate VideoEgg’s invitation-based ads into their TypePad blogs and subsequently increase ad revenue potential.
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IAB Elects New Chair, David J. Moore, Chairman & Founder, 24/7 Real Media, and Vice Chair, Neil Ashe, President, CBS Interactive

Edward F. (Ted) West, President and CEO of LookSmart, Also Elected to IAB’s Board of Directors

NEW YORK - The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced that its Board of Directors has elected a new Chairman, David J. Moore, Chairman & Founder of 24/7 Real Media, and Vice Chairman, Neil Ashe, President of CBS Interactive. Moore, who has served on the IAB’s Board of Directors and its Executive Committee since 2001, was elected Vice Chairman in June 2008. He became Acting Chair after Wenda Harris Millard resigned in April 2009, who had the role of Chair since February 2008. Ashe, who has served on the IAB Board of Directors since April 2007, assumes the role of Vice Chairman, previously held by Moore.
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NEW YORK - interCLICK, Inc. (the “Company”) (OTCBB: ICLK), a leading behavioral targeting company, announced that it has closed its private placement and raised gross proceeds of $2.5 million. Under the private placement, the Company sold 2,500,000 shares of its common stock and five-year warrants to purchase 625,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.40 per share to existing shareholders including Barry Honig, the co-chairman of the board. interCLICK expects to use the proceeds from the sale for working capital and general corporate purposes. Additionally, and distinct from this transaction, RBC Capital Markets is engaged as financial advisor to the Company.
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Online video ad company makes it even easier to create, run and manage online ad campaigns

San Mateo, California – June 29, 2009 – Jivox, the online video advertising service that helps local businesses reach customers online, today announced a number of new features that make the popular online video advertising platform even easier to use, including map-based geo-targeting and QuickStart video ad creation templates. Jivox has also rolled out new subscription plans that make ongoing ad campaigns an affordable option for any sized business.  These powerful new features reflect months of user feedback and were the most requested product enhancements by Jivox customers.
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