This strategic acquisition brings additional scale to the video advertising opportunities available from Exponential®, which already include Firefly Video. With the combined market share of AdoTube and Firefly Video, Exponential is now one of the largest global video providers. While Firefly Video offers a cost-per-engagement model that leverages Tribal Fusion’s global display inventory, consisting of the second largest worldwide global reach of 453 million, AdoTube offers advertisers innovative video solutions that leverage in-stream video inventory.

Exponential will operate AdoTube as an independent entity. AdoTube will leverage Exponential’s global footprint, which consists of 33 locations across 23 countries and will immediately expand its presence globally from just the United States. AdoTube will also apply Tribal Fusion’s advanced audience platform, consisting of data, targeting, optimization, and audience insights to its in-stream video solution, making it the most advanced video offering in the market.

AdoTube, based in New York City, was founded by Leo Grzhonko and Constantine Goltsev in 2007 who partnered with Josh Winograd and Steven Jones to join in leading the executive team. AdoTube offers a variety of innovative in-stream video formats that move beyond simple insertion of TV ads into video content, and allow users to engage, interact and provide feedback within the video ad unit.  AdoTube’s Polite Pre-Roll is the least intrusive In-Stream video ad unit, allowing users to skip ads and where advertisers only pay for completed views. Publishers also benefit from the Polite Pre-Roll format, as users are less likely to leave their site due to being forced to watch in-stream ads.

“We are big believers in the potential of online video advertising and this acquisition accelerates our growth in the rapidly growing online video space,” says Dilip DaSilva, Exponential Interactive’s CEO. “In-Stream video ad serving is very much in its infancy, but by combining the advanced data, targeting, optimization, and insights available in the more mature display space with AdoTube’s innovative and interactive video solutions, we feel we can offer advertisers online video solutions that leverage the best of online advertising and engage users in a much deeper way than simply inserting TV ads into online video content.”

“This is a great transaction for all stakeholders as this relationship provides AdoTube with access to Exponential’s extensive global foot-print and advanced audience platform,” says Constantine Goltsev, AdoTube’s CEO.  “Impactful advertising is about using creativity to engage users and leave a lasting and effective impression. The AdoTube platform lets advertisers augment their TV ads with interactive elements to create engaging ads. Combining this with an advanced audience platform, lets advertisers engage specifically with their most desirable target audience.”

AdoTube™ (http://adotube.com) is the leading global in-stream advertising technology company. AdoTube’s powerful and flexible technology provides a centralized end-to-end digital video solution offering publishers and advertisers easy and efficient access to in-stream video advertising across all media platforms.  An early pioneer, AdoTube spearheaded the Polite Pre-Roll® and has continually spurred innovation in the online video ecosystem. With its sophisticated and comprehensive video ad management platform combined with a full service video ad network, and third party media measurement system, AdoTube is simplifying the complex world of digital video for publishers and marketers, while delivering engaging experiences for consumers.

Exponential Interactive Inc (http://www.exponential.com) the parent company of Tribal Fusion and FireFly Video, is a technology-enabled media company that delivers innovative products and services to meet the demands of today’s digital advertisers. Through a variety of offerings, the Exponential group of businesses enables online advertisers to reach their target audiences from around the globe to across town.

From premium publishers and CPM advertisers to performance marketing and highly engaging video solutions, Exponential delivers results for online advertisers. Each of its businesses – Tribal Fusion®, Firefly Video™, FullTango® LeadGenuity® and EchoTopic® – brings state of the art optimization technology, media services and years of experience in representing publishers and delivering highly successful campaigns for our advertising clients.

The index is the result of analysis on 1.2 Billion impressions across the AdoTube network and provides an overview of the growth and effectiveness of their different in-stream video ad formats in four categories: branded overlays, interactive overlays, standard pre-rolls, AdoTube’s new Polite Pre-Roll®. Highlights from the index findings include the following:

- Use of interactive ad formats grew from 12% to 33% of ads served by AdoTube from ‘09 to ’10.
- Interactive overlays are 83% more effective at driving click-throughs than are branded overlays
- While CTR growth for standard pre-rolls remains stagnant, CTR growth for Polite Pre-Roll® is expected to jump 133% from Q2 to Q3 2010, becoming 63% higher than the standard pre-roll
- In A/B Testing the Polite Pre-Roll® has a 36% lower abandonment rates for publishers
Included are discussions of overall trends in adoption as well as metrics regarding click-through and retention rates. To view the full index and findings, visit the research section of their site. (http://news.adotube.com/node/13)

About AdoTube

AdoTube is a complete in-stream/in-video solution that enables each part of the industry (agencies, advertisers and publishers) to have easy and efficient access to in-stream ads. AdoTube’s platform includes the Adotube Ad Network, Publisher Management Tool (PUMA), In-Stream Ad Exchange (AdEx), Network Partner Console for third party networks media brokers ,and Creative Services. AdoTube’s complete platform helps each part of the industry to deliver high-quality, in-stream advertising solutions through a quick, easy and cost efficient platform. AdoTube is headquartered in New York, with offices in California and Europe. To learn more about AdoTube, become a partner, or see their solutions for agencies, advertisers, publishers and ad networks, visit www.adotube.com.

LOS ANGELES – Break Media, the Internet’s premier entertainment community for men, announced the launch of Apex, a new proprietary in-house advertising server for the Break Media Network. Apex enables advertisers to develop and manage highly sophisticated and precisely targeted campaigns across the Break Media Network, which reaches more than 100 million men worldwide every month. Apex will also introduce efficiencies into Break Media’s advertising business by enabling Break to work directly with its clients, and foster greater innovation in the development of new advertising products by allowing Break to develop custom ads, including non-standard formats.

“Advertisers are focusing more and more on innovative, high-impact advertising campaigns that have very targeted reach,” said Keith Richman, CEO, Break Media. “The publishing companies that can deliver this combination to advertisers in a more efficient way are going to have a distinct advantage. That’s exactly why we’re pairing our own, state-of-the-art ad server with one of the biggest entertainment properties on the web.”

Developed completely in-house, the Apex ad server supports all IAB-approved ad formats and will allow advertisers to quickly and easily develop campaigns that combine multiple ad formats (including homepage takeovers, video, and display) with precision targeting capabilities (including geolocation, frequency caps, and consumer intent data). All campaigns will be tracked in a central dashboard that will enable advertisers to measure performance and recalibrate in real time across the Break Media Network, providing them with unprecedented transparency and control.

Break Media has taken a number of steps in recent months to expand and improve its advertising products. The launch of Apex comes on the heels of new partnerships with industry-leading data providers BlueKai and eXelate that provide Break advertisers with consumer-intent targeting data, as well as the launch of new offerings in the company’s Interactive Engagement Suite of products including Videostitial, Page Engage, Video Roll and Interactive Preroll.

“Break Media reaches millions of young men every day and has an unparalleled connection with this key demographic on the web,” said Andrew Budkofsky, EVP of Sales and Partnerships, Break Media. “That reach, combined with the new functionality and control enabled by Apex, will provide our partners with a superior advertising experience.”

The Break Media Network grew 77 percent from August 2009 to January 2010 to become one of the top-10 video ad networks, reaching 100 million unique viewers on a monthly basis (comScore, Feb 2010). The Break network consists of hundreds of premium partner sites and provides an all-encompassing advertiser solution with highly engaging ad units.

About Break Media:

Break Media is one of the largest entertainment properties and providers of content — video, editorial, and games — to men online. The company’s branded properties (Break.com, CagePotato, MadeMan, Chickipedia, HolyTaco, ScreenJunkies, AllLeftTurns, and FileFront), combined with the publisher sites in the Break Media Network, reach more than 100 million men worldwide on a monthly basis. Break Media is currently the 38th-largest web property in the U.S., and it operates the fifth-largest video advertising network in that market. Break Media offers its advertisers a variety of unique marketing opportunities, helping those brands interact with the Break audience on a targeted, integrated basis using innovative ad formats. For more information, please visit http://breakmedia.break.com/.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – GoldSpot Media Inc., a leader in interactive mobile media solutions, released an enhanced version of its mobile advertising client SDK, miAPI, to support iPad applications. With a simple, easy-to-use interface, the miAPI client SDK offers developers a single video advertising monetization solution across the Apple family of devices such as the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, as well as Android, RIM, Symbian S60, J2ME and BREW.

High-quality video ads for iPad, other Apple devices

GoldSpot Media’s miAPI client SDK provides publishers with the flexibility to render video ads anywhere, in any size on the mobile device screen, and in various formats: Full Screen, Split Screen, Overlays and Partial Screen. The enhancement also extends to the company’s mobile advertising campaign creation tool, miSpot, enabling publishers to run the same interactive video ad campaign on the iPad in partial screen mode, in lieu of a Flash video ad, as a full screen video ad on iPhones at app startup, and as a one-third overlay video ad on iPod Touch devices during app consumption.

“The iPad has generated strong interest from consumers and created new opportunities for publishers to reach their targeted audience,” said Srini Dharmaji, Founder & CEO of GoldSpot Media. “GoldSpot Media enables publishers to immediately monetize their apps and content with the most compelling and high-quality video ad experiences possible on the iPad as well as other Apple devices — regardless of the network coverage or bandwidth.”

Delivering Flash-Like Experiences for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Since Flash is not available on Apple mobile devices, the publisher community is still seeking effective alternatives to monetize their web content. To address these issues, GoldSpot Media developed the miSpot video advertising solution, enabling publishers to deliver a user-experience comparable to the interactive advertising power of Flash on PCs today, without requiring on-device Adobe technology.

A video demo of GoldSpot Media’s advertising technology in use on the iPhone and iPad can be viewed at this link: http://goldspotmedia.com/demo.php.

About GoldSpot Media

Consistency is the tipping point in mobile. A consistent interactive user experience across all mobile devices is critical for mass-market adoption of content applications. GoldSpot Media is committed to providing this consistency with ease, using its interactive mobile media solutions to create the optimal interactive user experience that benefits the entire mobile ecosystem. Mobile operators, content publishers and advertisers rely on GoldSpot Media to help them create and deliver the most impactful D2C experience across all mobile devices. The company’s unique, innovative, client-server mobile solutions, miSpot and miApp, are based on an intellectual property platform that includes scores of patents pending in the areas of mobile ad distribution, insertion, storage, interactivity, reporting and mobile application creation and deployment. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with an R&D center in Bangalore, India. For more information, visit www.goldspotmedia.com.

SAN FRANCISCO – Kontera, the leading provider of relevant In-Text Advertising and Information Solutions, announced that as the fourth quarter nears its end, the company has seen more than 80% growth in the Consumer Electronics sector over the fourth quarter of 2008. With more than twice the number of Consumer Electronic campaigns advertising across the Kontera network, on average the Consumer Electronics campaigns are over 40% larger this year than last.

“Internet users are increasingly researching gaming, television, home computing, and home appliances, and as a result, we continue to see an increase in advertiser spending this holiday season”

Major electronics brands advertising with Kontera include Canon, HP, LG, Samsung and Epson.

Kontera has also had a high rate of returning advertisers because Consumer Electronics campaigns with Kontera show ever-higher consumer engagement and interaction rates. Across Kontera’s more than 100 million monthly unique users, the interaction rate in the Consumer Electronics sector is trending 60% higher than a year ago.

“Internet users are increasingly researching gaming, television, home computing, and home appliances, and as a result, we continue to see an increase in advertiser spending this holiday season,” said Kontera President Hal Muchnick. “Our Story Level Targeting capabilities deliver useful, relevant ads and consumer engagement during pre-purchase research.”

In-Text advertising meets brands’ desires to connect with qualified consumers, and to deliver compelling brand experiences and promotional units. Kontera’s Story-Level Targeting uses real-time semantic analysis to deliver in-text brand placements that are highly relevant to the page contents and to user interests. As a result brands are able to reach users when they are most engaged and receptive to learn about their products.

About Kontera

Kontera delivers the most relevant In-Text Advertising & Related Information solutions online.  Kontera’s patented technology performs real-time semantic analysis of content and other information to dynamically hyper-link the terms that most accurately represent and predict user-intent and engagement.  Kontera enhances consumer experience through superior phrase relevance, driving increased user interaction, unparalleled campaign performance for advertisers, and substantial revenue for publishers.  Reaching more than 100 million unique users per month, Kontera’s exclusive network features over 15,000 vetted premium and niche publishers and represents a unique opportunity for advertisers to reach their target audiences through innovative text, rich media and video advertising units.  Founded in 2003, Kontera is backed by Sequoia Capital, Carmel Ventures and Tenaya Capital and has offices in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta and Tel Aviv. To learn more about Kontera, Kontera’s Related Information and Content solutions, Semantic Advertising or Contextual Advertising visit: www.kontera.com.

New York, New York — Eyeblaster, the leading independent provider of integrated digital advertising solutions, announced its latest video findings, indicating that online video advertising outperforms next to email and editorial content such as news, finance, sports, music , but lags in social networks and gaming environments.

The study also confirms that video advertising boosts engagement—doubling Dwell Time and increasing Dwell Rate by 20%. As a result, video yields double the ROI of non-video Rich Media.  Download the complete study, Online Video Advertising:  Doubles Engagement, Boosts ROI, at http://bit.ly/EB_Research_OnlineVideo.

As marketers increasingly leverage online video, this new research, analyzing billions of impressions, provides insight into what, where, when and why video advertising engages users online. An examination of users’ behavior by frequency of exposure shows that campaigns with video advertising achieve better results with fewer exposures when compared to rich media campaigns without video.  For example, users exposed to an ad with video twice achieve the same Dwell Rate of users exposed to a non-video ad three times.

“When it comes to online advertising, savvy marketers are using video to work both ends of the consumer funnel to drive results,” said Gal Trifon, CEO and Co-founder at Eyeblaster.  “Online video advertising provokes engagement and Eyeblaster’s data demonstrates that users are more compelled to play with an ad that contains video.  A blend of In-Stream, In-Banner and Floating ads allows advertisers to engage their target audience regardless of where they spend their time online.”

In the last four years, the growth of video impressions has outpaced rich media growth by 60%. Eyeblaster’s data suggests that since the beginning of 2006 to Q2 2009, video impressions have increased more than seven times in the US market and tenfold worldwide.

Key highlights from the video report include:

* In-Stream video ads have the highest proportion of ads fully played compared to any other format.
* Creative decisions play a significant role in ad performance: Rollover user-initiated video performs best followed by auto-initiated video; click user-initiated performs worst.
* Weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm is users’ preferred time to watch In-Banner and Floating video ads.
* Relatively few users un-mute video ads; auto-initiated video has the highest un-mute rate.
* An increase of video length by five seconds reduces Video Fully Played rate by 2.8%, on average.

For a complete list of video best practices and a deeper analysis of video environments and ad performance, download the complete research report here: http://bit.ly/EB_Research_OnlineVideo.

*The Dwell metric measures key interactions including time the mouse was over an ad, user-initiated video duration, user-initiated expansion duration and any other custom interaction duration. Unintentional dwell instances lasting less than one second are excluded in the calculation. Dwell Rate is the cumulative instances of where a user interacted with the ad divided by served impressions.

About Eyeblaster

In 1999, Eyeblaster was the pioneer in rich media communication. Today, Eyeblaster extends its inventive heritage in digital advertising to ad serving and global campaign management.  As the leading provider of digital advertising solutions, Eyeblaster empowers marketers to engage consumers online.  The company’s flagship product, MediaMindTM, is the only ad serving and campaign management solution built from the ground up for agencies and advertisers.

MediaMind includes critical functions that streamline ad serving processes, provide actionable analytics, and enable an open workflow in harmony with other technology components.

Headquartered in New York, Eyeblaster has 36 offices across all major markets worldwide.  This footprint allows Eyeblaster customers to deploy global campaigns with guaranteed service levels, publisher acceptance and integrated metrics.  The company is the only publisher-independent provider in the field, as well as the only one certified for compliance with the three IAB measurement guidelines:  ad serving, video and rich media.

In 2008, Eyeblaster delivered campaigns in a variety of ad formats including rich media, in-stream video, display, search and mobile for over 7,000 brands serving approximately 2,700 agencies across over 3,600 global web publishers in 45 countries worldwide.  Learn more at: http://www.eyeblaster.com.

Online Video Advertising Networks 2007 – 2010: Emerging and Surging

This report analyzes video inventory and gross media spend in both up-and-coming and established avail verticals, including in-banner, remnant/3rd party pre-roll, video overlays, video search and podcasting.

Each video advertising network vertical is thoroughly analyzed by total inventory (exclusive, non-exclusive, monthly and annually), business models, sell-out percentages, CPMs for each avail format, gross ad billings and total revenues by network.

In-banner video networks led by Eyewonder, Pointroll, Eyeblaster and Google’s DoubleClick are inventory, media spend and revenue generating juggernauts of the video advertising group, combining for over $1.5 billion in 2008 gross billings (video units only), forecast at $1.8 billion in ’09.

3rd party video networks representing premium pre-roll inventory aligned with major branded content include BBE, Brightroll, Tremor Media, YuMe Networks, Internet Broadcasting and Worldnow are forecast to contribute another $223 million to gross media spend during 2009, over 24% of all pre-roll media buys across an extremely competitive and rapidly-evolving sales landscape.

Overlay network inventory reached 19.8 billion total units in 2008, forecast to increase 70% in 2009. Participation revenue flowing back to networks like VideoEgg, Adapt.TV and ScanScout is expected to climb 100% in aggregate.

To order this report:

Online Video Advertising Networks 2007 – 2010: Emerging and Surging

This report analyzes video inventory and gross media spend in both up-and-coming and established avail verticals, including in-banner, remnant/3rd party pre-roll, video overlays, video search and podcasting.

Each video advertising network vertical is thoroughly analyzed by total inventory (exclusive, non-exclusive, monthly and annually), business models, sell-out percentages, CPMs for each avail format, gross ad billings and total revenues by network.

In-banner video networks led by Eyewonder, Pointroll, Eyeblaster and Google’s DoubleClick are inventory, media spend and revenue generating juggernauts of the video advertising group, combining for over $1.5 billion in 2008 gross billings (video units only), forecast at $1.8 billion in ’09. 3rd party video networks representing premium pre-roll inventory aligned with major branded content include BBE, Brightroll, Tremor Media, YuMe Networks, Internet Broadcasting and Worldnow are forecast to contribute another $223 million to gross media spend during 2009, over 24% of all pre-roll media buys across an extremely competitive and rapidly-evolving sales landscape. Overlay network inventory reached 19.8 billion total units in 2008, forecast to increase 70% in 2009. Participation revenue flowing back to networks like VideoEgg, Adapt.TV and ScanScout is expected to climb 100% in aggregate.

Online video advertising networks are forecast to make $493 million in participation revenue, hosting and insertion fees against gross CPM billings of $2.2 billion in 2009, according to this published report.

The report, Online Video Advertising Networks 2007 – 2010: Emerging and Surging, details video inventory and gross media spend for both up-and-coming and established avail executions, including in-banner video, remnant/3rd party pre-roll sales, video overlays, video search and podcasting.

Each video advertising network vertical is analyzed by total inventory (exclusive, non-exclusive, monthly and annually), business models, sell-out percentages, CPMs for each avail format, media spend and total revenues by network.

In-banner video networks led by Eyewonder, Pointroll, Eyeblaster and Google’s DoubleClick are inventory, media spend and revenue generating juggernauts of the video advertising group, combining for over $1.5 billion in 2008 gross billings (video units only), forecast at $1.8 billion in ’09.

3rd party video networks representing premium pre-roll inventory aligned with major branded content include BBE, Brightroll, Tremor Media, YuMe Networks, Internet Broadcasting and Worldnow are forecast to contribute another $223 million to gross media spend during 2009, over 39% of all pre-roll media buys across an extremely competitive and rapidly-evolving sales landscape.

Overlay network inventory reached 19.8 billion total units in 2008, forecast to increase 70% in 2009. Participation revenue flowing back to networks like VideoEgg, Adapt.TV and ScanScout is expected to climb 100% in aggregate.

Major video search networks Blinkx, Truveo and Magnify.net handled a combined 420 million average monthly search requests in 2008, and forecast to generate $30 million in corresponding revenue 2009.

Podcast inventory averaged some 84 million units per month in 2008, taking in gross billings estimated at $25.9 million, equaling approximately 55% of total paid media spend made against branded premium and semi-professional content categories.

“Video advertising networks are a vital economic engine of online video monetization,” commented research director Paul A. Palumbo.

“These tenacious, entrepreneurial networks are endemic to the broadband publishing medium, propelling video advertising inevitably onward toward greater accountability, higher ROI and wider adoption by agencies and marketers.”

Some of the Topics covered:
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
VIDEO AD NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK MEDIA BUYING TRENDS: 2009
VIDEO AD NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS ANALYSIS BY VERTICAL: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS SHARE BY VERTICAL: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK REVENUE SOURCE BREAKOUT: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK REVENUES: 2007 – 2010
IN-BANNER VIDEO GROSS MEDIA SPEND: 2007 – 2010
IN-BANNER VIDEO IMPRESSION GROWTH: 2001 – 2008
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORKS PRE-ROLL GROSS BILLINGS: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO AD NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK MEDIA BUYING TRENDS: 2009
VIDEO AD NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS ANALYSIS BY VERTICAL: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS SHARE BY VERTICAL: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK REVENUE SOURCE BREAKOUT: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORK REVENUES: 2007 – 2010
IN-BANNER VIDEO GROSS MEDIA SPEND: 2007 – 2010
IN-BANNER VIDEO IMPRESSION GROWTH: 2001 – 2008
VIDEO ADVERTISING NETWORKS PRE-ROLL GROSS BILLINGS: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO AD NETWORK GROSS BILLINGS: 2008
AD NETWORK SHARE OF PREMIUM PRE-ROLL GROSS BILLINGS: 2008
VIDEO OVERLAY NETWORK MEDIA SPEND AND AVAIL GROWTH
VIDEO OVERLAY NETWORK GROSS MEDIA BILLINGS: 2008 – 2010
VIDEO SEARCH GROSS MEDIA BILLINGS: 2007 – 2010
VIDEO ADVERTISING AND SEARCH NETWORKS: 2007 – 2010

Companies Mentioned:
Adapt.Tv
Aol/Truveo
Bbe (Broadband Enterprises)
Brightroll
Eyeblaster
Eyewonder
Kiptronic
Magnify.Net
Mixpo
Pointroll
Scanscout
Spotxchange
Tremor Media
Videoegg
Wizzard Software/Media
Worldnow
Yume Networks

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2d50db/online_video_adver

London, June 4th, 2009 – VIDEOPLAZA, announces its first UK clients for its ‘built for video’ ad server platform – Monetizer. Factory Media and Incisive Media will both launch online video advertising services, through Videoplaza, to capitalise on the growing popularity of online video.

Videoplaza, a privately owned company, based in Stockholm and London, enables clients to manage, present and track online video advertising. It has developed an ad server platform that can increase revenues and demonstrate media value, from advertising placed in and around their online video content. Working with leading broadcasters, news media, business and consumer publishers in five countries, Videoplaza’s ad server technology, creative ad formats and real-time reporting enables clients to monetise the time users spend watching online video, rather than started streams.

Factory Media’s extreme sports video channel Mpora www.mpora.com will offer advertisers and sponsors access to its valuable audiences using Interactive Pre, Mid and Post Roll advertising. The channel will also use In-stream overlays, served within the video content, a format proving popular with advertisers and users alike and also Companion Ads synchronised with a client’s video ads.

Incisive Media, www.incisivemedia.com, a leading business information provider, is implementing Videoplaza’s ad server to offer exciting new opportunities for brands and B2B advertisers to target its high value audiences, starting with the IT professional community VNUnet  www.vnunet.com

By adopting Videoplaza’s ad server platform both companies will be able to more effectively manage their online video advertising inventory, optimize client campaigns and demonstrate improved advertiser ROI, in terms of advertising exposure and engagement. The deals will also introduce the next generation interactive preroll format to the market called the iRoll.

John Barnes, Managing Director – Digital Strategy and Development UK & Asia for Incisive Media stated “We see a great opportunity in video and want to be equipped with the best monetisation tool in the market. We have chosen to work with Videoplaza not just because of their technology, this company understands this space and has made it work in other markets.”

According to Darryl Newton, Managing Director, Factory Media, “Mpora.com is now a significant part of our business, with over 2 million video streams served each month. Demand for advertising on our platform is growing incrementally and clients are particularly excited by creative video solutions. Working with Videoplaza we feel we can meet the needs of these customers better by offering more dynamic and engaging formats combined with video specific reporting such as engagement rates and time spent with the ads.

Sorosh Tavakoli, Founder and CEO for Videoplaza added “We are delighted to announce agreements with these two great innovative publishers. We are doing everything we can to repeat the success from the Swedish market where more and more publishers have profitable online video products.”

Videoplaza has been in the UK since January 2009 and is building a local team to advise and support both local media owners and international networks based in London.

For further information contact:

Sorosh Tavakoli, Founder and CEO Videoplaza
+44 7530 885 492
sorosh@videoplaza.com

John Barnes, Managing Director – Digital Strategy and Development UK & Asia, Incisive Media
+44 (0)20 7316 9007
john.barnes@incisivemedia.com

Darryl Newton, Managing Director, Factory Media
+44 (0)20 7332 9700
darryl.newton@factorymedia.com

About Videoplaza

Videoplaza AB is based in London and Stockholm, privately owned and backed by venture capital company Creandum. The company is working with leading broadcasters, newspaper publishers and other premium media owners in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the UK. It has developed an ad server that is uniquely designed to meet the challenges of monetising online video content. The technology is compatible with any video platform, offers rich video specific reporting and maximises the clients potential advertising inventory. The ad formats offered are all compliant with the new IAB UK Video Guide launched April 29th, 2009.

Videoplaza website: http://www.videoplaza.com
Videoplaza blog: http://www.videoplaza.com/blog
Videoplaza client list: http://www.videoplaza.com/customers

The value of online video advertising is forecast to increase, in line with its growing popularity with users. eMarketer estimates the market will be worth $1.9Bn by 2011 and to account for 10% of all online advertising spend.

The technology challenge for many publishers is to make their traditional display ad server work seamlessly with their video platform. Too often, their existing technology is not able to deliver the potential volume of ads given the length of time users are spending watching video. Videoplaza’s ‘built for video’ ad server lets publishers place and then track the effectiveness of their clients advertising, while allowing more campaigns to be served while not being too intrusive to the users. The company can demonstrate how this has more than doubled client revenues.

CHICAGO – Akoo International Inc. announced the national launch of the most advanced interactive entertainment and advertising platform in the digital out-of-home marketplace. The “Akoo” network combines premium video entertainment – including music videos from all four major labels: Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI – with a proprietary platform that engages viewers to activate content on HD LCD-TV screens using their mobile phones like remote controls.

Akoo is currently available throughout the food court environments of 50 high-profile malls in top 25 DMAs (see www.akoo.com for information about participating malls). The network will be deployed at 150 of the nation’s highest-traffic malls by December 2009, reaching an audience of 490 million annual viewers with an average engagement exceeding 30 minutes.

The Akoo network has proven to drive measurable engagement, activations, and transactions with a media-elusive, predominantly 18-34 year-old demographic. The platform’s ability to capture actionable behavioral data and deliver targeted advertising across digital screens and user mobile devices – steps away from the retail point of sale where purchase intent is highest – provides marketers with greater measurability of marketing impact and ROI.

“We’re extremely excited to deliver fully immersive audio/video entertainment experiences to millions of consumers,” said Niko Drakoulis, Akoo’s CEO. “For a limited number of advertisers, Akoo also provides non-cluttered, accountable media at a time when quantifying return on marketing spend is imperative.”

Akoo achieves full coverage of each food court environment with multiple pairs of 46-inch, side-by-side HD LCD-TV screens. Each pair of screens is comprised of a Programming Guide screen, featuring available on-demand content, user tutorials, and sponsors’ advertising, and an adjacent Entertainment screen, featuring Akoo’s entertainment programming, playback of user-selected content, and sponsors’ pre-roll ads and overlays with call-to-action messaging.

Additionally, a professional audio solution in each location monitors ambient crowd noise and automatically adjusts the volume level of Akoo programming to maximize audio and visual impact. Akoo is the sole and exclusive interactive entertainment source in each food court.

To interact with the network, consumers discover content codes on the Programming Guide screen or table-top print media and text the content code of their choice to the Akoo network. A text message is immediately returned to the user’s mobile device, confirming the selection, and the content is queued to play on the Entertainment screen in the order it was received. When all on-demand selections are played, the regularly scheduled programming automatically resumes.

Consumers may also use the Akoo Remote, a free mobile application accessible via any mobile phone’s Internet browser. The Akoo Remote allows users to search through the location’s available video library; make on-demand requests with one-click; and identify and tag “What’s Playing Now,” for subsequent purchase on popular digital music services, such as Apple’s iTunes or Amazon MP3.

Users with Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as Apple’s iPhone, can also access Akoo’s free Wi-Fi service at every location to interact with programming. Akoo’s Wi-Fi service offers exclusive access to network features, as well as special content and promotional offers from Akoo advertisers.

About Akoo International Inc.

Akoo International Inc. develops and deploys interactive entertainment networks in out-of-home environments, delivering premium video content and immersive brand experiences across HD LCD-TV screens powered by the Company’s proprietary platform. Founded in 2001, the Company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. For more information, visit www.akoo.com.

NEW YORK – As the online advertising community is calling for the implementation of more creative ads, Giant Realm, Inc. has announced a new eye-catching option for marketers. The online media company reaching millions of young men through its publisher group of top entertainment and gaming enthusiast communities unveiled the web’s largest Flash video overlay ad unit. Measuring 938 x 518, Giant Realm’s custom-designed placement consumes the screen while the video player is loading, creating a dramatic yet unobtrusive experience.

Once the overlay unit resolves and the requested content begins to play, a 300 x 250 companion unit appears beside the player and remains for the duration of the video. Both the custom-designed overlay and the branded companion units are clickable, driving qualified traffic to the advertiser’s site for more information about the product and/or for purchase.

The new video overlay ad unit has launched on numerous communities throughout the Giant Realm Publisher Group and the Giant Realm Platform, the company’s free social media platform, including www.Myndflame.com, www.GotGame.com, www.ScrewAttack.com, www.Starfeeder.com, and www.Noobflicks.com. Currently serving one million impressions per month, Giant Realm expects inventory to increase significantly as the unit is rolled out to more sites in the coming weeks.

James Green, CEO, Giant Realm, Inc., commented: “What’s important in advertising, and cannot be achieved with the standard banner, is to create something completely custom and engaging that allows a product’s message to be conveyed in its entirety. In this respect the Internet is only in its infancy as compared to traditional media and the powerful 30 second spot. However, an intrusive ad that stands between our vocal audience and its content won’t be accepted, either. Our video overlay unit gives advertisers a new opportunity to tell their brand’s story online to a captive audience without disrupting the user experience.”

Advertisers have been increasingly incorporating Giant Realm into their overall media buy due to its reach to this elusive male demographic as well as its ability to execute innovative and effective campaigns.

About Giant Realm, Inc:

Giant Realm, Inc. (www.GiantRealm.com, http://Corp.GiantRealm.com/) is a rapidly-growing online media company which helps marketers reach the male 18-34 demographic that has disappeared from the traditional media landscape and online portals. GiantRealm.com and its growing publisher group deliver authentic content and community for enthusiasts of entertainment platforms including video games, film/TV and humor. The New York-based company exclusively represents all websites that are part of the Giant Realm Publisher Group and allows its publishers to monetize 100% of their ad inventory. According to Google Analytics, Giant Realm currently reaches 36.5 million individuals worldwide every month. Giant Realm’s shareholders include SoftBank Capital, Comcast Interactive Capital, the William Morris Agency and the Edison Venture Fund.

AdSense Video Units were launched October 2007, with quite some bang. The feature allowed English-language AdSense publishers to add video content from YouTube partners to their sites in a customizable player. The video would then display text overlay ads and a companion banner above the video.

It all came to an end on March 27, when an official announcement on the Google AdSense blog informed that:

“As you may know, we frequently review our products and features to ensure their effectiveness. After reviewing our AdSense video units feature, which allows you to show YouTube content and ads on your pages, we’ve found that it hasn’t had the impact we had hoped for. As a result, we’ve decided to retire this feature at the end of April so we can focus our resources on other opportunities to help publishers earn from their sites.

[...] please note that this change won’t affect the availability of other video-related ads options — video ads may appear in your AdSense for content ad units if you’ve opted into image ads, and AdSense for video is still accepting applications from eligible publishers who produce video content.”

Signing up for video units is no longer available to new publishers, and publishers who currently use video units are asked to remove them. Once video units are retired at the end of April, remaining video units in skyscrapers and leaderboards will direct to YouTube.com, while other ad slot sizes will automatically be changed to standard embedded YouTube players displaying top YouTube videos – without generating any revenue, though. Publishers are also advised to change their video units to standard ad units if they have less than 3 such units per page.

There’s no surprise in this announcement, I believe: what originally appeared to be a good idea, was poorly implemented and developed as a product, with little regard to the market conditions and usability. If anything, it’s a surprise that the video units weren’t retired earlier. The remaining question is “What’s next?” – my bet is on the AdSense for feeds product to make a more or less elegant exit.

Vdopia’s proprietary Dynamic Skin Branding technology allows the video player skin to change dynamically according to the targeting criteria specified by the advertiser. With this launch, advertisers can now target online video consumers with contextual, interactive advertising for every second of video watched.

In addition to the already successful pre roll ad format, Vdopia’s proprietary ‘Dynamic Skin Branding’ ad format delivers continuous brand visibility, highly measurable viewer engagement and extended call to action opportunity for advertisers, without interrupting the video viewing experience of the user. The innovative ad formats powered by VDO Labs are the most compelling interactive display advertising formats delivered in a customizable Flash ‘skin’ integrated around the video player.

So far, Vdopia has successfully executed the Dynamic Skin Branding ad format for India’s biggest brands like Tata Sky, Big TV, Godrej LCD and many others. This ad format has been the hottest advertising format for both performance and branding clients.

Online video advertising in India is set to grow at 300 per cent in 2009, according to Ernst & Young and has 85 per cent brand recall compared with 54 per cent for the same ad on the television. Vdopia is leading this revolution and is committed to increasing brand recall even further using its technology and innovations.

Chhavi Upadhyay, Chief Operating Officer of Vdopia commented: “We have run controlled tests through certain campaigns on our network and our results indicate several fold increase in the campaign performance when these ad formats are shown together on a video, it is almost as if these formats resonate with each other providing advertisers tremendous value.”

Skin Branding delivers more effective monetization of online video content for publishers. The proprietary integrated ad and media player technology is immune to the negative effects of ‘banner blindness’ by delivering extended brand visibility and the advertising exposure is measurable for every second of ad viewed. Skin Branding advertisements are served each time a new video or application starts and at specified intervals during long-form video content. Vdopia provides complete creative support to deliver the desired campaign objectives.

Saurabh Bhatia, Chief Business Officer of Vdopia added: “The fully customizable ‘skin’ also presents unlimited creative ability for advertisers to include interactive features and functionality such as promotional videos, animated expansion banners, games, contact forms, product downloads and purchases, plus basic click-throughs.”

About Vdopia, Inc.

Vdopia is the largest Video Ad Network and Video Ad Platform focused on South Asians across the globe. Vdopia delivers advertisers and publishers with industry-leading results due to its focus on premium audiences and premium content. Vdopia is the first video advertising company that has provided consistent monetization of online video content, which has resulted in massive growth in the amount of online video content across all leading South Asian websites.

Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Vdopia is a venture-backed company founded by Stanford and IIT graduates with extensive technology and media experience. The company has sales and development offices in San Jose, CA, New York, NY; Gurgaon and Mumbai, India.

NEW YORK – The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the release for public comment of Video Player-Ad Interface Definitions Guidelines (VPAID). The announcement represents another important step in the IAB’s infrastructure initiative that seeks to build a common language for buying, selling, creating and delivering digital video advertising.

The series of definitions in the VPAID Guidelines help the interactive industry:

* Define a standard method for video ads to communicate with video players and enable ad compatibility across all VPAID-compliant players
* Provide specifications that can be implemented by any type of video player
* Cut production costs and improve ROI for advertisers while enabling a less intrusive experience for video content viewers.

Until now, video ads could only be posted on publisher sites that supported the same technology as an agency did when creating the ads. With VPAID, publishers adhering to these standards will be able to render any type of video advertisement from any video ad serving technology that also adheres to the standards. Likewise, advertisers that adopt the standards can be assured that the ads they create are usable by any ad serving technology and publisher.

Over the past year, the IAB has taken a lead role in the industry-wide effort to create a common structure across distinct areas of digital video. In addition to VPAID, the IAB’s efforts have included the release of the following documents as part of this initiative:

* Digital Video Measurement Guidelines
* Digital Video In-Stream Ad Format Guidelines and Best Practices
* Digital Video Ad Serving Template (VAST)
* Digital Video In-Stream Ad Metrics Definitions

All of these documents can be reviewed at: http://www.iab.net/iab_products_and_industry_services/508676/508950

“Interactive advertising is a bright spot in the current advertising environment, and digital video is one of its most promising formats,” said Jeremy Fain, Vice President of Industry Services at IAB. “VPAID is the final piece of the current Digital Video Infrastructure Initiative. All five parts of the initiative help define the digital video ecosystem, reduce costs and increase efficiency for all parties and, most importantly, make it possible for advertisers to more easily reach larger online audiences.”

“Advertisers and agencies today require more interactive formats that go beyond linear TV ad spots, demand more control over how they experience ads, and want the ability to learn more about particular subjects of interest,” said David Ku, SVP of the Advertising Technology Group at Yahoo!, a member company of the IAB’s Digital Video Committee. “VPAID provides a common standard for how video ads will interact with players and serves as an important step forward to deliver on the promise of digital video ad formats.”

Members of the industry (advertising agencies, advertisers, online publishers and technology vendors) are encouraged to read the proposed guidelines and submit comments on the IAB site at: http://www.iab.net/vpaid. After the comment period closes on March 5, 2009 the feedback will be reviewed and the guidelines will be finalized and released.

About the IAB’s Digital Video Committee:

The Digital Video Committee of the IAB is comprised of over 180 member companies actively engaged in the creation and execution of digital video advertising. One of the goals of the committee is to implement a comprehensive set of guidelines, measurement, and creative options for interactive video advertising. The committee works to educate marketers and agencies on the strength of digital video as a marketing vehicle. A full list of Committee member companies can be found at: http://www.iab.net/digital_video_committee

About the IAB:

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) is comprised of more than 375 leading media and technology companies who are responsible for selling 86% of online advertising in the United States. On behalf of its members, the IAB is dedicated to the growth of the interactive advertising marketplace, of interactive’s share of total marketing spend, and of its members’ share of total marketing spend. The IAB educates marketers, agencies, media companies and the wider business community about the value of interactive advertising. Working with its member companies, the IAB evaluates and recommends standards and practices and fields critical research on interactive advertising. Founded in 1996, the IAB is headquartered in New York City with a Public Policy office in Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit www.iab.net.

NEW YORK – Time Warner Cable Media Sales, The Weinstein Company and Palisades Media announced the launch of an integrated advertising campaign for The Weinstein Company’s Golden Globe nominated motion picture THE READER, staring Ralph Fiennes, David Kross and Kate Winslet.

The design of the campaign was to create a branded environment within Movie Trailers on Demand (MTOD) to showcase a 22 minute Making Of THE READER video, with national availability to all Time Warner Cable subscribers across the country including the two largest media markets, New York and Los Angles. The geography of Time Warner Cable is essential to this campaign since the goal is to engage the consumer for the theatrical release of the film, as well as industry types through the upcoming award season, with this 22 minute video. MTOD is available through the On Demand menu.

In addition to the VOD showcase, the partnership includes a media campaign in New York City enabled with active advertising, which allows customers the ability to jump from a linear television commercial for THE READER to the special video on MTOD with the click of the remote. The viewer will see an overlay during the commercial that prompts them to press the “A” button on their remote control to see the 22 minute Making Of THE READER. The Weinstein Company is the first studio to offer an exclusive Making Of video within the VOD showcase.

THE READER opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair.

Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from “The Odyssey”, “Huck Finn”, and “The Lady with the Little Dog.” Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken.

Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life, this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna’s past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. THE READER is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.

THE READER stars Ralph Fiennes, David Kross and Kate Winslet, and is directed by Stephen Daldry (the Academy Award nominated director of THE HOURS), from a script by David Hare, and based on the award winning novel by Bernhard Schlink. Schlink’s The Reader has been translated into 39 languages and was the first German novel to reach number one on The New York Times Bestseller List.

About The Weinstein Company

The Weinstein Company (TWC) was created by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, the brothers who founded Miramax Films Corporation in 1979. TWC is a multi-media company that officially launched on October 1, 2005. Dimension Films, the genre label that was founded in 1993 by Bob Weinstein, is also included under the TWC banner.

During the Weinsteins’ tenure at Miramax Films the company released some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful independent feature films which received 249 Academy Award® nominations and won 60 Oscars®, have generated billions of dollars in worldwide box office receipts and billions more in home video sales. In its history, Dimension Films has released some of the most successful franchises including “Scream,” “Spy Kids” and “Scary Movie.

About Time Warner Cable Media Sales

Time Warner Cable Media Sales is the advertising sales division of Time Warner Cable. Time Warner Cable Media Sales provides marketers and agencies with innovative advertising solutions that are targeted and affordable. National advertisers can showcase their commercials on more than 30 analog, digital and on demand cable networks across the Time Warner Cable footprint. Local and regional clients can leverage hometown news and sports programming, in addition to a wealth of nationally-distributed cable networks, to reach their best prospects.

NEW YORK – KickApps (www.kickapps.com), the industry’s leading on-demand social media, video player and widget platform, today announced that it has made it extremely easy for web publishers to add video advertising into their editorial and user-generated videos using the KickApps Widget & Video Player Studio. With drag-and-drop ease, it is now possible to add translucent overlay, interstititial, pre- and post-roll video, and other new video advertising formats to all KickApps powered video players. As part of this new feature, KickApps supports out-of-the-box integration from Google AdSense for Video, Scanscout, Adap.tv, and 24/7 Real Media. Support for DoubleClick’s DART and others will follow shortly.

Online video has emerged as one of the most engaging applications on the web today and advertising budgets are following suit. Recent research conducted by Bain & Company in coordination with the Interactive Advertising Bureau finds that video advertising is garnering an average CPM of $43, with demand for video inventory outstripping supply.

KickApps customers that have bought out the advertising inventory from their KickApps powered social media and video websites will be able to access these new advertising features. Integrating video ads is a simple three-step process:

1) Create a custom video player using the KickApps Widgets and Video Player Studio

2) Select from a list of modules of ad networks or pre- and post-roll

3) Provide the ad network’s publisher ID number or the URL of a Flash video file

“As social media and online video become a greater part of every web publisher’s website, technical and business complexity should be replaced with efficiency and a easy path to revenue generation,” said Alex Blum, CEO of KickApps. “We’ve applied this principle throughout the KickApps Platform, making it incredibly easy to create compelling social media and video experiences, and now making it easier than ever for web publishers to monetize video on their websites. With the enhancements we’ve made over the last few months to the Platform and the KickApps Widget & Video Player Studio, every web publisher and designer is just a few clicks away from being a social media rockstar.”

About KickApps

KickApps provides on-demand social media, online video and widget applications that enable web publishers and marketers to grow, engage and monetize online audiences. Its SaaS platform includes social networking, user-generated content, programmable video players, drag-and-drop widget building, WidgeADs™ and other applications that are tightly integrated with robust media moderation, member management and reporting. The KickApps Platform seamlessly integrates with any website using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, feeds, Widgets and APIs (REST and SOAP). Customers include: SOAPnet, CW Television, Guinness World Records, Scripps Network Interactive, HBO, Cinemax, Cox Television, the Phoenix Suns, the New York Knicks, the New York Rangers and thousands of other sites. For more information, visit www.kickapps.com and www.kickdeveloper.com.

“Sneeze” comically depicts one man’s struggles during allergy season, cleverly positioning Superpages.com as an easy relief solution. To view the award-winning ad, which ran on sites including AOL.com, CNET.com, MSN.com, People.com, TVGuide.com and Yahoo.com, click here: http://awards.tmastaging.net/2008/OMMA/Superpages/sneeze.html. (From here, click on Sneeze Vertical or Sneeze Horizontal.)

“Sneeze” was created in collaboration with Janimation and EyeWonder and bested finalists A&E Television (client: A&E Television) and VML (client: Dr Pepper).

Other recent awards won by TM Advertising for the Superpages.com campaign include: Runner-Up 2008 Most Effective Online Marketing Strategy Award presented by the Dallas Ft. Worth Interactive Marketing Association (DFWIMA) for excellence in interactive marketing; and a 2008 Regional Silver ADDY Award for a Superpages.com outdoor bulletin, presented by a regional chapter of the American Advertising Federation (AAF).

“Since it is critical that we deliver quality leads to our small business advertisers, we are continuously leveraging advertising to promote our products to consumers,” said Briggs Ferguson, President-Internet, Idearc Media. “Thanks to TM Advertising, our advertisements receive the critical attention they deserve, and we are honored to have recently received the prestigious OMMA Award.”

Created in 2006, the OMMA awards honor brand marketers, agencies and content providers who continue to push the potential of online advertising creative.

“Our innovative campaign for Superpages.com is a fantastic way for us to showcase our clients’ passion for creating and delivering the most successful interactive branding campaigns,” said Tom Hansen, President of TM Advertising. “We’re thrilled to be recognized by OMMA and to be in such great company with the other finalists.”

About TM Advertising

TM Advertising, headquartered in Dallas, with offices in Austin and Seattle, is an independently managed subsidiary of Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), one of the world’s largest marketing communications companies. Agency clients include the brands of American Airlines, Bell Helicopter, Discover Network, EDS, Fossil, Group Health, Nationwide Insurance, Redhook Ale Brewery, Superpages.com and Texas Tourism. For more information, please visit www.tm.com.

About Idearc Inc.

Idearc Inc. delivers products on multiple platforms to help consumers find the information they want, wherever they are. Idearc’s multi-platform of advertising solutions includes Superpages.com®, Superpages MobileSM, Superpages Mobile SM for BlackBerry®, Switchboard.com, LocalSearch.comSM, Verizon® Yellow Pages, Verizon® White Pages, smaller-sized portable Verizon® Yellow Pages Companion Directories, FairPoint® Yellow Pages, FairPoint® White Pages, FairPoint® Yellow Pages Companion Directories, reFresh reCharge reNew™ magazine, Solutions At Hand™ magazine, and Solutions on the Move™ and Solutions Direct™ direct mail packages. For more information, visit www.idearc.com.

Santa Monica, Calif. – September 30, 2008 – Adconion Media Group, (www.adconion.com) the independent global advertising network, today announced the launch of its new video content syndication offering, AMG-TV which allows creators and studios access to Adconion’s massive global network of publisher sites, advertiser and agency partners to broadly distribute and effectively monetize their premium Web video content.

Adconion’s launch of AMG-TV signals its innovative evolution from the traditional ad network model pairing advertisers with publisher sites, to a truly global distribution platform designed to monetize all types of audience-targeted, multimedia content. For Adconion’s ad agency partners, AMG-TV provides a scalable branded video solution paired with highquality original content and the ability to optimize campaigns across video, display and email. In addition, Adconion will provide advertisers and brands with a range of data on the performance of their campaigns and how new and existing customers are interacting with their messages.

Vuguru (www.vuguru.com), the Emmy®-nominated new media studio backed by Michael Eisner’s The Tornante Company, is the first production studio using Adconion’s AMG-TV to syndicate its new show Back on Topps beginning today. Back on Topps, a hilarious, behind-the-scenes journey into one of the world’s most recognizable sports companies, will premiere new episodes twice weekly online.

“AMG-TV is a boon to both creators and agencies and brings Adconion closer to fulfilling our vision of becoming the largest IPTV network by 2010,” said Tyler Moebius, Founder and CEO, Adconion. “We are breaking the stranglehold that YouTube and other video platforms have had on professional video creators and giving them broader, global distribution and a sales force dedicated to pairing their content with brand advertisers for greater monetization opportunities. We are essentially meeting Web video’s two greatest challenges to date: audience and monetization.”

“The partnership with Adconion’s AMG-TV will provide an optimal platform for Back on Topps to achieve an instant global footprint through Adconion’s network of publishers,” said Michael Eisner, The Tornante Company. “As Vuguru continues to create high-quality professionally-produced content for the Internet, it becomes vital to develop measurement platforms and distribution models that will help move the space forward.”

“AMG-TV offers agencies a one-stop solution that unites hard-to-find quality content with massive distribution for instantly scalable video campaigns,” said Keith Kaplan, President of North America, Adconion. “We understand that many of our agency partners – both digital and traditional – are not interested in sponsoring user-generated content, and we will continue to add premium branded video content that will be syndicated across our worldwide network of publishers.”

Adconion’s network reaches over 240 million unique users, or nearly one-third of the global Internet population, according to comScore.

About Adconion
Adconion Media Group is the only independent global advertising network. The company completed a record $80 million Series C round of funding led by Index Ventures in February 2008. Since its founding in 2005 Adconion has focused on the realization of performance-driven branding campaigns that deliver massive global reach. Adconion’s clients consist of advertising agencies and direct advertisers as well as its partner base of premium websites from a wide range of sectors. Adconion combines its in-house technology and high touch client service with quality media to exceed its partners’ campaign objectives. The company has offices around the world in London, Munich, Hamburg, Paris, Madrid, Melbourne, Sydney, New York, Toronto, Santa Monica, San Diego, Chicago and Detroit. Adconion is a member of the International Advertising Bureau (IAB) and a founding member of IASH Europe. Visit Adconion at www.adconion.com.

“We created iAds Video Banners as an extension of our current Video Spokesperson business,” says John Cecil, president of Innovate Ads. “With the new Video Banners, clients can use new or existing video content and leverage those assets in their online media campaigns to increase click-through and conversions. By creating display units that fit into IAB standard dimensions, our clients’ video banners can now be placed on publisher’s sites, portals and ad networks, making them more versatile and effective in driving increased views and results.”

As a pioneer in online video production and delivery, Innovate Ads has offered its clients an unprecedented level of lift through the addition of video, and, specifically, video spokespeople, by increasing viewer engagement, response and conversion to action. For example, adding a video spokesperson to a landing page can produce an increase in response, and, as a promotional ad unit, video spokespeople elicit a far greater response than traditional display ads. iAds Online Video Ad Banners are expected to similarly captivate viewers and increase response and conversions.

“Because the actor in the iAds Video Banner can also be the spokesperson in the on-site video, a sense of continuity and credibility will be established for the viewer,” said Cecil of the connection between the new banners and the video served on a client’s landing page or website. “Test usage of iAds Video Banners already show an increase in conversions.”

To view examples of the new iAds Video Banner technology, visit: http://www.innovateads.com/examples.php

About Innovate Ads

Innovate Ads’ unique video techniques, which have been proven to materially impact typical click-through rates and increase sales, include Video Spokesperson (a live spokesperson who speaks directly to visitors as they view the Web page), Video Snacks (a viewer clicks on an embedded player to see a video on that product/service), and Video Banners (full motion video embedded into IAB standard display units). The videos help companies boost the effectiveness of their Web pages or media campaigns by increasing visitors’ responses to their calls to action, whether it’s to fill out a form, request a call or make a purchase.

Innovate Ads’ production team produces the video, working with clients through the entire video development process, from script to delivery. iAds Video Spokesperson and the other iAds products give its clients’ websites added personality and an increased feel of one-on-one communication. Launched in 2006, Innovate Ads is a division of Innovate Media Group, taking advantage of Innovate Media Group’s online production expertise and has increased its exposure in the online video delivery business.

Current clients include Napster, Canon USA, servicemagic.com (a division of iAC), and apartmenthomeliving.com.

Contact iAds at Innovate Media at (714) 352-7222 or visit www.innovateads.com for more information.

SAN FRANCISCO – PointRoll, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) and leading provider of rich media advertising, and USA TODAY premiered the first expandable, rich media ad units specifically created for the Apple iPhone. The new PointRoll product, initially launching on the USA TODAY mobile site, will feature both the Ford (NYSE: F) campaign for the all-new 2009 Ford Flex; and NBC Universal’s Focus Features campaign for Joel and Ethan Coen’s new movie, the comedy thriller “Burn After Reading,” starring George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, and Brad Pitt, which opens nationwide this weekend.

During CTIA, held at Moscone West in San Francisco, Calif. on September 10-12, 2008, PointRoll will provide live demos of the iPhone rich media ads and overviews of the technology at The Marriott San Francisco in Suite Salon 4 and on-the-go in the “Demo Limo,” to help members of the media attending the conference reach their destinations while viewing the new interactive ads that will be distributed on the USA TODAY mobile site initially and on the global PointRoll Web-based advertising inventory in the near future.

“The new Ford Flex marketing campaign is all about engaging consumers in the most relevant and technologically advanced way possible. Mobile is the most interactive way of engaging potential and existing customers, and we are excited to provide wireless devices with the same rich media advertising capabilities that we currently use online,” said Ford Communications Manager, Usha Raghavachari. “Our key focus is to give our audiences relevant information to help them choose their next vehicle and this technology helps us take this to the next dimension.”

“The launch of our new iPhone solution is a great opportunity to showcase PointRoll’s innovation, by extending user-initiated rich media advertising to a new environment,” said Max Mead, Vice President, Business Development & Strategy for PointRoll. “We’ve fine tuned our advertising technologies to enable agencies and marketers from leading brands to create personalized and original interactive campaigns on web pages viewed on the iPhone.”

The PointRoll mobile ads are fully expandable upon user initiation and provide many advanced features including video click-to-play, coupon downloads, integrated mapping technology directly linked to Google Maps, user-initiated click-to-call and more. PointRoll also provides its in-depth engagement metrics and analytics, allowing marketers to track interaction rates, brand time, and other key measures of activity. Without requiring users to download any applications or plug-ins to view the ads, PointRoll’s full-service production team enables marketers to extend their current rich media campaigns into the highly-effective mobile environment with ease.

“PointRoll is staying ahead of the industry to offer marketers first-of-a-kind expandable interactive ads on mobile devices,” said Jason Tafler, CEO of PointRoll. “PointRoll’s rich media solutions are all about personalizing the conversation between marketers and their customers through engaging campaigns, and we are proud to be the first to introduce these capabilities into the mobile channel via the iPhone.”

Mobile advertising is growing incredibly quickly. In the fiscal 2008 third quarter, Apple sold 717,000 iPhones and remains on track to reach its target goal of selling 4 million iPhones in 2008, according to RBC Capital Markets. PointRoll leads the rich media industry, serving more than 70 billion rich media impressions each year and calling two-thirds of the Fortune 500 its clients.

The Demo Limo will be provided on September 10th only, during regular CTIA I.T. and Entertainment conference hours.

About PointRoll

PointRoll, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), is the world’s leading online advertising rich media provider. PointRoll’s superior rich media technologies and services enable brand marketers to connect with consumers by creating interactive online environments. Providing interactive features such as streaming video, polling, instant e-mail and data collection, PointRoll delivers measurable online advertising campaign results. PointRoll serves more than 70 billion rich media impressions each year – and serves two-thirds of the Fortune 500 brands. For more information, please visit www.pointroll.com.

About USA TODAY

USA TODAY is the nation’s top-selling newspaper. It is published via satellite at 34 locations in the USA and at four sites abroad. With a total average daily circulation of 2.3 million, USA TODAY is available worldwide. USA TODAY is published by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI). The USA TODAY brand also includes: USATODAY.com, an award-winning news and information Web site that is updated 24 hours per day; USA TODAY Sports Weekly, a magazine for enthusiasts of college and professional football and baseball; USA TODAY Mobile, offering up-to-the minute news and information on a variety of mobile platforms and devices; and USA TODAY LIVE, the television arm of the USA TODAY brand that brings the spirit and quality of the newspaper to television.

OTTAWA – Today Overlay.TV, an interactive media platform that gives video creators and viewers the power to add a layer of custom-designed, clickable content over any embeddable online video, announced the general availability of its platform, which includes a new monetization system, several new interactive tools and open API.

With the Overlay.TV toolkit, users can add video-in-video, product placements, hyperlinks, text and clip art to build alternate endings, pop-up video, detailed product reviews or any number of creative applications to personalize and share video content. In addition to these innovative tools, the newly launched Overlay.TV site has made it possible and simple for content publishers, marketers and users to capitalize on popular videos.

“The eternal question of online video is how to make it interactive and profitable,” said Rob Lane, President and CEO of Overlay.TV. “Overlay.TV helps everyone from videobloggers to corporate marketers answer that question by letting users add a new layer of personalization that can be easily turned into revenue.”

Overlay.TV has been working with many different customers throughout the beta period and is launching joint efforts with several content creators and partners, including Nettwerk Records, Amber MacArthur and several others. Uh Huh Her, one of the first Nettwerk artists to go live has already integrated the Overlay.TV content into their online web presence, and you can see more content from Nettwerk Records in the Overlay.TV Nettwerk Channel at http://www.overlay.tv/channel/show/Nettwerk+Records.

How Video and Overlay Creators Can Cash in

With the ability to link to more than 1,000 affiliate retailers including Amazon.com, iTunes and Macy’s, Overlay creators will be able to start making money from online video with just a few easy clicks.

Every time a product featured in a creator’s video is clicked on and purchased, Overlay.TV shares the affiliate revenue with the creator—as much as 50 per cent depending on the retailer. Registered users simply point their Overlay.TV Wallet to their PayPal account and monies made are deposited through PayPal into their bank account on demand.

Video-in-Video Capability

The new platform includes a video-in-video feature that can be used for everything from video Karaoke, complete with song lyrics, to narrating demonstration or product review videos directly from a Web cam, or by uploading a separate video file into the overlay.

Twitter and Chat Integration

Overlay creators will be able to incorporate their Twitter stream right into the video through one of Overlay.TV’s ingenious video widgets. There is also a live chat feature, which means that video viewers and producers will be able to chat in real-time through the video player while the video is playing.

Overlay.TV Opens Up

As part of this release, Overlay.TV has completed their integration with OpenSocial, which makes it very easy for content creators to embed their creations in sites like MySpace and others using the OpenSocial standards. Overlay.TV has also given developers and designers access to the API and the player’s SDK through the Overlay.TV Developer Center. Developers can customize the player in any way they see fit, and easily integrate it with their own applications and Web presence.

User Control

The viewer is always in control when watching an Overlay.TV video. Don’t want to register to see the videos? No worries, it’s not required. Don’t want to see the overlays? Click the off button and watch unmodified video.

Overlay creators have full control of what they create, from the content, to making their videos public or private and embeddable on other sites either with an embed code or Overlay.TV’s new video widget.

Who’s Talking About Overlay.TV

Amber Macarthur, podcaster, Net@Nite; founder, MGImedia

“As a journalist and blogger, I am mostly excited about using Overlay.TV to add more context to the information in my own videos. When I am talking about a product or service, I can offer more information, hyperlinks, and even other videos within the videos. This gives me a more powerful broadcasting tool that keeps all that relevance, context and interactivity anywhere it is shared.”

James Governor, analyst, Red Monk

“What makes Overlay.TV really unique is the fact that they approached this as a platform, not a medium. The advantage of enabling other sites and developers to take advantage of commerce and UGC in online video will ultimately boost the relevance of video content, and of Overlay.TV as a company.”

Kevin Nalts, YouTube superstar

“Video creators are storytellers at the end of the day, and we will use whatever tools we can that help us tell that story in a more engaging and relevant way. Overlay.TV really opens up the possibilities by adding a whole layer of interactivity to the dialogue we create. Using Overlays I can have alternate endings, or entice users to follow links or easily add graphics and text that were typically complex and didn’t handle being resized very well. This is getting a permanent home in my toolkit.”

Demo Video

The best way to experience Overlay.TV is to see it in action. Amber Macarthur is hosting a 13-part daily video series on Overlay.TV that will give users all the tips and tricks they need to become an overlay-producing superstar. The OverView will launch on Overlay.TV on September 12th.

How it Works

The Overlay.TV platform enables video to stream from most of the popular video sharing sites like YouTube, MySpace TV, Google Video and Yahoo! Video; among others. Publishers can simply overlay video, pictures, words and graphics on top of video and link to products or information on external Web sites.

They can then share the enhanced video via email, their blogs, social networking profiles, personal websites and social bookmarking sites like del.icio.us and Digg. As video streams from its original location, viewers are able to opt-in to receive “overlays” or turn them off.

With Overlay.TV platform, publishers are also able to monetize their “overlays” by linking to various e-commerce Web pages. The platform provides publishers and e-commerce partners with tools to measure ROI and analyze resulting traffic to improve their advertising strategies, without increasing the costs associated with video production.

About Overlay.TV

Overlay.TV is an interactive media company that provides a video commerce platform that enables Internet users, content owners and e-commerce sites to monetize and customize their video assets by overlaying contextual information directly onto online video content and linking to external websites. Overlay.TV is a private company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada. For more information, please visit www.overlay.tv.

Press room:

http://www.overlay.tv/about/press

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http://blog.overlay.tv/category/in-the-news/rss

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http://blog.overlay.tv/

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http://del.icio.us/overlay.tv

Standard, Flash or Rich Media Banner
Agency: A&E Television / Client: Gene Simmons’ Family Jewels
Agency: IAC Advertising Solutions / Client: Bacardi
Agency: MS3 Marketing / Client: Castrol SYNTEC

Standard, Flash or Rich Media Expandable Banner or Overpage Unit
Agency: Juxt Interactive / Client: Coca-Cola Co./Coke Zero
Agency: Liquid / Client: Paramount/The Spiderwick Chronicles
Agency: Unicast / Client: Warner Brothers/Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Homepage Takeover/Sponsorship
Agency: AvatarLabs / Client: Sony Pictures/Pineapple Express
Agency: AvatarLabs / Client: Walt Disney Pictures/Wall-E
Agency: The Visionaire Group / Client: Universal Pictures/Wanted

Content Integration
Agency: Digitas / Client: American Express OPEN
Agency: Monster Worldwide Inc. / Client: PBS/Military.com
Agency: Sojern / Client: Delta Air Lines/E-Ticket

Standalone E-mail
Agency: Digitas / Client: American Express and DailyCandy, “Local Deals”
Agency: Merkle Inc. / Client: Corporate Express
Agency: Yesmail / Client: HP

E-mail Campaign
Agency: Moxie Interactive / Client: Verizon Wireless
Agency: Smith-Harmon Inc. / Client: REI
Agency: Tribal DDB / Client: Pepsi-Cola North America, “Pepsi Stuff Insider”

Search Campaign
Agency: 90octane / Client: Globus Family of Brands
Agency: Bigmouthmedia / Client: Hilton Hotels
Agency: Stinson Partners / Client: Costa Cruise Lines

Video Appearing in a Banner, Pre-Roll, Interstitial or In-Stream Unit
Agency: A&E Television / Client: A&E Television
Agency: TM Advertising/Janimation/EyeWonder – Client: Superpages.com
Agency: VML / Client: Dr Pepper

Standalone Video (Not Principally Deployed on YouTube)
Agency: AKQA / Client: AOL News, “Where Are They Now?”
Agency: Enlighten / Client: Bioré, “Let’s Face It”
Agency: Vibrant Media / Client: Unilever, “Blondes vs. Brunettes”

YouTube Video Ad
Agency: Element79 / Client: Gatorade, “Ball Girl”
Agency: Intuit / Client: TurboTax, “Ping Pong and Taxes Made Easy”
Agency: KulaVortex.com / Client: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, “28 Seconds Later”

Rich Media Campaign
Agency: A&E Television / Client: Paranormal State
Agency: Avenue A | Razorfish/Euro RSCG Worldwide / Client: Nabisco/Ritz, “Open for Fun”
Agency: PointRoll/Armchair Media/Turf / Client: College Board

Contest/Promotion/Sweepstakes
Agency: Dailey / Client: Intuit/TurboTax, “Tax Rap”
Agency: Exopolis/MMA Creative Group / Client: Roxy and Schick Quattro, “Follow Your Heart”
Agency: Liquid Advertising / Client: After Dark Films, “Miss Horrorfest”

Campaign in Social Media
Agency: Avenue A | Razorfish / Client: Washington Mutual
Agency: McCann Erickson / Client: VeriSign Inc.
Agency: Sapient / Client: Coca-Cola Co./Burn

Mobile or Wireless Campaign
Agency: Ad Infuse/Mindshare/Phonevalley / Client: Strongbow Cider, “Flirtogram”
Agency: AKQA / Client: Nike, “PHOTOiD”
Agency: Moxie Interactive / Client: Twentieth Century Fox/Jumper

Use of Gaming
Agency: AKQA / Client: McDonald’s
Agency: MS3 Marketing / Client: Colgate Palmolive/Speed Stick 24/7
Agency: Play/Denuo / Client: General Motors/Buick

Use of Widgets
Agency: Cheil Worldwide / Client: Samsung/Juke
Agency: Euro RSCG 4D / Client: iShares
Agency: Mediaedge:cia/Mindshare / Client: Ford/Sync

Viral Campaign
Agency: Brief Attention Span Communications / Client: Serena Software, Inc., “Just @#$% It” and “Go @#$% Yourself”
Agency: Element79 / Client: Gatorade, “Ball Girl”
Agency: McKinney / Client: Virgin Mobile, “Promiscuous Text”

Advertising/Promotion Web Site or Microsite
Agency: 65 Media / Client: Twentieth Century Fox/The Simpsons Movie
Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners / Client: Adobe Creative Suite 3, “Adobe Layer Tennis”
Agency: Q Interactive / Client: UPS, “UPS Whiteboard Headquarters”

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Break Media, the Internet’s premier entertainment community for men, and Panache, the video advertising delivery-platform leader, today announced key findings from joint research which tested the effectiveness of four popular in-stream video advertising standard formats established by the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) in May, 2008.

Leading brands, including Honda and T-Mobile, participated in the study by running campaigns run-of-site on Break.com over an 11 week period, which concluded on August 2, 2008. Each campaign used the four IAB standardized ad units: linear non-interactive (pre-roll), linear interactive (interactive pre-roll), non-linear non-overlay invitation ad (non-overlay ad) and non-linear overlay (overlay ad). The ads ran against short-form professional, semi-professional and user-generated content on Break.com with Panache providing the ad delivery and back-end reporting technology to test user interaction and engagement levels with each ad format.

“The standardization of video ad formats by the IAB was a critical first step in streamlining media buying, planning and creative processes across the digital video medium,” said Keith Richman, CEO of Break Media. “Our research was a result of our desire to provide data about the effectiveness of those new standards to our clients and partners, and to lay a foundation for future research initiatives to build and expand upon.”

Key Findings

Break Media and Panache were able to mine the data for trends and insights into consumer behavior and online engagement using the various ad formats.

Findings showed:
– Overall results demonstrate the high engagement levels of tested ad units and that marketing objectives should drive creative development
– Pre-roll offers a strong call to action (click-thru rates averaged 10%); Non-Overlays’ strength appears to be in building brand awareness (78% viewed the ad for more than 15 seconds, a majority of the time)
– Pre-roll showed surprisingly high engagement with incredibly high click-thru rates when interacting with a targeted audience
– Completion rates for both 15 second pre-roll and interactive pre-roll averaged 87%
– Pre-roll click-thru rate for the 15 second spot was close to 10%
– Interactive pre-roll click-thru rate for the 15 second spot ranged between 11% higher and 35% higher than non interactive pre-roll depending on the nature of the call to action
– The overlay ad yielded high exposure and overall engagement
– 77% viewed campaigns with the overlay ad for at least 15 seconds and click-thru rates were five times industry averages for standard in-page media
– Media-rich creative with bold colors and animation resulted in increased click-thru rates
– Click-thru rates almost tripled for the non-overlay ads when using brighter, vibrant colors (.045 vs. 0.13%)
– When using interactive pre-roll ads, having the entire ad clickable appeared to impact call to action
– Click-thru rates were four times as high when the entire ad was clickable vs. just the call to action.

“For the in-stream advertising market to evolve, the efficacy of ad formats—whether IAB-standard or new emerging formats—needs to be understood in order for our industry to scale,” said Steve Robinson, CEO of Panache. “This research begins to fill the knowledge gap between the formation of standards and the prophetic future of an efficient and scalable online advertising industry.”

“This study offers a window into the measurable effectiveness of new video ad formats, and it moves forward the broader discussion of online brand-building and advertising,” said Daniel Taylor, senior analyst at Yankee Group. “As the industry develops new ways to engage online audiences, it’s important to benchmark the progress we make. By making this study public, Break and Panache have advanced the entire industry.”

The study conducted by Break and Panache provides a guide for advertisers looking to validate online ad spend and determine the best format and creative to lift key engagement metrics and build brands. It is also intended to spur additional insight on best practices for brands advertising online.

About Break Media

Break Media is the Internet’s premier entertainment community for men. Its wholly owned branded properties (Break.com, Cage Potato, Chickipedia, Holy Taco, Wall Street Fighter and Screen Junkies) and the over 70 site Break Media Network reach 50 million men worldwide each month. Founded in 1998, Break Media offers advertisers unrivaled opportunities to market directly to a young, male demographic using innovative ad formats that introduce relevant brands to the audience either broadly or on a targeted, integrated basis. For more information, please visit http://breakmedia.break.com/.

About Panache

Founded in 2006, Panache is a privately held company headquartered in Los Angeles. The Panache technology enables Internet video sites and networks to dynamically deliver any ad format directly into video content from a third-party ad server or ad network. Ad formats can be generated and delivered to viewers based on profiling and behavioral targeting, resulting in a highly customized experience for the user and a highly scalable model for the video publisher. With Panache, ad formats are completely detached from the video player, allowing publishers to create and deploy new advertising formats in minutes without engineering resources. Panache’s patent-pending solution makes it easy to deliver advanced interactive advertising to all video-distribution channels, including broadband, television, IPTV and other emerging technologies. For more information, visit http://www.panachetech.com.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ScanScout, the leading network for brand-safe, in-stream video advertising, and PointRoll, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) and a leading provider of rich media advertising, announced today a partnership that enables a total video ad solution for brands. As more consumers embrace online video, the partnership expands marketers’ distribution channels for non-intrusive, highly targeted in-video ad units and broadens ScanScout’s rich in-stream creative innovation and open platform approach. By partnering, PointRoll and ScanScout are extending their leadership positions in the delivery of scalable, non-intrusive video advertising online through highly interactive formats.

According to Forrester, in-stream video in 2007 rose 100 percent with more than 85 billion impressions. Agencies and clients who adopt the ad unit will be introduced to ScanScout’s network as their choice distribution channel. PointRoll and ScanScout will power new creative units that include a host of interactive features such as dynamic data, geo-targeting, RSS feeds and more.

“ScanScout’s advanced video ad platform features and wide distribution made this partnership a natural fit for us,” said Jason Tafler, CEO of PointRoll. “This is a huge opportunity for PointRoll to expand the reach of our unique overlay offering, TickerBoy, a user-initiated, fully interactive product that includes enhanced rich media reporting and analytics, all backed by PointRoll’s full-service approach. We’re excited to team with ScanScout to provide global brands with a seamless solution that maximizes the effectiveness of video advertising efforts.”

PointRoll is the leader in the rich media industry, serving more than 70 billion rich media impressions each year and calling two-thirds of the Fortune 500 its clients. ScanScout is the leading in-stream video network on the Web, having served more than a billion ad impressions just this year and driving results for leading brands and publishers.

“PointRoll is a clear market leader and a very strategic partner for ScanScout,” said Waikit Lau, ScanScout’s co-founder and CEO. “This relationship gives our agency partners a tremendous advantage beyond the standard video network or the standard rich media buy. Marketers are looking for increased flexibility and more of a solution-orientation approach as they design their campaigns. This partnership also further showcases ScanScout’s open platform approach where we can accept highly interactive ad units and target them within video streams. Our association with PointRoll will enable ScanScout to meet this increasing demand head-on for our growing roster of national brand advertisers and their agencies.”

About PointRoll

PointRoll, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), is the world’s leading online advertising rich media provider. PointRoll’s superior rich media technologies and services enable brand marketers to connect with consumers by creating interactive online environments. Providing interactive features such as streaming video, polling, instant e-mail and data collection, PointRoll delivers measurable online advertising campaign results. PointRoll serves more than 70 billion rich media impressions each year – and serves two-thirds of the Fortune 500 brands. For more information, please visit www.pointroll.com.

About ScanScout

ScanScout is the market-leading online video advertising network. The company partners with major advertisers and publishers to maximize video advertising opportunities. ScanScout creates a new significant revenue stream for publishers, helping them to extract the most value out of their video content and monetize it in a user-friendly manner. For advertisers, ScanScout provides the ability to target, optimize and deliver ad messages to the right content and audience, maximizing user engagement. ScanScout is one of the largest online video networks on the web, serving hundreds of millions of ad impressions every month. The company is headquartered in Boston with offices in New York and Los Angeles. For more information, please visit: www.scanscout.com.

Metacafe specializes in short videos, precisely what works best for online consumers who don’t have the time or the patience to look into long form video content. Having said this, it becomes pretty obvious that the overall monetization opportunities for Metacafe have just diversified further, putting the company in a very enviable position.

Short videos are the easiest to monetize, and the most efficient given the higher CPM or CPE rates for:

- pre-rolls, mid-rolls and post-rolls;
- overlay ads;
- interactive video ads;
- companion ads.

They can usually hold more advertising time and calls to action per minute of content (by comparison with long form video content) and studies show that the user interaction levels are higher.

Metacafe’s most recent deals* will likely please agencies and advertisers looking for quality and legitimate video content to advertise against, as most video platforms are simply un-monetizable due to copyright issues (YouTube, for example).

What’s next for Metacafe? Perhaps renouncing their independent status and graciously accepting an offer from one of the suitors – that’ll be one sweet deal!

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60 Frames, which finances and syndicates professionally produced short-form digital entertainment and creates unique, highly effective online advertising opportunities for national brands
Aniboom, a leading animation virtual production studio that teams up with creators around the world to produce a wide range of original animated content.
CelebTV.com, which delivers up-to-the-minute entertainment news 24/7, offering the sophistication and credibility of a television news network, while providing the on-demand, real-time benefits of a premium online destination
Collegiate Images, the centralized licensing and rights clearance agency that manages the distribution of copyrighted intellectual property content, focusing exclusively on college sports
Comedy.com, a comedy entertainment site that combines user-generated content and original, professionally produced content from some of the funniest peeps in the business
Comedy Time, the global market leader in original comedy content created for wireless handsets and broadband
Diagonal View, an aggregator of original viral video entertainment
GamePro Media, publishers of GamePro.com and GamePro Magazine, and a division of IDG
Howcast, which shows consumers the web’s most engaging, useful how-to videos wherever, whenever they need to learn how…
SXM, the production company behind “Easy to Assemble,” a scripted Web series written and created by and starring Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Tom Arnold, Craig Bierko, Kevin Pollack, Justine Bateman and Ed Begley Jr., and sponsored by IKEA
Wannahaves, an aggregator of videos on the latest gadgets, games and gear
YoungHollywood.com, one of the largest producers of original celebrity programming in Hollywood.

NEW YORK, NY (July 29, 2008)—To meet the need for standardization in the expanding digital video landscape, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) today announced the release of a “Digital Video Ad Serving Template” (VAST), designed to standardize communication protocol between video players and servers.

VAST will allow companies to build digital video players and video ad servers that have the same interfaces and speak the same standard language. Publishers who use the standard will be able to plug into multiple third-party digital video ad servers and networks without additional development and therefore enable a powerful tool for improving yield.

This document:

- Defines a standard ad response for in-stream video
- Provides specifications that are compatible with any video player framework
- Includes guidance for most on-demand video players (i.e., Adobe’s Flash, Microsoft’s Windows Media Player and Real Player)
- Includes accommodations for linear video and interactive ads (e.g.“pre-roll”) as well as non-linear ads such as clickable overlays as described in the IAB Digital Ad Format Guidelines

“Digital video is one of the most exciting platforms to emerge within the interactive advertising ecosystem,” said Randall Rothenberg, president and CEO of the IAB. “VAST is a critical industry accomplishment because it lays out a much-needed mechanism for standardization in one of the hottest areas of interactive advertising.”

“VAST allows for standardized communication between ad servers and players which is essential as more and more marketers embrace digital video as a key element of their interactive media plans and publishers wish to maximize yield on their video inventory,” said Ari Paparo, Group Product Manager, Advertiser Products of Google.

The public comment period will last until September 10, 2008. The feedback will then be reviewed and the document will be finalized and publicly released.

To review the complete document, please go to: http://www.iab.net/vast

About the IAB’s Digital Video Committee:
The Digital Video Committee of the IAB is comprised of over 145 member companies actively engaged in the creation and execution of digital video advertising. One of the goals of the committee is to implement a comprehensive set of guidelines, measurement, and creative options for interactive video advertising. The committee works to educate marketers and agencies on the strength of digital video as a marketing vehicle. A full list of Committee member companies can be found at: http://www.iab.net/member_center/35088?iabid=a0330000000s0p4AAA

About the IAB:
Founded in 1996, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (www.iab.net) represents over 375 leading interactive companies that actively engage in and support the sale of interactive advertising. IAB members are responsible for selling over 86% of online advertising in the United States. On behalf of its members, the IAB is dedicated to the continuing growth of the interactive advertising marketplace, of interactive’s share of total marketing spend, and of its members’ share of total marketing spend. The IAB evaluates and recommends standards and practices, fields interactive effectiveness research, and educates marketers, agencies, and media companies, as well as the wider business community, about the value of interactive advertising.

Finally, somebody shows initiative in regard to in-stream advertising, and gets the ball rolling towards some degree of organization. Setting best practices and industry standards is still somewhere far, far, away – even though the IAB did kickstart the process when they formulated the in-stream ad metrics definitions.

New York, NY – July 29, 2008 – As growing numbers of advertisers look to video as a powerful channel for connecting with consumers online, leading online advertising network and technology provider, Collective Media, today unveiled the Collective Video Network.

The new video network – which builds on the company’s experience in delivering and managing targeted video campaigns – is supported by Collective Media’s proprietary AMP™ platform. It allows advertisers to leverage high-quality video content from the premium publishers that comprise the Collective Network, offering a suite of in-stream ad units, including pre-roll and overlay video formats.

According to data from eMarketer, U.S. spending on Internet video advertising is expected to grow to $4.3 billion by 2011 – and is currently the fastest growing segment of online display advertising. Yet advertisers are often frustrated by the manual processes that still surround many in-stream video network offerings. Collective Media has designed the Collective Video Network as a centralized and automated solution with ‘an encode once and play everywhere’ capability.

Collective Video also provides advertisers with the same audience targeting, optimizing and reporting technology normally reserved for in-page ad units only. Advertisers can take advantage of Collective’s contextual and behavioral targeting platform when running an in-stream video campaign.

“Launching the Collective Video Network is a natural extension of our premium advertising network and the best-in-class technology we’ve developed in the AMP platform,” said Joe Apprendi, CEO of Collective Media. “Our work with brand advertisers in leveraging video inventory has given us a direct understanding of the pain points that still plague this area. The ease of use we’ve built into our video network, relative to implementing, targeting and optimizing a campaign, offers a scalable value proposition to the market.”

Apprendi added that the growing demand among advertisers to connect with relevant, high-quality video content matches the need of top-tier publishers to make smart and appropriate use of their online video assets. “Building on the strength of our publisher network and the inventory we provide, Collective will bring the expertise, quality and service for which we are known seamlessly to the video landscape,” he said.

The Collective Video Network is designed to provide a centralized and automated single-platform solution that is also highly-scalable. Advertisers that run video-based campaigns through the network will benefit from Collective’s comprehensive reporting which provides standardized video view and interaction metrics via the AMP platform.

The Collective Video Network is the latest offering in a growing suite of Collective Media products and services – which also includes the AMP platform as well as Personifi, its audience targeting system.

About Collective Media
Collective Media is a leading online advertising network and technology company. The Collective Network links high quality, brand-name publishers with Fortune 1000 advertisers. Collective Media’s AMP™ offers high end publishers an ad network management platform to create their own branded, vertical ad networks. Collective’s innovative approach enables both brand and direct advertisers to achieve superior results through sophisticated audience targeting technology, including contextual, behavioral, geographic and re-targeting. Founded in 2005, Collective Media is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles and San Francisco. Visit Collective Media at www.collective-media.com.

We’ll be having a press conference at our Dublin offices later today (noon GMT) that may or may not be followed by a party – keep your ears open if you’re around, cause we do know how to party!

If you’re an artist or a music fan, here’s what MUZU.TV has for you: an extensive library of music related video content, as MUZU has signed a deal with major record label Sony BMG and also over 200 international labels which include Defected Records, Cherry Red Records, and Eagle Rock to name a few. MUZU TV protects the rights of music on the site and generates income by a shared advertising revenue with the music content owners including unsigned artists.

MUZU TV Features:

FAN TV – With a profile on MUZU.TV, a fan has the ability to upload videos onto the artists page. These videos can be from live performances, TV footage, or personal footage with the band or of songs from the band / artist.

CHANNELS – You can create channels in your personal profile of your favorite songs and videos and add them to your player. You can create as many channels as you want to be featured on your profile.

EMBED PLAYER – The player that is featured on each profile can be embedded into an artist or a fans personal website by using the embedding code from the player. Any changes that a person makes to the player within their MUZU.TV player – those changes will update on the player where it has been embedded.

I know, you’re on a blog about online advertising, so chances are you’d want to know how MUZU.TV is monetized: we’re mostly relying on direct sales and employing Google AdSense to cover the remnant inventory. In parallel, we’re working at the moment on a number of deals with video and rich media ad networks in order to make the most of our rapidly expanding video inventory.

The ad serving platform we’re using is DoubleClick DFP, and we’re also employing Fivia’s excellent AdFront solution for smooth integration of the ad operations with Sales and Finance.

Advertising opportunities on MUZU.TV

- TV Player and Channel: to showcase brand-owned music video content and a selection of artist’s content from within the MUZU TV site
- Embed your Music TV player into brand’s site with a selection of content from MUZU TV and brand’s own content
- Interactive Video Product Placement: Interactively authored objects within video, with clickable product that pauses content, and allows the user to get info & / or purchase. Agreement with Artist / label required
- In Stream Video ad formats: Interstitial sting, Rich media Ticker, Expandable Ticker, post roll video / clickable sting
- Standard Rich Media formats: Button, MPU, Skyscraper, Leaderboard, Supersizes, Expandable, Overlay, Roadblock, Advanced video, Transitional
- Integrated Co-branded competitions for User / Artist Generated Content: incentives to specific users to contribute to a brand’s Channel
- Branded Live Streams: from branded events or the MUZU TV studio
- Sponsored Content: (On a select basis)
- Campaign targeting to specific User’s demographics, Genres, Artists, Festivals, Venues and more…

If you are a member of the press and would like to get in touch with us, please email Debra Johnson at Taylor Herring PR: debra.johnson@taylorherring.com

If you would like to discuss about advertising opportunities, please contact advertising@muzu.tv or call us at + 353 1 487 7740.

For any other enquiries, shoot us an email at info@muzu.tv and one of us will get back to you right away!

P.S. I’ve just noticed this is my 100th blog post! One more reason to celebrate today

Still, every now and then we come across creatives that are really worth the buzz and deserve to be showcased, which is why I created this new category of ‘Ad Creatives Showcase’.

The first I’m inviting you too take a look at and comment is a rather amusing one for Hewlett Packard, an overlay to banner created through Eyeblaster. Check it out at:

http://creativezone.eyeblaster.com/?ItemId=4023#ItemId=3826

Ad details:
Campaign: HP – Mouse
Creative Agency: Modem Media UK
Advertiser: HP
Ad Format: Overlay to banner
Vertical: CPG
Country: UK

Acudeo solves the complexities involved with video ad delivery and provides a solution that offers the same ease and ad server compatibility that publishers are accustomed to for their banner advertising. Acudeo allows publishers to schedule and dynamically deliver in-stream video and overlay ads from multiple ad sources through one central console, maximizing ad delivery opportunities and revenue.

Acudeo is built to allow publishers to leverage their existing ad operations and technology infrastructure with minimal operational effort. The Acudeo platform integrates with content management systems and playlists as well as multiple ad servers, giving publishers the power to implement the optimal video monetization strategy and user experience. Acudeo’s support for multiple ad formats and sources enables publishers to easily add additional sources of revenue as their needs grow, extending their own ad sales efforts through Tremor Media as well as additional ad networks and sources.

“We believe Acudeo will do for video advertising what the advent of third party ad serving did for online display advertising,” said Jesse Chenard, Chief Strategy Officer, Tremor Media. “Giving publishers the ability to deliver ads from multiple sources without swapping out multiple players is a dramatic shift in video ad serving operations.” Chenard continued, “The launch of the Acudeo Monetization Platforms allows publishers of all sizes to maximize their available streaming video inventory and fill it with various ad formats from their own sales team, Tremor Media or other ad networks. Our component based technology also enables publishers to continue using their own video publishing systems while still leveraging the power of Acudeo.”

Working with hundreds of online publishers, Tremor Media repeatedly encountered a lack of standards in online video advertising that prevented sites from maximizing their video inventory. As leaders in the video advertising industry and members of the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Digital Video Committee, Tremor launched Acudeo to be the first platform that ensures compliance with the newly-released IAB Digital Video Ad Format Guidelines. This will help publishers simplify the process, standardize their workflow and operations for efficiency and implement industry best practices for delivery and playback, measurement, ad tracking, billing and reporting.

“Tremor’s Acudeo Monetization Platform gives us the flexibility we need to maximize our in-stream ad sales efforts,” said Neal Weinberg, President, Sales and Marketing, Top TV Bytes. “Acudeo’s support for pre-roll and overlay formats allows us to monetize each stream we deliver without interrupting the user’s enjoyment of our content, and still give them the opportunity to interact with our advertisers’ messages when they choose to.” “The integration of Acudeo is a tremendous benefit to publishers using our core video streaming and YouNewsTV™ services,” said Timur Yarnall, CEO, Broadcast Interactive Media. “The platform gives us a new level of control over our ad delivery and guarantees our partners high quality video advertising revenue.”

Acudeo launch partner Dragonfly is an Internet video delivery solution provider that enables businesses to build new revenue and retention programs around picture perfect, full screen video with up to HD quality and advanced analytics. “In addition to providing our publishers with a high-definition capable player, Tremor’s Acudeo brings ROI through advertising to our publishers from day one,” said Guy Nouri, Dragonfly CEO. The Acudeo platform incorporates a number of innovative features developed specifically to help publishers maximize revenue from their video content. The Acudeo ad component provides an alternative to the full platform for publishers who want to integrate Acudeo’s monetization functionality into their existing video applications. Acudeo also features advanced ad rotation and cascading ad tag capabilities that allow publishers to define an unlimited number of failover tags. As previously announced, Tremor Media has incorporated Google’s AdSense for Video into the Acudeo platform and has recently added a number of other revenue sources for publishers.

Tremor Media’s network is comprised of over 800 top- and mid-tier publishers and content producers, and reaches more than 101 million unique users every month. Tremor Media also ranked #6 in comScore’s February VideoMetrix Ad-Focus report. For the beta launch of Acudeo, announced partners include Broadcast Interactive Media, Dragonfly, TopTVBytes, and The Enthusiast Network.

Redwood City, CA— February 26, 2008— YuMe, the largest online video advertising network, today announced the addition of PointRoll’s TickerBoy video solution to its expansive selection of offerings available to advertisers. The in-stream video overlay ad unit is powered by the “TickerBoy” technology developed by PointRoll, the leading provider of rich media technology solutions, as another creative alternative to pre-roll ads. YuMe will also support PointRoll’s suite of rich media ad formats and has joined PointRoll’s select Included Program to open the door for a wider range of opportunities as well as significant cost savings for advertising agencies and their clients.

As online video grows in popularity among consumers, advertisers are seeking new and creative ways to reach this key audience in a non-intrusive, fully interactive manner. PointRoll’s TickerBoy technology enables an interactive banner ad to be integrated within a streaming video, without obstructing the viewing experience. When the ad overlay is clicked on by a consumer, the ticker expands to launch a video or interactive rich media ad within the player window while the video pauses.

“TickerBoy lets advertisers provide consumers with a fully interactive, branded dialogue that complements their online video experience rather than distracting from it,” said Jayant Kadambi, CEO of YuMe. “We’re pleased to expand our growing roster of innovative ad products with this new format, and to be the first video advertising network to offer our clients the benefits afforded by membership in PointRoll’s Included Program.”

With more than 30 members, including iVillage, AOL, MSN, Yahoo!, About.com, NYTimes.com, Walt Disney Internet Group, MySpace, IGN and Advertising.com, PointRoll’s Included Program makes discounted pricing available for advertisers seeking to adopt rich media solutions. By collaborating with online publishers who understand the strategic value of rich media, PointRoll removes traditional price and distribution barriers often encountered in such initiatives. PointRoll’s large agency/advertiser sales force leverages the Included Program in the thousands of sales calls the company conducts each year, acting as an extension of the publisher’s sales force and providing access to a broader range of advertising media buys.

“We are thrilled to have YuMe as a strong video partner in the Included Program. In-stream video advertising is on the rise and marketers are increasingly utilizing online advertising with video as a key brand vehicle,” said Jason Tafler, CEO of PointRoll. “TickerBoy creates a deeper, longer brand dialogue that encourages participation without being disruptive to the user, and we believe this will benefit advertisers and publishers in the YuMe network.”

TickerBoy will also now be supported by YuMe’s Adaptive Campaign Engine (ACE), a recently launched feature of YuMe’s ad management system, which helps publishers in its network match each video ad impression with the best money-making ad placement in real time. A unique capability of YuMe’s platform, ACE supports the delivery of ads from multiple sources: publisher sales team, YuMe sales team, third-party ad networks, third-party syndication feeds, and now PointRoll’s TickerBoy and rich media ad formats. With this announcement, YuMe adds yet another option to its leading ad management platform to help publishers maximize inventory revenue.

To view demos of the various ad placements available on the YuMe video network, including TickerBoy, visit the ad gallery at http://www.yume.com/ad_gallery/gallery.html.

About PointRoll

PointRoll, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI), offers a solution to the limited performance of standard banner ads by effectively bringing a mini-website to the user without requiring a click. PointRoll’s superior rich media technology and service enable advertisers to connect with consumers by creating an interactive online environment that generates conversion. With interactive features such as streaming video, polling, instant email, data collection and more, marketers can easily create and deliver ads that build brand and drive sales. The result: great creative controlled by the user and improved ad effectiveness without the negative experience associated with intrusive technologies. Additionally, PointRoll delivers comprehensive, real-time reporting that definitively illustrates return on investment. For more information, please visit www.pointroll.com

About YuMe

YuMe is the first dedicated video advertising network and ad management system built exclusively for the new world of Web video. With 400+ websites, more than 150 million video streams, and 46.9 million unique visitors, the YuMe network provides both scale and quality for advertisers. The YuMe ad management system gives advertisers and publishers the unprecedented ability to identify, classify, and track content to ensure brand safety, contextual relevance, controlled syndication, and consistent delivery across all digital media platforms—Web, downloads, mobile, and IPTV. Key YuMe innovations include the first cross-platform ad solution and the ability to serve multiple ad formats and placements through a single, unified system. YuMe is a privately held company headquartered in Redwood City, CA and backed by Khosla Ventures, Accel Partners, BV Capital and DAG Ventures. For more information, visit YuMe’s website at www.yume.com and the take2video blog at www.yume.com/blog.

“Tremor’s support for Google’s AdSense for video beta program immediately opens the door to additional revenue streams for video publishers currently using our Ad-inStream monetization platform, and an additional incentive for new publishers to adopt it,” said Jason Glickman, CEO, Tremor Media. “Ad-inStream is the easiest platform available to video publishers to monetize their video content with multiple revenue sources. We can now offer AIS users an additional pool of advertising that they can select as easily as their current options and still maintain full control over the user experience.”

According to Jupiter Research, watching online video is now ranked as the most common consumer behavior in emerging media. Tremor Media provides access to those consumers through their network of more than 800 aggregated sites that reach 94 million unique users every month (comScore 1/08). “Supporting the AdSense for video beta program extends our commitment to offering our publishers the widest variety of video advertising opportunities and enhances our ability to maximize their revenue,” continued Glickman.

Publishers across Tremor Media’s network can now support traditional text overlays through Google’s AdSense for video beta, providing contextually targeted advertising by leveraging a video’s metadata. Additionally, Tremor will also support InVideo graphical and rich media overlays that aid advertisers with a consistent brand message across their traditional display advertising as well as emerging video ad formats.

The Ad-inStream video monetization platform is an ASP for publishers to schedule and dynamically deliver in-stream video and overlay advertising from multiple ad sources. AIS gives publishers full control over how their video content is monetized by enabling IAB compliant dynamic video ad insertion from multiple ad sources in pre-roll, post-roll, and overlay formats. The AIS platform gives publishers the ability to integrate their existing ad servers for the management, measurement and delivery of in-house video ad sales, multiple ad network partners and emerging video ad formats through an easy to use toolkit.

About Tremor Media
Tremor Media is a leading online video advertising network providing advertisers with both in-banner and in-stream video advertising opportunities on over 800 top-tier publisher sites with more than 94 million unique visitors per month. Tremor also provides publishers with a full suite of products and services to monetize streaming video and maximize ROI. Tremor’s full service solutions offer the necessary tools for advertisers and publishers to utilize online video advertising as a powerful interactive medium. For more information visit: http://www.tremormedia.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CA. Feb. 20, 2008 – VideoEgg Inc., the leading video advertising network for online communities, is launching the AdFramesSM Brand Response Network, an innovative program that provides advertisers a more measurable way to reach highly engaged consumers using video and rich media.

To date, advertisers buy online inventory based on impression, spending a set amount per thousand delivered views, what’s known as CPM. While CPM provides reach and potential, it lacks accountability and forces a high level of risk onto advertisers to determine ad effectiveness. AdFrames allows advertisers to negotiate a price for engagement, a more valuable indicator of consumer interest, and an approach that will help reframe the focus of the industry from quantity to quality.

“Advertisers need to move beyond the metrics of eyeballs and evolve from ‘how many’ to ‘how good,’” said Troy Young, CMO of VideoEgg, the company that pioneered the video ad overlay. “AdFrames leverages our keen understanding of how to drive engagement with innovative ad units and takes risk away from the advertiser. It offers advertisers a predictable approach to distributing highly targeted video and rich media content.”

Microsoft will be one of the first companies to use AdFrames and to benefit from VideoEgg’s accountable brand advertising model. The company plans to use AdFrames to distribute video content promoting Microsoft Office. The product is a natural fit for the marketing program, offering a systematic solution to push out Microsoft’s long-form, entertaining brand content featuring comedian Amy Sedaris. The ads will run across the Eggnetwork which includes hundreds of social sites and applications.

“VideoEgg’s AdFrames approach allows us to deliver high-impact video messaging to an engaged audience, helping us to reach our media objectives, effectively and efficiently,” said Jamie Conner, Media Manager with Microsoft.

The AdFrames solution distributes video or rich media through an innovative, expandable ad unit that can be dynamically formatted to fit any size on a page, widget or online game. This flexibility will enable publishers to better integrate the ad message into their environment. Importantly, Adframes will align incentives across the delivery network by compensating publishers on user engagement. Engagement doesn’t begin until a user rolls over the ad, and the AdFrame Invitation has expanded into an overlay. AdFrames includes a countdown during the roll-over to ensure the user is not engaging with the ad inadvertently.

“Our goal is to bring rich media advertising into the meebo platform and maintain flexibility—the flexibility to deliver a variety of ad experiences,” said Martin Green, Vice President, Business for meebo, the Web’s live interaction platform with a monthly reach of 24 million users. “VideoEgg will help us create ad experiences that work for our users, and we get paid when consumers engage. It makes a lot of sense for everyone.”

Additionally, because VideoEgg manages the entire process, advertisers avoid paying further money to third-party rich media companies that traditionally format the advertising assets—a transaction that can account for 10-20 percent or more of the advertiser’s cost.

“We see tremendous opportunity to use pages, games and widgets to deliver video experiences inside of a brand-focused performance-based ad solution,” said Matt Sanchez, CEO of VideoEgg. “Video is the richest, most effective way to deliver brand messages.”

AdFrames is the latest innovation from the EggnetworkSM, which provides rich media cross leading social networking environments, video sites and gaming applications. Publishers get great brands and dynamic ad sizes, while the consumer has the opportunity, through VideoEgg’s respectful, invitation-based approach, to interact with powerful brand messages. VideoEgg will also continue to provide the classic Eggnetwork model, which is based on targeted CPM-based media buys.

For a demo of the product, go to www.videoegg.com/adframes