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SpotXchange Cracks Top 20 on comScore’s Video Metrix

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

WESTMINSTER, CO (September 10, 2009) – comScore’s newly released Video Metrix numbers for July 2009 listed SpotXchange as a top video ad network reaching a potential of 47M unique visitors per month with its in-stream pre-roll video ad unit. As a result, SpotXchange ranked in the top 20 of Video Metrix when including potential [...]

Online Ads Give Brands A Bigger Sales Boost Than TV, comScore Study Says

Wednesday, August 26th, 2009

Online advertising of consumer products boosts sales at a higher rate and faster than comparable TV advertising, according to a recent study by comScore Inc. on behalf of DunnHumby USA, a marketing agency for consumer goods manufacturers and retailers.
ComScore monitored the online behavior of 200,000 members of its consumer panel, all of whom belong to [...]

SpotMixer and SpotXchange Partner for SMBs

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

Small Businesses Finding Great Success With Online Video Ads Using SpotMixer’s Upgraded Online Video Advertising Service

SpotMixer 2.0 Loads New Features Into Its Industry-Leading Video Creation and Distribution Technology, Offers 30-Day Free Trial
SpotMixer
REDWOOD CITY, CA–(Marketwire – August 4, 2009) – Despite the challenging economic times, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) across the country are quickly discovering [...]

What is performance-based video advertising?

Thursday, July 30th, 2009

As you’ve seen from our newly relaunched site, SpotXchange has a new logo, a new tag line, and new messaging.  We are all about performance.  We’ve always been about performance, but now we’re making sure our brand reaffirms our mission to our advertisers and publishers.

You might be asking, what is performance-based video advertising?  To [...]

Casual Connect Recap Article: Casualgaming.biz

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Mike Shehan spoke on a panel at the Casual Connect show in Seattle this past week.  He spoke about monetizing casual games.  Colin Campbell quotes Mike in his conference recap article titled “Opinion: Casual Connects.”
Mike’s quote:
But change is inevitable, and it’s fueling the growth of the casual games business. Mike Shehan, founder and CEO of [...]

SpotXchange CEO to Speak at Casual Gaming Summit

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

SpotXchange CEO, Mike Shehan, is speaking at the Casual Connect conference in Seattle on July 21, 2009.  Casual Connect is organized by the Casual Games Association and is one of the most anticipated casual game events of the year.  Mike is speaking on the panel, “Make Money Off Your Games” along with representatives from Mochi, [...]

IAB Releases IAMTHELONGTAIL.COM

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

I recently saw that the IAB produced a video and a new site called http://www.iamthelongtail.com, which highlights some of the stories behind the estimated 1.2 million websites that support themselves through advertising.  Personally, I really found the video very inspiring.  Many of these ‘long tail’ publishers have very loyal, niche audiences.  The publishers themselves care [...]

2009 Upshot50 Winner – Marketing Technology Leader

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

We have a little saying we use over here at SpotXchange when something great happens. Seeing that our parent company is Booyah Networks, it’s not hard to guess what that little saying is.

Recently, we had reason to use this catch phrase to express our excitement after learning that SpotXchange is an Upshot50 Winner!

I’ll go ahead [...]

Online Games Find Success in Recession

Friday, February 20th, 2009

“In fact, according to leading online video advertising network SpotXchange, in February 2008, over 90% of the InGame video advertisements they served were watched in full. This level of engagement means the effectiveness of the video ad goes through the roof.” – From article written by Slingo.com
Follow the link below to view full article:
http://xboxpc.com/955538-Online-Games-Find-Success-in-a-Recession.html

Brightcove Announces Partnership with SpotXchange

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

Brightcove Inc. today announced that SpotXchange is participating in the Brightcove Alliance, a global ecosystem of leading technology and distribution partners who have integrated with the Brightcove online video platform, as well as solution providers building customer websites and video applications using Brightcove. Through the Brightcove Alliance, organizations worldwide have access to a broad range of [...]