Measurement of vSlider Video Interstitial commences in October
AUSTIN, Texas – AdExcite today announced that it is has signed an agreement with comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) to begin video measurement of its advertising network. comScore’s Video Metrix® service will provide AdExcite with comprehensive traffic reporting and key demographic data for all of AdExcite’s online video ad units, including its proprietary vSlider Video Interstitial.
“We’ve worked hard to generate double-digit growth month-to-month in 2012. We are now at a tipping point,” stated Phil Banfield, CEO of AdExcite. “Having independent third-party reporting by comScore of our video traffic will open some new doors for the company and broaden market acceptance of the vSlider.” Developed by AdExcite in 2010, the vSlider interstitial unit allows a video to be displayed without blocking out the view of the page users are coming to see or making a user wait to view content.
In January, AdExcite collaborated with comScore to enable measurement of its ad network audience in comScore’s Media Metrix service. Since January, unique visitors to the network have increased 71%. With its U.S. audience fast approaching 100 million monthly unique visitors, company officials began discussions with comScore about video ad tracking earlier this summer. “We wanted third-party backup for our strong internal numbers. And we wanted that ready before the holiday season hit,” Banfield said. “I appreciate comScore’s willingness to work with a company like ours that is pushing the envelope a bit.”
About AdExcite
Founded in 2009, AdExcite is a video ad network focused on delivering high impact video units for advertisers and brand managers. AdExcite’s technology platform allows for extensive targeting of its proprietary vSlider video interstitial unit as well as IAB-standard video ad inventory. Its clients include Starcom MediaVest Group, Ignited USA and Mindshare. It represents over 1000 mid and long tail web publishers and general interest sites like Lycos. AdExcite is a 2012 finalist in MediaPost’s OMMA Awards for Online Advertising Creativity in the category of Video Appearing in a Banner, Expandable Banner or Interstitial for its use of the vSlider. Q1Media is its exclusive sales representative for the U.S. For sales inquiries, visit www.q1media.com or www.adexcite.com.
About comScore
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital business analytics. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/companyinfo.
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