First-To-Market Multi-Screen Video Unit Drives Engagement and Greater Impressions for Brands
LONDON – YuMe, Inc. (NYSE:YUME), a leading provider of digital video brand advertising solutions, announces Ngage, a global, first-to-market, multi-screen advertising opportunity for brand marketers. The Ngage series is comprised of an extensive set of multi-screen video ad units for connected TV, tablet, smartphone, and PC. Ngage delivers a holistic message across screens through an all-in-one interactive video ad unit that combines video, branding slate and multiple interactivity buttons all within the frame of a video player.
“Distributing a seamless, interactive message across screens is what the current market is looking for. We have no doubt that brand advertisers will applaud and embrace the ability to engage and excite consumers on every screen.”
A growing number of marketers are investing heavily in multi-screen advertising campaigns as consumer connected device consumption proliferates across screens. With this emergent consumer behaviour, the ability to reach target audiences across screens has become an important priority for most advertising campaigns – that is where Ngage comes in.
“Brands are always looking for new ways to engage with their audience, so delivering relevant messages to receptive consumers will be the new paradigm for 2014,” says Jayant Kadambi, Co-Founder and CEO, YuMe. “Distributing a seamless, interactive message across screens is what the current market is looking for. We have no doubt that brand advertisers will applaud and embrace the ability to engage and excite consumers on every screen.”
Ngage features include:
- Optimised across devices, using the key features of each environment
- Leverages social and exploratory behaviour of consumers via various call-to-action methods (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, microsites) to learn more about the brand and share insight socially
- Turnkey solution leverages high interaction rates and proven success of the online Ngage unit
- Reach and engage target consumers any time of day on multiple devices
Leveraging the success of both Ngage online and award-winning Click-to-Ngage on connected TV (CTV), YuMe is now extending the Ngage ad unit across mobile and tablet screens, offering a complete branding experience across devices. This new comprehensive solution uses YuMe’s multi-screen reach, scale and highly-interactive ad experience to drive deep engagement and brand lift for advertisers.
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About YuMe
YuMe, Inc. (NYSE: YUME) is a leading provider of digital video brand advertising solutions. Its proprietary data-science driven technologies and large audience footprint drive inventory monetization and enable advertisers to reach targeted, brand receptive audiences across a wide range of Internet-connected devices. Designed to serve the specific needs of brand advertising, YuMe’s technology platform simplifies the complexities associated with delivering effective digital video advertising campaigns in today’s highly-fragmented market. YuMe is headquartered in Redwood City, CA with European headquarters in London and 15 additional offices worldwide. For more information, visit YuMe.com/pr, follow @YuMeVideo and like YuMe on Facebook. Current YuMe logos can be found at www.yume.com/news/logos.
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