StudioNow and Clear Channel Partner for Online Video and Ad Solutions

Wireless News
05-17-2008
StudioNow and Clear Channel Partner for Online Video and Ad Solutions

WIRELESS NEWS-May 17, 2008-StudioNow and Clear Channel Partner for Online Video and Ad Solutions (C)2008 10Meters - http:// www.10meters.com

StudioNow, an online source for creating professional-quality video sales solutions at affordable prices, announced a partnership with Clear Channel Radio to create engaging video and display advertising that allows online listeners to connect with local merchants in communities across the U.S.
The agreement enables local Clear Channel stations to offer customized online ad solutions to local advertisers and further monetize the company's vast array of on-demand content, from music videos to exclusive artist performances to locally-created webisodic station content.

Clear Channel provides local businesses with access to growing online communities via its network of more than 800 radio station websites, encompassing a monthly online audience of approximately 11 million unique visitors according to comScore / Media Metrix. Clear Channel is also the number one at-work streaming radio network according to comScore/Arbitron, and its listeners stream upwards of 10 million pieces of on-demand content across Clear Channel's online network each week. StudioNow, since its inception last year, has created thousands of online videos for local businesses, including restaurants, hotels, day spas, retail shops, auto mechanics and others.

"We've successfully connected thousands of local advertisers with our listeners, in categories ranging from automotive to dining and entertainment, recruitment to real estate," said Evan Harrison, executive VP of Clear Channel and head of its online music and radio unit. "This partnership gives our stations the tools to keep up with creative demand by building cost-effective professional-quality online video ads for our local advertisers."

"Video, the number one online advertising growth category, is transforming the Internet environment and changing the way audiences of all ages visit, view and purchase online," said David Mason, CEO, StudioNow. "By working with StudioNow, Clear Channel will give their stations and advertisers the ability to harness the power of video as a branding solution and to generate sales, sign-ups and downloads."

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