WorldNow reaches 25M streams in February

Cory Bergman March 29th, 2007

WorldNow announced its network of TV and newspaper sites set an all-time record for video streams with 25 million in the month of February. Press release…

PRESS RELEASE — NEW YORK, March 29 — WorldNow, the leading provider of
Internet technology, content and revenue solutions for local media Web
sites, announced today a record-breaking number of 25 million video streams
across their network of local news and information sites for the month of
February. WorldNow’s streaming video technology is the number one video
solution in the country utilized by over 200 local media partners,
including newspaper sites like Boston.com, LATimes.com, The Atlanta Journal
Constitution (http://www.ajc.com) and TV station sites such as WABC.com and
WAVE3.com.

Through WorldNow’s network of local media affiliates, consumers across
the country have access to the latest news, weather and lifestyle
information relevant to their local communities; video content that is not
available on national portals like AOL, MSN, or YAHOO. In addition, through
WorldNow’s Local Media Network (LMN), marketers are able to run both pre
and post roll ads across the video network with the convenience of a single
media buy. WorldNow’s video solution accepts third party ad tags including
DoubleClick, OAS amid other best of breed systems.

“Video is changing the landscape for local media and driving the growth
of our partner sites. The ability to manage, publish, and share content
within minutes is a powerful testament to why we have reached this
milestone,” says Bob Mischel, COO and CFO, WorldNow. “We continue to see
huge growth and expect this upward trend to continue.”