THIRD
SCREEN MEDIA PARTNERS WITH TELEPHIA TO PROVIDE AGENCIES
AND PUBLISHERS WITH THE MOBILE INDUSTRY'S LEADING INDEPENDENT
CONSUMER
RESEARCH
Integrating
Telephia's Mobile Content Audience Measurement into
Third Screen Media's Ad Management and Delivery Platform
Helps Agencies Effectively Target Mobile Audiences
BOSTON
and SAN FRANCISCO--January 29, 2007--Third Screen Media,
the leading provider of mobile advertising software
and services, today announced it has partnered with
Telephia to integrate its independent third-party mobile
internet research into Third Screen Media's Web-based
mobile ad management and delivery platform, MADX. Telephia
is the world's largest provider of syndicated consumer
research for the telecom and mobile media markets. This
partnership will provide agencies and publishers with
seamless access to critical independent consumer research
during the media planning, buying and delivery process.
Over
the last few years, major brands have utilized mobile
advertising to take advantage of the tremendous ability
to reach targeted audiences. Companies now recognize
the effectiveness of mobile advertising and are allocating
specific budgets for mobile campaigns, which in turn
is driving the need for independent research that will
help companies understand the reach and return on their
mobile advertising investments.
Agencies
will be able to tap into an independent, third-party
market measurement and validation to share with their
clients, which will be available alongside publisher
self-reported data and Third Screen Media performance
data—all on one screen in the MADX platform. For publishers,
the partnership will offer research to assist in evaluating
their audiences, the mobile advertising landscape and
how to position their own mobile inventory to an agency.
Agencies
looking to target specific audiences, such as business
and African-American, will be able to identify within
MADX the top mobile Web sites a particular group frequents.
For example, Table 1 (below) demonstrates the top Web
sites that support advertising among African Americans
as well as business-related audiences. Eighty percent
of the sites falling in the business group are active
Third Screen Media customers, while 60 percent of sites
within the African-American audience are Third Screen
Media clients.
"Our
partnership with Telephia is a win-win for agencies,
publishers, and carriers," said Jeff Janer , CMO,
Third Screen Media. "In joining forces, we are
providing our customers with quality, independent research
on a single platform that can help agencies and publishers
determine the most appropriate strategies and media
plans to reach a desired consumer base."
"Telephia's
provides the most comprehensive and accurate consumer
research for mobile media, employing proprietary measurement
technology and large-scale consumer panels to completely
measure the consumer's behavior, attitudes and experience,"
said Kanishka Agarwal , Vice President of Mobile Content,
Telephia. "In combining our strengths with Third
Screen Media, the industry will be able to take advantage
of up-to-date mobile audience measurement to help maximize
the return from mobile advertising campaigns."
Table
1: Reach Among Business and African-American Mobile
Audience Within Top Ad-Supported Mobile Internet Sites
Business
Mobile Audience |
|
African-American
Mobile Audience |
Mobile
Internet Site |
%
Reach* |
|
Mobile
Internet Site |
%
Reach* |
ESPN
|
32.2%
|
|
Yahoo!
Mail |
33.9%
|
Yahoo!
Mail |
22.8%
|
|
ESPN
|
25.0%
|
The
Weather Channel (Weather.com) |
22.6%
|
|
MSN
Hotmail |
20.5%
|
MSN
Hotmail |
15.5%
|
|
The
Weather Channel (Weather.com) |
16.4%
|
AccuWeather
|
12.6%
|
|
NBA
|
8.2%
|
WeatherBug
|
9.8%
|
|
ABC
News |
8.0%
|
FOX
News |
8.6%
|
|
CBS
SportsLine |
6.4%
|
CBS
SportsLine |
6.4%
|
|
WeatherBug
|
5.9%
|
USA
Today |
5.9%
|
|
MSNBC
Science and Technology |
5.1%
|
Fandango
|
5.1%
|
|
The
Weather Network |
4.8%
|
MSNBC
News |
4.7%
|
|
Fandango
|
4.2%
|
Go2
Maps and Directions |
4.2%
|
|
FOX
News |
3.9%
|
Car
and Driver |
4.1%
|
|
Sports
Illustrated (CNNSI) |
3.8%
|
Hustlermobile.com
|
3.9%
|
|
Kelley
Blue Book |
3.7%
|
Sports
Illustrated (CNNSI) |
3.8%
|
|
E!
Online |
3.7%
|
Source:
Telephia Mobile Internet Report, November 2006
*Note:
Defines percent reach among key demographic segments:
Business Mobile Audience and African-American Mobile
Audience
About
Third Screen Media
Third
Screen Media (TSM) is a software and services company
that enables advertising on mobile phones and wireless
devices. TSM's MADX product suite links advertisers,
publishers, and mobile phone carriers together on a
common platform to increase the efficiency and time-to-market
for the buying and selling of mobile advertising in
WAP, video, MMS and downloadable applications. MADX
goes beyond ad delivery by providing in-depth research,
planning and publisher inventory management analytical
tools, yielding the highest possible ROI. Third
Screen Media also operates the TSM|Network, the largest
single source of mobile advertising inventory offering
best-in-class content, targeted demographics and broad
reach. Customers and partners such as USA TODAY,
MasterCard, Dunkin Donuts, MSN, The Weather Channel
and the world's largest advertising agencies rely on
Third Screen Media's products and services to manage
advertising campaigns uniquely optimized for mobile
devices. For more information about Third Screen
Media, visit www.thirdscreenmedia.com.
About
Telephia
Telephia
is the world's largest provider of syndicated consumer
research to the telecom and mobile media markets. Telephia
is your connection to the digital consumer. Since 1998,
executives at service providers, device manufacturers,
content providers, and retailers have relied on Telephia
data to make confident competitive strategy, marketing
and resource allocation decisions. Telephia uses its
unique measurement tools and large-scale consumer panels
to completely understand the digital consumer's behavior,
attitudes and experience.
To
learn how Telephia data can help you understand the
digital consumer and track your competitive performance,
please contact us at (415) 395-0500 or www.telephia.com.
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Contacts:
Jeff
Janer
Third
Screen Media
617.333.3443
x242
jjaner@thirdscreenmedia.com
Nathaniel
Eberle
Racepoint
Group, Inc.
781.487.4620
neberle@racepointgroup.com
Maria
Bumatay
Telephia
415.637.4904
mbumatay@telephia.com
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