AOL has announced that its 2006 Super Sunday Ad Poll generated almost 42 million video streams.Videos of each commercial were available for free and users viewed and cast 895,000 votes for their favorite 2006 Super Bowl Ad.


AOL has announced that its 2006 Super Sunday Ad Poll generated almost 42 million video streams.Videos of each commercial were available for free and users viewed and cast 895,000 votes for their favorite 2006 Super Bowl Ad.

Carlos Silva, Senior Vice President of AOL Sports and News, said: “Internet users expect top quality videos and our results indicate AOL’s position as a premier destination for video on the web. AOL’s innovative programming surrounding the Super Bowl, combined with new technologies and dynamic ads helped to enhance users’ online experiences”. [source]

AOL and Katalyst Films are going to produce 5 new programs with at least 20 mini-episodes each. The programs will be available on AOL site and AIM service.

Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg co-own Katalyst Films.

The AOL.com portal already offers programs at AOL Comedy including features such as viral videos, on-demand stand-up performances, the Moviefone(r) Short Film Festival, comedy radio programming from XM Radio and much more.

“With 43 million active users, the AIM service is the nation’s largest instant messaging community. It is now available for use on computers, cell phones and other handheld devices, and offers instant messaging, email and SMS mobile texting as well as voice and video chat services”. [source]

America Online plans to roll out major new services over the next few months.

“Some of the plans, such as building a MySpace-style network onto AOL’s market-leading instant messaging service, have not previously been made public. AOL is trying to keep pace with chief rivals Google, Yahoo and Microsoft as it shifts from a subscriber model to an advertising strategy”. [source]

 

 

 

 

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