ADdapt System Offers Revenue-Generating Branded App Deployment To The
Most Popular Smartphone Platforms
LANCASTER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
FlyCast, the popular mobile broadcasting service, today announced the
availability of its ADdapt (Application Development and Deployment)
Platform -- a suite of tools that enable mobile broadcasting,
monetization and distribution of audio and video -- to any content owner
seeking to offer their branded content and applications on smartphone
devices. FlyCast's technology allows the owners of traditional desktop
websites that focus heavily on streaming audio or video to quickly and
easily migrate their existing content to mobile applications for the
various smartphone app stores, including the Apple App Store, the
Android Marketplace and BlackBerry's App World. These apps can then be
monetized immediately through a variety of FlyCast revenue-generating
options which include ad insertion, feature up-sell and premium content,
among others.
Millions of users have downloaded the FlyCast application to their
smartphones. Other FlyCast partner properties that have been or also
will be delivered this quarter and are available to advertisers include
io2go, Al Bell Presents, 790TheZone and TheRadio.com, bringing millions
of cumulative listeners along with them. In the coming months FlyCast
also expects to offer new platforms for Windows Mobile, Nokia and
Samsung app stores.
ADdapt for Content Owners
The FlyCast ADdapt Mobile Broadcasting Platform supports most audio and
video streaming formats and includes a content transcoder to ensure
device compatibility. It is designed to offer an easy path to mobile
application revenue for terrestrial radio broadcasters and webcasters,
sports organizations and event broadcasters, music labels, concert
promoters, artists and bands, film and video companies, universities and
national brands seeking to promote their offerings with streaming media
applications. Based on FlyCast's market-proven infrastructure, media
applications can be created quickly and simultaneously deployed to
devices including the iPhone, BlackBerry, Google Android and Windows
Mobile-based devices.
Content owners can choose to sell their apps, offer premium upgrades
from within free apps, offer monthly, annual and one-time subscription
content or sell product within their apps. They also can choose to
utilize FlyCast's ad insertion technology, coupled with the DoubleClick
trafficking and reporting platform, to deliver targeted display, audio
and video advertising. Advertising can be sold by the content owner,
FlyCast's in-house sales team and/or one of the platform's support ad
networks.
ADdapt for Advertisers
The FlyCast ADdapt Mobile Advertising Platform allows advertisers and
brands to reach highly desirable mobile users with tightly targeted
messaging. Targeting criteria can include age, gender, location,
listening habits and device type. Ad types available include standard
mobile display ads, new enhanced larger format display ads, synched
banner audio pre-rolls, interstitials and video ads. The main FlyCast
application includes thousands of terrestrial and webcast channels
covering most formats, including talk, news, sports, politics, comedy
and virtually every genre and sub-genre of music.
"By opening up our platform to allow content owners and brands to better
leverage the mobile channel, we're also expanding the universe of
content available to consumers in a mobile environment," said Dave
Kennedy, CEO of FlyCast. "We've made it easy for anyone to deliver
content quickly to a variety of handset types and are helping our
partners execute on the promise of a truly mobile lifestyle."
EDITOR'S NOTE:
FlyCast logos and high resolution screen shots are available at www.flycast.fm/press/.
About FlyCast
FlyCast delivers radio and video content - music, sports, news,
politics, traffic, weather and talk - to cellular and WiFi devices. The
company has hundreds of content partners providing thousands of channels
of regional, national and specialty content to subscribers every day.
Founded in 2006 by a group of seasoned media industry veterans, FlyCast
puts the content consumers crave in the palms of their hands. FlyCast
also works with CDNs and ISPs to improve mobile quality of service for
stream delivery.
FlyCast is a registered trademark of FlyCast Inc. The BlackBerry and RIM
families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive
properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. The iPhone and
iPod Touch of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive
properties and trademarks of Apple Computer Corp. Wi-Fi is a registered
trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks and trade names
are the property of their respective owners.
Media Strategies for FlyCast
Liora Bram, 617-202-9854
lbram@msipr.com
or
Cheryl
Delgreco, 617-723-4004
cdelgreco@msipr.com
Source: FlyCast
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