VoloMedia

Infobox_Company
company_name = VoloMedia
company_type = Private
company_slogan = Building the business of downloadable media
foundation = 2005
location = Sunnyvale, CA
industry = Downloadable media advertising
homepage = [http://www.volomedia.com/ http://www.volomedia.com]

VoloMedia is a Sunnyvale, California based advertising network that has developed technology to enable advertisements to be dynamically inserted into downloadable audio and video, such as podcasts. Large media publishers such as Public Radio International, MSNBC and FOX News [cite web |url= http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2008/03/03/story13.html|title= Silicon Valley Business Journal: Re-branded VoloMedia focuses on online - and offline - ads ] utilize their technologies in order to provide free downloadable programming. The company is funded by venture capital firms Mayfield Fund, Sutter Hill Ventures and Worldview Technology Partners.

VoloMedia is a founding member of the [http://www.downloadablemedia.com Association for Downloadable Media] .

History

VoloMedia was founded in 2005 as Podbridge. The company launched its downloadable audio advertisement network in February 2006. [cite web |url= http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/interactive/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002034052|title= MediaWeek: Podbridge Starts Podcast Ad Net ] In May of the same year, the company announced support for downloadable video as well. [cite web |url= http://www.volomedia.com/home/news/PodbridgeVideoFinal.pdf|title= Release: Podbridge advertising network to include video content ]

In July 2006, the company's advertisement insertion and rotation technologies were awarded a U.S. patent. [cite web |url= http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=3623001|title= ClickZ: Podbridge Snares Patent for Ads in Time-Shifted Content]

Since its founding, VoloMedia has forged partnerships with both large and independent media publishers, internationally recognized brand advertisers, and multimedia technology developers.

The company changed its name to VoloMedia in November 2007. [cite web |url= http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2007/11/26/daily40.html|title= Silicon Valley Business Journal: Podbridge is now VoloMedia ] .

External links

* [http://www.volomedia.com/ VoloMedia Official website]
* [http://www.killerstartups.com/Marketing/Volomediacom---Advertising-And-Reporting-Solutions/ KillerStartups Profile]

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