SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwire
- April 6, 2009) - SeeSaw Networks, a media
company offering the most extensive network
of place-based digital video advertising,
today announced that Sports Media Inc. (www.sportsmedia.net)
has joined SeeSaw's national network of
advertising affiliates that reaches
consumers out and about in their everyday
lives. Sports Media Inc. is an extensive
national network of digital video
advertising on Jumbotrons and television
screens at sporting venues, including Major
League and Minor League Baseball stadiums,
NHL and AHL arenas, NBA arenas, Arena
Football 2 (AF2) arenas and NASCAR
speedways. The partnership expands SeeSaw's
network leadership in sports and
entertainment marketing, providing brand
managers with the most extensive and
innovative opportunities to reach sports
enthusiasts and families on the go at sports
events nationwide.
"Our network provides brand
managers with the opportunity for engaging
loyal, enthusiastic sports fans," said Dan
Kosth, CEO, Sports Media Inc. "The depth of
SeeSaw's network offers advertisers the best
opportunities possible to interact with
sports fans and families while they are
actively enjoying their favorite sport as
well in many other places they frequent in
their daily life patterns."
Sports Enthusiasts Are Loyal
Brand Customers
SeeSaw's life pattern
marketing methodology and their extensive
network offer advertisers high impact and
cost effective advertising touch points with
sports enthusiasts. Leveraging digital video
advertising opportunities at stadiums and
family-friendly venues across the country
can give advertisers great value for their
purchase. Recent research by Scarborough
Research, a leading provider of research
that measures the lifestyle and shopping
patterns of American consumers, as well as
media behaviors and demographics, shows that
advertisers looking to reach women ages
35-54 with children and a household income
greater than $50,000 are 63 percent more
likely to connect with them than the average
adult at Minor League Baseball games
(Scarborough USA, 2008).
Additionally, baseball fans,
NASCAR enthusiasts and others have been
shown to be incredibly loyal to brands
associated with their favorite sports. For
example, NASCAR's 75 million fans across the
country are three times as likely to
purchase NASCAR sponsored products and
services than non-fans (Source:
BrandKeys.com, 2009).
The addition of Sports Media
digital screens increases SeeSaw's targeted
weekly gross impressions to sports
enthusiasts to over 18 million and its total
weekly gross impressions to over 55 million.
In addition to stadiums, SeeSaw also
connects with sports enthusiasts in bars,
sports bars, sporting goods stores, health
clubs, college recreation centers, horse
racing tracks and casinos, as well as on
blimps at major sporting events.
About SeeSaw and Sports
Media Group
Sports Media, Inc offers
advertisers over 500 sporting locations
across the country, with up to 300 digital
screens per venue. They offer two types of
advertising opportunities for brands --
small plasma screens in heavily trafficked
stadium areas such as concourses near
concession stands, suites, and Jumbotrons,
the large on-field screens prominently
located next to scoreboards. Their minor
league stadium Sports TV network reaches 14
million people per season in 38 states.
Specific advertising opportunities include:
-- Pre-game Video: Scoreboard signs are one of the premier signage
opportunities in sports. Advertisers receive a 30-second trailer
approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the game.
-- In Game: State-of-the-art digital videos are the focal point of all
entertainment in sports. Fans continually look to digital video scoreboards
to see player statistics, check the score, watch a replay, and view
exciting features and promotions. Advertisers receive 30-second spots with
audio.
-- In-Game Feature: Advertisers receive an interactive video board
feature that will take place during a break. Some possible features
include: great plays, attendance quiz, bloopers and league highlights. Run
time is from 30 to 90 seconds with the advertiser's logo displayed.
With SeeSaw's Life Pattern Marketing
methodology, advertisers can touch their
target audience in an engaging setting where
they are most receptive to product messages.
Consumers report that place-based digital
advertising is the number one way to
entertain and engage them while they are out
and about, when compared to traditional
media (Source: Digital Out-of-Home Media
Awareness and Attitude Study, OTX
2007-2008).
"With the addition of Sports
Media, Inc. to our network of affiliate
partners, SeeSaw now reaches sports fans
coast to coast in venues ranging from the
Nassau Coliseum to Washington's Verizon
Center, and from the Daytona International
Speedway to Hollywood Park," said Rocky
Gunderson, vice president of network
development and marketing for SeeSaw
Networks. "SeeSaw now makes it easier than
ever for brand managers to use Life Pattern
Marketing to reach sports enthusiasts in
meaningful ways and for agencies to benefit
from one plan, one insertion order and one
invoice from a single source."
About Sports Media, Inc.
Sports Media, Inc. is the
USA's leading full-service marketing agency
specializing solely in live-sports and
sports-related media. The company works
directly with advertisers, ad agencies and
media buying firms to plan, place and
activate advertising campaigns and
promotions. You can learn more about Sports
Media, Inc. at
www.seesawnetworks.com/explore.
About SeeSaw Networks
SeeSaw Networks provides
unparalleled media planning and buying
technology for place-based digital video
advertising. Through its national network,
SeeSaw delivers advertising in places where
people go in their daily lives -- places
like gas stations, coffee shops, grocery
stores and health clubs. SeeSaw reaches more
people in more places than any other digital
video network. Combining over 50 digital
signage networks across 30 different types
of locations, SeeSaw is the most extensive
national digital video network currently in
26,000 venues nationally and growing. SeeSaw
delivers over 50 million weekly gross
impressions -- more than primetime TV spots
at a fraction of the cost. SeeSaw's campaign
planning and optimization platform,
SeeSawAds.com, enables agencies to easily
plan, buy and measure place-based digital
video advertising. Using SeeSawAds.com,
agencies and networks can customize
campaigns across different venues, markets
and demographics with unprecedented
precision. With SeeSaw, advertisers can
intercept people in their daily life
patterns where they work, play and
socialize.
For more information on
SeeSaw Networks, please visit
www.seesawnetworks.com.