Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO:4324)(ISIN:JP3551520004)(President & CEO: Tadashi
Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 58,967.1 million yen) announced
today that it has concluded a contract to be the exclusive* display
advertising partner in Japan for global communications platform provider
Skype Technologies S.A. (Luxembourg; CEO: Tony Bates) as of July 2011.
The company will start selling Skype's digital inventory, which will
appear in the "Home" tab of Skype for Windows (version 5.1 and above)
with immediate effect.
With an average of 170 million monthly connected users worldwide1
making calls domestically and internationally and approximately 30
million concurrent users at peak times2, Skype's reach and
engaged user base make it an attractive platform for brands to market
their products. Popular with both business users and consumers alike,
Skype offers rich communications ranging from free Skype-to-Skype audio
and video calling, to Group Video Calling and making low cost calls to
landlines and mobiles all over the world.
Dentsu and Skype will offer advertisers an opportunity to be part of the
Skype experience through 'Skype Home' which provides a large masthead
space for advertisers to display rich and interactive ads. Skype users
are shown to spend more time on Skype Home – an average of 2 hours3,
as compared to other non-Skype platforms, providing advertisers an
excellent opportunity for targeted, dynamic advertising.
The display advertisement will be designed to deliver the advertiser's
message directly to Skype users, featuring the following:
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A large-sized advertisement, larger than a typical banner ad,
appears on the Home tab as default when Skype for Windows starts.
With one click on the ad, it expands to twice its original size. It
will go back to the original size by clicking CLOSE.
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Interested users will see richer, interactive content in the
extended ad after clicking on the original. In addition, the ad can
be linked to the advertiser's official website just like other web
banners to offer users more details.
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The number of advertisers will be limited to one per day to avoid
the ad from being lost in competitors' ads.
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Users who wish to hide the ad can do so by simply clicking on "Hide
Ad." The ad can also be displayed back again.
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For the three months ended 30 June 2011
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As of March 2011
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Source : Nielsen NetView Japan May 2011, time spent per person per
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This is a first step in providing a Skype solution for advertisers in
Japan, and Dentsu and Skype will continue to explore various
advertisement options to better enable enterprises to market their
brands.
*For advertising campaigns that are not multi-national or multi-regional
in nature.
About Dentsu Inc.
Founded in 1901, Dentsu
Inc. has held the position of the world's largest single-brand
agency for almost 40 years. Through its unique "Integrated Communication
Design" approach, Dentsu offers multinational clients the most
comprehensive range of advertising and marketing services in the
industry. While continuing to pursue innovation in the digital arena,
Dentsu is active in the production and marketing of sports, movies,
anime, and other entertainment content on a global scale. The Dentsu
Group has more than 6,000 clients and close to 20,000 employees
worldwide.
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