Overlay.tv: Ad Advertisements To Video

Written on February 14, 2008 – 3:57 pm
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten,

Video Advertising service Overlay.tv has just launched (press release) in beta. The service provides (registered) users with tools to add content to existing movies in a new layer. Content means arrows, images, drawings, random stuff they find online and insert with a bookmarklet and, more interesting, advertisements.

These advertisements are supplied by one of the 700+ affiliate partners that Overlay.tv has deals with. It is an interesting model and so far it seems to work out. I looked at a few examples expecting them to be littered with ‘interesting’ content but people seem to behave, so far. Here is an example of a Sex and the City movie which has been enriched with a few links to ecommerce sites selling clothing, shoes (yep, Manolo Blahnik!) and The Complete Series (A link to Amazon).

In time you will share the referral fee 50/50 with Overlay.tv for all goods sold through Overlay.tv. But not during the Beta. Right now Overlay.TV will donate all referral proceeds to charity. Lets hope the Beta doesn’t take too long!

On your lunch break? Then watch their 70s inspired promo movie. It is not THAT funny so don’t waste too much time on it:

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By Menno Biesiot on Feb 19, 2008

Super concept, but already launched by Adjustables in 2007. Adjustables is a Dutch / US company and out of beta already. Growing competion proves that online video is ready for these new types of advanced video advertising. How to monetize video content is the key question and the current standard of pre-rolls is not the answer…

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By overplayed on Feb 25, 2008

i’ve been eyeing up Overlay since i found it through a friend last week. i checked out Adjustable just now and it doesn’t seem to compare. not saying bad, but def way diff. i tried signing up at adjustables but the questions were kinda technical so i didn’t bother. the impression that i got though was that overlay is for ppl like me, and adjustables is more corporate. just my two cents :) peace!

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