MuchMusic - Video Awards Grow by 10x from VeriSign, Inc.

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Video Awards Grow by 10x

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Overview

CTVglobemedia wanted to promote voting for The MuchMusic Video Awards, while engaging participants in an on-going three-screen experience across mobile, Web, and TV, and boosting sales in the ringtone storefront. VeriSign® Interactive Application Services delivered an interactive TV solution that increased voting rates tenfold and attracted one in six voters to purchase music in the MuchMusic store.

Key Challenges

  • Promote voting for The MuchMusic Video Awards.
  • Create compelling interactive experiences for a youthful, savvy audience.
  • Cooperatively engage users in an on-going three-screen experience across mobile, Web, and TV.
  • Facilitate discovery of mobile content and convert to purchases in the ringtone storefront.
  • Create a new, high-yield channel for sponsored advertising.

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“Over the last three years of working with VeriSign we’ve developed a product that has garnered a lot of recognition in the marketplace and has become a premier destination that services our audience and our label partners. We work with VeriSign consultants from the marketing, merchandizing, and programming perspectives. All the technical back-end is hosted and managed by VeriSign including ingestion of data, delivery, reporting, and compensation.”

                                                                       Richard Kanee 
                                                                    
Director of Business Development 
                                                                    
CTV Digital, CTVglobemedia

 

Solution

  • VeriSign® Mobile Content Delivery Network
  • VeriSign® Intelligent Content Portal Services
  • VeriSign® Interactive Application Services

Results

  • The MuchMusic Video Awards received 10x the number of votes from previous years.
  • 83% percent of the over 18,000 unique participants utilized the WAP deck to place votes.
  • More than 16% of the voters purchased music in the MuchMusic store.
  • An average of 6.5 advertisements were delivered per participant.
  • CTVglobemedia discovered new and compelling revenue opportunities to promote a three-screen experience.

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