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ADDING MULTIMEDIA SeeSaw Networks Expands Advertiser Reach Among Hispanic Consumers With Border Billboard.


The Most Extensive Out-of-Home Digital Media Network Now Includes Larger-Than-Life LED Video Boards at the U.S./Mexico Border

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 Networks, the leading out-of-home digital media company, today announced Border Billboard has joined SeeSaw's rapidly growing list of digital-signage network affiliates. Border Billboard is a multimedia outdoor advertising company that operates 50-foot LED video billboards that incorporate full-motion video Video transmission that changes the image 30 frames per second (30 fps). Motion pictures are run at 24 fps, which is the minimum frequency required to eliminate the perception of moving frames and make the images appear visually fluid to the eye.  and text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length.  capabilities that sit along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The San Diego/Tijuana border is considered the busiest in the world with 175,000 people crossing daily and nearly 64 million annually.

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. It is estimated that 1.6 million Mexican nationals cross the border and spend $3 billion annually on American goods.

The addition of these venues extends SeeSaw's reach among the Hispanic audience. "Combined with SeeSaw's other venues in markets that index high among Hispanics, advertisers have the opportunity to reach a significant segment of the billion-dollar U.S./Hispanic market," said Peter Bowen, chief executive officer of SeeSaw Networks. "The size and unique location of these digital billboards engage a highly sought after audience who have tremendous buying power Buying Power

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Thousands of drivers and passengers waiting to cross the border are entertained by the larger-than-life LED video boards with 1 billion colors, two ticker displays and a 140-degree horizontal viewing angle, for an average of two hours. The billboards' advertisements incorporate video, audio and text messaging, allowing people to respond to ads via their cell phones and communicate with each other. For example, two cars full of friends coming back from a fun-filled weekend in Tijuana, separated by hundreds of cars, can send a text message to the billboard telling them to meet at the McDonald's across the border.

"There are few opportunities to capture such a vast influential consumer group," said Jennifer Stefano, chief executive officer of Border Billboard. "By joining SeeSaw's network, we can offer national advertisers an easier and smarter way to reach a highly targeted demographic group of people with full-motion video and audio, while they wait."

SeeSaw will continue to add affiliates to its network in order to broaden its reach among select demographic groups and geographical areas, giving advertisers an ever increasing opportunity to reach people where they are. SeeSaw strives to reach 100 million weekly impressions.

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) in Las Vegas now through March 2, at Booth 704 to see SeeSawAds.com in action.

About SeeSaw Networks

SeeSaw Networks is the only out-of-home digital media company that makes it easy to plan, buy and measure the world's most extensive network of venues. SeeSaw operates SeeSawAds.com, its flagship media service, which enables advertisers and agencies to customize campaigns across venues, markets and demographics with unprecedented precision. With SeeSaw, advertisers can reach people where they are. SeeSaw Networks is led by senior executives with proven successes in media, consumer and technology industries. SeeSaw Networks is headquartered in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . For more information on SeeSaw Networks, please visit www.seesawnetworks.com.

About Border Billboard

Border Billboard is a multimedia outdoor advertising company that strategically places multi-media sites along the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and Mexico border markets, targeting millions of Hispanic and General Market consumers. Border Billboard engages consumers at a higher frequency within a short amount of time due to the extended wait at the Border crossing. BB is revolutionizing the billboard experience by introducing "multi-sensory" LED Boards that are capturing the attention of every driver and passenger by making it an interactive experience -- sight, sound and touch -- we are stimulating the consumers senses! Border Billboard features LED video boards, tri-vision ad panels, amber ticker displays, backlit An LCD screen that has its own light source from the back of the screen, making the background brighter and characters appear sharper.  panels, audio messaging through radio transmission, and text messaging. BB is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada. For more information, please visit www.borderbillboard.com.

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