TimeSink Communications Inc. said it will
partner with SegaSoft Networks, Imagine Media, PKWare, White Pine Software
Inc. and Ad-Venture, the Internet advertising division of Venture Direct
Worldwide, to bring advertising to the desktop.
Harrisburg, PA-based TimeSink said its partners have agreed to integrate
TimeSink’s AdJoin advertising solutions with a number of widely distributed
software applications.
And as part of the program, CNET’s download.com has agreed to distribute
AdJoin-enabled software titles on the software downloading site. TimeSink
will provide ad service capability via its AdGateway.
“TimeSink’s AdGateway allows software developers to imbed dynamic advertising
in all types of software with advertisements that will be viewed worldwide,”
said Marty Schoffstall, CEO of TimeSink. “We intend to work with the top 20
Web sites, the developers and distributors of leading software
applications, and the ad networks to bring Internet advertising to the
desktop.”
Edwin Miller, TimeSink’s vice president for marketing, said that “Our AdJoin
technologies . . . allow Web sites to extend their network beyond online to
include all downloadable applications.”
TimeSink Communications distributes its AdJoin technologies, free of charge,
to members of the AdGateway. The company works with them to enable
advertising capability within or around PC software applications. AdGateway
members are provided with the AdSDK and AdInstant tools that incorporate
advertising into their existing Windows 95 applications.
