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Ads Coming To Xbox Live Within The Next Year

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By Tom Ivan

July 1, 2009

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Microsoft has announced that it is to bring rich media technologies including Silverlight to Xbox Live within the next year.

Silverlight allows advertisers to deliver interactive, interconnected online campaigns across multiple platforms.

Sean Alexander, director at Microsoft's Advertising Business Group, told MediaPost that the technology will enable companies to build advertising campaigns that span four screens: desktop, television, mobile phone and Surface.

“Silverlight-powered media on Xbox will have the same appearance as ads seen on a web browser,” according to the report, and will presumably feature on the Xbox Live dashboard.

DubsTF's picture

Speaking of ads, how much did Microsoft pay for this Silverlight ad on Edge?

Chotus's picture

Well they need to make Xbox Live free if they are going to ad the he## out of us. That would be a fair trade off

mentor07825's picture

Yay?

vgchicago's picture

I don’t get the title, there are already ads on Xbox Live