Dragonfly Returns to French Riviera

Dragonfly (http://www.dragonfly.com), the Internet video network company based in Hillsdale, NY, will provide the web-based technology for Adweek magazine's online coverage of the Cannes Lions 54th International Advertising Festival (IAF), June 17 through June 23. The IAF is the largest conference in the world for advertising professionals, and Dragonfly will partner with Adweek to enable their online videosite coverage of interviews with global marketers and creative executives, candid stills, and commercials up for awards. Dragonfly's online reports from Cannes will be available starting on the evening of June 18.

Hillsdale, NY (PRWEB) June 14, 2007 -- Dragonfly (http://www.dragonfly.com), the Internet video network company based in Hillsdale, NY, is going back to the French Riviera for the second year in a row. The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (IAF) is the largest conference in the world for advertising professionals, and once again Dragonfly will partner with Adweek and enable their online videosite coverage of it.

Dragonfly will provide the web-based technology for Adweek's interviews with global marketers and creative executives, candid stills, and commercials up for awards. The 54th International Advertising Festival runs from June 17 through June 23, and Dragonfly's online reports from Cannes will be available starting on the evening of June 18. Adweek is a Nielsen Business Media publication.

"We are thrilled to return to Cannes with Adweek," said Guy Nouri, CEO of Dragonfly. "This is the most prestigious advertising industry event of the year. Our teams will provide daily video reports of key events and we will have exclusive interviews with international advertising superstars. The Dragonfly/Adweek broadcast will reach the global advertising industry and will demonstrate Dragonfly's unique capabilities. It is a powerful addition to Adweek's reporting."

"Last year's first partnership with Dragonfly at Cannes enabled us to bring the spontaneity of on-camera interviews to our readers, along with other digital content," added Alison Fahey, Adweek's editor, "so in addition to our print coverage of all the excitement there, we're once again bringing daily video interviews to our online readers."

More than 7,500 marketing executives will converge on Cannes for the Festival week and there are more than 24,000 advertising entries at the festival. Lions are awarded in categories that include film/television, print, outdoor, radio, direct marketing, and online media. The Cannes Lion is one of the most sought-after prizes in the worldwide advertising industry.

Dragonfly's coverage of the 54th IAF will be found on the Web at http://adweekcannes.com/ beginning in the evening of June 18.

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About Dragonfly

Dragonfly is an Internet video network company that provides enterprise level technology solutions to multinational corporations such as The Nielsen Company. Dragonfly gives customers enhanced video delivery, targeting and analytics systems. Dragonfly can track viewer behavior so that companies get the best value from their multimedia communications.

Dragonfly has offices in Hillsdale, NY, in New York City, and in Memphis, TN.

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