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There's a lot of hype around social media and social networking and how you need to position your product/service and/or business through these new marketing mediums and this tends to cause states of panic amongst those that don't fully understand the mumbo jumbo of the new media realm. 5 Oct 2009 Read more >>

RTL Nederland, part of the leading European entertainment network RTL Group, has launched a new online gaming platform - Spelsalon.nl. The new site offers a wide choice of casual games, supplied by SkillPod Media and supplemented with games from a selection of third-party games developers. The number and variety of games is set to grow in the near future. “This deal increases SkillPod's reach into Europe and opens up opportunities for a number of deployments of our robust casual games platform with RTL Group across Europe,” says Mark van Diggelen, CEO of SkillPod Media. 30 Sep 2009 Read more >>

In 2007 marketers were eyeing addictive casual games sites as the next big advertising arena. That prediction turned out to be spot on, as proved by SkillPod Media, a global new media consultancy specialising in the provision and development of custom and innovative online and mobile casual games solutions. Services are offered to agencies, publishers and advertisers. SkillPod Media has branched out into the in-game advertising space via Mochi Media and the Google Gadgets advertisement and game syndication platforms. 26 Aug 2009 Read more >>

Social gaming has become a vital, fun and exciting part in the average person's day. Free social networking utilities such as Twitter and Facebook connect friends, family and acquaintances online or via their mobile phones, allowing them to share in such a way that our forefathers would be appalled at the lack of old-fashioned ‘communication', but what do you expect in today's rushed society? The real-world social resonance on popular networking utilities is the perfect promotion tool. With technology developing at such a rapid rate, a deeper integration of popular social utilities into casual gaming is just what the doctor ordered! 20 Jul 2009 Read more >>

Technology plays a central role in the life of today's teenagers and young adults. It's a crucial element for marketers to recognise in their attempts to attract the attention of these young consumers. 2 Jul 2009 Read more >>

Branded entertainment is the buzz of the marketing industry at the moment. This communications medium is increasingly better defined, more rigorous, and generally strategically orchestrated. SkillPod Media is on top if its game, once again, when it comes to branded entertainment, with much to offer advertisers and brand owners. 5 Jun 2009 Read more >>

SkillPod Media's highly addictive online gaming platform hosts numerous exciting features which cater for a wide target market, therefore making everyone a winner in their own capacity! 29 May 2009 Read more >>

South Africa's leading provider of online casual and skill games, SkillPod Media, can look back on an industrious first quarter. The company has launched its new Game Management Platform, and is migrating major clients onto it; debuted additional multiplayer games; expanded its interactive and social networking modules; and developed a custom game for one of South Africa's most vibrant car insurance providers. 29 Apr 2009 Read more >>

You've achieved preeminence in your industry. Some of the most trafficked websites in South Africa use your software to serve their communities and bring in advertisers. You supply large overseas portals that operate in some of the biggest markets in the world. 10 Mar 2009 Read more >>

Adobe has launched its new over-the-air mobile runtime, Flash Lite 3.1 Distributable Player (beta). Adobe's strategy is to enable developers to create and distribute applications for the phones and provide a better on-device experience. 16 Feb 2009 Read more >>

SkillPod Media's new mobile games roll-out is continuing unabated as the year draws to a close. The company - already established as the leading South African provider of online casual and skill games to the local and international markets - is on the fast track to making a similar impact on the hugely popular mobile gaming market. 15 Dec 2008 Read more >>

SkillPod Media, arguably South Africa's most successful online games supplier, both locally and internationally, has launched two new free play online game sites. While most of the company's online game sites are dedicated to wide ranges of general skill and fun games, the new sites focus on one game each. And they're two of the most popular online games in existence - poker and bingo. 20 Oct 2008 Read more >>

SkillPod Media continues its expansion into the international online games market, by rolling out into Eastern European territories - while closer to home, Afrikaans speakers can now enjoy online gaming in their home language. 14 Oct 2008 Read more >>

Convergence Partners Investments, a Black Economic Empowerment investment company focusing on the Technology, Media and Telecommunications sector, has announced that it has taken a 25.55% stake in SkillPod Media (SkillPod), a pioneering South African online casual gaming company. 10 Sep 2008 Read more >>

At a time when hyperbolic marketing claims are thrown around with abandon, SkillPod Media is steadily establishing itself as the real deal when it comes to pulling off online marketing coups. 21 Apr 2008 Read more >>

In-game ad placement – the placing of ads alongside or within online games – is poised to break through into the mass consumer market in South Africa. One of the country's foremost online games suppliers, SkillPod Media, has inked a deal with Brabys Ad Sales. 29 Feb 2008 Read more >>

SkillPod Media, a foremost South African owned online casual gaming supplier, has hit the ground running in the new year - launching two new games platforms on large online entertainment sites and rolling out a number of new features on its successful online gaming platform. 15 Jan 2008 Read more >>

Online gaming juggernaut, Trafficonomy, is changing the company name and brand to Skillpod Media to coincide with the launch of the 4th generation games management system. 8 Nov 2007 Read more >>

Online gaming supplier, Trafficonomy, has launched two new games portals for major clients, one in South Africa and one abroad, further consolidating its position as one of the emerging dynamos in the casual and skill games sector of the Internet. 30 Aug 2007 Read more >>

As the demand for fresh online games continues to expand, Trafficonomy is consolidating its position as a leading games development agency and the first choice for some of South Africa's top brands. 8 Jun 2007 Read more >>

Not a month goes by without Trafficonomy making new inroads in the international online gaming market. This South African owned company provides free and skill games to portals that serve large gaming communities in South Africa and abroad. 16 May 2007 Read more >>

In a ground-breaking development for linking up the internet with TV in South Africa, the online gaming company Trafficonomy has been contracted by M-Net New Media to provide online games for the KTV Games Channel. This partnership will see the launch of a number of TV channel web sites offering interactive games over the course of the year. 7 May 2007 Read more >>

OUTsurance, one of South Africa’s most prominent short term insurance companies, has achieved remarkable success on the hugely influential Google search engine pages, thanks to a thorough search engine optimisation effort implemented for it by Trafficonomy. As a result OUTsurance can expect vastly improved traffic, more customers signing on via its web site, and a tangible improvement to its bottom line. 20 Apr 2007 Read more >>

Online gaming has become a force to reckon with, even in the local market place. Although not as highly visible or controversial as Internet gambling, gamers are increasingly taking to the Internet to play their favourite games, while a recent US report estimates that revenues from Internet games will top $950 million this year. 17 Apr 2007 Read more >>

Trafficonomy, the South African-owned online gaming company that provides free and skill games to large gaming communities in South Africa and abroad, has achieved some important new milestones in its continued rise to prominence in the South African and international online gaming industry. 5 Apr 2007 Read more >>

In-game advertising refers to the placement of advertising collateral within and around online games. As both the traditional offline and online advertising spaces become increasingly cluttered, in-game advertising has begun to mature into a multi-million dollar global market. 24 Oct 2006 Read more >>

It doesn't have the fanfare of digital music downloads, nor does it attract highly visible public controversy like internet gambling. But online gaming has quietly become the 800-pound gorilla of the internet. 21 Aug 2006 Read more >>

Online games supplier, SkillPod, has expanded the portfolio of web sites that it services. SkillPod already provides the free games for the popular News24 web site and is also the preferred games supplier to the Ananzi and Aardvark portals in South Africa. It has now expanded its reach to the UK and New Zealand, launching its own games portals in these markets. SkillPod has also updated the Ananzi Kids game site, introducing more games and upgrading the game features. 25 Jun 2006 Read more >>

The ever-popular South African online gaming site, SkillPod.co.za, has just released its latest online game - multiplayer online pool. SkillPod provides a wealth of classic as well as innovative games for well-known sites such as News24, and their games are played by thousands of online gaming enthusiasts, both from South Africa and abroad. 19 Jun 2006 Read more >>