Web Video Net Debuts

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NEW YORK Lightningcast has launched its Internet video advertising network, hoping to attract more brand advertisers to run online spots on smaller Web sites.

Sites participating in the InStream network show about 100 million videos per month, according to Lightningcast. The network is running pre-roll ads on over 50 affiliates, from the Scripps Network newspaper sites to more niche-oriented destinations, like CelebrityGolf.com and MaxPreps.com.

Lightningcast provides video advertising platforms for large sites like AOL and MSNBC.com. It hopes to use that tech foothold to build an ad-sales network that will make it easier for brand advertisers to extend campaigns to niche properties.

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