AMN New Media has announced that it will begin licensing its newest product called 'Intellimmercial'.

This is an exclusive system that personalises television-style audio/video messaging on the Internet, to third-party web developers and Internet marketers. The system, referred to as the first 'smart' commercial, claims to deliver web-based personalised animated messages determined by specific information drawn from marketing databases. According to a company release, one of the unique features of the Intellimmercial is that it speaks to its visitors by name using a real announcer's voice. This unique system was developed for companies that want to deliver an engaging and personal live action communication to their customers.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), the Boston Pops, and Chicagoland's Brookfield Zoo have responded positively to tests of the technology which were conducted as part of their integrated marketing campaigns, says the company. The audio and animation technology uses database information to assemble a set of variable recorded voice messages that synchronize with animated images. The new initiative is considered an important breakthrough in the field of database marketing because it takes the most powerful elements of direct mail personalisation and applies it to TV-like commercials. Combined with its ability to track visitor activity and interest, it is positioning itself as the next generation of web messaging.

The system has been structured to allow outside web animators and agencies to create and build their own web commercials for their clients and add the Intellimmercial's personal audio database technology as part of the complete product.