The Nickelodeon Kids and Family Virtual Worlds Group will use PlaySpan technology and services for its virtual goods and microtransactions. The payment platform will support the company's Neocash virtual world currency across multiple payment provides like credit cards and prepaid cards. PlaySpan, a publisher-sponsored in-game commerce network, says its monetization solutions are used in over 1 ...

TV station picks a partner for its virtual world transactions.

We just wrote about PlaySpan's recent study showing positive growth in the exchange and e-commerce of virtual goods exchange. PlaySpan powers micro-payments across over 1,000 video games and virtual worlds and has virtual goods storefronts on Facebook , MySpace, within games and on its standalone site. Today, PlaySpan is announcing a fairly significant deal with Nickelodeon to power payment ...

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