Cynopsis: Digital

Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.10.12 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 10, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. If you watched a video on YouTube over the weekend, you probably noticed that the site has undergone a noticeable facelift. The new design prioritizes what has been the central tenet of the YouTube video philosophy […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.07.12 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 7, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Portico is a new service from Net2TV Corporation that brings free, ad-supported web video programming from providers like CBS Interactive and Revision3 to the television screen. Using cloud technology from ActiveVideo Networks, Portico tries to […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.06.12 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 6, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Citing a strong competitive landscape, which has been propelled by “surging” Android tablet shipments and demand for Apple’s new iPad Mini, the IDC is increasing its 2012 forecast for worldwide tablet shipments from 117.1 million units […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.05.12 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 5, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Netflix has signed a multiyear deal with The Walt Disney Company to become the exclusive US subscription service for first-run live-action and animated films from Disney’s network of studios. The deal covers films from Disney, Walt […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.04.12 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 4, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. The second season of the live-action web series Mortal Kombat: Legacy is scheduled to debut worldwide in the second quarter of 2013, exclusively on Machinima. Based on the bestselling video game franchise, it’s currently in production […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.03.12 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 3, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Redbox Instant by Verizon is an upcoming video streaming and rental service that’s scheduled to debut before the end of the year. It’s already been tabbed as the latest SVOD competitor to Netflix, even though there […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL11.30.12 Good morning. It’s Friday, November 30, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. comScore has released Media Metrix Multi-Platform, a new audience measurement and media planning product that looks to offer unduplicated counts of website, video, and app content views across multiple devices. comScore says this new measurement […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL11.29.12 Good morning. It’s Thursday, November 29, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Time Inc. has launched a new digital video unit, which will manage digital video production, development, and strategy across the company’s portfolio of brands. “Digital video is one of the fastest growing categories for advertisers and […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL11.28.12 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, November 28, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Cyber Monday 2012 has become the busiest online shopping day in history, according to Adobe, based on data it released yesterday. The Adobe Digital Index, which tracks consumer shopping activity, reports that Cyber Monday online […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL11.27.12 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, November 27, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. The second annual Digital Content NewFronts (DCNF) will be held from April 29 through May 3, 2012, in New York City. Headlined once again by the six Founding Partners of the original DCNF — AOL, […]