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03.20.15 Good morning. It’s Friday March 20, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
Hot commodity: Hulu snagged exclusive streaming rights for “all past and future episodes” of Fox mega hit Empire. The just-ended season is available now; future episodes will land on Hulu Plus the day after air on Fox.
Cynopsis Exclusive: My Country Nation (MyCN) added new series 46 Hours, offering fans an intimate look into the lives of country stars. The first five-minute installment spotlights Atlantic Records and CMA New Artist of the Year Brett Eldredge and is available to view on MyCountryNation.com. Previously announced lineup includes Karoke Kab, Superfan Nation, Young In The Nation, Made In The USA, This Week In The Nation, Bloodline Barons, Camping With
Kids and Simply Sara.
Univision announced its first series mobile game app, for Nuestra Belleza Latina (Our Latin Beauty). NBL fans will be able to play games along with contestants and former queens from the show, and hang out in the “Club de Belleza” gallery, updated throughout the season with photos and videos of current contestants. The Android app is now live; iOS app will launch later this month.
On the heels of the launch of Essence’s pop-culture video series 7 Things We’re Talking About, infotainment show Fashion Closet and My First Festival, Essence debuted Essence Live yesterday. The live-streaming weekly half-hour talk-show is available Thursdays from 4-4:30p ET on Essence.com. “As an extension of our editorial and live-event franchises, Essence.com has tripled its video content and streams over the past year, resulting in a 56 percent increase in video uniques,” said Essence President Michelle Ebanks.
Hear from sales expert Bob Maund, West Region VP, Digital Sales for CNBC & NBC News Group at NBC Universal and Steve Bookbinder, Co-founder and CEO of Digital Media Training, for the Cynopsis webinar, “How to Sell Digital Advertising in a Fragmented Media World,” on Tuesday, March 31st. Register your team today at http://cynopsis.com/webinar/sell-digital-advertising-fragmented-media-world/
Smashbox Cosmetics unveiled Made at Smashbox, a program with Collective Digital Studio for media style influencers to shoot fashion and entertainment content for major campaigns and magazine covers. Makeup artists, stylists and professional studio service will be available to the social media celebs in addition to Smashbox’s photo/video workshops led by founder Davis Factor and other top L.A. photographers and directors tastemakers. James Chen will serve as Creative Director.
Opera Mediaworks launched its first premium mobile exchange, Opera Select. “As the mobile ecosystem moves toward an increasingly programmatic future, we are excited about the ways Opera Select supports that mission,” OM’s Falguni Bhuta said in a blog post. “The ability to run the highest-quality, rich media display ads on the highest-quality sites and apps is an important first step, but it’s just the start.”
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Endemol Beyond USA hired Adrian Sexton as the new Chief Operating Officer of Endemol Shine North America. Sexton was most recently the Vice President of Digital at Participant Media.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) announced the inaugural Board of Diretors of the IAB Digital Video Center of Excellence, an arm of IAB to promote the development of digital video. The individuals named to the Board of Directors are: Adam Berliant – Executive Producer, Video and Entertainment Programming, Microsoft; Brian Boland – Vice President of Ads Product Marketing, Facebook; Jonathan Carson – Chief Revenue Officer, Vevo; Tal Chalozin – Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Innovid; Rahul Chopra – Chief Executive Officer, Storyful; Kevin Conroy – Chief Strategy and Data Officer, and President, Enterprise Development for UCI, Univision; Bill Day – Chief Executive Officer, Tremor; Joe Dugan – Senior Vice President of Digital Sales, CNN; Scott Ferber – Chairman and CEO, Videology; Chad Gutstein – Chief Executive Officer, Machinima; Jeremy Helfand – Vice President of Video Solutions, Adobe Systems; Rebecca Howard – General Manager of Video, The New York Times; Doug Knopper – Co-Founder and Co-CEO, FreeWheel; Richard Kosinski – President, U.S., Unruly; Ken Lagana – Senior Vice President of Sales, CBS Interactive; Tim Mahlman – President and Founder, Vidible; Marta Martinez – Global Head of Video Sales, AOL; John McCarus – Chief Strategy Officer, LIN Digital; Scot McLernon – Chief Revenue Officer, YuMe; Erin McPherson – Chief Content Officer, Maker Studios; Pooja Midha – Senior Vice President of Digital Ad Sales and Operations, ABC Television Network; Peter Naylor – Senior Vice President of Advertising Sales, Hulu; Suzie Reider – Managing Director, Brand Solutions, YouTube/Google; Guy Yalif – Vice President Global Marketing, BrightRoll; James Smith – Senior Vice President at Sony Pictures Entertainment Head of Digital Media Sales, Playstation and Crackle; Jeremy Steinberg – Head of Sales, The Weather Company; Dan Suratt – Executive Vice President, Digital Media and Business Development, A+E Networks; Lisa Valentino – Senior Vice President of Digital Sales, Condé Nast; Shereta Williams – President, Videa
FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) appointed Ron Garfield as Executive Vice President and General Manager of BUZZR TV, the new digital multicast network set to launch this summer in 17 FOX O+O markets. Garfield was most recently with Sony Pictures Television where he served as the Chief Revenue Officer for FEARnet and Senior Vice President of Distribution for Sony Movie Channel and Cine Sony.
Entertainment and marketing agency Troika hired Richard D’Alessio as the Live Action Director and their sixth Creative Director. Richard was formerly a commercial director, with four top ten-rated Super Bowl spots, and a creator of some of the most-watched branded content series in North America.
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Oscar nominee Nanette Burstein released new 30-minute documentary The Creators. The doc follows three of UK’s biggest YouTube channels – TomSka, Zoella and Niki & Sammy – showing the lives of YouTube celebs. Check it out at www.cynopsis.com/#video.
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