CYNOPSISDIGITAL
08.29.16

Good morning. It’s Monday August 29, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

In March, AT&T announced plans to launch a three-tiered TV streaming service branded under DirecTV. Now, content details are starting to trickle out. Earlier this month, Disney announced that its channels (including ABC and ESPN) would be included in the service. Now HBO is on-board as well. In sum, the new deal between HBO and AT&T secures carriage across linear TV, online streaming services, and an authenticated “TV Everywhere” streaming platform. (Those platforms included DirecTV and U-Verse.) HBO and AT&T are calling the all-platform nature of the deal unprecedented and “historic.”
                                                     
Google Fiber, the Google division that’s geared toward providing broadband Internet access, just hit about 500 hurdles. Namely, parent company Alphabet has instructed the division to cut its workforce in half, reducing its number of employees from 1,000 to 500, according to The Information. The news comes in the wake of reports that Google Fiber may be looking to speed up subscriber growth by turning to cheaper wireless technology. Google Fiber initially launched in 2010. But as of yet, subscriber growth has lagged below expectations, according to The Information’s report.
 
 

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Facebook is finally going up against Amazon’s Twitch. Back in June, the social media giant partnered with Blizzard Entertainment, announcing that users would be soon able to stream their Blizzard gameplay over Facebook live. Now that day is here: The service went live on Friday, according to Blizzard. Blizzard’s games include Hearthstone, Overwatch, and World of Warcraft.
 
 

Fox Sports announced that its TV Everywhere app, Fox Sports GO, has launched for the 4th Gen Apple TV. The app is accessible to authenticating pay-TV subscribers. The app will enable viewers to access to FOX Sports, FS1, FS2, FOX Sports Regional Networks, FOX College Sports, FOX Deportes, and FOX Soccer Plus.
 
 

 
Quick, go to the “trending topics” section of your Facebook page. Notice anything different? It used to be that Facebook’s trending news topics came equipped with short descriptions of the topics in questions. Now the descriptions are gone, and all that’s left is the topics themselves, and a rundown of the number of people involved in the social media discussion. According to Quartz, Facebook has dismissed the 15 to 18 contractors who wrote those trending topic descriptions. The company, it seems, was worried about accusations of bias and editorializing. 
 
 

VR is getting the retail treatment. Best Buy began rolling out demonstrations for the Oculus Rift VR headset back in May. But as first noted by Bloomberg, the retail giant is picking up the pace: Best Buy will have Oculus Rift demos in 500 stores by the time the holiday shopping season rolls around. Bloomberg also reports that Best Buy is running 200 demos for Sony’s Playstation VR headset, which doesn’t actually launch until October.  (The PlayStation VR demos rotate between store locations.) Best Buy seems to be betting that, sooner rather than later, everyday Best Buy shoppers might be swiping their credit cards for high-end VR headsets.
 
VentureFuel, a national advertising sales rep for new technology and emerging media companies, has partnered with WallaMe, a London-based augmented reality company that enables users to hide digital messages in the real world. VentureFuel will rep WallaMe as it works with brands and organizations to develop ad campaigns to reach consumers across the WallaMe platform.
 
 

 
We all love the riveting moments of live game action, but how can you use this to your advantage in advertising? Hear from Sportradar & Fanserv during our FREE Sports webinar. When? September 14 at 1:30PM ET. Simply click here to register.
 
 

 
The satirical site ClickHole and the arts-and-culture-oriented site The A.V. Club are subsidiaries of what company/publication? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone.)
 
Our Last Trivia Question: Apple Music recently acquired the rights to a new video series based on a popular segment from a late-night TV show. Which show is it, and which segment is it? Answer: Carpool Karaoke from The Late Late Show with James Corden. Kudos to Andrew Hogan-Resignation Media/IL, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg M and S Entertainment, Inc./CA, Answer: Mark Seeley Company- Situation Interactive/NY, Louis Lewow-Lewow Media Group/GA, David Prince-PBS, Les Garland-Afterplay Entertainment/FL, Matthew Willence-ITN Networks/NY, Sheena Das-Disney Media Sales and Marketing/NY, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/CA, Scott Elchison-Initiative/NY, Alan Perris/CA, Hank Bordowitz-The Book Werx/NJ, Josh Patrick-Sony Pictures TV/CA, and Megan Cox-CBS Spot Sales/CA

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