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CYNOPSISDIGITAL
09.13.16

Good morning. It’s Tuesday September 13, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

 
In-Season Stacking Rights: A TV network is said to have in-season tacking rights when it obtains the right to stream all episodes of a series’ current season on its digital platforms. It’s common for TV nets to make only a “rolling five” available – i.e., the five most recent episodes. But in an effort to compete with the likes of Netflix, many networks have begun pushing harder for in-season stacking rights. Earlier this year, NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt went so far as to say that stacking “is the future of our business.”
 
 

Looks like Twitter isn’t a Monterey Jack fan. The company has a forged a live-streaming partnership with Cheddar, the millennial-oriented digital financial news network founded by former BuzzFeed-er Jon Steinberg. Twitter will live-stream two live shows – Opening Bell and Closing Bell, both of them dispatches from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange – every weekday. While Cheddar.com sits behind a paywall, Twitter will live-stream the two series for free. The new partnership only marks the latest addition to Twitter’s increasingly long list of live-streaming content partners, which include the four major sports leagues and Bloomberg Media. As the Wall Street Journal points out, Twitter’s live video play represents a major bid to pull in more ad dollars. One potential hiccup: Even cord-cutters like to watch sports and other live content on a TV. And crucially, the company is in talks to bring its app to Apple TV, according to the Journal and other publications.
 
 

Lionsgate is on to its next adventure in SVOD. The company has teamed with Univision to create a new (as yet untitled) subscription service for Hispanic movie-going audiences. Slated to launch early next year, it’ll feature new and licensed Spanish-language films from the U.S. and around the world – many of them available the same day as their theatrical release in Latin America. According to the companies’ announcement, Univision will also offer the service to pay-TV operators, both individually and in tandem with the Univision Now SVOD service. Lionsgate has become a go-to partner for those looking to launch niche streaming services. Comic-Con International, Tribeca Enterprises, and comedian Kevin Hart have also partnered with the company on OTT offerings.
 
The Cynopsis Webinar Newest Strategies for OTT Success is exactly one week away. Will you be listening in? Hear from CBS Interactive, Brightcove, Frank M. Magid Associates, and People/Entertainment Weekly Network to learn how to maximize the monetization of OTT content – and much more!
 
 

 
SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top U.S. Streaming Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of September 5-11, 2016
Program, Date, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Post (000), Fans/Followers (000)
1. Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) 574, 13, 44, 9200
2. Stranger Things (Netflix) 200, 10, 20, 2851
3. Narcos (Netflix) 136, 7, 19, 3027
4. The Mindy Project (Hulu) 67, 32, 2, 831
5. Chelsea (Netflix) 62, 32, 2, 259
6. Sense8 (Netflix) 49, 5, 10, 1443
7. BoJack Horseman (Netflix) 47, 14, 3, 768
8. Trailer Park Boys (Netflix) 46, 13, 4, 1900
9. Arrested Development (Netflix) 32, 6, 5, 2315
10. The Fall (Netflix) 28, 4, 7, 192
Source: Shareablee Inc. The total actions metric includes the total volume of post-level likes, shares, favorites, retweets and comments. Total content includes all posts, tweets and media posted by each TV property across all platforms. Actions per post metric notes the average e number of actions garnered by each property. Total fans/followers includes Facebook and Twitter and Instagram followers.
 
The ListenFirst Television Interest (TVI) Rating (TM) is a standardized measurement of the most buzzed-about TV programs on linear TV and streaming services. A complement to ListenFirst’s other syndicated data products (such as the ListenFirst Digital Audience Rating – TV), the metrics included in the rating are the purest form of showing interest digitally, since they’re organic actions that are largely unaffected by paid media. Programs that surface on the TVI leaderboards are the most hashtagged on Facebook, Google+, and Tumblr, as well as most searched for on Wikipedia (used as a proxy for organic search volume).
 
All Series (9/5/16 – 9/11/16)
 
 
Source: ListenFirst. The TVI Rating aggregates metrics that measure organically generated activity by fans of the TV show. The metric includes total volume of official hashtag mentions on Facebook, Google+, and Tumblr, along with Wikipedia page views (as a proxy for organic search volume) for a show as a percentage of the total volume of the same activities for all shows.
 
 

Jaunt means business. The virtual reality startup has named George Kliavkoff as its new CEO. Kliavkoff previously served as President of Hearst Ventures and Co-President of Hearst Entertainment. Before that, he was Chief Digital Officer at NBCU, where he was instrumental in the creation of Hulu. Jaunt launched its well-received VR camera system a bit over a year ago. But as the hardware space has grown increasingly competitive, the company has delved deeper into the production and distribution of original content. Kliavkoff’s hire would seem to strongly indicate that the trend will continue. To date, the company has raised over $100 million in funding.
 
A+E Networks’ Amanda Hill has been elevated to Chief Marketing Officer, reporting directly to CEO Nancy Dubuc. It was Dubuc who announced the promotion. Hill previously served as Chief Creative Officer for A+E Networks’ International division. In her new role, she’ll oversee global marketing – including brand strategy, consumer and B2B marketing – across all platforms, including from OTT and digital to linear TV.
 
The video personalization platform IRIS.TV has made some new hires. Max Dismore, previously of L’Oréal (New York), and Katherine Miller, previously of Samek Art Museum, have joined the company as Account Executives. And Kyle Raudensky, a recent Bucknell University grad, has joined the company as a Software Engineer, working on plugins for video players and platforms.
 
 

The truTV comedy infotainment series Adam Ruins Everything originated as a series of shorts for which digital media brand? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone.)
 
Our Last Trivia Question: In Joss Whedon’s 2008 web mini-series Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, who played the titular character? Answer: Neil Patrick Harris. Kudos to Phil Ranta-Studio71/CA, Andy Pittman-TAMU/TX, Jack Hodgson- Oklahoma State University School of Media & Strategic Communications/OK, Scott Jenkins-Gracenote/NY, Matt Meachem-Gracenote/NY, Julie Stowell-Gracenote/NY, Luke Watson-Roker Labs/NY, Louis Lewow-Lewow Media Group/GA, Sheena Das-Disney Media/NY, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment, Inc./CA, Nicole Correnti–Fuse Media/NY, Anjali Desai-Departure Films/NY, Jenna Ennis-Red Bull Media House/CA, Amanda Thornton-Red Arrow Industries/TN, Taj Corinaldi-Fullscreen/CA, and David Korduner-DGA/CA
 
 

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