CYNOPSISDIGITAL
09.27.16

Good morning. It’s Tuesday September 27, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

Click Fraud: Click fraud is a type of internet crime. It occurs in pay-per-click online advertising when a person, automated script, or computer program imitates a legitimate user of a web browser clicking an ad, in order to generate a charge.

Change and evolve: That’s how you survive in a mega-competitive marketplace. And it’s safe to say that the world of connected TV devices is exactly that. That’s why Roku has unveiled five new streaming products: two are entry-level (one of them selling for as low as $29.99) and three are updated versions of the existing puck-shaped Roku. The two lower-priced offerings, called the Express and Express+, offer 1080p streaming with a remote. The three higher-end items – Roku Premiere ($80), Premiere+ ($100), and Ultra ($130) – all come equipped with 4K streaming support. The two most expensive also support HDR (high-definition range) video. In a bit of a rebranding effort, Roku has stopped numbering its new models: no more Roku 1, 2, 3, or 4.

Twitter‘s annual Online Video Playbook report, which it provided exclusively to Adweek, unveiled some notable statistics. For one, Twitter sees 800 million visitors a month. The report posits that 64% of those users influence the purchases of friends and family, and that 82% are actively engaged with brands on Twitter. When it comes to video, 93% of viewing takes place on mobile devices. And videos on Twitter are six times more likely to be re-tweeted than photos. They’re also three times more likely to be re-tweeted than GIFs. For advertisers, the report also points out the video components that tend to get the most viewer attention. Among them are "prominent branding in the first 5 seconds." For instance, Twitter says that having a brand logo in a video can increase purchase intent by 9%.

AOL will be making major use of RYOT, the VR studio that AOL’s Huffington Post acquired last year. AOL’s newest moves come as part of a partnership with American Family Insurance and the WPP-owned media agency Mindshare. According to AOL, AFI will tap into RYOT and other AOL services and solutions to build: a dedicated branded content on the The Huffington Post; a branded 360-degree video series; 360-degree videos that will be enabled across AOL’s online ad formats; and AOL research around the development of metrics for 360-degree consumer and advertiser engagement. AOL says that AFI will be the first company to use its full suite of new solutions.

FOTV Media Networks Inc., an interrelated group of digital media companies that produces and distributes video, hologram, VR and 360-degree content, announced a new addition to one of its platforms. The Internet TV provider FilmOn.com has added the sports-oriented satellite and cable channel ONE World Sports. The move comes about a month after ONE World Sports dropped off of Dish and its Sling TV platform.

SHAREABLEE SOCIAL TV RATINGS: Top U.S. Streaming Shows Overall by Engagement for the week of September 19-25, 2016
Program, Date, Total Actions (000), Total Content, Actions per Post (000), Fans/Followers (000)
1. Orange Is the New Black (Netflix) 490, 6, 82, 9267
2. Fuller House (Netflix) 235,2, 118, 1037
3. Stranger things (Netflix) 154, 12, 13, 3120
4. Narcos (Hulu) 115, 18, 6, 3289
5. Trailer Park Boys (Netflix) 96, 16, 6, 1914
6. Longmire (Netflix) 58, 5, 12, 522
7. BoJack Horseman (Netflix) 57, 28, 2, 785
8. Sense8 (Netflix) 53, 3, 18, 1453
9. Chelsea (Netflix) 50, 1, 281
10. The Mindy Project (Hulu) 48, 20, 2, 876
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.

 
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.

OpenSlate Engagement Data for the Gaming vertical, based on the engagement metric for the week ending September 25.
Channel (Engagement)/Monthly Views/Total Subs/SlateScore
LeafyIsHere (9.8) / 79,811,490 / 4,822,896 / 740
rezendeevil (9.8) / 129,331,920 / 8,511,580 / 792
jacksepticeye(9.8) / 198,533,610 / 12,300,719 / 772
TheDiamondMinecart(9.8) / 224,893,860 / 12,546,794 / 749
PewDiePie(9.8) /233,887,080 /48,086,643 /827
elrubiusOMG(9.7) / 128,742,240 / 20,808,839 / 794
juegagerman (9.7) / 137,348,880 / 15,126,658 / 736
markiplierGAME (9.7) / 181,263,690 / 14,503,340 / 771
orugrat (9.6) /19,298,820 / 3,223,200 / 730
fernanfloo (9.6)/ 134,307,840 / 15,616,603 / 729
Source: The Engagement metric is one of OpenSlate’s component scores, and is a measure of a producer’s ability to evoke meaningful interaction with their audience. It is calculated on a scale of 1-10 with higher being better. The OpenSlateEngagement score uses a subset of the data incorporated in the SlateScore to perform a set of unique calculations. It factors in views, comments, likes, and more.

Only one actor in a streaming series has ever won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. (Actually, he did it twice.) Who is it? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and state.)

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The big screen is about to be invaded by VR. Or at least, by the story and characters of a prominent VR short.  Invasion!, the short virtual reality film from VR animation company Baobab Studios, is getting a feature film adaptation. Roth Kirschenbaum Films announced that it will collaborate with Baobab to bring the characters and story of Invasion! to the big screen. The short, which involves a bunny’s encounter with aliens, is narrated by Ethan Hawke. It initially premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April. Check out a preview here.

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