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10.07.16 Good morning. It’s Friday October 7, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
Room-Scale VR: Room-scale virtual reality is the use of a designated space to enable movement for someone using a VR app (i.e., a game or cinematic experience). In room-scale VR, when a user walks around within a given space, that movement registers within their virtual experience.
TOP NEWS
Well that certainly didn’t go as planned. Variety reports that BitTorrent Now, the ad-supported music and video streaming app that BitTorrent launched in June, has been shuttered. And perhaps more importantly, the company has fired Co-CEOs Robert Delamar and Jeremy Johnson (and laid off a number of other staffers), according to the report. CFO Dipak Joshi has reportedly taken over as interim CEO.
Once Snapchat gave itself a new corporate name last month, we might have guessed this was coming: Snap Inc. is preparing the paperwork for an initial pubic offering, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Journal reports that the IPO could happen by March, and that the company will likely be valued at $25 billion or more. The company’s most recent valuation, in May, clocked in at just under $18 billion. Suffice it to say, Snapchat (sorry, Snap Inc.) is growing very quickly. The company has told investors that it expects to see $1 billion in revenue next year.
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Playwire Media, the gaming-and-entertainment centric digital ad rep firm, has teamed with the programmatic advertising platform SpotX. Under the new partnership, SpotX will manage Playwire Media’s video ad deals across owned-and-operated sites, and across Playwire Media’s syndication partners.
The Kotex-branded YouTube vampire series Carmilla will be sinking its teeth into bigger things. Shaftesbury-owned digital studio Smokebomb Entertainment, along with the branded entertainment agency shift2, plan to turn the scripted digital series into a feature film starring the original cast. It’ll be set five years after the show’s current season (season 3). The film is slated for a fall 2017 release. Variety was the first to report the news.
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FilmStruck is almost here. Turner’s upcoming classic movie-streaming service, which was originally announced in April, now has an official launch date of October 19. The service, which will be managed by Turner Classic Movies and the Criterion Collection, represents Turner’s first major foray into the direct-to-consumer SVOD market. It’ll debut only for U.S. customers to start.
Former MTV and CBS Radio exec Andy Schoun has launched a new digital venture. Dubbed Every Day Networks, the new media company focuses on digital OTT brands. To begin, its channels include PlanesTrains+Automobiles, Fuel TV (which was recently acquired from Fox), and Business Rockstars. Schoun launched Every Day Networks alongside other media execs, including Chief Digital Officer Don Meek (formerly of the Tribune Company) and Head of Audience Development Austin Wignall (formerly of Fox Networks Group). Gary Veloric backed the new company, and serves as Co-Founder and Board Chairman. Variety was the first to report the company’s launch.
VIRTUAL + AUGMENTED REALITY
When it comes to VR hardware, so far there are mobile-based headsets that require a smartphone, and there are higher-end headsets that connect with wires to gaming consoles or PCs. Facebook’s Oculus, it seems, is working on something in-between. At the Oculus Connect 3 event, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Oculus is in the process of developing a new headset that will work without mobile phones, cables, or outside PCs. (The project still doesn’t have a name.) The new headset will make use of what Facebook is calling “inside-out tracking” – in other words, it will let users move through a virtual three-dimensional space without the need for any external hardware made for positional tracking.
Also at the Oculus Connect 3: The company announced some new products, including the new Oculus Touch controllers (shipping December 6), which allow Oculus Rift headset users to physically manipulate virtual objects. And Oculus announced that it will begin selling a new head-tracking camera for the Rift, which will allow the headset to track a users’ movements around an area in a room. (I.e., room-scale VR.) The new head-tracking camera will cost an additional $80. The Rift itself costs $600.
RESEARCH
MediaRadar, the ad sales intelligence company that tracks how ad dollars are spent for print, digital, mobile, and TV clients, took a look at how NBC and ESPN are promoting NFL games. MediaRadar shared key findings with Cynopsis Digital:
– Through the month of September, ESPN promoted Monday Night Football through 183 promotional spots.
– 32% of ESPN’s football promotional marketing was to promote Monday Night Football games. The balance promoted college football, fantasy football and other football programming (interviews, retrospectives, etc).
– Sunday Night Football and Monday Night Football are being promoted very differently between, respectively, NBC and ESPN. NBC promotes Sunday Night Football mostly through NBC Sports. 62% of all Sunday Night football promotional spots ran on NBC Sports, whereas ESPN represents 13% of all Monday Night Football promotion.
– If we include all six ESPN channels, we can see an additional story emerge. ESPN is using their significant reach through the six channels to actively promote Monday Night Football. This is driving a huge audience to the main channel for the event. And this creates almost 2x the promotional spots that are placed across NBCUniversal channels.
– MediaRadar
It’s about time Lionsgate had an official position for this. The company has named a new exec to lead its OTT efforts. Julie Uhrman will serve as EVP and GM of Lionsgate Over-the-Top Ventures, a newly created position. Uhrman is a digital media entrepreneur who, among other things, served as Founder and CEO of the Android-based game console Ouya. At Lionsgate, she’ll oversee strategy, growth, and roll-out for all streaming services. It’s a vital role: The company has undertaken a variety of OTT partnerships of late, and shows no sign of slowing down. So far, Lionsgate has launched streaming platforms in partnership with Comic-Con Interntional and Tribeca Enterprises, and has teamed with Univision and comedian Kevin Hart on upcoming offerings.
Time Inc.’s People has promoted Sara Nathan to Executive Editor, Digital. Nathan, who joined People as News Director last year, will now lead news and programming for People.com.
TRIVIA
Our Last Trivia Question: Some names for you: Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey. Only one of the five graduated from college. Which one? Answer: Amazon founder Jeff Bezos graduated from Princeton. The other four were college dropouts. Kudos to Andy Pittman-TAMU/TX, Mathew Tombers-Intermat, Inc./NY, Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment, Inc./CA, Luke Watson-Roker Labs/NY, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/CA, Amanda Nojadera-Common Sense Media/CA, MaryKate Breslin-CBS Sports Network/NY, and Gabi Schwartz-Nielsen/CA
Follow-up: Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg both dropped out of Harvard, and Jack Dorsey dropped out of NYU. But Steve Jobs dropped out of a lower-profile school. Which one? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and state.)
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David Teich
10.07.16
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