Cynopsis: Digital

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.28.13 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 28, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS Funny man Harry Shearer is debuting his first web series, “What’s With Honey Poo Poo?” on MyDamnChannel.com on Thursday. The series, of course, was inspired by watching TLC’s Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.27.13 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 27, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Yesterday, YouTube’s ZEFER and Fuisz Media announced a deal to feature a technology that allows video viewers to click on an object in a video and link directly to the appropriate site to purchase the item. […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.26.13 Good morning. It’s Monday, August 26, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. CONTENT EVERYWHERE DirecTV for iPhone has been updated. Its 3.0 edition has a completely new look and user interface, as well as more customization options available, such as directing the device to send content to […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.23.13 Good morning. It’s Friday, August 23, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS Fraggle Rock, the classic Jim Henson show that ran for five seasons, is now available on Hulu Kids!  Streaming-video companies have been battling over kids’ content for months and Hulu Kids! has […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.22.13 Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 22, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS The rumor earlier this week was that Guggenheim Digital had bought a big stake in music video programmer Vevo, but it turns out that the joint venture between Sony Music Entertainment and […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.21.13 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 21, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. ADVERTISING After three straight months of setting new records and surging past 20 billion views in June, online video ad views dropped by a half million views in July, according to Comscore‘s just-released monthly online […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.20.13 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 20, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff denied it on his Twitter account, but the word from VideoInk.com is that Guggenheim Digital Media has bought a big stake of online music video programmer […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.19.13 Good morning. It’s Monday, August 19, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. ADVERTISING YouTube gets so much revenue from advertising that it’s unclear why the video site is, as ghacks.net reports, testing a version of the site that eliminates all the ads on the site: the roadblock […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.16.13 Good morning. It’s Friday, August 16, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS A preliminary agreement has been reached between Sony Corp. and Viacom for Sony’s planned Internet-based video service to carry Viacom’s channels, the Wall Street Journal reports. On-demand content and traditional cable […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.15.13 Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 15, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS The word from Deadline.com is that DirecTV is about to add its third original series. Navy St., an hour-long drama set around a mix-martial arts guy in southern California, is to […]