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09/19/16: Google Chrome beta allows background YouTube play; Twitter got 243,000 average viewers during TNF; 20th Century Fox sues Netflix

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.19.16 Good morning. It’s Monday September 19, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Private Exchange: In programmatic ad buying, a private exchange is an ad exchange that is open only to an invited group of buyers. Private exchanges are usually run by major publishers; they allow brands and publishers […]

09/16/16: Study: Netflix gets less profit per hour of viewership than TV; Vice to up its local Japanese content production; Disney announces layoffs

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.16.16 Good morning. It’s Friday September 16, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Cost Per Point (CPP): In digital video advertising, The IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) defines Cost Per Point (CPP) as a pricing model where the advertiser only pays for a video start. CPP is typically sold […]

09/15/16: Twitter app launches for connected TV devices; Google and AppNexus swear off Adblock Plus exchange; Gannett invests in Digg

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.15.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday September 15, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Pupil Swim: In virtual reality, pupil swim refers to an image-distorting effect that sometimes occurs when a user moves his or her eye around the lens of a VR headset.      TOP NEWS   […]

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09/14/16: Vimeo teams with Lionsgate for TV store; YouTube launches beta ‘Community’ feature; Time Inc. names new CEO

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.14.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday September 14, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Affiliate marketing. In online advertising, affiliate marketing refers to an agreement between an advertiser and a publisher in which the publisher receives compensation for every click delivered, and/or for every sale made of the advertiser’s service […]

09/13/16: Univision and Lionsgate partner on SVOD service; Time Inc. launches lifestyle network; Twitter to stream ‘Cheddar’ financial news network

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09/12/16: Nielsen study: second screens may interfere with TV measurement; Hulu nabs Seth Rogen-EP’d series; Amazon in talks for live sports content

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.12.16 Good morning. It’s Monday September 12, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Long-form Video. The IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) defines long-form video as video content that always has a content arc with a beginning, middle, and end, and that typically lasts longer than 10 minutes. (Most frequently, […]

09/09/16: AT&T launches data-free DirecTV streaming plan; NBC secures fall stacking rights; NFL launches Snapchat Discover channel

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.09.16 Good morning. It’s Friday September 9, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Above the Fold Ads: In online advertising, above the fold ads are ads that are visible to webpage visitors without any scrolling. Typically, publishers will charge higher rates for above the fold inventory. “Above the […]

09/08/16: Online conversation doesn’t like iPhone 7’s wireless headphones; Snapchat fires local Stories curators; Amazon Fire TV gets software upgrade

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.08.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday September 8, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Share of Voice: An online advertiser measuring its share of voice is gauging how visible its brand is during a specific time period, usually by looking at percentage of total exposures. In other words, let’s […]

09/07/16: Intel acquires Movidius; eMarketer projects nearly $1 billion in 2017 ad revenue for Snapchat; Bleacher Report beefs up editorial staff

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.07.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday September 7, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER                                                                                     Computer Vision: Computer vision is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the ways in which computers can be made to gain high-level understanding from videos or digital images. From an engineering standpoint, computer vision seeks to […]

09/06/16: ABC Launches four digital shows; desktop now accounts for 32% of time spent on digital; Sky takes stake in French OTT company Molotov

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.06.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday September 6, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Inbound Link: The phrase inbound link refers to when a website links back to another site’s content. The more inbound links the better; they’re indications of high-quality content, and Google’s search algorithm takes them into […]

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