Cynopsis: Digital

06/16/16: YouTube offers free video shoots for small businesses; BuzzFeed fires employees for contract breach; Comcast funds VR company Felix & Paul

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.16.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday June 16, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Dynamic Creative: Dynamic creative refers to video ad creative that’s customized in advance and/or is able to be transformed upon delivery. The “transformation” in question would be geared toward more precise targeting of audience segments. […]

06/15/16: Twitter acquires stake in SoundCloud; Appeals court upholds net neutrality; Netflix acquires Ricky Gervais-starring ‘Office’ spinoff film

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.15.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday June 15, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Latency: In virtual reality, Latency refers to a phenomenon in which visuals don’t quite keep up with a user’s of vision when the users head is moved. The lower the amount of latency, the more […]

06/14/16: Apple TV integrates Dish’s Sling TV; Snapchat unveils huge advertising expansion; Microsoft buys LinkedIn for $26.2 billion

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.14.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday June 14, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Video Ad Completion rate: Video ad completion rate is a measurement referring to the percentage of all video ads that play through their entire duration. It’s also known as Video Completion Rate (VCR) or […]

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06/13/16: More Chromecasts than Apple TVs ship in Q1; Hulu skinny bundle likely to cost about $34; IAB study shows record quarter of online ad revenue

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM FREEWHEEL The Quarterly Barometer of the Industry Has Arrived! REGISTER NOW: FreeWheel Q1 VMR Webinar on June 15 Today’s media landscape is more complex than ever before, requiring Programmers, MVPDs, and Digital Pure-Plays to keep monetization efforts one step ahead of user behavior. The Q1 Video Monetization Report delivers definitive […]

06/10/16: AT&T exec is skeptical of skinny bundles; Apple to offer paid search ads for App Store; The Weather Channel launches first mobile app

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.10.16 Good morning. It’s Friday June 10, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   First Look: In programmatic video, first look refers to a situation in which the media-seller gives certain buyers first priority in access to ad inventory. For instance, a publisher selling its inventory through two […]

06/09/16: Apple App store changes revenue-sharing terms; Snapchat may pass Twitter and Pinterest in users this year; NextVR to broadcast U.S. Open

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.09.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday June 9, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Attribution: In marketing, Attribution refers to the process of identifying a set of user actions (also known as “events” or “touchpoints”) that contribute to a desired outcome, and then giving each of those actions […]

06/08/16: Snapchat launches redesigned Discover page; Twitter loses product chief; AT&T and the Chernin Group look to launch subscription video bundle

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.08.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday June 8, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   CPM: CPM, or “cost per mille,” is a measurement metric referring to the cost of an ad reaching 1,000 members of its audience. Digital display ads are generally sold under a CPM system.   […]

06/07/16: BuzzFeed kills ad deal with RNC due to concerns with Trump; Facebook teams with Blizzard to live-stream game-play; Hulu cancels Deadbeat

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.07.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday June 7, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Sourced Traffic: Sourced traffic refers to a practice in which publishers acquire audiences from third parties, then represent those audiences as their own. Publishers generally do so in order to fulfill advertiser commitments. As […]

06/06/16: Instagram launches algorithm-based feed; Twitter introduces new carousel ad format; Samsung re-introduces Gear VR promotion

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.06.16 Good morning. It’s Monday June 6, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Carousel ads: Carousel ads are an advertising format in which several items – such as videos, photos, or text – are displayed and rotate within a banner. Users generally scroll through the items manually, making […]

06/03/16: Warner Bros. to launch new OTT division; Twitter offering 360-degree videos for NBA Finals; Julie Andrews lands new Netflix series for kids

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.03.16 Good morning. It’s Friday June 3, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Client-side: The client-side refers to operations that are performed by the client in a client–server relationship in a computer network. Generally, a client is a computer application (such as a web browser) that runs on […]

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