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05/04/16: Instagram lets video marketers use carousel format; Amazon acquires British period drama; Periscope hires former Wired Editor to help curate

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 05.04.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday May 4, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER Click-through rate: In digital advertising, “click-through rate” refers to the percentage of people visiting a page who access a link to a particular ad. It’s a vital metric for judging the success of an online […]

05/03/26: Hulu to launch Internet TV service; BuzzFeed discusses branded partnerships at NewFront; NY Times to delve deeper into VR

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 05.03.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday May 3, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   IPTV: Short for Internet Protocol television. IPTV is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as a LAN or the Internet – as […]

05/02/16: Rovi to acquire TiVo; Snapchat now sees 10 billion daily video views; FCC won’t put brakes on new ad privacy proposals

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 05.02.16 Good morning. It’s Monday May 2, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Shoppable content: Editorial, image, or video content is “shoppable” when it provides an easy way for consumers to directly purchase its featured products. For instance: If an ad for a handbag is clickable, and […]

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04/29/16: Amazon reports monster Q1 revenue; DreamWorks’ Katzenberg to oversee AwesomenessTV after Comcast acquisition; Vevo launches redesigned site

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 04.29.16 Good morning. It’s Friday April 29, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   TV Everywhere: A TV Everywhere platform (generally a mobile app or an Internet-based service) allows consumers to view pay TV content by authenticating themselves as current subscribers to a channel. As long as you […]

04/28/16: Yahoo ends fight with Starboard Value; Samsung looks to build standalone headset; Vox Media hires CFO

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 04.28.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday April 28, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Earned Content: Content created and shared to social and digital platforms by fans of a marketer’s message – as opposed to the marketer itself.     TOP NEWS   With all the drama surrounding […]

04/27/16: YouTube redesigns app and launches new ad format; China shutters DisneyLife service; Netflix to enable in-app billing on Android devices

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 04.27.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday April 27, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Data onboarding: Data onboarding – sometimes called ‘data on-ramping’ – is the process of transferring offline data into actionable digital data. Vendors specializing in data onboarding will use a company’s offline data – such […]

04/26/16: Fullscreen launches SVOD service; Facebook developing video app; FCC bans data caps under Charter’s acquisition of Time Warner Cable

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04/25/16: China closes iTunes Movies and iBooks Store; Netflix and NCTC near cable integration agreement; Facebook News Feed to favor engagement time

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 04.25.16 Good morning. It’s Monday April 25, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   SDK: Short for Software Development Kit. An SDK is a set of software development tools that allows for the creation of applications for a specific development platform. For instance, developers creating an iPhone app […]

04/22/16: Google to explore dynamic ad insertion; Dailymotion partners with SourceKnowledge; BET digital team talks Prince

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 04.22.16 Good morning. It’s Friday April 22, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Dynamic Ad Insertion: Dynamic Ad Insertion technology allows advertisers to remove the ads that aired during initial broadcast, replacing them with new ads. The technology can theoretically be used across all VOD platforms, both […]

04/21/16: Sony’s Crackle unveils ad initiatives at Upfront; AOL buys VR studio RYOT; Netflix content obligations rise in Q1

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 04.21.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday April 21, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S CODEBREAKER   Content Obligations: Any outstanding costs that a distributor or service is contractually obligated to pay to producers or licensors for content.     TOP NEWS   The line between traditional TV and digital just […]

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