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01/26/16: Spotify finally gets into video; digital is giving TV a run for its money in presidential politics; E! releases its first digital scripted series

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.26.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday January 26, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   Spotify will finally go beyond the music: The streaming service is launching video content this week on its Android app. The iOS app will see video content added to its app next week. It […]

01/25/16: Google may be looking to create VR hardware; Netflix wants out of contract with Relativity Media; Google hires VR Evangelist for YouTube

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.25.16 Good morning. It’s Monday January 25, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for January 25-31: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include dancer and TV personality Kym Johnson (ABC’s Dancing with the Stars), actor and comedian […]

01/22/16: Facebook launches sporting events hub; Chinese censors crack down on streamers; Hulu nabs Triumph the Insult Comic Dog election special

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.22.16 Good morning. It’s Friday January 22, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   The NFL playoffs are kind of popular. Facebook seems to have taken note of this. In a new initiative that more than one publication has called a direct competitor to Twitter and […]

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01/21/16: Nielsen introduces Facebook measurements; Netflix wants to renew licensed CW programming; NextVR and Fox Sports to broadcast VR boxing event

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.21.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday January 21, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   Looks like Netflix isn’t ready to rely entirely on original content just yet. Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos confirmed that the company is currently in renewal talks with Warner Bros. and CBS, which […]

01/20/16: Univision takes stake in The Onion, New Cuba-centric OTT network to launch in April, Oscar De La Hoya to launch two boxing-centric streaming services

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.20.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday January 20, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   From this day forward, the satirical news site The Onion will be a Spanish-language publication… Okay, that’s not true – though Onion Inc. has indeed sold a large stake to Univision Communications. “Univision…has […]

01/19/16: Vimeo greenlights new Miranda Sings series; two Snapchat execs get more responsibilities; Netflix pushes back on viewership claims

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.19.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday January 19, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for January 18-24: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include actress Olivia Munn (Ride Along 2), entrepreneur and TV personality Daymond John (ABC’s Shark […]

01/15/16: GoPro forced to replace entertainment chief; Latino oriented comedy studio Mas Mejor launches; ESPN launches eSports vertical

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.15.16 Good morning. It’s Friday January 15, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. VIRTUAL REALITY GoPro announced that it expects fourth quarter revenue to clock in at about $435 million – well short of the $500-550 it had originally expected. (Calendar-year revenue will likely amount to about $1.6 billion.) […]

01/14/16: Goldman Sachs predicts $80 billion VR market by 2025; PewDiePie and Maker Studios launch digital network; Turner Broadcasting to launch Ad Lab

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.14.16 Good morning. It’s Thursday January 14, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   So just how big will the virtual and augmented reality market get? In a series of charts, Goldman Sachs Global Investment Research lays out its thoughts on the subject. Here’s the upshot: Goldman thinks […]

01/13/16: Twitter integrates Periscope into platform; Amazon touts increased streaming viewership; VLC Video Player debuts on Apple TV

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.13.16 Good morning. It’s Wednesday January 13, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   Up Periscope! The video live-streaming app is being integrated into the platform of its parent company, Twitter. Starting yesterday, users of the Twitter iOS app could start viewing live auto-playing video streams directly […]

01/12/16: Huffington Post to make changes to HuffPost Live; Wall Street Journal joins Snapchat Discover; HTC Vive headset to ship in April

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.12.16 Good morning. It’s Tuesday January 12, 2016, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   HuffPost Live is getting a little less live. According to a company memo obtained by Politico, The Huffington Post is making major changes to its live video section. The news site will shift […]

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