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11/03/15: Snapchat tries to calm nervous users after privacy policy update; Yahoo bails on Simon Cowell-produced music competition; SpotX and Clypd develop ad sales system to manage traditional and digital

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11/02/15: ESPN kills long-form story and video hub Grantland; Instagram tests curated video feature; Amazon officially stops selling Chromecast and Apple TV

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 11.02.15 Good morning. It’s Monday November 2, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for November 2-8: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include actress and TV personality Patricia Heaton (the Food Network’s Patricia Heaton’s Parties), actor James […]

10/30/15: Maker Studios to create original series for Verizon’s Go90 service; Netflix plans Middle East expansion; Twitch debuts new streaming section for artists

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.30.15 Good morning. It’s Friday October 30, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS Maker Studios is gearing up for some more making. The Disney-owned digital media company will produce at least eight original series for Go90, Verizon’s mobile streaming service. That includes content based on Marvel comics and […]

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10/29/15: Lorne Michaels’ prod company launches new comedic sports platform; New Apple TV to debut Friday; YouTube debuts its new subscription service YouTube Red

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.29.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday October 29, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS What do Andy Samberg, “Weird Al” Yankovic, and Wyclef Jean have in common? If you answered “sports,” then, bizarrely enough, you’re correct. They and others will contribute to The Kicker, a sports and comedy-centric streaming […]

10/28/15: Twitter announces World Series ads, stagnant user growth; Snapchat unveils promoted Discover page; Netflix’s Beasts of No Nation garners 3M North American Viewers

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.28.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday October 28, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   During a Q3 Earnings call, newly minted Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced plans to roll out new TV ads during the World Series. But unfortunately for Twitter, the call wasn’t all peanuts and Cracker […]

10/27/15: Yahoo’s NFL live stream gets 15.2M viewers; Next gen Apple TV now available for pre-order; PewDiePie passes 40 million YouTube subscribers

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.27.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday October 27, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   Yahoo streamed the first-ever Internet-exclusive NFL game Sunday. According to Yahoo and the NFL, 15.2 million unique viewers (about 10 million of them in the U.S.) caught the match-up between the Buffalo Bills and […]

10/26/15: Vice to launch TV channels in the U.S. and throughout Europe; Twitter launches Promoted Moments; ESPN forced to remove its YouTube videos

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.26.15 Good morning. It’s Monday October 26, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for October 19-25: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include musician Jewel, actress Susan Lucci (Devious Maids), and musician Gwen Stefani – Acorn TV: […]

10/23/15: AppleTV begins accepting app submissions; Instagram launches new short video app Boomerang; Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino team up on Halloween Instagram contest

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.23.15 Good morning. It’s Friday October 23, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   The next gen Apple TV ships next week, and with it comes a new operating system, tvOS. One of the OS’s most compelling features is that it will make a wide array of TV […]

10/22/15: YouTube officially launches subscription service; Yahoo loses $42M on original content in Q3; Disney to launch U.K. SVOD service

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.22.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday October 22, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   YouTube’s subscription service is coming, and soon. Dubbed YouTube Red, it will feature several original series, which will begin rolling out early next year. Those include Scare PewDiePie, a reality series starring Felix “PewDiePie” […]

10/21/15: Tim Cook says new Apple TV will ship next week; CNN funds launch of digital news video service; Cynopsis Digital visits SeeSo launch event

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 10.21.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday October 21, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TOP NEWS   CBS has launched its All Access SVOD and live streaming service on Apple TV. The Apple TV version of the app clocks in at $5.99 a month. The launch comes just a week before […]

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