Cynopsis: DIGITAL
12/07/07
Good morning, it’s Friday, December 7, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
A movie studio and a user generated video site are hitting the road with their hottest property. The Landlord star Will Ferrell will be criss-crossing college campuses next February to promote FunnyOrDie.com and Semi Pro, his latest feature from New Line Cinema. The site will also release a new viral video starring Ferrell and his Semi Pro co-star Andrew Daly each week leading up to the film’s premiere on Leap Year Day, Feb. 29th. The “Will Ferrell’s Funny or Die Comedy Tour” pairs Will with three of the site’s regular stand up comedians, Zach Galifianakis, Demetri Martin, and Nick Swardson.
National Geographic Digital Motion signed an agreement with China Intercontinental Communications Center (CICC) to license approximately 1,300 hours of programming and 3,000 hours of video footage never before seen in the West. The CICC, the media production arm of China’s State Council Information Office, maintains a digital library of footage rich in nature and travel programming. The archive should be of particular interest to National Geographic and third party producers leading up to the Olympic Games next summer, according to Jocelyn Shearer, VP/Video Licensing and Archive Management, National Geographic Digital Motion.
The Sundance Film Festival is expanding its Short Film Program this year to distribute entries on multiple digital platforms. The 83 short films selected from the more than 5,000 films submitted will be available for purchase on iTunes and Xbox 360 for $1.99/each beginning Jan. 18, 2008. Netflix subscribers will be able to view them online for no additional fee. The Sundance website will again feature one free short each day during the festival, which kicks off on Jan. 17.
The Weather Channel Interactive‘s weather.com debuted a newly enhanced ski minisite chock full of information on current conditions, forecasts, events, maps and a selection of “Top to Bottom” instructional videos courtesy of Warren Miller Productions. To promote Epic Conditions, the team also came up with snowjoke.com, an embeddable mashup tool allowing users to create their own personalized ski video.
The newest episode of CBS Mobile‘s original series Danny Bonaduce: Life Coach guest stars the voice and likeness of celebrity blogger Perez Hilton. The two seem made for each other.
Social networking site PeopleJam unveiled its first original online video series featuring one-on-one interviews with celebrities that go beyond the usual gossip. The site’s first batch of interviews ask NBA stars such as Vince Carter and Ray Allen what advice they would give others to help them succeed in life.
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The Television Bureau of Advertising‘s electronic Spot TV buying system, ePort, has signed contracts with 605 local TV stations in 178 DMAs, representing over 96% of U.S. TV households. ePort, expected to roll out Q2 2008, automates the entire transaction process for station airtime, online and digital subchannel inventory.
Mobile advertising solutions provider Amobee Media Systems is enlisting Winstar Interactive Media to represent sales for a selection of mobile ad inventory it manages. Winstar will sell ads and develop relationships with agencies and buyers on behalf of Amobee from its six offices in the U.S.
A couple of mainstream programmers reported their best traffic numbers so far last month. Bravo Digital‘s BravoTV.com and its suite of broadband channel claimed its monthly uniques count reached an all time in Nov. with 3 million visitors. Meanwhile ABCNews.com garnered 16.3 million unique users, an increase of 28% compared to Nov. 2006. ABC News launched a Facebook application last month featuring up-to-the-minute news, video and social networking functionality.
Top Visited US Broadcast Network TV Show Websites (Week ending December 1, 2007)
Rank Network Website Market Share of Visits
1 ABC Dancing With The Stars 29.62%
2 NBC Deal or No Deal 8.03%
3 NBC Heroes 5.43%
4 FOX America’s Most Wanted 3.88%
5 ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition 2.49%
6 NBC The Biggest Loser 2.16%
7 ABC The Bachelor 2.14%
8 FOX American Idol 2.12%
9 ABC Grey’s Anatomy 1.95%
10 NBC The Office 1.93%
Source: Custom report from Hitwise
ABC Television Network hired Amul Shah as Associate Director/Digital Research to develop digital research projects in support of new business and other initiatives.
The iGoogle start page launched a new widget to help users follow their favorite candidates on the campaign trail. The viewer tracks YouTube videos, news and blogs and even maps where in the country they’re currently campaigning. Too bad it’s not embeddable elsewhere.
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
12.07.07
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