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5/04/07

Good Morning, it’s Friday, May 4, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

The Sen. Barack Obama campaign got into flap with a LA-based paralegal who had been using his MySpace page to convince his “friends” to vote for the presidential candidate. Joe Anthony started the profile page three years ago, attracting more than 30,000 friends before Obama even announced his candidacy this January. The head start gave the Senator cache in the press, as reports circulated of Obama winning the “MySpace primary.” As traffic to the site increased, Anthony’s workload spiked, prompting him to ask for compensation from the campaign. The Obama internet team refused and complained to MySpace. The social networking site froze Anthony out of the account and ceded control of the page to campaign staffers. The end result so far is a massive loss of friends; the Obama profile currently has just over 22,000 friends down from 160,000 at the beginning of this week.
 

 
IAC‘s local online guide Citysearch introduced a new video feature powered by TurnHere to give users an inside glimpse of local businesses. Local shops can upload footage and personalized messages that come in searches for local information. The product is part of push by the Barry Diller – led IAC to maximize local internet advertising revenue. Meanwhile, IAC’s search engine Ask.com launched a major TV and web-based ad campaign to promote the relaunch of the site and the debut of a new search technology planned for later this year. The ads, designed by Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, insert techie terms such as “algorithm” into casual conversation.
 
American Eagle Outfitters is sponsoring It’s a Mall World, its first original series for the web. Shorter three-minute versions of the comedy will premier on air during MTV’s Real World from August 1. Full-length five-minute webisodes will be viewable in American Eagle stores and stream exclusively on ae.com on Thursday nights beginning August 2. The 12-episode show’s ensemble cast includes Sam Huntington (Superman Returns) and Dianna Agron (Shark) and is produced by Divine Pictures.
 
Discovery Channel and Discovery Health Channel are inviting viewers to submit “ cancer collages” to share their personal experiences with the disease. The forum is a tie-in to Ted Koppel’s latest Discovery special Koppel on Discovery: Living With Cancer premiering Sunday May 6 at 8 pm ET/PT, featuring conversations with Executive Producer Leroy Sievers and cyclist Lance Armstrong.
 

Mobile video provider mywaves Inc. launched a free web-to-mobile and mobile-to-web video player, allowing users to upload and share videos back and forth from the web to their mobile phones. Consumers can go to the mywaves site to download the video player and create a customizable channel that can be played on any site supporting embedded code including MySpace, Friendster and Blogger. The service works across 3G, Edge and EVDO mobile carriers and on most video-capable phones.
 
Netflix introduced some new features to its instant movie download service powered by Microsoft‘s new video platform Silverlight. Users can choose between half or full-screen viewing, skip the opening credits and navigate through DVD-like chapters, rate a film for other users, pull up an interactive screen to learn more about the filmmakers or chat about the movie with friends using the integrated Instant Messaging feature.
 
Meanwhile, Blockbuster said its competing Total Access download movie service is still three to four months away. Spending on the initiative increased losses to $49.2 million during the first quarter. Subscriptions for the current Total Access service, which allows customers to order titles to be shipped online and returned via mail or in the store, grew to 2.8 million, up 800,000 during the quarter.
 

 
Steve Jobs answered environmental critics with a long missive posted on the Apple web site outlining the company’s efforts to recycle and eliminate toxic materials. He even pulled back the curtain a little to reveal what’s in development: Macs with mercury-free displays backlit by LEDs and glass monitors free of arsenic. Apple joins Google, Yahoo, H-P and IBM in the trend to promote greener operations. Greenpeace, for one, sees the letter as a step in the right direction, but questions what’s being done internationally.
 
CBS Corp. Executive Chairman Sumner Redstone and CBS President and CEO Les Moonves promised the company would continue to focus on monetizing content across new distribution platforms in an earnings call with analysts. The CBS Interactive Audience Network, CBS’ name for its multiplatform, multi-site approach, was created to “greatly increase the reach of our core content and to secure new platforms that can help us create next-generation content,” according to Moonves. CBS reported a small decline in earnings to $213.5 million but did not break out interactive revenues.
 
Research In Motion unveiled the BlackBerry Curve, a sexier new smartphone that allows users to search for music and video files on their computers. New software developed with Roxio Inc. adds iPod-like functionality such as the ability to create playlists, scroll through songs and manage digital media. The entry level Curve is currently being offered through AT&T for $99.
 
Gemstar-TV Guide introduced a new suite of cross platform guidance tools to improve the linear TV Guide product and help viewers navigate content on multiple devices. The tools will be licensed to cable, satellite, telco and mobile distributors, designed to complement existing interactive program guides. The “My TV Guide” suite of tools include:

• MetaPlus Enhanced Data, providing a portal-style user interface to the TV Guide screen featuring video previews, extras, movie data, editorial recommendations and family ratings.
• Personalized Guide Services, using algorithms to match viewers with relevant shows, stars and sports teams. TV Guide’s editorial staff will create “Hot Lists” to recommend programming.
• Cross Platform Messaging, enabling interoperability between set-top, PC and mobile devices. A “Remote Recording” service will enable DVR recording to be set from a PC or cell phone.
• Advanced Guide Ad Services, bringing interactive, rich media adverting features to the TV environment
• Client Applications, delivering operators a toolkit to simplify implementation of TV Guide services.

 
Internet Radio Broadcasters were granted a reprieve by Copyright Royalty Board, which postponed the deadline to pay new per-song fees by two months from May 15 to July 15. Webcasters now have 30 days within which to file for an appeal of the decision in federal court.
 

Microsoft acquired Paris-based mobile advertising company Pioneer ScreenTonic for an undisclosed sum. ScreenTonic provides advertisers with a range of mobile ad formats and ad management/reporting systems, working with carriers in Belgium, France and the U.K. The acquisition is seen as an effort to jumpstart the nascent mobile advertising market in the U.S.
 
AOL was the bright spot in a better-than-expected earnings report for Time Warner, as ad sales increased over 40% following AOL’s transition from a subscription-based walled garden service to a free ad-supported web portal. The division’s overall revenue fell by 25% due to a drop in subscriptions, but new initiatives such as AOL Search Marketplace and AOL Local Search helped minimize the impact. AOL is now the #3 provider of internet services in the U.S. with 12 million customers, behind AT&T (12.9 million) and Comcast (12.1 million).
 
Publicis Group is creating an international digital advertising network called Publicis Modem. The company will combine the resources of existing interactive unit Dialog with online ad network Digitas and Digitas subsidiary Modem Media. The latter company’s current president Martin Reidy will become CEO of Publicis Modem. Digital revenue accounts from 15% of the Publicis group’s overall revenue thanks to the Digitas acquisition, according to quarterly earnings reports.
 

 
Almost half of European viewers are watching TV online according to new study conducted by StrategyOne for Motorola. The French are the most avid online viewers, with 59% turning to the web to watch shows, followed by Italians, Brits and Germans. Some 57% of viewers said they want the ability to go online with their set-top box during a live TV broadcast to check sports statistics or shop for fashion show items while 35% said they want the ability to pause, fast forward or rewind live TV.
 
The American Idol website ranked as the most visited broadcast network show site for the week ending April 28, according to Hitwise, garnering a 32.9% market share. NBC’s Deal or No Deal came in second with a 12.3% share and ABC’s Dancing With the Stars site fished third with 9.3% of the category’s clicks, based on Hitwise’s 10 million users sample.
 

 
Meredith 360° promoted Julie Fuoti to VP/Client Solutions. She will lead the company’s strategic marketing unit focused on developing multimedia assets and services to key customers across content, interactive, print, video, broadcast and mobile business units.
 
Hispanic ad agency la comunidad, Miami named Andrei Ivanoff as Director/Interactive. Former head of Interactive and Design Planning for Siboney USA, he will spearhead creative conception, development and strategic planning and report to Jose Molla, Founder/Chief Creative Officer.
 

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Tivo is trying to capture a larger share of the DVR market with a new $15 million ad campaign, created by the Kaplan Thaler Group and featuring the tagline “My Tivo gets me.” Look for TV, Radio and in theater spots, blog postings, contests and promotional events. The companion website does a good job of explaining what differentiates Tivo from generic DVRs, with personal testimonies from the likes of TV Critic Gene Shalit.

A new website will be featured here everyday for you to check out. Some are TV-centric, some creative, some just plain strange. Email me your suggestions at [email protected] and if I include the site you mention, your name, company and city will be credited. Only one mention per calendar week, to make it fair.

Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digitals
05.04.07

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JOB OPENING: MULTI-PLATFORM MKTG/Rainbow Media/NYC: Create online branding/marketing/promo campaigns for Lifeskool & Sportskool On Demand networks. Manage web content/programming. Min 3 yrs online exp. [email protected] (5/11)

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JOB OPENING: ACCT EXEC/ Nielsen Media Research: Sales/client support for LA’s synd’n & ntwrk client base (prsnl acct rep), prospecting, & issue resolution.Req: 4 yr. deg, 4 yrs. in ind, & Nielsen data usage. Apply: www.nielsen.com (5/10)

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JOB OPENING: MKTG DIR/Rainbow Media/NYC: Create & mng mrktng/promo strategy for Life skool On Demand TV Network. Min 7 yrs exp creating consumer mktg plans to drive awareness/viewership/revenue. [email protected]   (5/10)

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