Cynopsis: DIGITAL
10.25.13

Good morning. It’s Friday, October 25, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

TiVo announced yesterday the launch of out-of-home streaming for its new Roamio DVRs. The software update allows subscribers to watch live and recorded shows with a Wi-Fi connection. Currently, the TiVo app is only available for iOS software, but an Android app is planned for early 2014.

YouTube is expected to release a new music streaming service next month similar to Spotify’s paid and free subscription model. The service will target mobile users, and per YouTube’s latest offline mode function, customers can also have the option to briefly store songs on devices. Billboard reported the details yesterday, but YouTube has yet to confirm the news.

…However, YouTube did officially announce on its blog that all channel creators with 10,000 or more followers are now eligible to create paid channels. Previously, the program, which launched in May, was available to only 70 channels.

Yesterday, Vine rolled out a new feature called Time Travel and an editing tool called Sessions. Vine videographers can now edit and save posts before sending them out to the mobile community. The Time Travel tool is the biggest addition though, as it allows users to remove or reorganize shots within a post.

Video streaming network Portal A acquired video production company Seedwell yesterday. Seedwell is known for working with Nike, HTC, Google and Pepsi and has 200 million views on YouTube.

Hulu is now offering video clips for mobile devices to everyone, instead of just the site’s paid subscribers. However, the clips will include pre-roll ads, and consist of only short clips, rather than full episodes.

Twitter is getting ready for Halloween by encouraging its users to spookify their display names for the holiday. Gizmodo’s Leslie Horn rebranded herself as DEVil HORN, and Business Insider’s Steve Kovach changed his to Kovach-O-Lantern.

In 3 short weeks, we’ll announce the winners of the inaugural Cynopsis Digital Model D Awards at the Grand Hyatt in New York City! Check out the impressive list of finalists and register your team today for the November 12th event: http://www.cynopsisdigitalsummit.com/model-d-awards/

Ad tech company Civolution and Optimal, a software platform for real-time ad buying, are integrating their technologies to serve Facebook ads that are synced to TV commercials being watched by FB users. Such magic is the result of Optimal’s real-time bidding platform and Civolution’s ad-triggering service, which will enable brands to buy Facebook exchange ads within two seconds of the corresponding spots airing on TV. A test run by the two companies showed that when a brand’s commercial aired on TV and instantly displayed again on news feeds there was a 60 percent lift in consumer click-through-rates.

Samsung was fined for almost $350,000 for paying people to bash HTC on web forums. The fine came from Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission, which opened the investigation last April.

Call for Submissions: Cynopsis is producing its annual Holiday Programming Guide, which comes out on November 26 and will be sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers. If your network has holiday-themed programming airing from November 27 through December 31, please send your listings to Lynn Leahey at [email protected] no later than Monday November 18. Please include the following information: type of program (i.e. series, special, documentary, movie or holiday-themed episode), title, dates and times of all airings (please indicate when the show first premieres and when subsequent encores will air). A confirmation email will be sent following each submission from Lynn (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).

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ABC News Digital launched the new ABC News App for iPhone and Android devices yesterday. The re-designed app features personalized push notifications, a news inbox, a “Best Reads” section and hourly updates from ABC News Radio. 

Fandango has redesigned its app for the Apple iOS 7 to include a slew of new features. The app will feature Showtime Countdown, quick access to movie trailers and to Fandango’s original series Weekend Ticket, and a new predictive search engine. The new app is available for free in the App Store.

Filmmaker Neal Edelstein of the notoriously scary The Ring franchise and Hooked Digital Media updated its interactive mobile story app Haunting Melissa, just in time for Halloween. The story changes with each viewer’s experience, and new features include interactive motion effects, push notification sounds between chapters and the ability to share creepy screen shots from the story to Instagram. The first chapter is free for all Apple mobile devices.

Americans are getting 30 percent of their news from Facebook, and 78 percent of those said they click on news links to media sites after logging on for unrelated reasons. The new study from Pew Research Center was released yesterday, and noted that since 64 percent of U.S. adults use Facebook, this means that one in three Americans consume news there, too.

Mobile gaming revenue is expected to reach $8 billion in 2013, and $12.8 billion by 2017 according to a recent study from Futuresource Consulting. The new Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles due in November are expected to grow physical and digital games to $50 billion in 2014.
In other words: Within a year, mobile gaming has grown 23 percent, due in part to the rise in mobile device use. Google, Apple and Amazon are no doubt taking notice.

AOL has promoted Ran Harnevo as President of its new global division of AOL Video. The company also announced that Gabriel Lewis will head AOL On Originals in addition to overseeing AOL Studios.

Public relations company Stanton Communications has promoted Amy Calhoun and Catherine Imus to be Executive Vice Presidents and Senior Strategists. The firm also named Lori Russo to the post of Mid-Atlantic Managing Director. Patrick Brady is now the Managing Director of Public Affairs.

Join me and a long list of experts at our November 13 Cynopsis Digital Measurement Summit! This all-day conference will bring together expert speakers on topics including measurement, TV everywhere, data, the second screen, YouTube, and much more! Register your team today: http://www.cynopsisdigitalsummit.com

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Ready, set, grow… a beard. The newly formed Defy Media has brought back its No Shave November or Movember support with promotions from mustached celeb Nick Offerman. The Parks & Recreation star premiered the first video on Made Man’s YouTube channel yesterday, taking the viewer through a hilarious overview of his mustache’s history. The next video will hit the channel in mid-November along with a social program asking fans to share a #ManlyMoment via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Vine for a chance to win a man-cation. Watch the first promotion at www.cynopsis.com.

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CYNOPSIS KIDS WEBINAR
Developing & Distributing Kids Content in the Digital Age
November 12, 2013 | Time: 1:30-3:00 p.m. ET |

Hosted by: Cathy Applefeld Olson  Editor, Cynopsis Kids
Stephen Hodge: Managing Director (Toon Goggles)
Susanna Pollack: Head of Strategy & Partnerships (yummico)
Dane Boedigheimer: Filmmaker (Annoying Orange)
Brandon Cole: Manager, Media & Business Development (Peanuts Worldwide + Iconix Brand Group)

See you tomorrow,
Jessica Reese
10.25.13

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