Cynopsis: DIGITAL
08/02/10
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Google was let off the hook for collecting personal data from unsecured wireless networks using its Street View Wi-Fi cameras, in Great Britain anyway. Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) examined Google’s operations and determined that “the information we saw does not include meaningful personal details that could be linked to an identifiable person.” Google still must defend itself from a 37-state investigation led by Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal.
Following last month’s acquisition of the Skiff e-reading platform and a share in the Steve Brill/Gordon Crovitz start-up Journalism Online, News Corp. is considering launching a unit to provide news to tablet devices such as the iPad, per the FT and CNBC. News Corp.’s WSJ has sold over 10k iPad subscriptions charging $17.29 a month since launching the app in April.
CBS’ Simon & Schuster Digital became the latest publisher to release an enhanced e-book version of a major release. Rick Perlstein’s Nixonland , released as a $15.99 Kindle edition or Apple iBookstore app for the iPad or iPhone, features 27 supporting videos scattered throughout the book including CBS news clips and telecasts of important events including the ill-fated (for Nixon anyway) Nixon-Kennedy debates in 1960.
Congrats to this year’s nominees for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media, as determined by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group. Final voting begins tomorrow at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills. Competing in the Fiction category are:
- Dexter Interactive (Showtime John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Co., Clyde Phillips Prods.)
- Glee Hyperpromo & Superfan (Coincident TV, FOX Broadcasting)
- Star Wars: Uncut (Produced by Casey Pugh, Annelise Pruitt, Jamie Wilkinson, and Chad Pugh)
The nonfiction nominees are:
- The Biggest Loser Digital Experience (NBC.Com)
- The Jimmy Fallon Digital Experience (produced by Jimmy Fallon, Gavin Purcell, Sara Schaefer and Robert Angelo)
- Top Chef: Las Vegas (Bravo Digital)
Facebook is putting off an initial public offering until 2012 to give the social networking giant more time to raise sales revenue and solve other issues, per Bloomberg.
Twitter is launching a new recommendation service, this one suggesting users you may be interested in following.
House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee Chairman Rick Boucher (D-Va.) and ranking member Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) introduced a new bill on Thursday to empower the FCC to auction off spectrum on a voluntary basis to free up capacity for commercial wireless providers. Broadcasters who agree to part with their spectrum would share in the proceeds. The FCC has said the process would be voluntary but the NAB would obviously like to see it in writing.
The percentage of applications with in-app purchases is significantly higher in the Apple App Store for the iPad (10%) than in the Apple App Store for iPhone (2%), according to Distimo latest app report . The Games and Social Networking categories in both stores have the highest proportion of applications with in-app purchases. The most successful free apps monetized using in-app purchases last month for iPhone were MobiTV (MobiTV), ESPN 2010 FIFA World Cup (ESPN) and Tap Fish (BayView Labs). The most successful paid apps monetized using in-app purchases were Guitar Hero (Activision Publishing, Inc.), TomTom U.S.A. (TomTom International BV) and Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies II (Activision Publishing, Inc.).
Travel sites, soccer-related destinations and media sites such as Oprah.com and Heavy.com saw huge traffic surges in June, according to ComScore‘s monthly rakings. Teen sites also flourished as kids got out of school for the summer, with the category attracting more than 40 million unique visitors in June. Casual gaming sites also experienced an uptick with WildTangent Network taking the top spot with 17.3 million visitors, up 6% versus May. GSN Games Network and CPMStar (16.9 million UV) tied for second the gaming category, followed by Nickelodeon Casual games (15.3 million) EA Online (15.1 million) and Disney Games (14.9 million).
Top 10 Gaining Properties by Percentage Change in Unique Visitors (U.S.)
June 2010 vs. May 2010 Total Unique Visitors (000)
May-10 Jun-10 % Change Rank by Unique Visitors
Total Internet : Total Aud. 215,691 215,061 0 N/A
FIFA.COM 1,393 8,180 487 177
OPRAH.COM 4,039 6,427 59 227
CSMONITOR.COM 4,254 6,711 58 215
The Mozilla Organization 18,770 29,576 58 39
HEAVY.COM 7,020 10,290 47 145
Wenner Media 5,864 7,540 29 193
Univision Communications Inc 5,008 6,317 26 232
American Express 7,177 8,934 24 166
Adidas-Salomon 5,325 6,513 22 225
ESPN 25,359 30,585 21 37
Source: comScore Media Metrix, Ranking based on the top 250 properties in June ’10
Top 10 Gaining Site Categories by Percentage Change in Unique Visitors (U.S.)
June 2010 vs. May 2010 Total U.S. – Home, Work and University Locations
Total Unique Visitors (000)
May-10 Jun-10 % Change_____
Total Internet : Total Audience 215,691 215,061 0
Travel – Transactions 3,900 5,153 32
Community – Teens 33,602 40,579 21
Travel – Hotels/Resorts 33,613 36,575 9
Online Gaming 95,880 102,809 7
Travel – Ground/Cruise 13,015 13,895 7
Travel – Airlines 28,104 29,909 6
Community – Pets 24,982 26,507 6
Travel – Car Rental 6,571 6,937 6
Travel – Online Travel Agents 42,940 45,113 5
Technology 141,480 148,163 5
Source: comScore Media Metrix
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is planning to launch its own tablet device to compete with Apple’s iPad, reports Bloomberg. The “Blackpad” will take advantage of the BlackBerry’s corporate-friendly architecture, featuring secure email and messaging.
Art Williams has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access 360 Media, part of new executive team installed at the out-of-home media’s New York headquarters. Lon E. Otremba has been elevated to Chairman; William Powers has been named EVP/Sales; Dave Roberts takes the role of EVP/Team Partnerships; and Corey Silverman has been tapped as EVP/Marketing.
Foster City, CA-based digital marketing firm Adchemy hired Stacey Giamalis as VP, General Counsel and Gregg Loos as VP/Platform Sales, both reporting to Murthy Nukala, CEO.
Online video publisher My Damn Channel celebrated its 3rd birthday on Saturday by announcing an ambitious slate of 10 new damn channels, 3 of which premiere this summer. The site, known for producing such classics as “Easy To Assemble” and “You Suck at Photoshop,” has managed to attract some of the biggest names in online video (Harry Shearer, Illeana Douglas) by offering creative freedom and an honest share of the revenue take. Studios in particular have found it an attractive environment in which to advertise. For instance, Paramount (which bought pre-rolls across the entire site) is launching a channel to promote the new Steve Carell/Paul Rudd comedy, “Dinner for Schmucks.” Former Colbert Report writer Mark Malkoff is bottling some of his corporate-tied stunts (such as visiting all 171 Manhattan Starbucks in a single day) for his own channel later this month. Then there’s “Children’s Hospital: Dr. Owen Maestro”, a spinoff of TheWB.com’s series, now airing on Sunday Nights on Adult Swim. Go Sukashi, filmed in “Actionscope” is a take off on the “tokusatu” genre of low budget TV programming in Japan (made popular by Ultraman in the 60’s) has already premiered. We’ll have to wait until the fall for season 3 of Easy to Assemble, in which Illeana (who’s doing a guest bit on Entourage next season) and crew go to IKEA’s home base of Sweden to try and track down the roots of the band Sparhusen.
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
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08.02.10
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