Monday, January 14th, 2008

Cynopsis: DIGITAL

01/14/08

Good morning, it’s Monday, January 14, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

Netflix is lifting the cap it has imposed on heavy movie streamers on the eve of the iTunes rental announcement, expected to be made at tomorrow’s Macworld expo. Customers on the $16.99/month plan will now have unlimited access to its library of 6,000 online movies and TV shows. Ironically Netflix’s Watch Instantly service still doesn’t support Mac users, but the announcement may steal some of Steve Jobs’ thunder nonetheless.

~ MULTIPLATFORM CONTENT NEWS ~

 
Microsoft agreed to help The Library of Congress to begin digitizing its vast historical archives, with aim of setting up interactive kiosks in the library’s Jefferson Building and enhancing its website myloc.gov. Interactive galleries will be made of such documents as The Declaration of Independence and the Guttenberg Bible.
 
Leslie Stahl’s interview with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on CBS’ 60 Minutes last night will likely be seen as the next step in the company’s legitimization as the heir apparent to Google – both Charlene Li of Forrester Research and Kara Swisher of wsj.com’s AllthingsD.com couldn’t help compare the two. But the young man still seems reluctant to take advantage of the site’s fame to strike gold in an IPO, describing the prospect of going public in 2008 as “highly unlikely.”
 

~ INNOVATORS & START-UPS ~
 

Wallstrip host Lindsay Campbell and producers Adam Elend and Jeff Marks are leaving the daily financial news vlog to start a new project for CBS Interactive called Moblog.tv, reports NewTeeVee. Former guest host Julie Alexandria will take over for Ms. Campbell.
 
Hip Hop mogul DamonDash will launch his latest website blocksavvy.com at the 12th Annual 2008 Urban Wheel Awards in Detroit on Tuesday. BlockSavvy.com is an ad supported lifestyle portal combining social networking and ecommerce with a 3D graphical interface.
 

~ TECHNOLOGY DEALS, MERGERS AND SKIRMISHES ~

 
Liberty Media Corp. invested $340 million to increase its stake in IAC/Interactive Corp. to 30%. IAC, which operates sites such as search engine Ask.com and dating site Match.com, is preparing to spin off several assets into separate companies including LendingTree and Ticketmaster.
 
Fitness network Exercise TV partnered with white label broadband services firm thePlatform to add streaming and download-to-own video clips to its site Exercise TV.


~ TRENDS, RESEARCH, ETC.  ~
 

Top Visited US Broadcast Network TV Show Websites (Week ending Jan. 5, 2007)
 
Rank     Network     Website                               Market Share of Visits
  1          NBC         Deal or No Deal                            29.49%
  2          NBC         The Biggest Loser                          8.22%
  3          FOX         America’s Most Wanted                   4.63%
  4          ABC         Lost                                             3.07%
  5          FOX         American Idol                                 2.92%
  6        The CW      One Tree Hill                                  2.41%
  7          NBC         1 vs 100                                        2.04%
  8          NBC         Heroes                                          1.88%
  9       The CW       Gossip Girl                                     1.87%
 10         ABC         Grey’s Anatomy                               1.87%
Source: Custom report from Hitwise


~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~

 
Patrick Mahoney joined multi-media content provider Entertainment Studios, Inc. as SVP/Digital Media. Based in Los Angeles, Patrick will oversee all online and mobile efforts including new partnerships and revenue outlets. He reports to Byron Allen, Chairman/CEO.
 


~ WEBSITE OF THE DAY ~
 

Swedish prosecutors are gearing up to charge the individuals who operate The Pirate Bay.org once again with copyright infringement, reported The Wall Street Journal. TPB, one of the largest (and the cheekiest) P2P bit torrent-tracker sites, subsists off ad revenue and claims 2.47 million unique users. The site was raided by Swedish police in 2006 at the prompting of foes such as the MPAA but resurfaced days later with new hosting from The Netherlands. Its founders see themselves as crusaders in the fight against repressive media regimes and restrictive internet policies and seem to delight in legal threats to its right to exist on world wide web.

Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
01.14.08

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