Cynopsis: DIGITAL
03/29/10
Good morning, it’s Monday, March 29, 2010, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
As Hulu ponders whether or not to increase its ad load or establish a pay wall, in a CBS Corp./Time Warner joint venture The CW has decided to double the amount of non-avoidable commercials it streams with its shows online matching what runs with the shows on air, reports the WSJ. As more and more of its younger-skewing viewers turn to the internet to watch CW shows like Gossip Girl, the network hopes to package on air and online ads at the upfronts to sell at a higher rate to advertisers. Ad loads would increase from 10 to 20 thirty-second spots per hour of programming.
Following its success charging for the WSJ and The New York Times’ stated plan to adopt a metered paywall for online readers next year, News Corp.’s U.K.-based newspapers The Times and The Sunday Times announced plans to charge readers for online news beginning in June. Visitors will pay 1 pound sterling per day or 2 pounds per week while print subscribers will get free access to the sites. New, separate websites at thetimes.co.uk and thesundaytimes.co.uk will be launched in early May and will be free to registered customers during a trial period.
DreamWorks Animations‘ feature “How To Train Your Dragon” (distributed by Paramount) netted $43.3 million at the Box Office over the weekend according to Rentrak. That’s some $16 million less that the debut of the company’s “Monsters vs. Aliens” a year ago, despite the availability of 3D prints at hundreds of locations and overwhelmingly positive reviews.
Leading up to premier of season 5 on April 5, Oxygen is hosting a Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood marathon on Monday beginning at 8 am ET/PT, including on-air tweets from Tori Spelling, Dean McDermott, best friend Mehran, the Guncles and their fans. The tweets, featured in on-air snipes, provide perspectives from the series stars and fans on past seasons.
Facebook raised privacy concerns once again with a new post warning of yet another revision of its Privacy Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. Details are scant, but Deputy General Counsel Michael Richter writes of “working with some partner websites that we pre-approve to offer a more personalized experience at the moment you visit the site” (via Facebook Connect) – suggesting personal data may soon be shared without opting in.
Toronto-based StickerYou is a new create-your-own sticker destination, providing a library of thousands of images or allowing users to upload their own images via its Sticker Maker widget. The company has struck brand partnerships with Peanuts, Mr. Men and Little Miss and Star Trek, among others. Weatherproof sticker sheets cost $7/sheet and ship in under a week.
Kodak announced it will again sponsor the Streamy Awards to celebrate outstanding achievements in Web television, via a live awards ceremony on April 11, 2010 at Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, CA. Kodak’s Zi8 Pocket and Playsport Video Cameras have been named the “Official Digital Video Cameras of the Streamy Awards.”
Google says it received applications from more than 1,100 municipalities with populations of 50,000 to 500,000 residents, leading up to Friday’s deadline to volunteer to become test sites for its experimental ultra high-speed 1 GB/per second internet service. Pittsburgh has been one of the most aggressive cities to court the project, building a website PittsburghGoesGoogle supported by more than 140 local companies.
Infamous 28-year-old hacker Albert Gonzalez was sentenced to 20 years in prison in U.S. District Court for his participation in a cybercrime ring that collected tens of millions in stolen credit and debit card numbers.
TV viewing is up across the board but the way viewers are watching is changing, according to Nielsen 2010 TV Upfront Fact sheet:
- DVRs are in 35% of American homes, with usage up 25% from a year ago
- Online video consumption is up 16% from last yearwhile 44% of online video is consumed at the workplace
- Primetime online viewing lasts from noon-6 pm, peaking at 4 pm
- 59% of Americans use TV and internet simultaneously at least once a month
- 242m Americans use a mobile phone and 17.6m watch mobile video each month
- Active mobile video users grew 57% Q408 to Q409 from 11.2 m to 17.6m
- Smartphone users make up 59% of mobile video users in Q4
Relative Use of Media
Average Time Spent using 4Q08 (hrs:mins) 4Q09 (hrs:mins) % Change Year to Year
Media per Week – Users 2+______________________________________________
TV 34:25 34:37 +1%
DVR 1:39 2:04 +25%
Online* 3:25 3:56 +15%
Online Video * 0:17 0:22 +29%
Social Networks and Blogs* 0:13 0:40 +214%
Mobile Video** 0:02 0:04 +100%
Source: Nielsen * TV in the home includes Live usage plus any playback viewing within the measurement period. Timeshifted TV is playback primarily on a DVR but includes playback from VOD, DVD recorders and services like Start Over. ** The mobile figures are based on all Americans 13+.
Demand for Apple‘s iPad has pushed back the estimated delivery date of the device from April 3 to April 12 while consumers are no longer offered the option to reserve one at an Apple Store, noticed the Planet iPad blog. Best Buy is only other retail outlet that will carry the iPad from its launch date of April 3, according to MacRumors. Reports estimate that Apple has received some 250k orders for the device so far.
Charter Communications has launched a mobile app for the iPhone and BlackBerry platforms enabling users to view On Demand listings and trailers, find local service centers and view local TV listings.
Next New Networks has upped Diane deCordova to SVP/Brand Sales and hired Lisa Radist as VP/West Coast Sales, to be based in Los Angeles. The company also announced a partnership with Outrigger Media to represent the online video producer’s interest with media agencies and to manage media sales.
Sports news video agency Sports News Television has hired CNBC Biz Dev executive Martin Kay to serve as Managing Director, overseeing client services including digital solutions for sports news coverage. He takes up his new post in June 2010 from London.
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Showtime‘s Edie Falco vehicle Nurse Jackie and United States of Tara starring Toni Collette, both of which were just renewed for third seasons, have benefited from the network’s unique brand of digital marketing. Showtime broke ground by offering the pilots of these shows for free on various digital platforms to give non-subscribers a taste of what they were missing – a big help for a pay network that has much less penetration than its counterpart HBO. Current campaigns are all about increasing engagement and building buzz. The United States of Tara returns with an online journal while this Facebook personality quiz identifies users’ alternative personalities. To promote Nurse Jackie, this promotional video on YouTube draws links between NY City numbers and the numbers of nurses in Manhattan. Then tying into the new episode entitled “Twitter Dr. Cooper” premiering tonight, the Dr. Cooper character (played by Peter Facinelli) has been given his own Twitter account DoctorCoop to share inside dope on goings on at All Saints Hospital. The tweets are going to written by the show’s writing staff in real time as the show airs on the West Coast.
Corrections: It was MTV that acquired Valemont from Fireworks International, not the other way around. Also, the new ESPN New York site doesn’t officially launch until next Friday, April 2.
Later – Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
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