Cynopsis: DIGITAL
11/17/08
Good morning, it’s Monday, November 17, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
Will Santa help ignite the struggling Blu-ray format once and for all this Christmas? HDTV owners have been on the fence about investing in another physical disc player as high-quality video streaming solutions continue to emerge. The Digital Entertainment Group is pointing to a new study by market research firm SmithGeiger which found that “HDTV owners familiar with Blu-ray” favored the format over downloading and streaming by a margin of nearly 10-1. Some 70% claimed they liked having a portable physical disc to stick on their shelf. For most of us, pricing will be the key factor and Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) should prove pivotal for the format. K-mart is expected to offer Sony’s BD Live-ready BDP-S350 unit for $180. Wal-Mart is planning to sell the Magnavox Blu-ray player for $128, according to an advance copy of the retailer’s circular obtained by CNNMoney.com. Meanwhile individual Blu-ray movie titles are approaching the $10 mark.
~ MULTIPLATFORM CONTENT NEWS ~
Local TV stations and newspaper sites have risen to the occasion to cover the relentless wildfires engulfing areas of Orange County, Montecito and Sylmar. LATimes.com offers breaking news, tips, videos and links to customized Google maps spotlighting the locations of hotspots and evacuation centers. Local station sites such as KTTV’s MyFoxla.com and KABC-TV’s ABC7.com are offering live streaming video from multiple sources. Stations are also utilizing their digital multiplex channels to offer around-the-clock coverage of the crisis.
AOL continues paring down its businesses this time shuttering user-generated video portal Uncut, according to a memo obtained by TechCrunch scheduled to go out to users later this week. Producers have until Dec. 18 to remove their content from the site before it’s gone for good. Uncut launched two and half years ago as a me-too competitor to YouTube.
CBSNews.com announced it has made 60 Minutes’ exclusive interview with President-Elect Barack Obama and incoming First Lady-elect Michelle Obama available for online and mobile viewing immediately following last night’s heavily promoted broadcast. Look for it on CBSNews.com, CNET.com, CBS Mobile News or on CBS Audience Network partner sites.
~ INNOVATORS & START-UPS ~
Building on the success of events such as KateModern and Sofia’s Diary, AOL’s social networking site Bebo announced its intention to produce a minimum of six original productions for 2009 under a newly created program banner “Bebo Originals.” The socially-oriented shows will enjoy exclusive distribution on Bebo.com under the stewardship of new commissioners Kelly Brett and Kate Burns. Bebo also plans to feature more third-party productions and content from established media players.
President-Elect Barack Obama posted his first weekly fireside chat Saturday morning on YouTube, AOL, Yahoo, MSN and his new transition site Change.gov – a first for a (soon to be sitting) President. (Now if he can only getting around to updating his Twitter account.)
On a lighter note, the folks at online self publishing outfit Yudu.com have launched a comedic multi-media e-book Philogelos: The Laugh Addict, featuring clips of British comedian Jim Bowen resurrecting “extinct” jokes from the 4th century. Use your mouse to click through the Flash-powered text full of photos, embedded sound and video.
~ GADGETS & APPS ~
The Weather Channel Interactive‘s free iPhone/IPod touch app is now available providing personalized GPS-powered mapping and weather info. It features location-based conditions and forecasts, local, national and international video forecasts from storable locations.
Nokia is launching a new social networking service allowing live bloggers to find each other using the GPS feature built into Nokia phones. The new Friend View service enables friends who belong to the same groups to automatically map their locations. Each friend is assigned an avatar, allowing all friends’ locations to be displayed simultaneously. The new service is already available on some Nokia phones and new models – such as the 5320 XPress Music and the N95.
~ DIGITAL ADVERTISING ~
Male-targeted online video network Heavy.com launched an Australian network of premium content sites claiming one million monthly unique users upon launch. The network, which includes Heavy, BitTorrent, Fanpop and OVGuide, will employ Heavy’s proprietary Husky Media player to serve video skin ads, which wrap content around the video.
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Netflix hired former Macrovision executive Greg Peters as VP/Partner Product Development. He will work to increase the line up of devices capable of streaming NetFlix movies directly to TV sets. Greg report to Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt.
Former Sesame Street and MTV International executive Liz Nealon has been named General Manager for the children’s music brand KIDZ BOP, based at the company’s headquarters in New York City. She will work to develop the KIDZ BOP brand across all media in this newly created position, reporting to co-founders, Craig Balsam and Cliff Chenfeld.
Design agency Primal Screen hired animation veteran Andrea Mansour as Head of Production. She will be responsible for overseeing all production as well as managing the day-to-day operations of the Atlanta-based multimedia studio.
Patricia Torres-Burd joins Houston-based Locke Bryan Productions as General Manager along with Kenny Benitez, hired as Director. Additionally, LBP has recently added film and video company Wiredrive as part of its client services.
~ WEBSITE OF THE DAY ~
The growth of anime video sharing site Crunchyroll parallels that of the industry at large. Crunchyroll began in 2006 as a community fan site relying on user posted videos of mostly unauthorized content. It came under fire for ostensibly charging for streams of popular copyright-protected series, as only “donors” who paid a subscription fee were able to access the higher resolution feeds. But now (after replacing user donations with venture capital) Crunchyroll is trying to do the right thing. The company is going directly to Japan’s content owners to license anime for the site, forging partnerships with some of the industry’s biggest (and most conservative) entities including the granddaddy of all anime studios- Toei Animation. Today the site announces a new deal with TV Tokyo, Shueisha and Studio Pierrot to simulcast episodes of hugely popular Naruto Shippuden within hours after they premiere on TV Tokyo’s broadcast network in Japan. Such deals are a step in right direction for the anime studios, which have been some of the biggest victims of P2P piracy. Die-hard anime fans will find a way to feed their hunger for the latest episodes of their favorite shows if there’s no legit way to view them online. Crunchyroll is a compelling alternative to fan sites such as Naruto-tv.com because it offers the kind of web 2.0 bells and whistles that should keep its 4.6 million users loyal. And until the ad component gets figured out, charging for add-ons like licensed virtual merchandise to spiff up your avatar (a new feature planned for the coming weeks, according to head of Biz Dev for Crunchyroll Vu Nguyen) will help both publishers and distributors pay the bills.
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
11.17.08
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