A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM DIGITAL MEDIA WIRE/ROGERS MUSICSTORE CANADIAN MUSIC WEEK

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Cynopsis: DIGITAL

02/14/08

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

Congressman Ed Markey (D.,Mass.) and Rep. Chip Pickering (R. Miss.) introduced the “Internet Freedom Preservation Act” on Tuesday to help prevent discriminatory bandwidth allocation practices by ISPs such as Comcast, long accused of interrupting the connections of P2P users without properly notifying customers. (Comcast finally admitted to the practice in a new filing to the FCC this week.) Other ISPs are complaining to regulators that video is heavily taxing their networks; Time Warner estimates that 5% of its users account for 50% of the bandwidth usage on many parts of its network, according to the Wall Street Journal.
 

TNT.tv is upgrading its online coverage of NBA All Star Weekend, offering live streaming coverage during NBA All-Star Saturday Night and the 2008 NBA All-Star Game on Sunday Feb. 17 to complement TNT’s broadcast coverage of the events. TNT will also host an interactive poll that allows users to pick the players they’d like the All-Star Access cameras to follow during game, with a different player from the East and West being isolated live each quarter.  
 
CBSSports.com, in the midst of absorbing the assets of CSTV.com and high school sports site MaxPreps, announced it will stream all 63 games of March Madness this year for the first time. More than 1.38 million users watched the games on the site last year.
 
After launching a major redesign, MSNBC.com reported record web traffic in Jan., registering 1.4 billion page views – up 22% from its ’07 average. The site averaged 94 million uniques and delivered 32.2 million video streams for the week ending Feb. 9, its 3rd biggest video week ever.
 
AztecaAmerica.com is trying to challenge Univision at its own game with “Club de Novelas,” a bi-weekly online magazine featuring exclusive novella-themed interviews, updates, contests and prizes.
 
TVGuide.com switched its Strike Survival Guide to a Strike Recovery Guide, promising to keep viewers up to date on when new episodes of their favorite shows will return to air.
 
BlogTalkRadio and the Pentagon have developed live, internet talk shows aimed to inform their internal audiences, the public and the blogger community about Pentagon activities and initiatives. “ASY Live” and “Department of Defense Bloggers Roundtable” will kick off the series.

 
Ad supported music streaming site Imeem acquired digital music wholesaler Snocap, reports TechCruch. Snocap announced a number of distribution deals with sites such as MySpace and Imeem last year, offering paid music downloads but the service has failed to gain much traction.
 
French internet entrepreneur Loic Le Meur assembled a list of investors which reads like a who’s who of Silicon Valley to back his latest project called Seesmic. The site, currently in alpha, adds video to the popular social conversational model pioneered by Twitter and others, allowing users to post videos straight from their webcams. Seesmic has secured $6 million in financing led by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis’ Atomico, with contributions from other such luminaries as Steve Case, Michael Arrington and Reid Hoffman.
 
Bebo struck a partnership with Intercasting Corp., operators of the Anthemt mobile platform, to increase the number of carriers Bebo members can use to access the mobile version of the social networking service in the UK. Meanwhile reports are circulating that Bebo is about to be acquired. The #3 social networking site claims 40 million users worldwide.
 
New media investment firm Mandalay Media, chaired by Peter Guber and Rob Ellin, competed its merger with mobile content developer Twistbox.
 

 
Yahoo is now turning to News Corp. in hopes of avoiding Microsoft‘s takeover bid, according to reports, pitching the idea of a merging Yahoo’s portal with MySpace and other Fox Interactive Media assets. An investment from News Corp. and a private equity partner would boost the value of Yahoo, enabling the company to at least fetch a higher price from Microsoft. Meanwhile, the first Yahoo shareholder filed a suit against the company for not taking Microsoft up on its offer.
 
The NAB is taking to the road to educate viewers about the digital transition, recruiting broadcasters in all 50 states to hold speaking engagements and continue to air instructional PSAs. WNBC in New York is also doing its part – broadcasting Get Ready For Digital TV, a half-hour special on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 pm that will also air on other NBC O&O’s.
 

 
AOL and Citysearch today announced a strategic content/advertising partnership under which Citysearch will provide its local content across AOL properties, including AOL CityGuide, AOL Local Search and MapQuest.  AOL will also integrate local paid listings from Citysearch advertisers, who will benefit from increased exposure to AOL’s 57 million unique monthly users.
 
Post-Newsweek Stations entered into an agreement with multiplatform ad sales firm WorldLink to represent short and longform direct response ad sales for its stations in 6 major markets, as well as 4 LATV affiliates owned and operated by Post-Newsweek.

 
Women tend to favor network TV on the web, while men like the silly user-generated stuff by almost a two to one margin, according to Nielsen Online findings cited in The Wall Street Journal.
 
Professionally published online video attracted 33.5 billion views in 2007 according to a new study by AccuStream Research, an increase of 50.3% from 2006. The entertainment category experienced the highest rate of growth in 2007 compared to 2006, running up 216.3%.

Mensa’s Top Ten Smartest Shows of all Time (in no particular order):

0. M*A*S*H
0. Cosmos
0. CSI
0. House
0. West Wing
0. Boston Legal
0. All in the Family
0. 8. Frasier
0. Mad About You
0. Jeopardy

source: Fancast.com
 

 
Online ad network Mindset Media hired Oliver Downs as Chief Scientist to help the company to develop targeting and optimization algorithms as well as research analytics.
 

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SavetheInternet.com is drumming up support for the new Net Neutrality bill, urging users to read up on the issues, write their congressmen or even attend the open hearing the FCC is holding in Boston this month, one of 8 “broadband summits” the group has been pushing for to be held around the country.

Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
02.14.08

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JOB OPENING: AFFIL/BE PROMO PROD/Sundance Ch/NY: 5 yrs exp; manage branded ent prod; supervise affiliate mktg, VOD & multiplatform deliverables. Able to coord multiple projects w/ tight deadlines. Res: [email protected] (2/21)

JOB OPENING: CONTENT MGR, INTL DIGITAL, MTV/NY: 3+ yrs new media exp. Manage Nick/Comedy content & secure for int’l distrib. Strong comms, project mgmt, content mgmt systems. Apply: www.mtvncareers.com . EOE/M/F/D/AAP (2/21)

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JOB OPENING: MGR, PLNG & OPS/DIRECTV/NY: Will plan and conduct thorough, accurate analyses in support of company wide pricing and inventory initiatives. For immediate consideration, please send resume to: [email protected]  (2/21)

JOB OPENING: SALES PLNR/DIRECTV/NY: This position supports our AD Sales Group with their sales efforts and manages accounts on a day-to-day basis. For immediate consideration, please send resume to: [email protected]  (2/21)

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JOB OPENING: VP, STRATEGY & RSRCH/HowStuffWorks/IL: Lead team resp for executing initiatives to max website traffic & search engine exposure, creation of content roadmap & optimizing digital bus. opps. See howstuffworks.com/jobs (2/21)

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JOB OPENING:  RESEARCH ANALYST/CNN DIGITAL/NY: Support sales across multiple digital platforms. BA, Strong media math, 1+ yrs. exp with Nielsen Online and web analytics products pref’d. Apply: [email protected]   (2/16)

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SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: PUBLIC RELATIONS INTERN/LA: Opportunity to learn about publicity via our arts and entertainment clients. Write, pitch and brainstorm with our team. Send resume, cover letter and writing sample to [email protected]  (2/20)

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