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Cynopsis: DIGITAL

06/10/10

Good morning, it’s Thursday, June 10, 2010, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.  If you would like to read this or any other Cynopsis edition online, click here.

Apple‘s new data collection policy for the iAd platform is beginning to ruffle some feathers. In a strategy to promote the new iAd platform, the fine print of the rules Apple released governing the development of applications and content for the new iPhone/iPad operating system will prevent developers from utilizing AdMob’s ad serving technology (recently purchased by Google) and AdMob founder (current Google VP) Omar Hamoui for one is crying foul. “Let’s be clear. This change is not in the best interests of users or developers, he writes in a blog post. “In the history of technology and innovation, it’s clear that competition delivers the best outcome. Artificial barriers to competition hurt users and developers and, in the long run, stall technological progress.”
 

 
Determined to wean users off all that free milk, Hulu is only a month or two away from launching a subscription service viewable on multiple devices including Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Apple’s iPad, reports Reuters.
 
Upon wrapping up the latest half season of Glee, Fox has launched a new Glee Superfan video player on Fox.com powered by Coincident TV to keep fans engaged throughout the summer months. In addition to viewing full-length episodes, fans can access their Glee-themed social media sites, purchase merchandise and access bonus material including music from the show, actor bios and a “photo booth” tool that puts your face in still shots with Glee stars.
 
Univision kicks off its coverage of the World Cup at 2 pm ET today, broadcasting and webcasting a special concert starring Shakira, Juanes, Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, among others.
 
The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric debuted a new interactive segment called “Ask CBS NEWS” this week in which Katie answers pre-selected viewers’ questions previously submitted via Twitter and Facebook.
 
HGTV.com will bring back its Fan Favorite online vote for the fifth season of HGTV Design Star, premiering Sunday, June 13, at 10 pm ET. Beginning Friday, June 11, online visitors to HGTV.com/designstar can vote for a Fan Favorite designer who will win an online show on HGTV.com. New this season, famed mommy blogger Heather Armstrong of dooce.com will post comments about each episode to the HGTV Design Star blog.
 

 
Social gaming company Zynga launched its latest Facebook game – a wild west themed virtual world dubbed FrontierVille that allows users to create avatars, hang around dude ranches with their friends and complete frontier tasks to improve their lot. Zynga’s FarmVille appears to have peaked in terms of users, dropping from 252 million in April to 216 million in May.
 
Conectados is a new live daily show to be featured as part of TV Chile‘s new programming line-up that features online and mobile elements such as Skype and text messaging to connect with its audience. The network is also adding English subtitles to many of its programs to try and attract a broader audience.
 
The Nashville, TN-based Doorpost Film Project announced the Top 5 Finalists for its 2010 Short Film Contest. Each of the 5 finalists, who are currently 2 months into a mentorship program, are vying for a chance to win up to $100k in prizes.
 

                                                                                             
Online video monetization specialist FreeWheel unveiled a new Monetization Rights Management product that will support HTML5, Android, Cocoa, Flash, and Silverlight. The technology will enable publishers to deliver and manage video ads on PC’s, mobile applications, connected TV’s and mobile devices such as the Flash-resistant iPad. The company also recently announced an advancement of its integration with Brightcove to bring HTML5 ads to its player.
 

 
A brouhaha is brewing over a security breach that has revealed the email addresses and AT&T user IDs of 114,000 iPad users, many of them heavy hitters in finance, politics and media. (Victims mentioned include Rahm Emanuel, Diane Sawyer, Harvey Weinstein and Michael Bloomberg.) The story was broken by Gawker, which says it learned of the breach from a company called Goatse Security.
 
DVR pioneer Tivo lost a ruling before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) over rights to its recording technology, the subject of a endless legal dispute with and EchoStar’s Dish Network. The agency issued a final rejection on June 4 of two aspects of a patent (pertaining to what TiVo calls its “time warp” technology that lets users record and playback program simultaneously.) Tivo released a statement saying it will continue to plead its case to the PTO.
 
Music publisher Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) and TuneSat, LLC struck a deal to utilize TuneSat’s audio fingerprint technology to monitor performance use of UMPG’s extensive copyrights across U.S. broadcast television. The technology automatically tracks when copyrighted songs appear in broadcast shows across the country, even after additional audio elements have been added to a media production, such as in commercials, voiceovers and dialogue.
 
Cheetah Technologies has introduced a new cable network monitoring system that checks the visual quality of video and the integrity of MPEG and IP streams. The company’s new “Intelligent Decode” feature checks for blockiness, blackout, frozen video and jerkiness as video leaves the headend.

 
Although more and more users turn to the internet and other digital tools to keep up on what’s happening locally, face-to-face contact with others remains the primary way people stay informed about community issues, according to a new Pew Internet & American Life survey.  Last year 22% of all adults (representing 28% of internet users) signed up to receive alerts about local issues via email or text messaging and 20% of all adults (27% of internet users) used digital tools to talk to their neighbors and keep informed about community issues. The most common ways to stay informed were:

• 46% of Americans talked face-to-face with neighbors about community issues
• 21% discussed community issues over the telephone
• 11% read a blog dealing with community issues; Community blogs are particularly popular among residents of urban areas, as 17% of wired urbanites read local blogs
• 9% exchanged emails with neighbors about community issues and 5% say they belong to a community email list
• 4% communicated with neighbors via text messaging on cell phones
• 4% joined a social network site group connected to community issues
• 2% followed neighbors using Twitter

        

 
The upcoming iPhone 4’s “FaceTime” video calling app has quickly become the most anticipated new feature of the handset, with more than a few analysts praising Apple‘s decision to offer up the technology as an open standard for other device makers. The company is going to utilize the technology to emphasize the handset’s human element – check out this commercial for the feature, directed by Sam Mendes. Apple also plans to port FaceTime over to other products including the iPad and iPod Touch.
 
As promised (and a little early, no less), Microsoft introduced free, fairly robust versions of its Office productivity apps for users in the US, UK, Canada and Ireland to compete with Google’s free online offerings, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Go to Office.live.com to create or edit existing collaborative documents. The ability to edit offline or ad co-author editing marks is not offered on the free Office version.
 
TV Guide, which has registered 1 million downloads of its iPhone app since introducing it in Oct., has launched a TV listings app for Android developed with Roundbox, Inc. In addition to localizing listings, the app features breaking entertainment news, scoops, TV episode recaps and daily TV hot lists.
 

 
Mobile video ad network Transpera, which closed on a $9 million round of series C financing last week, has hired former Glu Mobile executives Greg Ballard (CEO) and Alex Galvagni (CTO) to take over the company as CEO and COO, respectively. Current Transpera CEO Frank Barbieri will assume the role of Chief Product Officer. Both Ballard and Barbieri will serve on the company’s Board of Directors.   
 
Jason Klarman has been promoted to President of Oxygen Media, continuing to report to Lauren Zalaznick, President, NBC Universal Women & Lifestyle Entertainment Networks. Jason, former EVP of Marketing and Digital at Bravo, became the GM of Oxygen last Jan. and oversaw the launch of Oxygen’s rebranding campaign and the roll out of the OxygenLive interactive product.
 
NBC has promoted two key executives from its NBC.com team: Josie Ventura has been upped to VP/Primetime Production, NBC.com, while Robert Angelo was named VP/Late Night, Daytime & Mobile, NBC.com. Both report to Stephen Andrade, SVP and GM, NBC.com.
 
Yahoo has hired Movieline.com columnist Mark Lisanti to be Deputy Editor of Yahoo!’s new Entertainment Blogs division.
 

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Among its many uses YouTube acts as a support group, attracting folks looking for a community of like-minded users who share their unique challenges. But finding such specialized videos on YouTube is an inexact science at best. Susan Stephens, the grandmother of a six-year-old diagnosed with cerebral palsy, and Nathan Charlan, the father of a three-year-old diagnosed with the same disease, have founded a new web series documenting stories of families with special needs children to kick off the community website ExceptionalFamilyTV.com. Weekly videos will profile different families who wish to share their experiences – highlighting treatments and resources or sharing stories and words of encouragement. The videos, produced with local Memphis-based TV production company Warm Springs Productions and web developer BridgeWorks Creative, are polished, compassionate and intelligently curated. For instance, Nathan himself explores the benefits of Physical and Occupational Therapy used to treat their son Zach in a recent 2-part episode.
 
Later – Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
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06.10.10

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