Cynopsis: DIGITAL
11.21.13

Good morning. It’s Thursday, November 21, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

A Netflix and cable marriage may not be so far fetched after all; at least Time Warner Cable thinks so. At the 13th annual Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference in Barcelona, TWC CFO Artie Minson hinted that bringing Netflix into their set-top-boxes was a definite option. Last month Comcast was said to be in a similar discussion with Netflix, which fizzled out.

Speaking of Comcast, the company has created a new TV and movie streaming store that enables U.S. Xfinity TV customers to watch any purchased titles on mobile, TV, and PC devices. Customers can also download the movies and TV episodes to watch without an internet connection, or on their Xfinity On Demand Purchases app. Comcast plans to bring Hulu titles to the service.

DirecTV has expanded its web video streaming service to allow subscribers to watch more than 30 live channels outside of the home. HBO, Showtime and Bloomberg TV, among others, will be available through DirecTV’s TV Everywhere app for iOS devices starting today. DirecTV also plans to re-launch the app for Android tablet.

Tune Core, the digital music distributor, has signed a deal with YouTube’s largest music network, INDMUSIC, to better monetize its artists’ music on YouTube. INDMusic will administer the master recording rights on YouTube for TuneCore’s library.

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, Cynopsis Media is interested in hearing what TV show (past or present) you’re most thankful for. One participant will win a $50 Amazon gift card. The winner will be announced on Friday, NOV 29. Deadline to submit is Turkey Day, Thursday, November 28. Submit your response at http://ht.ly/qPPQJ.

Hulu announced yesterday that it has picked up a second season of its original Behind The Mask. The docu-series follows four sports mascots and the people wearing the costumes; the new season returns in 2014.

Yesterday, MTV launched a new artist and fan multi-platform campaign called All Access, debuting with Britney Spears. MTV Presents: Up Close and Personal With Britney Jean will feature video messages from Spears encouraging fans to enter on MTV.com for a chance to win a trip to see her in concert in Las Vegas.

Please join Cynopsis at 1:30 EST TODAY for an exclusive training webinar, Leveraging Social Media to Drive Tune-In and Ratings. Featured speakers include Deirdre Bannon, VP Product for SocialGuide; Sumeet Kanwar, Managing Director Midwest & Strategy for OMD; Jake Katz, VP Audience Insights & Strategy for REVOLT; and Dana Ortiz, VP Brand Marketing for Syfy. In this special webinar, you’ll hear about strategies for using social media to spread the word about programming and generate the kind of excitement that boosts viewership.

Yahoo unveiled its new Yahoo Image Ads, to be used in slideshows and multimedia pages. Yahoo compares the digital ad quality to full-page high definition magazine ads. They’ll be incorporated across Yahoo Sports, omg!, Yahoo Music and Yahoo TV. FIAT, Sony and Relativity Media are already using them.

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Voice navigation app Waze released its first celebrity voice navigation from The Real Husbands of Hollywood’s Kevin Hart. Waze also documented behind-the-scenes footage of Hart recording the directions, which can be viewed at Waze’s YouTube Channel.

Viral video analytics company Unruly announced the 2013 Top 20 Global Social Video Ads Chart, an annual ranking of the year’s most shared video ads on social media of the year.

Tech and science media company Tech Media Network has hired Paul Reynolds as its Global Editorial Director for TopTenREVIEWS. Reynolds was previously the first Tech/Electronics Editor at Consumer Reports for more than 20 years.

Will Keenan has been named president of a new digital branch of TV production studios Endemol Beyond USA. Keenan was previously Maker Studios’ Vice President of Vertical Development and Network Programming.

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Digital media company Interlude released an interactive video for Bob Dylan’s Like A Rolling Stone yesterday, which allows a user to interact and customize the video. A viewer can switch between 16 different channels within the video, and the person on every channel is seamlessly lip-syncing Dylan’s song. Some channels are recognizable; others are specific to appearances and certain song lyrics or moments from Dylan’s life. It’s cool. Check it out at www.cynopsis.com.

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See you tomorrow,
Jessica Reese
11.21.13

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