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Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes denied seeing any signs of Netflix-induced cord-cutting yesterday in a quarterly conference call with analysts, but did promise the company was working to improve access to TV, film and magazine content across platforms and devices. He said that some form of “TV Everywhere,” including VOD for new movie releases and HBOGo on more distributors, would be available across 70 million homes by Q2 2011. The company again enjoyed healthy ad and subscription revenues from its cable networks, up 10% and 9% y/y. Time Warner reported a profit of $522 million for Q3, or 46 cents/share, down from $662 million, or 55 cents, a year earlier.
 

 
The midterms led to a huge traffic boost for CNN.com with the site tallying nearly 80 million page views Tuesday – its highest-trafficked day since July 7, 2009, the day of the memorial service for Michael Jackson. Traffic was up 61% compared with the prior-four-week average and up 10% over the day of the rescue of the Chilean miners. Live video plays on the site were also up dramatically over the prior 4-week average with nearly a quarter million views – a 400% plus gain. CNN’s Politics Section was up nearly 100% over the prior 4-week average with more than 25 million page views, citing Omniture numbers.
 
Broadband channel ESPN3.com, now distributed in some 65 million homes nationwide, announced a new line-up of over 50 college hoops games for the 2011-2012 season. Coverage tips off Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. ET with UC Irvine vs. Illinois with other notable team appearances including #1 Duke, #4 Pittsburgh, #5 Ohio State, #6 Villanova and #13 Syracuse.
 
Latino-themed Si TV announced it will debut the HD version of its network on Nov. 7 with the premiere of the original documentary, “PastPort: Cuba – The Search for Nicolita.”

 
CBS’ Last.fm is launching a motion-controlled music streaming app for Microsoft’s new Kinect controller debuting today, part of integration with the Xbox 360 platform that began nearly a year ago. Last.fm has generated more than 2.5 million new registrants since debuting on the Xbox LIVE entertainment service with users streaming in more than 70 minutes of music per session, according to CBS Interactive.
 

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM ROVI

Reach time-shifting, on-demand viewers before they start watching
With DVRs, on-demand, and online video, people are spending a lot less time watching live TV:

•    Only 52% of Americans’ viewing time is spent on live TV. 

(Morpace, 8/10)

•    86% of time-shifting viewers always fast-forward through ads.

(Deloitte, 7/10)

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Amid drastic cost-cutting measures and asset sales, AOL managed to eke out 130% increase in Q3 earnings to $171 million. Ad revenues declined 26% to $563.5 million, however, due largely to “self inflicted” cuts to sales staff across the globe, according to CEO Tim Armstrong. Display ads were down 8% domestically and 54% internationally, while search and contextual ads dropped 28%. Dial-up revenues, which still account for some 43% of AOL’s revenues, declined 26% during the quarter.
 

 
T-Mobile began a 4G marketing blitz around the launch of devices such as T-Mobile myTouch 4G handset and T-Mobile’s first 4G netbook, the Dell Inspiron Mini 10 4G. Both work on TMobile’s HSPA+ network, capable of delivering speeds of 12 Mbps (depending on the market) and have been deployed to 140 million people as of Nov. 1. Rival carriers such as Sprint and AT&T are already calling foul with the footprint numbers; AT&T says it delivers HSPA+ speeds to over 180 million.
 

 
Research in Motion and Apple continue to trade body blows in the smartphone market, according to Comscore‘s latest Global Smartphone report. RIM accounts for 37.3% of the U.S. smartphone market with the iPhone in second with a 24.3% share. Google’s Android platform gained by 6.5% percentage points to over a flat Apple to reach a 21.4% share. ComScore notes that the rising smartphone market is lifting all boats and boosting mobile content usage across all platforms.
 
Top Smartphone Platforms 3 Month Avg. Ending Sep. 2010
Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+                
                                                       Share (%) of Smartphone  Subs
                                                       June -10  Sept. 10   Point Change             
Subscribers                                         100.0%    100.0%        N/A
RIM                                                      40.1%     37.3%          2.8
Apple                                                    24.3%     24.3%         0.0
Google                                                   14.9%     21.4%        6.5
Microsoft                                                12.8%     10.0%        2.8
Palm                                                        4.7%      4.2%        -0.5
Source: comScore MobiLens      
 

 
Ludia and talkbackTHAMES digital launched the Family Fortunes game for iPhone and iPod Touch. Based on FremantleMedia’s Family Fortunes TV game show, iPhone and iPod touch owners can take up the post as leader of a ‘family’ in a contest to name the most popular answers to survey questions posed to 100 people.
 

 
Tribune Co. has renamed its Tribune Interactive division Tribune Digital, placing Don Meek, who had been chief revenue officer for the company’s publishing and interactive operations, in charge as EVP. Don will report to Tony Hunter, head of the Chicago Tribune Media Group. The shakeup is part of an exodus of former Jacor and Clear Channel Radio executives brought to Tribune by former CEO Randy Michaels, including Tribune Interactive President Marc Chase, TI Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Kapugi and TI Executive Vice President Carolyn Gilbert, who have begun leaving the company. Doug Thomas will continue as EVP/GM of Tribune365, and report directly to the Executive Council.
 
Mark Johnson has been promoted to VP/Business Operations for Turner Sports-managed NCAA Digital and PGATOUR.COM. Tom Sahara is being promoted to the expanded position of VP/Operations and Technology and will continue to serve as the senior liaison with Turner Studios and Network Operations for TV and digital operations. Finally, Pete Scott has been upped to the role of VP/Emerging Media. He will continue to oversee the strategic partnership with Yahoo! Sports and will add the responsibility for overseeing digital operations and technology for delivery of NCAA and SI Digital live streaming to the current Turner Sports portfolio of TNT OverTime, TNT RaceBuddy and PGA Championship Live.
 
Bravo has upped Lara Spotts to VP/East Coast Development. She will be responsible for all East Coast development, including pilots, casting reels, and concept development, reporting to Eli Lehrer in New York.
 
Content delivery network CDNetworks tapped former Akamai and EMEA executive Scot Brenton as VP/U.S. Sales.
 
Mefeedia.com named Bedi A. Singh, Co-CEO of MGM, as Key Advisor to the company’s entertainment & financial segments.
 

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE

 
Eager to snare some of the money pouring into local online and mobile couponing, Facebook introduced a new “Deals” platform allowing local businesses to offer bargains to users who stumble upon their locales via Facebook places, on the iPhone or via the mobile web browser-based touch.facebook.com interface. Individual deals require you to check in to get the deal. Friend deals require you to tag and recruit others. Loyalty deals reward frequent patronage. Charity deals encourage local businesses to give to a shelter, school or other worthy cause. Facebook is also (finally) stepping up its mobile efforts, adding a single sign on feature to make it easier to integrate Facebook with other mobile apps. Finally you can log on once and not have to type in your password again and again ad nauseam.
 
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis Digital
wayne@cynopsis.com
11.04.10

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