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Cynopsis: DIGITAL
9/20/07
Good Morning, it’s Thursday, September 20, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
This could be a godsend for those who don’t always enjoy a steady internet connection. NBC.com launched a new service to allow users to download full episodes of NBC shows directly to their desktops. Using NBC Direct, due out for Windows PCs in October, will eventually be like setting your Tivo’s Season Pass in that you can “subscribe” to a show once then automatically receive it each week. The software client will store each ad-supported episode for up to one week, after which the license expires. Heroes, The Office, Life, Bionic Woman, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights, Late Night with Conan O’Brien and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno will be available at launch. Future plans include developing DRM-protected versions of shows that can be downloaded to an iPod, installing a P2P system to enable high definition downloads and experimentation with download-to-own, rental and subscription models.
~ MULTIPLATFORM CONTENT NEWS ~
MySpace and MTV are partnering to host a Presidential debate series on September 27allowing users to respond to polls and submit questions in real time via email, MySpace IM and MTV.com. The “Presidential Candidate Dialogues” will begin with John Edwards and most other leading candidates from both parties have agreed to participate in the series. The live polling component will be powered by Flektor, the online slideshow/editing suite acquired by Fox Interactive Media in May.
Verizon Wireless and mobile partner MediaFLO USA will add 10 new fall shows to its V Cast Mobile TV lineup, scheduled to debut at the same moment they premiere on air. From CBS Mobile comes The Big Bang Theory, Kid Nation, Moonlight and Viva Laughlin. Fox Mobile will add K-Ville and Back To You. NBC 2Go will debut Bionic Woman and Life. MTV Networks offers Nickelodeon’s iCarly and MTV’s Kaya. CBS’ recently acquired financial vlog Wallstrip will also be new this year on CBS Mobile, as well as a block of after school programming featuring Brady Bunch, Star Trek and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
Starz Media penned a series of deals to distribute a collection of film, TV and anime titles through Amazon’s Unbox service and Microsoft’s Xbox Live platform. Included in the deal are horror classics Evil Dead and the Hills Have Eyes as well as titles from Manga Entertainment (Ghost in the Shell). Starz also distributes content via Bit Torrent, Guba, Netflix and Heavy.com.
NATPE is using YouTube to distribute a series of four career seminar videos produced from NATPE Student Career Workshops held in St.Louis, Austin, Phoenix, San Diego and Boston. They’re free, of course!
~ INNOVATORS & START-UPS ~
Reality show producer 44 Blue Productions signed a TV development deal with “Leave Britney Alone” star Chris Crocker, who hit it big online when his tear-filled plea generated nearly 8 million views in one week. His MySpace friends total doubled yesterday alone!
Next New Network’s Channel Frederator had its own viral hit with cartoonist Dan Meth’s Internet People, the inaugural episode of his new pop culture round up The Meth Minute 39. The clip was viewed more than 3 million times during the week it debuted and generated over 10,000 comments, according to the site.
QuickPlay Media closed on a $15 million round of series C financing led by Ventures West. The investment will support QuickPlay’s global expansion and fund further development of its OpenVideo mobile video platform. (In the interest of full disclosure, QuickPlay powers the Cynopsis audio podcasts delivered via Blackberry.)
~ TECHNOLOGY DEALS, MERGERS AND SKIRMISHES ~
TV Guide Online struck a syndication agreement with Glam Media giving fashion site Glam.com and the company’s other 370+ sites the right to feature the TV Guide Interactive Program Listings grid. Glam will also offer TV Guide Broadband programming on its planned entertainment channel later this year including news, interviews and editorial picks.
One day after unveiling the iPhone in the U.K., Steve Jobs popped up in Berlin to announce the smart phone will go on sale in Germany on the same day (November 9) for roughly the same price (399 euros or $550). T-Mobile parent Deutsche Telekom AG will be the exclusive provider.
~ DIGITAL ADVERTISING ~
The NBC Agency signed a deal with Mediaport to deliver promotional content via media-on-demand kiosks around the country. Users can download the promotional content to their iPods, memory sticks, mobile phones or CD ROMs. Mediaport has also signed deals with Warners, EMI, Universal and Sony BMG to sell music via the MediaATMs.
~ TRENDS, RESEARCH, ETC. ~
Facebook is also growing like gangbusters in Europe, according to a new comScore World Metrix report. Unique visitors grew by 422% from July of ’06 to July of ’07, when the site registered 10.8 million visits. MySpace continues to dominate on the continent, growing by nearly a quarter to 25.1 million uniques as of July.
Top Visited US Broadcast Network TV Show Websites (Week ending Sept. 15, 2007)
Rank Network Website Market Share of Visits
1 CBS Big Brother 34.26%
2 NBC The Biggest Loser 5.32%
3 FOX America’s Most Wanted 3.10%
4 CBS Power of 10 2.63%
5 ABC Grey’s Anatomy 2.34%
6 NBC Deal or No Deal 2.21%
7 ABC Lost 2.13%
8 FOX American Idol 2.08%
9 ABC Dancing With The Stars 2.02%
10 The CW Smallville 1.62%
Source: Hitwise
~ EXECUTIVE MOVES ~
Adam Symson was upped to VP/Interactive for the Scripps TV Station Group. Adam is charged with overseeing the company’s 10 station websites, increasing interactive revenue, developing new sales strategies and producing new web and wireless products. He will report to Bill Peterson, SVP.
~ WEBSITE OF THE DAY ~
Shivvy me Timbers! In case you missed it yesterday was Talk Like A Pirate Day, the day when talklikeapirate.com receives its most traffic. Site founders Mark “Cap’n Slappy” Summers and John “Ol’ Chumbucket” Bauer raised their profiles even higher this year with their Official Wench channel on YouTube. Check out Summers’ take off on Chris Crocker’s emotional Leave Britney Alone video – Leave Blackbeard Alone! Classic stuff.
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
09.20.07
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JOB OPENING: SALES/MARKETING COORDINATOR/Entertainment research company: Provide administrative support to client development. Degree & 2 yrs exp. pref.Attention to detail & excellent org skills a must. Email [email protected] (9/27)
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