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Cynopsis: DIGITAL
12/04/07
Good morning, it’s Tuesday, December 4, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
ABC‘s 10 owned and operated stations relaunched their web sites featuring a brand new 16×9 format Flash media player developed with WPP Digital subsidiary Schematic. The player allows users to scroll through the top local stories, integrating video, text, graphics and ads in a multimedia format, encouraging users to leave comments on each story or share them via Digg or Del.icio.us. Links to ABC primetime and ABC news video programming remain on the home pages, but local news now takes front and center. Sites such as the WABC site in New York and the KABC site in LA are also offering video tours of the new features.
Bravo is building an interactive application into the fourth season of Project Runway, allowing viewers in select Cox, Charter, Comcast and Time Warner digital cable systems the chance to answer trivia questions and vote for their favorite designs using their remote controls. The trivia and polling overlays, powered by Navic Networks, will utilize an open standards format built to scale nationally and accommodate measurable in-program sponsorship opportunities.
CBS Television Distribution‘s online localized talent show Big Shot is set to launch Feb. 4, 2008 on local affiliate sites representing 60% of the country including the sites of WCBS/NY, KCBS/LA and WBBM/Chicago. Local aspiring actors, singers, models and other talent submit videos to their local sites for a chance to be flown out to Hollywood to land their dream job. Local stations have agreed to promote the show on air and online in exchange for selling local sponsorships.
News Corp.’s Twentieth Century Fox studio is in talks with Apple to distribute new and back catalog movies via iTunes, reports Pali Capital’s Rich Greenfield, with a deal expected to be concluded by early next year. So far Disney is the only major Hollywood studio to utilize the platform for day and date releases with Paramount, Lionsgate and MGM distributing some catalog titles.
AOL has relaunched its African American-themed Black Voices site with an increased focus on news, editorial content and community features. The site ranked #1 among Black-targeted sites in terms of unique users in October, according to ComScore Media Metrix, averaging 4.3 million uniques for the month.
USA Network launched the USA Character Game Lounge, a mecca for casual gamers that integrates the popular WeeMee avatar into the games. (WeeMee is the personal avatar from the WeeWorld social networking site.) The site has 6 casual games up and running already with plans to double the offerings next year through original development and licensing deals.
National Geographic Channel launched its first dinosaur-themed microsite, ngcdinos.com, to coincide with the premiere of Dino Death Trap and Dino Autopsy on Dec. 9. The site features interactive content, exclusive videos and games.
THQ Inc. division Valusoft licensed the rights to develop a console game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 2 based on Merv Griffin’s Crosswords gameshow. Hasbro also signed a deal with the show’s distributor Program Partners to create a home board game for the show.
CBS signed a deal with Delivery Agent to make show-related merchandise worn or used by characters in CBS primetime shows available on SeenON.com. “Shopisodes” for CSI, CSI Miami, Amazing Race, How I Met Your Mother and Survivor: China are planned. Video clips enable the user to click directly on products that can then be purchased directly from the site. CBS has also completed a redesign of its retail site CBSstore.com.
Reelzchannel premieres a new series called Movie Mob today at 6:30 ET/3:30 PT, described as “the first user generated TV show powered by video bloggers.” G4 Attack of the Show technologist Layla Kayleigh hosts a collection of cyber reviews submitted by armchair film critics from across the country.
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Tivo took another step toward integrating its DVR service with the web, this time allowing subscribers access photo sharing tools from Photobucket and Google’s Picasa service. High resolution photos can also be viewed on televisions in the HD format.
It seems neither Comcast nor Time Warner Cable will be participating in the FCC’s 700 Mhz wireless spectrum auction.
Cross platform communications and marketing firm Real Time Matrix introduced a new online marketing tool called Vortex, linking brands with relevant content via a customizable desktop console. The player embeds video, audio or text based ads alongside news, sports, entertainment and lifestyle content. Major League Soccer and Social Media Today have deployed the tool so far.
The hit Disney Channel series Hannah Montana landed in the top spot in Ask.com’s list of 2007’s most popular television show searches. Animated shows Family Guy and SpongeBob SquarePants rounded out the top 3.
Ask.com’s Top Television Show Searches of 2007
1. Hannah Montana
2. Family Guy
3. SpongeBob SquarePants
4. WWE
5. American Idol
6. Big Brother
7. Gilmore Girls
8. South Park
9. Charmed
10. Grey’s Anatomy
Thirty-five percent of U.S. tweens (ages 8-12) have their own mobile phone, according to a new report from Nielsen. Another 20%-21% of tweens have used text messaging, ringtones and answer tones. They also spend less time than their teen counterparts online – 48% spend less than on hour per day on the net. When they are online they tend to be emailing or playing games.
Dina Roman joined Scripps Networks Interactive as SVP, overseeing national ad sales and marketing for Scripps lifestyle sites in the home, food and living categories. She will report to Jeff Meyer, head of Interactive Sales for Scripps Network Interactive.
BrainPOP upped Nadav Kadar to SVP, overseeing company administration. Nadav served previously as VP/New Products and International Markets at BrainPOP. He will continue to supervise the development of new products and the expansion of current products into new markets and languages.
PrizeLogic named Keith Simmons as President and Managing Partner, based in the company’s new office in Southfield, Michigan. Keith was formerly Chief Revenue Officer for Tampa-based Triad Digital Media Services.
Martin Scorsese has created a masterpiece in a format that definitely has legs in this age of digital video and DVRs. His cinematic advertorial for Freixenet’s Carta Nevada Reserva champagne is really a love letter to Alfred Hitchcock, presented under the guise of a mysterious never-produced scene from the Master of Suspense. The lighting, costumes, music and pacing are spot on.
Thanks to: Kathy Fennessy The Stranger Seattle, WA.
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
12.04.07
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