Cynopsis: DIGITAL
02/19/08
Good morning, it’s Tuesday, February 19, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
The biggest reality show on television has finally joined the iTunes platform. Fox Broadcasting, Fox Interactive Media and FremantleMedia signed an exclusive deal with Apple to bring American Idol audio and video performances to the platform as single song-sized snippets available the day after they premiere on air. Audio performances of the top 24 contenders run 99 cents per song, and videos of the top 12 finalists performances will be priced $1.99/each from March 11. Apple will also become one of the show’s premiere sponsors and maintain a branded presence on americanidol.com, where some free streaming performances can be seen.
Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids & Family group acquired the network of family-themed sites under the Babunga banner aimed at expectant mothers, including Babynames.com, 3Dpregnancy.com and Wikiparenting.com. The site will join Nickelodeon’s ParentsConnect.com, a network of parent-focused sites that fits together with other kid-themed properties including GoCityKids and virtual scrapbook site Lifebook.
The NBC Local Media division cancelled In the Loop with iVillage, reports TVWeek. The show debuted as iVillage Live and was originally spawned from the female-focused iVillage.com site acquired by NBC Universal for $600 million in 2006. The multiplatform effort failed to garner much of an audience for NBC’s 10 O&O’s, who have been pushing for an alternative since it launched. IVillage.com itself faced a series of staff cuts earlier this month in the editorial, marketing and research departments including iVillage Editor-in-Chief Jennie Baird.
Video sharing and services site DailyMotion.com debuted a 720p full-screen High Definition video player that will stream user generated as well as professionally produced content shot in HD. The site is already featuring a selection of videos to showcase the embeddable player.
Mobile gaming company Vollee is running beta trials of a version of the virtual world SecondLife for 3G mobile devices. SecondLife members can pre-register for the service at vollee.com.
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Disney’s Southeast Asian-based subsidiary The Walt Disney Co. Pte. Ltd. will increase its share in India’s UTV Software to 32.1%, subject to regulatory approval. UTV produces content for films, television and interactive platforms.
Domain registration site Register.com launched a new Learning Center to provide information on how small businesses can be successful online. The site offers advice on building an online business, marketing your site, providing customers service and updating to the latest web tools.
Traffic to political sites spiked during January, according to comScore Media Metrix‘s January report, along with the tax, career, real estate and travel categories. BarackObama.com led the category with 2.2 million visitors, up 429% from December, followed by HillaryClinton.com with 1.1 million visitors (up 202%). On the Republican side, MikeHuckabee.com attracted 937,000 visitors, up 96%, while JohnMcCain.com grew 261% to 596,000 visitors.
The LAObserved blog launched a collaborative online Script Project hosted by veteran television writer and journalist Eric Estrin. Eric has come up with the first few pages of a noir-themed feature set in the LA proper called Right of Way, and he’s asking the community at large to chip in with 1-5 pages of their own, contoured to fit as seamlessly as possible with what he’s already written. Eric himself will look at the submissions and add worthy scenes to the spec script every Wednesday until the story is done. He’s not promising it will lead to any fortune or glory – but any writer whose work is selected for the project does get a “Everyone’s writing a screenplay” T-shirt. (That’s a better deal than some writers have gotten in Hollywood.) Incidentally, Eric didn’t do a cameo on The Simpsons. He made the caricature himself on Simpsonizeme.com.
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
02.19.08
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