Cynopsis: DIGITAL
02/22/11
Good morning, it’s Tuesday, February 22, 2011, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. If you would like to read this or any other Cynopsis edition online, click here.
CEO David Wei and COO Elvis Lee of the Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba.com have resigned after an internal probe revealed that more than 2,000 sellers were committing fraud on the site. Online storefronts were set up by fake companies to intentionally defraud global buyers, according to Alibaba, and a number of employees were in on the scams. The company’s board has appointed Jonathan Lu, who is also CEO of sister company Taobao.com (China’s largest domestic e-commerce site) as its new CEO.
Verizon FiOS reached retrans and TV Everywhere agreements with Disney for the carriage of ABC-owned stations and the launch of officially-sanctioned live streaming offerings that will enable FiOS subscribers to watch ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and basketball highlights channel ESPN Buzzer Beater live online. The affiliate agreement also fleshes out a plan to make the programming available on tablets and smartphones in the “near future.”
Following the launch of ESPN 3D, 3Net and HBO 3D On Demand, Comcast has sweetened the pot for 3D TV owners with the launch of a new 24-hour Xfinity 3D channel featuring mostly NHL Hockey and music programming. Comcast also announced that there have been more than one million 3D views On Demand since the 3D broadcast of the Masters in April 2010.
Disney is also preparing to test a new premium VOD service that would make new PPV films available to home audiences weeks after they leave theaters, per The NYPost.
In a move to boost overall usage of the platform, The BBC introduced a new feature for its online catch-up service iPlayer that allows viewers to search for on demand content from other broadcasters including ITV, Channel 4, S4C, Five and SeeSaw.com. The content is accessible either via the site’s “schedule widget” or via search.
Fast growing local coupon site Groupon is getting ready to launch a service in China and is currently interviewing applicants in its new Beijing offices, reports the WSJ.
Outside Television, sister network for print publication Outside magazine, has launched a multimedia campaign with Ford to elicit user-generated responses to the question: What kind of adventure trip would you take with your family in a new Ford Explorer? Consumers can submit stories in the form of essays, photos and videos through several websites, including www.ford.com/explorer and Facebook. A 10-webisode series will be produced to highlight select stories, which will also be used by Ford in television, print, online, social media and tablet apps.
The Dept. of Justice and the FTC are looking into the reach of Apple‘s new subscription plan, according to reports in the WSJ and Reuters. While publishers and developers are up in arms about Apple’s desire to keep 30% of the revenue from in app publications, regulatory bodies are more worried about Apple’s desire to try and regulate prices outside of the iPad environment. (Apple’s policy states that any subscription deal made outside of the app must also be offered within the app at the same price or at a cheaper price.)
Professional video produced, published and hosted by online-only and cross-platform media brands rose by 47.1% in 2010 to 72.3 billion views, the highest growth rate seen since ’07, according to new research from AccuStream. Episodic TV viewing (over 10 billion long-form views were tallied) made up 14.5% of total views. Video views per unique user per site per month jumped by 51% to 6.2 across all categories, with internet-only brands delivering 9 views – significantly higher than the average. Online-only brands (including those owned and operated by major media) generated 63.1% of total views, an increase of 20% y/y, while cable/premium TV branded sites controlled another 26.3%. Entertainment/Kids video made up 24.4% of the market, followed by television-related content at 23.6%. Video aggregators originated 17.2% of 2010 video views.
The top three web categories in Jan. were (predictably) job sites, travel sites and tax sites according to ComScore, which also released its top 50 visited sites for the month topped by Yahoo, Google and Microsoft. Tribune Interactive sites climbed 9 spots to jump to #32 with 31.8 million visitors while LinkedIn.com jumped 11 positions to #36 with 29.8 million visitors.
The plethora of Android-based devices introduced in Barcelona last week should make Pay TV operators sit up and take notice. There will be an installed base of 140 million Android portable devices, including smartphones and tablets, by the end of 2011, according to new IMS Research projections, which is encouraged by Android’s new 3.0 Honeycomb operating system and enhancements to the Android Market website.
Facebook Messenger by Hong Kong-based developer Crisp App adds mobile-to-mobile and mobile-to-web Voice-over-IP calling to your iPhone’s Facebook account. The $3 app features a simple interface; when you log onto your Facebook account via Facebook Messenger, you pull up a list of friends that are currently online. In addition to making free VoIP calls, (web users will be directed to a website where they can download a free Flash-based voice app), you can send pictures, view a friend’s wall, use emoticons and receive instant replies.
The new $.99 Oscar Backstage Pass App from Disney/ABC TV Digital Media for iPhone or iPad is offering a range of content before, during and after the Academy Awards show on Sunday. The interface includes a countdown timer and actually transforms itself once the red carpet festivities begin; past clips and preparation videos give way to live backstage camera feeds and video coverage, extending through the Governors Ball after the show.
The rich get richer and the poor get slower, internet connections that is. Data released last week from the Commerce Dept. revealed that faster internet speeds often fall among economic lines in the U.S., and that faster connections can often be obtained for cheaper prices in wealthier communities. To help educate consumers and increase awareness, the National Telecommunications and Information Admin. (NTIA) launched a nationwide Broadband Map that allows you to search for broadband options in your neighborhood, explore the national distribution map of services or analyze provider data by pricing, availability or speed. The map shows that between 5-10% of Americans are still unable to connect at minimum broadband speeds (4 mpbs up/1 mbps down) required to run most basic applications. While the idea here is good, the execution leaves much to be desired; for instance, the NTIA has done little testing to determine what speeds ISPs are actually delivering. I recommend longtime broadband ratings site DSL Reports if you want some real data. DSL Reports (registration required, but it’s free) relies on speed tests performed by users to rank broadband offerings, which are searchable by zip code.
Later – Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
02.22.11
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