Cynopsis: DIGITAL
3/27/07
Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, March 27, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing.
YouTube announced the winners of its first every Video Awards, determined by user vote. The winners are as follows (don’t watch them all at once unless you’re on your break!)
Most Creative – OK Go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI
Most Inspirational – Free Hugs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4
Best Series Ask a Ninja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEmss2lg-ug
Best Comedy Smosh: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCd_i7wW87Q
Best Music Terranaomi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARHyRI9_NB4
Best Commentary The Winekone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-rcjaBWvx0
Most Adorable Video Kiwi!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs
ABC.com launched a new original series based on ten years of funny, rambling voicemail messages. Voicemail consists of fictionalized video vignettes from the life of Mike (co-creator Michael Wilde), a slacker-type who tries to avoid confrontation, work and any modicum of responsibility. ABC will roll out 30 one-to-four minute webisodes through mid-June, viewable from the ABC.com video player or the dedicated site http://abc.go.com/primetime/voicemail/index . ABC is conducting a viral marketing campaign to promote the series, its first without an on air component, making webisodes available on other community sites such as YouTube and MySpace. The three episodes now online have been downloaded over 600,000 times since late last week, according to ABC.
MTV Networks has added three new original series crated exclusively for mobile. I Remember Chloe, Dances from the Hood, and CMT’s Radio Sessions bring MTV Mobile’s docket of original shows to two dozen.
The Onion launched its 24-hour fake news video network yesterday, created by online marketing firm Deep Focus. Link to the ONN promo reel, videos about Condolezza Rice’s voyage to the Middle East or the immigration problem at www.theonion.com . Dewers is sponsoring the festivities.
Gunnery Sergeant R. Lee Ermey, star of Mail Call, signed a new multiyear, multiplatform deal with The History Channel that will increase his exposure on history.com and military.history.com. Mail Call, currently in its 8th season, still revolves around Ermey (Full Metal Jacket) answering questions about military hardware and the evolution of combat technology submitted from www.history.com/mailcall. New features to the site will include a sound board glossary, where users can hear the famous drill sergeant shouting terms and click on them to read their definitions.
The NFL may bar video taping of weekly coaches’ press conferences as well as taping of interviews at practices during the upcoming season, according the Sports Business Journal. The issues are to be discussed at the NFL owners meetings this week in Phoenix.
With the return of the Cynopsis Weekender College Edition sponsored by Greek, A New ABC Family Original Series, coming in July, also comes comes this offer:
- Psst, hey buddy … wanna earn a quick $350 bucks? This is easy – if you’re currently a college student, all you have to do is write a 350 word essay about television – anything at all about television that appeals to you, or disappoints you, or makes you laugh, makes you tune in or tune out. Whatever you want – just make sure it’s about TV. Then, send it to me at [email protected] Subject: Cynopsis Weekender College Edition, and be sure to include your name, age, college, college year, and major (if you know it), and how you can be contacted. The top four will be published in the special Weekender edition on April 26,
Cynopsis Weekender College Edition. Deadline is April 20th at midnight – Good luck!
The Tivo platform has added another interactive plug in, a home video sharing component featuring uploaded content from www.OneTrueMedia.com . Users can upload home made video montages of friends and family onto the site then port it to their “Now Playing” list through a broadband-enabled Tivo. The site, a video version of sites such as shutterfly.com, features several easy-to-use editing features allowing users to add music, insert text slides and build in transitions and special effects.
TVGuide’s online division will begin testing a new site next month that will provide links to professionally produced programming from broadcasters and cable networks. “Project Stingray,” as it is code-named, will provide indexes and summaries of video content from 55 different programmers’ websites, according to Multichannelnews.com. The video search site will also include user generated content and links to video sharing sites such as NBCU’s iVillage.com and MTVN’s iFilm.com.
Newsrooms at local stations across the country are being asked to pull double duty to produce content for on air and online simultaneously as stations race to compete with local newspapers on the web, according B&C. Journalists are being trained on desktop-based editing and graphics systems in order to repurpose video for the web, RSS feeds, mobile phones and other platforms. NAB will exhibit new easy to use software tools next month such as the Vizrt Multiplatform Suite, which separates graphics from video content for easy distribution to mobile devices.
Twentieth Century Fox signed a deal with Canadian MSO Cogeco Cable to provide new release and classic film titles to its VOD platform. Cogeco also has output deals with Warner Bros., Sony, Universal, MGM, Lions Gate and Alliance Atlantis.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will award Al Gore with the 2007 Emmy Founders Award for his role in launching multiplatform user generated cable network Current TV and spreading the word about global warming.
Cinema advertising company Screenvision will install its high definition digital network system on all 204 Wehrenberg screens, 153 of which are within the St. Louis DMA. The satellite-based system delivers a digital entertainment pre-show of sports, kids and music programming with ads attached. With the Wehrenberg deal, the network now covers 7,200 screens.
Yahoo’s Project Panama is hit with advertisers, according to online ad agency aQuantive. During the software’s first six weeks of operation, click rates on Yahoo ads rose by 10 percent. Panama makes helps advertisers reach potential clients by making search queries on Yahoo’s search engine more relevant.
WE TV announced a multiplatform marketing initiative around its new original series Wife, Mom, Bounty Hunter. It’s designed to generate buzz for the April 20 premier and drive viewers to an interactive game on www.we.tv , featuring the series star Sandra Scott on a bounty-hunting mission. Traditional tactics include radio, spots on local TV, print ads targeting women 18-49 and outdoor.
Google is going after a market which has long been a staple for local TV stationspolitical advertising. The company conducted a seminar this month to educate campaign consultants and advocacy groups on the intricacies of utilizing Google products such as search engine rankings to promote their candidates, according to a report in The Los Angeles Times. Online political ad spending, which only totaled $12 million during the 2004 presidential campaign, is expected to more than double in 2008 as political campaigns try to capture the viral power of the web.
Of the estimated 97 million females online in the U.S., only 66 percent watch videos online compared to 78 percent of males, according to eMarketer. Measuring online video viewers by gender, 71.2 percent are men and 55 percent are women. However the differences begin to decrease over time, according to projections, with only four percentage points separating the two by 2011.
Cablevision named Patricia Gottesman Executive Vice President of the newly formed Digital Marketing & Commerce. The group will work closely with Rainbow Advertising Sales to create new advertising and commerce opportunities in the digital space. It will look to leverage Cablevision’s fiber network, now serving 3 million homes78 percent of which are digital customers, to launch new products such as a linear shopping channel that will enable purchases through the set top box.
A number of Cablevision and Rainbow Sales executives will join under Gottesman, who herself will report to Cablevision COO Tom Rutledge.
- Dermot McCormack joins as SVP, Interactive Advertising & Development
- Barry Frey takes the role of SVP, Advanced Platform Sales
- Ben Tatta will serve as SVP, New Business Development
Break.com hired former ABC interactive advertising executive Mike Bender as Director, East Coast Sales. He will work in the newly created position to sign advertising clients for the original video featured on the men’s oriented video sharing site.
ICTV named former Sony Pictures VP and ClickStar CEO Nizar Allibhoy as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the newly created ActiveMedia Group. He will be responsible for developing and supporting programming solutions for ICTV’s interactive ActiveVideo platform, built to bring web functionality to set-top boxes. Nizar will report to Jeff Miller, President and CEO of ICTV.
Presslaff Interactive Revenue hired Steve Zielonka as the company’s new Marketing Specialist. He will be based in Torrance, California and report to President Ruth Presslaff.
~ WEBSITE OF THE DAY ~
I found another good example of using multimedia tools to expand video journalism on the web. www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/interactives/chad/ features a report about how the crisis in Sudan is spreading across into eastern Chad. Video and commentary from journalist Travis Fox is enhanced with panoramic photos taken of the stories and subjects and settings. The interface also enables you dig deeper for more in depth news and stories. The video is powered by Brightcove.
A new website will be featured here everyday for you to check out. Some are TV-centric, some creative, some just plain strange. Email me your suggestions at [email protected] and if I include the site you mention, your name, company and city will be credited. Only one mention per calendar week, to make it fair.
Later — Wayne
Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
03.27.07
Cynopsis Ad Sales: Mark Bohn- 203- 583-1224 / [email protected]
Classifieds – Trish Pihonak- 203-926-9878 / [email protected]
Features Available at Cynopsis Website: www.Cynopsis.com
Subscribe to the iTunes Video Podcast, or Audio Podcast
Cynopsis Daily Video here and Cynopsis Audio Feed here — both streaming (download option)
Extended Classified Ads
Subscribe a new address or change your email
Unsubscribe
Media Kits for all editions
Archives
Cynopsis Contact Info
To Unsubscribe from this edition or any Cynopsis editions, please click here
Cynopsis Audio on your Blackberry – click here for free Blackberry application
Cable U – Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Click here
All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free.
Copyright Cynopsis 2007
Cynopsis CLASSIFIEDS – For More classifieds, visit the Cynopsis.com classifieds page here
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT/Logo/NYC: 5+yrs exp (3yrs consult/InvestBnk/M&A/BizDev), Strg financModel/Excel skils, Strng analyt thinker, MBA & NewMedia exp A+ EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvncareers.com (4/3)
JOB OPENING: SENIOR PRODUCER ONLINE/Logo/NYC: 6+yrs Digital Producer exp, Strg Visio/wireframing skills, HTML/XML , Strg interpersnl/org skills, Knwldg of Databased Content Mgmt Sys EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvncareers.com (4/3)
JOB OPENING: MGR, LICENSING/AMERICAN GREETINGS PROPERTIES/NYC:Licensing OUT sales of both new and existing AG properties; manage and grow existing licensees; 5+ yrs licensing industry exp. Resumes: [email protected] (4/3)
JOB OPENING: COMMUNICATIONS MGR/ION Media/WPB, FL: 4+yrs exp TV corp comm/PR/media relations; dev/mng corp PR strategy; strong writing/pitching skills; strong trade/biz media contacts; Res: [email protected] (4/3)
JOB OPENING: PROMO SCHEDULER/NY: Ensure accurate inventory; mgmt of all promo elements in the ProTrack database system. Exp w/ interstitial scheduling systems; fluent in Spanish & English desired. Res: [email protected] (4/3)
JOB OPENING: ASSISTANT TO ENTERTAINMENT CEO. Must be highly motivated, mature, and organized. Must be willing to be on call after hours. Salary commensurate with exp, full benefits.Email res/cover letter to: [email protected] (4/3)
JOB OPENING: POST-PROD MGR at Voom HD/NYC: schedule post-production staff & facilities for HDTV channels. Must have 3-5 yrs exp. w/ videotape post-production process in a broadcast environment. [email protected] (4/3)
JOB OPENING: DIR/VP SALES/NYC: Top 5 network media co. Lead sales team in youth segment for multi-platform sales. 3-8 yrs exp in media sales. Resumes: [email protected] (4/3)
JOB OPENING: RESEARCH ANALYST/ LA: Track ratings & provide analyses of kids’ ntwrks/blocks/radio competitive prgrmng.Degree, 1 yr synd/brdcast/cable exp; TV, Nielsen, Star Trak, ratings exp pref. Apply at: www.disneycareers.com (4/3)
JOB OPENING: ACCT MGR/Mobile MktgComp/Chicago: Work with client Mktg Mgrs to develop & execute messaging promotions. Attend concrt/spting events for promos. Exp in Media, Ad Agncy, Entmnt pref. [email protected] (3/31)
JOB OPENING: ACCT MGR AFFILIATE SALES/Oxygen Media/NY: Strong background in sales/mktng; min 3yrs exp in media sales & multi-media mrktng. Travel req’d. Please contact: [email protected] (3/31)
JOB OPENING: GROUP BUYING DIR/Spot TV-Active Int’l /Pearl River NY (15 miles NYC): 10 Exp+. in Supervising/Buying TV. Strong negotiating, operations & team bldg skills req’d. [email protected] 845-732-8943 (3/31)
JOB OPENING: SR. BUYER/Job Share /SPOT TV /Active Int’l Pearl River NY (15 miles from NYC): 3 days-24hours total, 7 yrs+ agency Buying Spot TV exp a must; Resumes to: [email protected] or call 845-732-8943 (3/31)
JOB OPENING: COUNSEL LEGAL AFFAIRS/NBC Universal/CA: Experienced attorney to join Legal Affairs group handling TV production-related issues. JD w/min. 3 yrs related exp. www.nbcjobs.com keyword job #580793 (3/31)
JOB OPENING: DIR CONSUMER MRKTNG-BRAVO/NBC Universal/NY: Oversee strategic dvlpmnt & implementation of consumer marketing campaigns & promotional programs. Bachelor’s Degree w/7yrs related exp. www.nbcjobs.com keyword job #585205 (3/31)
JOB OPENING: NEW MEDIA SPECIALIST/A&E TV NETS/NY: Asst in day-to-day ops of VOD & other new media initiatives. 3yrs exp in proj mngnt within brcst or cable industry. Strong database mngnt. Apply: www.aetn.com Click careers tab (3/30)
JOB OPENING: THE TMZ TV SHOW NEEDS STAFF & CREW/LA: Final Cut Pro Environment. Producers, Editors, Tech Engineers, Production Staff, PrEditors, DV Camera Operators/Producers. Send resumes to [email protected] (3/30)
JOB OPENING: SR. ANALYST/ANALYST-PRGRM RSRCH MTV/MTV2: Collect/analyze data for execs; Analytical/written skills; Know Galaxy Explorer, NPower; Excel & PPt; 1+ years exp. TV research; BS or BA required. www.mtvncareers.com EOE (3/29)
JOB OPENING: GMs & SALES MGRS/Equity Broadcasting for newest Univision affiliates in Southeast, South, Midwest. Must have TV sales and/or sales mgmt. exp; bilingual a +. Email resume to Sam Smith [email protected] . EEO (3/29)
JOB OPENING: ASSOC MGR, PROMOTIONS/TURNER BROADCASTING/ATLANTA: Execution of multi-platform promotions for Cartoon Network/Adult Swim. Work with creative/production teams, 3rd party agencies. APPLY: www.turnerjobs.com (req 70179BR) (3/29)
JOB OPENING: PR MANAGER/Court TV/NY: oversee talk shows; handle select entertainment PR projects; and press for trials/anchors; strong media contacts; 5+ years; supervisory experience required. Res. [email protected] (3/29)
JOB OPENING: MANAGER, ACCOUNTING/DIRECTV/NYC: Seeking Acct. Mgr.to manage the daily A/R collection functions. For full job description& to forward res: www.directv.com/careers. Ref job # 700109 (3/29)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, FINANCE/DIRECTV/NYC: Seeking Finance Director to handle all financial reporting and manager staff of 5. For full job description & to forward res: www.directv.com/careers . Ref job #600824. (3/29)
JOB OPENING: FACILITIES COORD/Oxygen Media/NY: Coord/Mng a Facilities Helpdesk & staff. Must be det. oriented & be able to multi-task in fast paced environ. Proficient: MS Word/Excel. Exc oral/written skills. Res: [email protected] (3/29)
JOB OPENING: DIR LEGAL & BUS/A&E TV, NY: Manage agreements for drama/real life/docu program; prodn & intellectual props. JD & 5+ yrs entertainment law in cable/bcast/film prodn. Resume w/salary: www.aetn.com/careers.html (3/29)
JOB OPENING: DIR BRAND MKTG/Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Min 8 yrs mktg exp in brand management, dev strong relationships w/org to gain consensus on strategy, interpret cust res/trends, please apply www.nbcunicareers.com, job #585549 (3/28)
JOB OPENING: FREELANCE PUBLICIST: NY, 2 to 5 years web, new media, music and/or tv experience. Excellent writing and pitching skills with strong broadcast, print and internet media contacts. Email resume to [email protected]. (3/28)
JOB OPENING: SR DIRECTOR/BRAVO DIGITAL, NBC Universal/NY: Oversee editorial/prod/design to develop/deliver editorial & promotional pkgs for BravoTV.com. Bachelor’s Degree w/5 yrs related exp. www.nbcjobs.com keyword job #585797 (3/28)
JOB OPENING: MKTG MGR/Court TV, NY: Initiate/track projects from Print to Video.Must: mktg or cable exp, emphasis on affil. or B2B mktg. Apply www. timewarner.com “TBS, Inc. and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers.” (3/28)
SPRING INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. They are posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected] .
SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Bunim Murray Productions, creators of “The Real World” (MTV), has INTERNSHIP opportunities (unpaid) for junior/senior college students. www.bunim-murray.com Lisa, Internship Coordinator, 818-756-5167 (3/31)
SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: NYC documentary company seeks PRODUCTION INTERN. Help to organize shoots, develop new projects. Also help run errands. Internship is unpaid, but credit available. Please send resume to [email protected] (3/30)
SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Safety 4 Kids, Stamford, CT: MKTG INTERN: Assist w/Mktg. initiatives, research, and gen. office for children’s TV show. Knowledge of PowerPoint, Excel, Word required. Resume: [email protected] Subject: Intern (3/30)
SPRING INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Broadband Network www.black20.com is seeking interns for the following departments: GENERAL/POST PRODUCTION, MARKETING AND PR. For more info, or if interested in applying, email us at [email protected] (3/30)
INTERNSHIP POSTING – CREDITS ONLY: LIME /PR INTERN: Support healthy living/”green” multi-platform brand’s PR dept in compiling press clips; research/write talent & exec bios; update media lists; and other related functions. Resume: [email protected] (3/28)
SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED —
SITUATION WANTED: CELEBRITY BOOKER &REALITY/NON-FICTION CASTING DIRECTOR: Thousands of contacts to celebrities/experts/authors/real people/show hosts, etc. Extensive exp w/TV Talk Shows & Reality Shows. Contact: [email protected] (3/29)
SITUATION WANTED: REALITY PRODUCER / SHOW RUNNER (Competition, makeover, wish fulfillment-cable & network). Hard working, creative, strong writer and storyteller, excellent interviewer. [email protected] (3/28)
SITUATION WANTED: DIGITAL MEDIA SALES/BUS DEV EXEC-LA. Elevated digital divisions into top revenue generating entitles. F/T position w/ entertain firm positioned to leverage new media advertising platforms. [email protected] (3/28)
E-mail Trish Pihonak for rates and specs for Job Openings.
Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here — Email Trish Pihonak for specs.
