Cynopsis: DIGITAL

05/24/11

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Japan’s earthquake and tsunami have hit Sony harder than expected as the company warned Monday the tragedies would contribute to a ¥260 billion ($3.2 billion) loss for the just-ended fiscal year. Sony, which has also been the victim of a series of hacker attacks on its PlayStation and Qriocity networks, expects to incur restoration, removal and cleaning costs of some 11 billion yen while its entertainment division undergoes an off year and some of its core product lines are under siege. The losses would be second only to 1995 when the company reported losses of ¥293 billion.
 

 
Voting for the Oscars could finally become electronic. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sent a letter advising its voting members that an electronic system for Oscar voting will be implemented “as early as this year, and will certainly be in effect by next year,” reports the NYTimes’ Media Decoder blog.
 
Netflix announced a new content deal with MTV Networks bringing new shows and seasons to the streaming platform including additional episodes of Nickelodeon’s Spongebob SquarePants, iCarly, and Dora the Explorer and episodes of Nick’s Yo Gabba Gabba and MTV’s Jersey Shore and The Hills for the first time.
 
The New Yorker’s Talk of the Town column is being broken out as a special iPad issue with highlights from the last ten years of the feature and an intro by staffer Malcom Gladwell. USA Network has signed on as the sole advertiser.
 
Sundance Channel‘s All on the Line will air a “Best Of” episode tomorrow, Tuesday, May 24th at 10PM. The program will be proceeded by a special 9PM Live Facebook chat with Joe Zee.
 

 
Music-themed technology company Music Mastermind has closed on a $10.8 million round of Series B funding led by Intel Capital and Liberty Global with angel investors participating to the tune of an additional $4 million. Music Mastermind, founded by former Virgin Records Chairman/CEO Matt Serletic, is planning the launch of a create-and-share music platform later this year, and will apply the backing to the product’s rollout and development.
 
Trying to parlay his fan base into online customers, Fox News host Glenn Beck is starting his own daily deals website in the vein of Groupon and Living Social after he leaves the network later this year, reports the WSJ. Markdown.com will offer one to two deals a week and be promoted across Beck’s online news service TheBlaze.com.
 

 
Video ad network giant Tremor Media introduced a new reporting and analytics tool to help marketers measure and track what’s moving the needle in their video campaigns, per TechCrunch. The “Video Hub” automatically analyzes content, environment, demographic info and delivery metrics to help pinpoint the right time and place to deliver spot ads to specific types of viewers.
 
Kantar Media Company announced it is expanding its Tablet Media Library, a collection of 450 traditional print brands that have developed tablet media apps with in-app advertising opportunities for sale. iTunes, Android, Zinio and Nook will now be supported.
 
 

 
Content delivery network Brightcove signed a deal with AOL’s video syndication platform 5min Media to make premium content available from its network that utilize Brightcove technology. The partnership will encompass 5min Media’s entire library and cover Brightcove customers throughout the globe.
 

 
Just how powerful have Facebook and Twitter become to the television viewing landscape? Social networking platforms have been prized so far for their ability to drum up buzz and drive tune-in to shows but a new report from British researcher Futurescape suggests ad sales is the real target. Recent Facebook recruitments suggest that Facebook is hiring sales executives to compete directly for the global $180 billion TV ad budget. And as connected TV, smartphone and tablet platforms continue to grow in popularity and sophistication, social networks will only increase their influence over TV ratings, according to Futurescape.
 
A new survey from MasterCard indicates that younger consumers at least are ready now to begin swiping their phones at retail outlets and vending machines to pay for things. Some 63% percent of 18-34 year olds said they would be at ease using mobile phones to make purchases versus those age 35 or older (37%). Another 65% of consumers aged 18-34 said they feel more naked without their phones than their wallets, compared to 34% of those in the 35 and older group. Among the sexes more men than women (51% vs. 40%) would be at ease using mobile phones to make purchases, and more men than women (49% vs. 45%) would be impressed by someone who paid a bill with a mobile application than with a credit card.
 

 
eReader start-up Kobo kicked off Book Expo America by unveiling a new 6″touchscreen edition priced at a super competitive $130. It sports a 16-level grey e-ink screen viewable in bright sunlight and features a virtual keyboard, a full dictionary and the ability to read PDFs. Kobo will also lower the price of its predecessor to $99 (which came out about a year ago) when the new device ships next month.
 
BBC‘s UK-only iPlayer desktop app introduced a new DVR feature that allows users to subscribe to shows and download them to your hard drive to watch when not connected to the internet. Recorded programs remain for 30 days after they’re downloaded and expire 7 days after they’re begun.
 
Healthy living is the theme of NBCU’s new iGo Healthy app for the iPhone and iPod Touch, released yesterday with an interface that allows you to create your own avatar and advance through 5 fitness stages: “Out of Shape,” “Slimmed Down,” “Toned,” “Fit” and “Gym Rat.” The free app also downloads with a “power workout” playlist, available on iTunes selected by NBCU talent including Tori Spelling and Jim Cramer. (What does Jim Cramer workout to?)
 

 
San Francisco-based sports news site the Bleacher Report has named former CBS Interactive SVP Rich Calacci as its first Chief Revenue Officer. Rich will report to CEO Brian Grey in the publisher’s New York office.
 
Cindy Freed has been named VP/Sales Marketing for ESPN’s Customer Marketing and Sales group. She will report in New York to both Sean Hanrahan, SVP/Marketing Solutions and Tricia Betron, SVP/ Multimedia Sales.
 
Data mining and monetization company GamesAnalytics has hired Mark Robinson to serve as COO. He will be based in San Francisco and report to GamesAnalytics CEO Chris Wright.
 
Hibernia Atlantic has tapped Kathy Perone for the position of Chief Operations Officer after her 5 year stint as President of XLNT Technologies.
 
Bethesda, MD-based Latinum Network hired Joseph Carvajal to Director, Marketing and Business Development.
 

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Hulu Plus completed another big integration, this time with the latest Tivo Premiere set-top box. To promote the subscription service with Tivo customers, Hulu is offering the $7.99/mo. service for free for the first 6 months. (The deal expires Aug. 30.) Functionality includes menu navigation, fast-forward, rewind and thirty-second skip. There’s also a cool picture-in-picture feature that allows you to watch a video while you’re searching for something else to watch. Unfortunately, the integration replicates the user interface of other Hulu Plus adaptations and is not customized for the Tivo Premiere. When it launched last year, the Premiere made a show of integrating third party viewing experiences into a unified user interface – apparently the rush to complete the integration was deemed more important than the elegance of the interface itself.
 
Later – Wayne
 Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis Digital
05.24.11

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