Cynopsis: DIGITAL
10.01.13

Good morning. It’s Tuesday, October 1, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

Facebook will now provide even more TV conversation tracking data to broadcasters like ABC, NBC and FOX. The site announced it will supply detailed analytics of likes, comments and shares from private posts, keeping users’ anonymity intact.
In other words: Twitter and Nielsen have been delivering this data for a while, but Facebook claims their info is more relevant because of its wider user demographic.

 
The latest Vanity Fair digital short, The 1939 New York World’s Fair, was released on the magazine’s YouTube channel Monday. Directed by Oscar winner Barbara Kopple (Harlan County, USA), the short includes first-hand interviews with those at the original fair, and is the latest in a collection of ten designed to celebrate the magazine’s 100th anniversary. Don Cheadle and Bryce Dallas Howard are among the shorts’ directors.

PCWorld Magazine went entirely digital on Monday, tech media publisher IDG Consumer and SMB announced. The digital magazine is available on iPad, Kindle Fire and Android tablets. PCWorld has more than 119,000 digital subscribers and was ranked tenth in most digital subscribed consumer magazines in the U.S. by Alliance for Audited Media.

Alloy Digital is celebrating the first anniversary of its SMOSH Games YouTube channel, which provides content on the video game industry, reviews and game trailers. It was the fastest growing channel in YouTube’s history when it first debuted, snagging one million subscribers in just 24 hours. It now boasts 3.2 million subscribers and 425 million views.

Networks (both Cable & Broadcast) are faced with eroding ratings and ad dollars shifting from TV to Digital. That’s why Cynopsis is presenting a conference on what networks are doing – and what they need to do more of – to aggressively evolve to compete, and profit in this shifting landscape. Join us as our experts share the latest business and advertising models for success at the Cynopsis Future TV Summit!

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TODAY is the Cynopsis Digital Webinar

Moderator: David Tochterman: Head of Digital Media {Innovative Artists}
Speakers: Evan Bregman: Director, Digital Media {Electus}
Stuart McLean: Founder and CEO {Content & Co}
Daniel Tibbets: SVP, Digital Media {Bunim/Murray Productions}
Scott Nocas: Global Head of Distribution & Marketing/GM {Vuguru/Vuguru-POW}

Volkswagen is venturing off the beaten path with its new tablet advertising campaign that promotes TDI Clean Diesel technology. The ad uses video and geo-location to map a 795-mile test drive – equivalent to how far a driver can go on one tank with the Volkswagen Passat TDI. The ads are running on Motor Trend and Automobile Magazine tablet editions.

AOL is planning to return to television with commercials for its new partner service Gathr, the company announced yesterday. All Things D reports this is the first commercial since CEO Tim Armstrong took over in 2009. The TV spots will run in the Seattle, Minneapolis and Atlanta markets next fall.

Call for Submissions: Cynopsis is producing a Halloween Programming Guide which comes out on October 17 and will be sent to all Cynopsis and Cynopsis Kids subscribers. If your network has a Halloween-themed programming, please send your listings to Cathy Applefeld Olson at [email protected] no later than Friday Oct 4. Please include the following information: type of program (i.e. series, special, documentary, movie or holiday-themed episode), title, dates and times of all airings (please indicate when the show first premieres and when subsequent encores will air). Cathy will send you a confirmation email following each submission (if you don’t receive a confirmation email, please resubmit).

Apple has drained the fizz from Coca-Cola as it assumes the mantle of the world’s most valuable brand, according to Interbrand’s Best Global Brands report. The company is valued at $98.4 billion, taking over the now third place Coca-Cola, worth a sizeable $79.2 billion. This is the first time in Interbrand’s 13-year history of the annual study that the soft drink brand has been bumped from the top. Google blew into second place at $93.3 billion, with IBM at $78.8 billion and Microsoft at $59.5 billion. Interestingly, Interbrand found that Facebook is the fastest-growing brand, with a 43 percent value increase over last year.

Breaking Bad broke some serious social media records during Sunday’s season finale episode. The 75-minute AMC show generated 5.5 million Facebook interactions from three million of the site’s users. The entire 5th season saw 11 million people creating 23 million conversations and likes… Nielsen reports that the BB finale also broke records for Twitter, with 1.24 million tweets from more than 600,000 users. Twitter hit a peak at 22,373 tweets-per-minute when the episode began on the East Coast.

Digital advertising spending will top all advertising expenditure at $109.7 billion by the end of 2013, according to ZenithOptimedia. Mobile advertising is leading the way, with a growth rate of 77 percent – that’s seven times that of desktop internet ad spending.

PlayStation 4 apparently has an edge on Xbox One sales, according to a recent Reuters poll. The survey asked U.S. shoppers what gaming console they were interested in buying during the holiday season, and 26 percent favored the PS4 over 15 percent for the Xbox One.
In other words: The times, they are a-changin’. The Xbox 360, which has been the top console in the U.S. since it was released, will probably be taking a 360-degree look to see what can be tweaked and improved.
 

ABC News Digital hired Erie Norton as its new Executive Producer. Norton was previously the Executive Editor of Reuters Digital. ABC News Digital has the bigger web operation than rivals CNN, NBC and CBS, thanks to its partnership with Yahoo.

BBC.com has promoted KJ Shockey and Matthew Archambault as Vice President of Digital Ad Sales. Michael Graf has been promoted to Vice President of Cable Ad Sales of BBC World News, and Danielle D’Angelo has been promoted to Digital Account Executive.

Demand Media announced its new Senior Vice President and manager of Registrar Services Steve Banfield. Previously, he was leader of Demand Media’s Name.com and eNom teams.

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Cynopsis Future TV Summit:
Content Innovation and Next Gen Advertising Models
Oct.17| Grand Hyatt NYC | REGISTER NOW

Speakers Include:
Keith Clinkscales: CEO (Revolt Media)
Danielle Mullin: VP, Marketing (ABC Family)
Borja Perez: SVP, Digital and Social Media (Telemundo Media)

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The White House released an online animated video that outlines the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, which goes into effect today. The video, titled White House White Board: What ObamaCare Means For You, targets younger Americans by detailing ObamaCare’s provisions for those under 26. Given the fighting over a government shutdown, this video is more timely than ever. Watch it at www.cynopsis.com.

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Jessica Reese
10.01.13

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