2016-11-02

CYNOPSISDIGITAL
11.02.16

Good morning. It’s Wednesday November 2, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.

TODAY’S CODEBREAKER

Unduplicated audience: The phrase unduplicated audience refers to the number of unique individuals exposed to a specified domain, ad, or webpage within a specified time period.

TOP NEWS

Hulu’s internet-based live TV service, set to debut early next year, just landed a ton of new programming courtesy of deals with 21st Century Fox and Disney. (It’s not too surprising – both companies co-own Hulu.) The deals will bring over 35 networks to the service, including Fox, ABC and ESPN.

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ADVERTISING

Yikes. In September, Facebook admitted that it had been measuring ad viewership in a way that artificially inflated how long users tend to watch ads. Now three marketers have filed a class-action suit against the social media giant, alleging that the company “induced” advertisers to buy video ads and pay overly-high prices. The marketers – Tom Letizia, Mark Fierro, and Greg Agustin – filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. They’re seeking both monetary damages and attorney’s fees. If they win their case, it could open the floodgates to similar lawsuits

Instagram is partnering with close to two-dozen retailers on a new initiative. The Facebook-owned platform is now allowing J. Crew, Macy’s and others to tag retail products in Instagram photos. The tags lead directly to the brands’ website, where the products can be purchased. It’s just a limited beta test – at least for now.

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PLATFORMS + DEVICES

Roku is getting a bit of DVR-like functionality. With the Roku OS 7.5 update, the Roku TV app will enable users to pause live over-the-air TV broadcasts for up to 90 minutes. The update started rolling out yesterday to current generation devices. Other enhancements that come with the new update include volume control for Roku remotes, as well as a private listening mode that enables users to listen to audio through a pair of headphones inserted into the Roku remote.

Snapchat offers a prime opportunity for media companies to work with influencers – but there are keys to doing it right. So said Cameron Curtis, Editor-in-Chief of Food Network’s Snapchat Discover channel, at last week’s Cynopsis Snapchat Boot Camp. “Part of the goal of working with influencers is trying to reach people who probably wouldn’t have tuned into Food Network to begin with,” said Curtis. “We look for influencers who are tangentially related. They talk about food, they’re into health, they’re into fitness…But their audience probably doesn’t overlap with our audience… we’re getting influencers that…promote to their fans and say, ‘hey, I’m working with Food Network now…Why don’t you go check them out?’” Skyler Bouchard, an influencer who works with Food Network, had thoughts about how best to work with sponsors. “I don’t like to be scripted much,” she said at the Boot Camp. “But it really depends on what the brand gives you. They’re my client and I want to be sure I’m pleasing them.”

OTT + SVOD

Better to strike late than never. FilmStruck, Turner’s new SVOD service for classic, foreign and indie films, is now live. FilmStruck had been slated for an October 19 launch, but Turner wound up delaying the service’s debut. (Turner says it needed to fix glitches in FilmStruck’s registration process.) The service, developed and managed by Turner Classic Movies and the Criterion Collection, will cost $6.99 per month without the Criterion Channel, and $10.99 per month with it.

VIRTUAL + AUGMENTED REALITY

The NY Times is diving deeper into 360-degree video. The Times has launched The Daily 360, a new project that aims to debut at least one new 360-dgree video daily. The videos will be available on the Times’ website, as well as its VR apps and for the Samsung Gear VR headset. (The first Daily 360 video focuses on a building in Yemen that recently fell victim to an airstrike, killing more than 100 civilians.) Samsung will produce the series in partnership with the Times.

RESEARCH

To determine the TV ads generating the most digital response, iSpot.tv measures digital actions across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and all major search engines. Here, a look at the brands backing the World Series.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a Cubs fan or an Indians fan, marketers – particularly automakers, wireless brands and insurance companies – want to reach you. Those were the top three categories of advertisers during games 1-5 of the World Series on Fox, with Verizon, Geico, Chevrolet, Google (for its new Pixel phone) and Apple (for the iPhone 7) the top individual brands, in that order, ranked by estimated spend. But in terms digital buzz generated by ads airing during the games, Apple came out on top, followed by Geico, Taco Bell, T-Mobile and Farmers Insurance. Farmers got baseball fans talking with quirky ‘Hall of Claims’ ads featuring swimming dogs (“mer-mutts”) and “romantic rodents.” -iSpot.tv



The ListenFirst Television Interest (TVI) Rating (TM) is a standardized measurement of the most buzzed-about TV programs on linear TV and streaming services. A complement to ListenFirst’s other syndicated data products (such as the ListenFirst Digital Audience Rating – TV), the metrics included in the rating capture organic actions that are largely unaffected by paid media. Programs that surface on the TVI leaderboards are the most hashtagged on Facebook, Google+, and Tumblr, as well as most searched for on Wikipedia (used as a proxy for organic search volume).

Streaming Series (10/24/16 – 10/30/16)


Source: ListenFirst. The TVI Rating aggregates metrics that measure organically generated activity by fans of the TV show. The metric includes total volume of official hashtag mentions on Facebook, Google+, and Tumblr, along with Wikipedia page views (as a proxy for organic search volume) for a show as a percentage of the total volume of the same activities for all shows.

According to a report form the IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau), total digital ad revenues in the U.S. amounted to $32.7 billion during the first half of 2016 –  an all-time high. Mobile revenue saw the biggest year-over-year gain, increasing from $8.2 billion to $15.5 billion, an 89% shift. Ad revenues from mobile video rose to $1.6 billion, a 178% rise from the same time period in 2015. Mobile search rose to $7.4 billion, a 105% shift. Total digital video revenue (including both mobile and desktop), rose to $3.9 billion, a 51% year-over-year increase. And total search revenue rose to $16.3 billion, a 19% increase. One notable bit of info from the report: Mobile revenue looks on pace to overtake desktop soon, quite possibly by the end of the year. In fact, desktop ad revenue fell for the first time ever. The IAB Internet Advertising Revenue Report was prepared by PwC US. You can check it out here.

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Woven Digital, a digital media company geared toward male millennials, has made the biggest of promotions. As first reported by Variety, Benjamin Blank will serve as the company’s new CEO. He takes over for Colin Digiaro, who will now serve as the company’s Executive Chairman. Blank joined the company in 2014, previously serving as Chief Creative Officer. Woven’s brands include Uproxx, BroBible, Dime, and, since earlier this year, HitFix.

TRIVIA

Our Last Trivia Question: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog has been around for a while now, getting his start on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and starring in a couple of election-themed Hulu specials this year. Who’s the creator (and voice) of the character? Answer: Robert Smigel. Kudos to Andy Pittman-TAMU/TX, Dan Quiterio-Understood.org/NY, Pete Gautieri-A&E Networks/NY, David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/CA, Jeff Mirkin-2:05 Engagement/CA, Nekia Seymore-Turrner/NY, Eric Wright Sr.-D S Simon Media/NY, Barry G. Waldman/New York, Joseph Lepe-Comcast Spotlight/CA, and Dave Gaetano-Yahoo/NY

Follow-up: What’s the name of the recurring animated segment that Robert Smigel created for Saturday Night Live? (Email trivia@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and state.)

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DIGITAL SPOTLIGHT

Fuller House will be back for a second season December 9, and Netflix is out with a new trailer. Check it out here.

See you on tomorrow,
David Teich

11.02.16

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