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Sunday, November 17, 2013

Comcast to Enable Movie Purchasing in Early EST Window...

Comcast is expanding from renting to selling movies from major studios by the end of the year, sources confirmed.

The nation's largest cable operator will join digital streaming platforms such as Apple's iTunes and Vudu in allowing users to purchase films in an evolving new window leading into the traditional home-video window, known as "early EST" or as studios recently agreed to call high-definition copies, "Digital HD."

Comcast declined to comment, as did reps from several studios. News was first reported by The Wall Street Journal and Reuters.

Early EST is not to be confused with the controversial premium VOD, which involves movies bowing in tandem with or shortly after the beginning of the theatrical window. Early EST comes after hotels and airlines get films, or several weeks before the traditional three-month separation between theatrical debut and home video.

More and more big movies have launched in that window including "The Heat," "Iron Man 3," "The Great Gatsby" and "Star Trek Into Darkness." Titles are available for approximately $15.

With the major studios recently agreeing to adopt the Digital HD brand for all HD movies available in the early EST window, the addition of a broadly available distributor like Comcast provides yet another shot in the arm for driving the value of ownership to U.S. consumers. While rental transactions outnumber movie purchases, the latter category is of huge importance to the studios because they have a much higher profit margin than the former.

Comcast intends to make movie ownership available through its Xfinity TV platform, which allows access to a huge trove of rental titles regardless of whether they are being accessed on TV, mobile or PC to authenticated subscribers. A cloud-based locker would be built into the Xfinity platform where the content could be accessed.

Comcast has more than 20 million cable subscribers in the U.S. The MSO reported a loss of 129,000 subs in the third quarter.

Currently, Comcast offers its subscribers 36,000 titles through its set-top VOD service and 270,000 videos online. About 70% of digital video subscribers use VOD monthly.

Comcast is currently in talks with Netflix to add the streaming video service to its cable boxes and new X1 product. X1 is a cloud-based service, introduced last year, that Comcast hopes will attract new customers with its user-friendly interface, better search functionality and enhanced DVR.

Overall, Comcast's third-quarter net profit slipped 18% to $1.73 billion, while revenue declined 2.4% to $16.15 billion.

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Comcast and Twitter create new feature to watch TV...

Comcast Corp. has struck a partnership with Twitter to try to capitalize on the huge volume of social media conversations that occur about TV shows.

Twitter has turned out to be a digital water cooler with thousands of people around the country simultaneously engaging in real-time conversations on Twitter about favorite television shows or sporting events as they unfold.

Media companies, including Comcast, have been scurrying to find ways to channel these conversations that occur on the so-called "second screen" into more viewers for their television programming.

ON LOCATION: Where the cameras roll

The partnership between the two companies, announced Wednesday, will allow Comcast cable Xfinity customers to access NBC TV shows, including "The Voice," "Blacklist," "Chicago Fire," movies and sporting events, including "Sunday Night Football," directly from a Twitter message.

The company has developed a new feature, which it calls "See It," that is designed to funnel its Comcast customers who use Twitter to the show with a click of a button.

"Comcast is taking a leap forward in social TV by enabling Twitter users to more easily find and view the shows they want to watch and discover new shows," Brian Roberts, chief executive of Comcast, said in a prepared statement. "Twitter complements the live viewing experience and is an ideal partner for Comcast and NBCUniversal."

The new feature is expected to roll out in November for shows that run on NBCUniversal networks. The company's wanted to have the new feature running before NBC's broadcast of the Winter Olympics in February.

Here is how it will work: The See It button will enable a menu of options, including allowing viewers to tune into the television live, set their DVR to record the show or queue it up through the Comcast On Demand feature on their set-top box. They will also have the ability to tune in to a show online or on their mobile device.

The Philadelphia-based cable giant said the relationship with Twitter also includes advertising opportunities for its wholly owned media company, NBCUniversal. It plans to embed sponsored video clips into tweets to promote its TV shows.

"Twitter is where television viewers come to talk about what they're watching on TV when they're watching it," Dick Costolo, chief executive of Twitter said. "With See It, they'll be able to tune in directly from a tweet. It's a great example of Comcast's leadership in bringing TV to new platforms."

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Study: Only 14 Percent of Cable Customers Satisfied; 73 Percent Want a la Carte

PwC finds that though customers want changes, they aren't willing to pay much for them: "With TV in such a state of flux, companies must revisit their business models," says PwC analyst Matthew Lieberman.

A la carte television programming is a popular concept among consumers who presume they'd save money by ditching channels they don't watch, but given that only 38 percent would be willing to pay more than $3 per channel each month, it's not likely the idea will catch on with TV providers who aren't inclined to stray from bundling. Not at that price.

Hollywood, Take Note: Here's What TV Viewers Really Want (Guest Column)

Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman Doesn't Expect A La Carte Cable Law

A new study out Wednesday from PricewaterhouseCoopers says that 44 percent of consumers would like a total a la carte system and that 73 percent of consumers would prefer a la carte or at least more customization of packages than is currently offered. Only 14 percent are satisfied with the status quo.

When it comes down to it, though, even customers who want such changes aren't willing to pay much for them. Sixteen percent, for example, say they won't pay more than 99 cents a month for a channel they want, while 24 percent will pay $1.99 and 22 percent will pay $2.99.
At $8 a month per channel, the highest option offered in the PwC survey, only 5 percent say they'd pay up.

The survey also indicates that 57 percent would not pay more than 99 cents a month for access to an individual show each month, while 20 percent would pay $1.99 and 12 percent would pay $2.99. Only 2 percent would pay $8 a month for a show.

Despite the lowly amounts that surely would be dismissed as unfeasible by distributors and content providers alike, TV executives would be wise to note the popularity of the a la carte concept, says PwC entertainment, media and communications analyst Matthew Lieberman.

GUEST COLUMN: Hollywood, Take Note: Here's What TV Viewers Really Want

"With TV in such a state of flux, companies must revisit their business models," says Lieberman. "The winners will be those that offer custom services or curate content in the most appealing ways."
For its study, PwC also held focus groups. "I have a bunch of channels that just sit there," one participant said. "If they could take them off and lower my bill each month, that would be great."
If given the a la carte option, 65 percent say they would subscribe to 10 or more channels, the most popular being basic cable offerings, followed, in order, by premium cable, sports, lifestyle, news, premium sports and children's programming.

The comprehensive PwC report also explores ways that consumers currently watch television, how they discover new shows and the amount of advertising they're willing to view in lieu of subscription fees. In regard to the latter, the rule is simple: The smaller the screen, the fewer the number of ads viewers will tolerate.

TV online is dominated by Netflix to the tune of 63 percent, while 49 percent go to the websites of the TV networks for their online viewing, 35 percent to Hulu, 28 percent to Amazon Prime, 25 percent to iTunes and 24 percent to HBO Go. Three percent go to Pirate Bay.

Only 14 percent say they prefer a web service for their TV viewing, but 31 percent acknowledge that the availability of Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and others decreases the value of television to them.
PwC found that 55 percent of TV viewers use their mobile devices while watching television and, of those, 56 percent use them for activities specific to a particular TV show.

Lieberman said focus groups revealed that consumers want more programming guidance from TV service providers. For now, 59 percent say they find new shows through recommendations from friends or family, 45 percent through channel flipping and 42 percent via advertisements. Only 4 percent discover new shows through social media.

Not surprising, DVRs are hugely popular, with 57 percent of consumers saying they record most of their shows for later viewing. Ten percent say they engage in "binge viewing" and 7 percent acknowledge that they often record shows but never watch them.

PwC surveyed 1,008 U.S. consumers ages 18 to 59. Seventy percent of the respondents have cable TV, 41 percent have Netflix, 26 percent subscribe to satellite, 18 percent use Amazon Prime, 16 percent use iTunes and 8 percent use Hulu.

"This study shows that during the next five years, an even greater portion of viewing of and interaction with TV and film content will take place on multiple screens and devices," says Lieberman. "Hollywood must adapt accordingly."

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Foreign TV Shoots Boost Ontario’s Economy...

Features drop but network series rep $943 million in local spending
Jennie Punter

TORONTO — Ontario's film and TV industry contributed C$1.28 billion ($1.25 billion) to the provincial economy last year, up slightly from $1.26 billion in 2011, the Ontario Media Development Corporation said Friday.

Despite a dip in both foreign and domestic feature film spending, growth in the TV sector more than made up the difference, with domestic and foreign series representing 76% ($943 million) of Ontario's 2012 total.

The most notable trend was the uptick in foreign, primarily U.S., series — an almost 80% increase from $146 million in 2011 to $263 million in 2012. NBCUniversal's "Hannibal," pictured above with star Mads Mikkelsen, and "Defiance" and Netflix' "Hemlock Grove" were among 18 foreign skeins shot in Ontario last year.

In Toronto, the province's production hub, local industryites have noted a higher level of client retention the past two years, reversing the previous trend of series shooting one season in town then moving to a different jurisdiction.

"These 2012 production levels are a testament to the heavy lifting that we and other stakeholders have committed to in order to create a positive and productive environment for film and television in Ontario," said Jim Mirkopoulos, vice president of operations at Cinespace studios, where the fifth season of NBCUniversal skein "Warehouse 13" and Paul W.S. Anderson's sword-and-sandal pic "Pompeii" will lense this year.

"Lost Girl," "Rookie Blue" and "Beauty and the Beast" were among 140 Canadian series that spent $679 million in Ontario in 2012, an increase from 2011's $609 million total.

Foreign feature spending fell to $103.5 million from 2011's record-busting $266 million; that total included Sony's "Total Recall" and Legendary Pictures' "Pacific Rim," two of the biggest foreign features ever shot in Ontario. Both lensed at Pinewood Toronto Studios.

Domestic features spent $120 million in 2012, a drop from 2011's $161 million on the back of more production — 39 vs. the previous year's 28 — but budgets were lower.

As of Feb. 22, Ontario had 21 productions shooting or in prep, including season two of BBC America's "Copper" and Malcolm Lee's "Best Man II" (Universal).

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L.A. feature film shoots plunge in third quarter...

After two consecutive quarters of growth, feature film shoots on the streets of Los Angeles plunged in the third quarter.

On-location filming fell 21% in the three-month period ending Sept. 30, generating only 1,640 production days compared with the same period a year ago, according to a report from FilmL.A. Inc., the nonprofit group that handles film permits for the city. (One production day represents a crew's permission to film a single location in a 24-hour period.)

The slide in feature activity marks a stark turnaround from the first and second quarters, when film production rose 16% and 9%, respectively. The data apply to film shoots on streets and noncertified sound stages, as opposed to shooting on studio lots.

Film industry officials attributed the decrease to the ongoing rivalry from other states and foreign countries luring business away from Hollywood and the fact that fewer feature projects qualified for California's film and television tax credit program this year.

So far in 2012, only 22 feature projects have been approved for the state film tax credit, which is allocated in June. The state, which awards $100 million a year via a lottery, approved 40 projects in 2011. State lawmakers recently approved legislation to extend funding for California's film tax credit through mid-2017.

"We applaud the recent two-year extension of California's film incentive program, and support expanding the program to stop the production outflow and attract a more diverse slate of high-value productions,'' FilmL.A. President Paul Audley said in a statement.

State film tax credits were awarded to several locally produced TV shows, including "Body of Proof" and "Rizzoli and Isles."

Nonetheless, those shows accounted for a tiny share of overall TV location filming in the third quarter. The television category had a weak quarter, slipping 1.4% to 4,245 production days, led by a 20.5% drop in reality TV and a 18.5% decline in TV dramas. Broadcast networks increasingly have been eyeing New York and other states for their new dramas.
On the other hand, sitcoms and and TV webisodes continue to show rapid growth in Los Angeles. Sitcom production jumped 48% in the quarter while TV webisodes surged by 149%, FilmL.A. said.

"The television landscape is changing in Los Angeles, and economically, the sector has taken a turn for the worse,'' Audley said. "Many of the new TV projects we're coordinating permits for have low spending and employment impacts. More needs to be done, policy-wise, to help return sought-after TV drama projects to Los Angeles."

Commercial activity in the L.A. area decreased 5.3% to 1,635 days in the quarter afer posting big gains in the first half of the year.

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Fox launching Spanish-language network...

A quarter century ago, Fox figured there was room for more than just three big TV networks. It created Fox Broadcasting, which would redefine television with shows such as "Married ... with Children,""The Simpsons,""24" and"American Idol."

Now, Fox is hoping to stage an encore.

Rupert Murdoch's company on Monday unveiled MundoFox, a new Spanish-language broadcast network. A joint venture with Colombian powerhouse RCN Television Group, the network will challenge the Spanish-language media dominance of entrenched rivals Univision Communications and Telemundo.

"It is a fascinating move, and it has the potential to really make an impact," said Diana Bald, a senior vice president at advertising firm ID Media.

Fox and RCN have chipped in an estimated $100 million to hire staff, develop programming and launch the service. The network and its national news team will be based in Los Angeles, unlike Univision and Telemundo, which both operate from Miami.

Fox is banking on the L.A. location to give MundoFox a competitive edge by absorbing the region's Mexican American culture. Two-thirds of Latinos in the U.S. are of Mexican heritage.

"The key for them is to become a disruptive force rather than be a me-too player," Bald said.

That's precisely the plan, said Hernan Lopez, chief executive of the Fox International Channels division.

"The market has been too steady for too long," Lopez said. "The average Spanish-language channel looks very similar to the way it looked 15 to 20 years ago. Those networks have a proven formula, and it works for them. But we think break-through TV beats formula TV."

"Formula TV" is a dig at industry titan Univision, which instead of spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year developing unproven shows, as do English language giants ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox, airs telenovelas produced by Grupo Televisa of Mexico that have performed well during their initial runs in Mexico.

The five-night-a-week programs also score huge ratings in the U.S. This summer, Univision's blockbuster telenovela "La que no podía amar" has been drawing larger audiences than most shows on the major networks.

Instead of telenovelas, whose plots revolve around the heartaches and ambitions of a female protagonist, MundoFox is positioning its dramas as "teleseries" that also run five nights a week. Lopez described the more contemporary programs as action adventures with romantic backdrops, designed to appeal to men and women alike.

MundoFox plans to run in its 9 p.m. weeknight slot RCN's hugely successful "El Capo," based on the story of fictional drug lord Pedro Pablo Jaramillo. The network also plans to reprise the original "Yo soy Betty, la fea," another RCN production, which became a global phenomenon and inspired the successful ABC show "Ugly Betty."

Another teleseries, "Kdabra," features elements of magic and the supernatural. Christopher Von Uckermann plays a 17-year-old teenager who has escaped from a dark community, triggering unexpected events. (The show previously ran on Univision's Telefutura network.)

"RCN has a history of success in the U.S.; they have produced some great hits," said Bald, the advertising executive. MundoFox "might be onto something if they can attract an edgier crowd and the second and third generation. Traditional telenovelas tend to appeal an older generation of Hispanics."

Univision counters that its telenovelas perform well among the prized demographic of 18- to 34-year-old viewers. Indeed, the median age of the Latino population is younger than that of the general population, making Latinos and the networks that target them magnets for advertisers.

MundoFox is planning game shows, including "Minuto para ganar," hosted by Marco Antonio Regil. Late night will feature Seth McFarlane's"American Dad," dubbed in Spanish. For children, it will offer "Nat Geo Kids," a program originally produced by National Geographic.

MundoFox's 6 p.m. national newscast will be anchored from Los Angeles by the Peabody Award-winning journalist Rolando Nichols. (The division will be separate from the company's New York-based Fox News Channel). MundoFox says its newscast will be the only one in Spanish that will air live on both the East and West coasts. RCN will provide international newscasts.

Sports will also be a crucial component. Although Univision and Telemundo have the rights for key soccer leagues, MundoFox is hoping it can carry some punch with UFC's mixed martial arts fighting.

"UFC championships have been extremely popular with Hispanics, and I really believe that's been a missed opportunity for Univision and Telemundo," Bald said.

In Los Angeles, the network will air on KWHY-TV Channel 22, a station previously owned by NBCUniversal. (The Federal Communications Commission forced NBC to divest KWHY because NBC already owned two stations in the market, KNBC-TV Channel 4 and Telemundo station KVEA-TV Channel 52.)

Other companies have tried and failed to launch new Latino networks. Telemundo, even with a deep-pocketed parent, NBCUniversal, struggled for years to take market share from Univision. Fox also has had mixed results. Although Fox News Channel has unseated CNN as the cable news leader, the company's nearly 5-year-old Fox Business Network has not come close to toppling CNBC.

In some ways, Fox is swimming against the tide by launching a Spanish-language network.

Advertisers seem more interested in reaching bilingual Latinos than those who are principally Spanish-speaking. So Univision is starting a 24-hour English-language cable news channel with Walt Disney's ABC News next year.Comcast Corp., which controls NBCUniversal, will launch a handful of networks, also in English, aimed at young Latinos, including one co-owned by "Spy Kids" director Robert Rodriguez.

Spanish-language TV, Lopez said, is the smart play because many bilingual Latinos speak Spanish at home.

"Fox is already the No. 1 brand among Latinos in English-language America, so if Fox wants to grow among Latinos, it makes sense for us to have a Spanish-language network," Lopez said.

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By Meg James, Los Angeles Times

by Anthony Johnson • August 8, 2012 • Blog, Cannabis, Politics

New Approach Washington hopes to legalize an ounce of cannabis for all adults in the Evergreen State, ending thousands of arrests so that law enforcement can concentrate on serious and violent crime.

New Approach Washington, the group behind Initiative 502, the Evergreen State’s upcoming cannabis legalization measure, has just released their first TV ad. The ad has been deemed ambitious by some, and as too negative by some legalization supporters.

I-502 has certainly garnered much controversy within the cannabis community with various factions split on whether to support, oppose or remain neutral on the measure. Many activists don’t support the measure because of the per se DUI provision that may ensnare non-impaired drivers, particularly medical marijuana patients, with a driving under the influence provision merely for having THC metabolites in their blood stream, among other reasons. Activists that support the measure counter that the DUI provision is necessary for passage and that a greater good will be accomplished as the number of DUI arrests and convictions due to cannabis will pale in comparison to the number of people currently arrested for marijuana possession in Washington State.

Supporting activists also latch onto the fact that any problematic provisions may be reformed later through another initiative or the legislative process. These activists maintain that it is important to pass a legalization measure first; that activists shouldn’t be waiting on a perfect measure while opposing good progress. The Seattle Hempfest, the world’s largest pro-cannabis legalization rally, has decided to remain neutral on the measure. Personally, I am very sympathetic to the activists that oppose the measure as I am not a fan of the per se DUI provision, nor do I support the restriction on personal gardens under the measure. However, as an activist, I can’t help but support the measure as I view it as a step in the right direction for the national movement. I also hold out hope that the measure may be improved after passage.

New Approach Washington has certainly assembled a top-notch professional team that is systematically working to win at the ballot box this November. Polls demonstrate that females, particularly mothers, will be an important demographic to sway if we hope to end cannabis prohibition and this first ad certainly seems targeted toward mothers. SurveyUSA recently polled Washington voters, finding that 55% support I-502 while 32% oppose. Hopefully, this approach holds up and convinces a majority of Washington voters that prohibition is a failed policy that needs to be repealed.

Campaign Video here: http://nationalcannabiscoalition.com/2012/08/washington-marijuana-legalization-tv-ad/

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Social Media Research Firm Fizziology Launches in U.K....

The company will provide information on U.K. buzz to entertainment companies and brands.

LONDON - Social media research firm Fizziology has launched a research arm for the U.K. to provide new geographically-focused information on social media buzz to entertainment companies and brands.

The company uses sentiment analysis to track audience opinions on a movie or TV shows based on what people share on Twitter, Facebook and blogs. Based on its work, it also provides box office predictions, advertising analysis, guidance on casting decisions and other things.

While social media trackers typically collect global data, Fizziology uses a three-layer language and geo-location approach to capture only U.K. social media conversations. "Fizziology is able to deliver U.K.-based intelligence to help studios, networks and brands better determine how to craft their marketing strategies for the U.K. without the noise of additional markets," the company said.

It plans to launch similar services in other international markets as well.

"Every market is a little different," explained Ben Carlson, president and co-creator of Fizziology, the need for geographically targeted data. "Different characters and storylines or lines pop in different markets. And some programming only airs in one. This gives us the ability to parse it and provide a much truer look for decision makers who are making or marketing the show."

The company provided a recent example of a show that ended its season in the U.S., while it was still in full swing in Britain.

"For example, when analyzing conversation around a TV show like The Newsroom, we can determine which social media conversations are taking place amongst the U.S. audience versus those that occurred in the U.K.," said Jen Handley, COO and co-creator of Fizziology. "With the trend towards same-day international release dates for movies and television shows, the ability to know whether a certain conversation trend is coming from the U.K. or another audience becomes even more important."

She said British social media conversations about The Newsroom focused more on the relationships between characters than in the U.S., for example, which TV network marketers could use to tailor their marketing messages.

"In addition to being able to better measure U.K. social media buzz from a data perspective, we are focused on providing understanding and intelligence tailored to the U.K. market," said Carlson. He said the coding of social media conversations is being handled by people in the U.K. who can pick up regional cultural references and analyze phrases that may be lost on U.S. researchers.

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New Russian Child-Protection Law Hits TV Channels...

Broadcasters are forced to make changes to their programming, including "The Simpsons" and "South Park."

MOSCOW -- A controversial child protection law that comes into force in Russia as of Sept.1 is to hit TV stations as they will no longer be able to air some of content previously intended for children before 11 p.m.

MTV Russia Could Go Off The Air (Report)

The new law specifically targets the depiction of violence, sex and characters consuming tobacco, alcohol and using profanity, prompting TV stations to reconsider their programming.
The TV channel 2x2, which specializes in imported cartoon series, plans to cut some violent parts from Itchy & Scratchy, "a cartoon within a cartoon" in The Simpsons, and to move the airings of South Park to time slots after 11 p.m., Lev Makarov, 2x2's general director, was quoted as saying by the Russian News Service.

Incidentally, four years ago, the channel came under attack from the authorities for allegedly "extremist" content of some of the South Park episodes it had broadcasted and even faced the revoking of it license, but the controversy eventually died down.

Meanwhile, some popular Russian cartoons could be found illegal under the new law, as well. The state-run television company VGTRK will have to air the popular Soviet-time cartoon series Nu, Pogodi! (I'll Get You) only after 11 p.m., the Ekho Moskvy FM station reported. In just about every scene of the series, one of the two main characters, Wolf, is shown smoking a cigarette.
"We have two options: to break the law or to show it late at night," Tatyana Tsyvareva, head of children and youth programming at VGTRK, was quoted as saying in the report.
The maximum punishment for companies for breaking the new law is stipulated to be suspension of operations for up to 90 days.

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Google Pulls Plug on TV Ad Sales System...

The TV Ads in Adwords service, which faced industry resistance, will come to an end later this year.

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Google is pulling the plug on an online exchange that tried to establish the online giant as a major player in the sale of TV ad spots.

In a blog post late Thursday, Google said it would end its TV Ads in Adwords service later this year.
Google has been successfully selling paid-search ads online and wanted to push into the TV ad space, but faced resistance from established players in the TV and advertising communities.
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Hallmark Channel and NBCUniversal's cable channels became early partners, hoping to draw more local advertisers that Google has relationships with. But the Google ad venture was dealt a setback in 2010 when NBCUniversal ended its deal a year early.
"In 2007, we launched Google TV Ads in AdWords to bring digital buying and measurement technologies to traditional TV advertising," Shishir Mehrotra, vp of product at Google's YouTube, wrote in the blog post late Thursday. "Since then, lots of our clients have bought traditional TV advertising for the first time. However, video is increasingly going digital, and users are now watching across numerous devices."
Added Mehrotra: "The future of video advertising is extremely bright, and we're excited to devote ourselves fully to it."
The service's staff would be moved "to other areas at Google," the post said without providing more details.

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Third-quarter audience trends have been "disappointing" so far for U.K

"Disappointing" recent audience trends should improve in the fourth quarter, and lower ratings for the return of "X Factor" "may build" as the season continues, UBS says though.

LONDON - Third-quarter audience trends have been "disappointing" so far for U.K. commercial broadcaster ITV amid the BBC's strong ratings for its coverage of the Summer Olympics, UBS analyst Tamsin Garrity said Monday in lowering her full-year 2012 and 2013 advertising revenue forecast for the company.

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"Audience has been disappointing through the third quarter, though ITV has a strong programming slate for the fourth quarter," she said in a research report.

For 2012, the analyst lowered her advertising revenue estimate for ITV to growth of 0.5 percent, down from 2.5 percent previously, but still ahead of the consensus expectation for no change. For 2013, she expects no gain, down from her previous projection of 1.5 percent growth, "although this is offset by better interest and tax," which should help profitability, Garrity said.

The UBS analyst also said that ratings for ITV should improve in the fourth quarter, and lower ratings for this weekend's return of Simon Cowell's X Factor "may build" as the season continues.
"ITV management stated it is confident audience share will be stronger in the fourth quarter," Garrity wrote. "On the weekend, ITV proceeded with the return of the X Factor and a rejuvenated Red or Black; initial viewing was low at 8 million (last year 11 million), however this may build." And she highlighted that other returning shows over the near-term include Downton Abbey.

Jefferies analyst Will Smith said X Factor "is very visible, so people take note," even though most analysts don't spend much time on individual shows.

"It sounds like September is tracking a bit better than expected on ad spend," Smith said though.
Garrity echoed that. Announcing its latest results last month, ITV said that ad revenue in September will come in between unchanged from 2011 to down 5 percent, leaving the first nine months of 2012 unchanged. "Media buyers think this is slightly pessimistic," she said.

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Nielsen study finds 'second screen' viewing enhances TV experience...

When viewers watch a TV program with a tablet device, they tend to check their email, hunt for sports scores or seek additional information about the show or a commercial they were watching on the big screen.

A new report by Nielsen Co., released Friday, underscores what network television researchers have been preaching for more than a year: that "second screen viewing" appears to augment the TV viewing experience rather than steal away viewers.

Nielsen's State of the Media: Advertising & Audiences report found that men, when watching TV and using a tablet simultaneously, were more likely than women to look for information related to a TV program they were watching (39% versus 34%). Women were more inclined to seek information related to a television commercial (24% versus 21%).

Not surprisingly, teenagers with tablets were far more apt to visit a social media site while watching TV than were older baby boomers and seniors (62% versus 33%).

The report also found cultural differences in TV watching and the use of digital video recorders. Nielsen said that white TV viewers use digital video recorders on a daily basis twice as much as any other group, while Asian Americans appear to spend a higher proportion of their overall TV time watching their previously recorded programs.

Adults age 25 to 54 appear to be heavily influenced by advertising. Nielsen said that demographic group was 23% more likely than the average U.S. Internet user to follow a brand through social networking sites, and 29% more likely to purchase a product online that had been featured on TV.

Finally, teenagers used a game console for eight minutes a night, on average -- more than twice as much as the general TV population.

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Start-Up NimbleTV to Move Users' Pay TV Channels Online...

The company is testing a streaming service that wants to make more TV content available online, but the company says it wants to ensure that pay TV and content providers continue to get paid.

Pay TV operators have acknowledged that they have been slow to make available TV content online to their subscribers in the so-called TV Everywhere initiative.
Now, start-up NimbleTV plans to speed up the process by starting to make some consumers' pay TV packages available on the Web.
Unveiling its service on Monday, it called it "a game changing new subscription-based TV platform that for the first time enables customers to access all of their television from anywhere in the world, on any device."
The company, whose investors include venture capital firms Greycroft Partners and Tribeca Venture Partners, as well as media firm Tribune Co., will begin testing its service, which streams a complete pay TV subscription package of networks, with a limited number of users this week. The service also uses a virtual DVR that can record thousands of hours of content.
Unlike Netflix, the company isn't positioning itself as a potential alternative to cable or satellite TV providers, but simply offers to move their programming to digital devices.
"NimbleTV is based on the simplest idea: customers should be able to access the TV they pay for wherever they happen to be," said NimbleTV CEO Anand Subramanian. "Today, the groundbreaking technology behind our service makes `TV everywhere' a reality - with more options, high-quality viewing on any device, watchable from anywhere."
In a nod to entertainment and pay TV companies, he also emphasized: "Our model is predicated on the belief that providers and content producers should be paid. NimbleTV is a solution that's both consumer friendly and industry friendly."
Asked about Aereo, the start-up backed by Barry Diller's IAC that repackages broadcast channels into a subscription streaming service, Subramanian told the New York Times that while his company doesn't need pay TV operators to approve its service, NimbleTV "went to extreme lengths" to comply with laws.
The NimbleTV test run will come in New York City and will be limited to a suite of 26 networks that the company will pay for, the Times said. NimbleTV's monthly fee will likely be around $20, according to the paper.
The company said in a statement that its price will include the provider subscription at cost, plus a fee for services, such as subscription set up and management, as well as the functionalities of portability and DVR services. "Customers make payments directly to their providers with NimbleTV acting as a payment service," it explained.

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Changing TV habits center stage at digital media presentation...

NEW YORK -- The prime-time television ratings drop took center stage at the Digital Content NewFront presentations in New York, with former ABC Entertainment Chairman Lloyd Braun seizing on the numbers as an opportunity to talk about changing viewing habits -- and the rise of digital media.

In an onstage conversation with MediaLink Chairman and digital guru Michael E. Kassan, introductions had barely been concluded before the topic was broached: The four broadcast networks have lost viewers in recent weeks. And, unlike in years past, audiences aren't gravitating to the cable networks.

Braun, who joined the world of digital media after being forced out in 2004 as the top programming executive at ABC, referred to a trend reported in the New York Times as evidence that viewers are moving away from watching television shows live, when they initially air. Viewers increasingly are using online services, such as Netflix Inc., to get caught up on past seasons of award-winning shows, such as the PBS series "Downton Abbey" or AMC's "Mad Men," and watch current episodes through digital on-demand offerings, he said.

"There is no reason anymore -- for most of this kind of programming -- to watch it live," Braun told a group of advertising buyers attending Microsoft Corp.'s digital advertising presentation Tuesday.

The trend has been on the horizon for years, Braun noted, adding with obvious frustration that advertisers continue to pay higher rates to air commercials during prime-time TV, despite the gradual erosion of the audience. He said he expects the trend to continue, as buyers attend next month's presentations by the major networks of new fall shows and commit billions of advertising dollars for the upcoming season.

This year's ad sales season, known as the upfront market, is expected to raise nearly $9.2 billion in commitments from advertisers.

"What I think has been driving people crazy on the digital side, we've all seen these charts which show time spent on the Internet versus where the [ad] spend is going," said Braun, co-founder of BermanBraun, an independent media company that develops television, feature film and digital programs. "There's this huge gap where the audience is spending time online and with tablets and smartphones, and the ad dollars are not commensurate with that."

The desire to grab advertisers' attention -- and dollars -- is behind the Digital Content NewFronts, during which five major online distributors will highlight their new shows for buyers.

Microsoft brought out some star power -- including U.S. Olympic gymnast and gold medalist Dominique Dawes, now a Fox Sports analyst, actress Felicia Day of "The Guild" and Kate Snow, NBC News correspondent with "Rock Center With Brian Williams" -- to promote the content available through its MSN portal and through the Xbox Live service offered via its game console.

Ross Honey, Xbox Live general manager of entertainment and advertising, sought to portray the Xbox 360 as a broad-based home entertainment device that offers more than video game play. It has struck some 50 content deals in recent months, including agreements with cable giant Comcast Corp. and Time Warner Inc.'s premium cable network, HBO, that offer subscribers access to TV shows via the game console.

The Xbox Live service has grown 30% in the last year to 40 million members, Honey said. Indeed, Xbox 360 consoles outsold other individual devices that connect the TV to the Internet, including Blu-ray disc players.

Entertainment usage on the Xbox Live has more than doubled, year over year, Honey said.

"In the U.S., entertainment usage has surpassed multiplayer gaming on Xbox Live," Honey said, referring to the video game industry term for players who connect via the Internet to oppose one another. "That's a profound event. When Xbox Live started 10 years ago, what it was all about was mutliplayer gaming. Now, Xbox Live really is an all-in-one entertainment platform."

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Canadian TV biz goes to court

Canadian TV biz goes to court
It wants regulator to treat ISPs as broadcasters
By BRENDAN KELLY

MONTREAL -- The battle to force Internet Service Providers to be treated like broadcasters went before Canada's Supreme Court on Monday, a case that could have a major impact on the local TV business.
A coalition representing actors, writers and producers argued that ISPs should be forced to follow rules set by federal broadcast regulator the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, including paying a levy to support original Canadian content.

The Internet providers -- including major players Bell Canada and Shaw Communications -- beg to differ.

The entertainment guilds lost the first round in the fight after the Federal Court of Appeal ruled that the ISPs are not broadcasters in July 2010. But in March 2011 the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

"Internet providers are the broadcasters of the 21st century," said Jay Thomson, VP at the Canadian Media Production Assn. "We want to give the CRTC the chance to review this and to see if there is any way they can support Canadian programming."

The Supreme Court is expected to take between six and eight months to reach a decision.

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