Tuesday, August 26, 2014

8.26.14

Entertainment:
·         Please see below for the complete Emmys winners list
·         Netflix shows earned 31 nominations this year at the Emmys, but didn’t win a single one
·         ‘If I Stay’ is last weekend’s best opener - taking in $15.6MM for Warner Bros.
·         HBO and Paramount TV to make ‘Shutter Island’ into a TV series
·         ‘How to Train you Dragon 2’ stays at the top of the Chinese box office
·         VMA ratings dropped by 18% in comparison to last year
·         Australia’s Songl, a music streaming service, is set to go under
Tech:
·         Instagram has unveiled Hyperlapse, an app that makes it easier to create tracking shots and time lapse videos
·         Two of Canada’s biggest cable operators launched ‘shomi’, a subscription based service to access on-demand shows, to compete against Netflix
·         Twitter expands its ad program to twelve countries, mostly Eastern European
·         Spotify launches free music streaming on the Windows phone
·         Pinterest adds a new analytics dashboard to entice future advertisers
Deals:           
·         Amazon acquired Twitch, a company that allows people to broadcast their videogame play over the net, for $1B – Google was rumored to be the purchaser of Twitch for months. Twitch could possibly become the YouTube for Amazon…
·         ZipRecruiter raises $63MM in Series A
·         NFL and DirecTV close on their deal to extend the Sunday Ticket, which should bring in between $1.3-$1.4B over the next decade for DirecTV
Business:
·         Netflix petitions the FCC to block the Comcast and Time Warner Cable merger
·         Time Warner prepares to lay off 500-600 workers
·         Spending on digital ads to overtake TV ads in 2017
·         Malaysia Airlines is reportedly losing $2.16MM per day
·         DSW, the shoe retailer, and Digital Ally, wearable cameras, are both performing well in the stock market
Exec Moves:
·         Tribune Media hires John Batter to lead its Digital Strategy
Retail:
·         Edgecase brings the shopping experience closer to the customer
·         Poshmark launches a personal store built around the user’s ‘style genome’
Startups:
Government:
·         Isis is demanding $6.6MM for its 3rd American hostage – a 26 year old woman
Other:


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