This section was created to showcase two things, dear future employer. First, to show how I keep a daily track on the news and trends that surround social media and television. As you’ll see, what is aggregated doesn’t necessarily focus just on the two fields, but rather on other industries and environments that has an influence them. Secondly, this section should highlight what we have come to know: thanks to technology, creativity and some risk/ reward partnerships, we live in an age where there seems to be breaking news or major announcements almost every day. Our media and technology environments are moving incredibly fast and one can’t afford to be left behind.
What You Will See: a (nearly) daily #SOCIALTV Scan of the day’s biggest news; conferences and live events gathered and posted through STORIFY; and “position papers” which will go further into detail on a #SOCIALTV topic or observation.
June 1st #SOCIALTV Scan: LA Kings social kings, Emmy preview? and social media tools
“HOW THE LA KINGS ARE REDEFINING SPORTS SOCIAL MEDIA” One of the things that bothers me about some companies is the lack of pure enthusiasm and brand character they fail to display: too much bland or too much fake enthusiasm (read: exclamation points!!). Read more…
May 30th #SOCIALTV Scan: Salesforce & Buddy Media, Broadband Policy, and Amazon on XBox
THE EVOLUTION OF CRM WITH SOCIAL MEDIA Salesforce.com, the CRM/cloud computing company, is set to purchase Buddy Media, a service company that helps companies navigate and manage Facebook pages (and now other social platforms). According to Ian Schafer, this acquisition could signal the next step what social media could evolve to for companies. Read more…
May 29th #SOCIALTV Scan: Bourdain to CNN, Local Newsrooms, Friday TV
ANTHONY BOURDAIN TO JOIN CNN The author, TV personality, chef, etc. star is leaving Travel Channel for the news channel. Bourdain’s show will start next year and will most likely be produced by the same company who developed NO RESERVATIONS. Here’s hoping that a LAYOVER-like show will also be developed. Read more…
MAY 24th #SOCIALTV Scan: Breaking Bad Premiere, MLB Fan Cave
GET FITTED FOR A FINAL BIO-HAZARD SUIT AMC released the premiere date for the final season of its thrilling meth-drama BREAKING BAD for July 15th. The peculiar–and maddening–aspect of this final season is that the network will split the season: eight episodes this summer followed by the final eight NEXT summer. Read more…
MAY 21st #SOCIALTV SCAN: Cable companies with free Wifi, Comcast X1 set-top, college TV deals
FREE WIFI SERVICE THROUGH CABLE COMPANIES Five cable companies band together to offer free WiFi hotspots to their customers in select markets across the United States. Bright House, Cox, Cablevision Optimum, Time Warner and Comcast Xfinity announced… Read more…
MAY 15TH #SOCIALTV SCAN: ABC’s schedule, Bourdain to Finland by Way of Facebook, ESPN with Twitter
ABC UPFRONT SCHEDULE The Alphabet (I really like that nickname, almost too much) released its fall schedule today. The big move is REVENGE setting up shop where the women of Wisteria Lane resided, Sundays at 9pm. HAPPY ENDINGS and rookie DON’T TRUST THE B—- IN APT 23 move to a comedy block on Tuesdays. Read more…
STORIFY: FOX 2012 Upfront Presentation
A quick primer on the recently released schedule, FOX’s Chairman of Entertainment, Peter Rice, on quality versus quantity. Read more…
MAY 14TH #SOCIALTV SCAN: Upfront Week, The Avengers, US Weekly
ALL OF THE NETWORK PICK-UPS & CANCELLATIONS! Well, some of them. Upfront Week is here so we can finally have closure on some of those “confirmations” and “rumors” that were prevalent over the Internet last week. Read more…
MAY 10th #SocialTV Scan: NBC and ABC renewals, NYC, Conan, Game of Thrones
POPPING CHAMPAGNE First and foremost COMMUNITY was renewed by NBC for a fourth season with 13 episodes (FYI, it will possibly be the final season as the show is near syndication). In addition, NBC picked up PARENTHOOD and Tina Fey’s 30 ROCK was also renewed for possibly its final season. Read more…
STORIFY: Following Ad Age Social TV Conference #AAsocialTV
Yesterday, Ad Age held a Social TV conference here in NYC featuring speakers from network shows, ad agencies, and other industry experts. I followed along with the hashtag #AAsocialTV to Storify-d (Storified?) the best tweets and ideas from participants and audience members. Read more…
MAY 9th #SocialTV Scan: ABC & Univision team up, WatchESPN expands
ABC AND UNIVISION TO TEAM UP The joint venture between ABC News and Univision will bring a 24/7 news channel for English speaking Hispanics. This move is also seen as a step for ABC to join in on the cable news front to compete with heavyweights like CNN, Fox and MSNBC. Read more…
DEBUT of #SOCIALTV SCAN BUTTON
Last week, Nielsen announced for the second consecutive year that overall number of households with at least one TV set AND a traditional connection (antennae, cable or satellite signals) have dropped from 114.7 million in 2011 to 114.1 million (-0.52%) this year. Read more…
