Engagement and Monday Social TV Must-Reads (March 18)
Celebrity Apprentice hardly dented the Social TV charts last night, but as we were watching (our guilty pleasure, don’t judge), we realized that Crystal Light was a huge product placement and sponsor of the show, so we checked out Topsy.com analytics for mentions of the show and the product.
Our search over the last 24 hours for “celebrity apprentice” yielded just under 700 mentions peaking after 11 p.m., while “crystal light” mentions peaked at approximately 24. Ratings for the show have not been stellar this season, and it’s not making the social waves that Walking Dead does on Sunday nights. [Trendrr this morning reported that WD was the top cable social TV show, while Apprentice failed to crack the top five.]
We’ll take a look at how the measurements of last night’s social TV activity came out in our daily midday report as well as articles on Amazon’s answer to House of Cards, research on TV, The Office stars tweeting about the wrap of their show, as well as a look at hardware, programming, advertising, sports and the Latin Market.
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TV Last night
The Walking Dead drew some 300,000 people generating over 500,000 mentions on Twitter, Facebook, GetGlue and Viggle, according to Trendrr.
The Bible miniseries on the History Channel was second with 130,000 mentions.
The NHL matchup of Boston at Pittsburgh was the top social TV on broadcast with 160,000 people creating more than 223,000 mentions as sports took the top four spots. The CBS “Selection Sunday” show, starting college basketball’s March Madness postseason, was second with more than 144,000 mentions, followed by the NBA’s New York Knicks at Clippers, and Nascar’s Bristol race, respectively.
TV Tonight
- What the Critics Are Picking
USA Today goes with: “Dancing With the Stars” because of Olympian Dororthy Hammill and not Sean the “Bachelor,” “Hawaii Five-O” because of Christine Lahti, not Dog the Bounty Hunter, and “Deception” because of the season-finale story line. http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2013/03/18/bianco-critics-corner-march-18/1990643/
- The LA Times headlines with the season finale of “Continuum” on Syfy http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-mondays-tv-highlights-continuum-on-syfy-20130315,0,1291308.story
Ratings
Saturday Night
ABC was No. 1 with adults 18-49 while CBS was on top with total viewers.
Read the article, via TV by the Numbers http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/03/17/tv-ratings-saturday-cops-saturday-night-live-repeat-wins-night/173571/
- (UK) Twitter habits: TV the most popular thing to tweet about
Research says 40 percent of daytime tweets are about what is on TV.
Read the article, via Telegraph (UK) http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/9937356/Twitter-habits-TV-the-most-popular-thing-to-tweet-about.html
- (UK) Twitter is 62% engagement, 38% broadcast, according to Brandwatch study
TV and Film tweets dominated Twitter, ahead of sport, music and celebrities, with ‘Watching’, ‘watch’, ‘show’, ‘see’ and ‘#XFactor’ amongst the most popular words used in tweets.
Read the article http://mediatel.co.uk/newsline/2013/03/18/twitter-is-62-engagement-38-broadcast-according-to-brandwatch-study/
Second Screen
Why second screens are critical to engagement
John Douglas, product marketing leader at DG, talks advertising and the second screen.
Read the article http://www.imediaconnection.com/content/33790.asp
Hardware
Sony’s 2013 HDTVs start shipping, quantum dots are on the way
The new sets add features like NFC, MHL and Miracast support to certain models, while the top of the line W900A is its first to use Quantum Dot technology in combination with edge LED lighting.
Read the article http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/18/sonys-2013-hdtvs-start-shipping-quantum-dots-are-on-the-way/
Programming
‘The Office’ Wraps Shooting, Cast Share Series Finale Hints
Michael Arbeiter of Hollywood.com curates actors’ tweets about the show finale.
Read the article http://www.hollywood.com/news/tv/55004447/the-office-wraps-shooting-series-finale
Content
- Amazon takes on Netflix in battle for Internet TV dominance
Liking ‘House of Cards?’ Check out what Amazon is planning.
Read the article http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/amazon/9937094/Amazon-takes-on-Netflix-in-battle-for-internet-TV-dominance.html
- Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, Ben Stiller, and The Rebels Saving Hollywood
Turning Sarah Silverman into online royalty is just one goal of Jash, a YouTube-funded channel launched in March by a band of funny people, including awkward indie darling Michael Cera.
Read the article http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/174/rebel-saving-hollywood
Research
- Pew Finds Digital News Consumption Up but Revenue Dwindling
People are increasingly turning to digital outlets for breaking news, weather and traffic content—traditionally the bread-and-butter of local news. Advertising revenue was up among local TV news, but that was mostly due to massive spending on election-driven advertising.
Read the article http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/pew-finds-digital-news-consumption-revenue-dwindling-148012
- Why consumers are fleeing the media
Howard Kurtz, host of CNN’s “Reliable Sources” and Newsweek’s Washington bureau chief, writes an opinion piece:
“Engagement matters. . . .But the key to getting talked about and texted and retweeted is having original content.”
Read the article http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/18/opinion/kurtz-shrinking-media/?hpt=us_c2
Sports
Same old selection show, except for Charles Barkley
USA Today’s Michael Hiestand writes: “In terms of having schools that should appeal to major TV markets, CBS/Turner should be happy — although it hurts that brand name Kentucky won’t be around that the field doesn’t include teams from Texas or New York City.”
Latin Market
- Univision Deportes snaps up Spanish-language F1 rights
Beginning with the 2013 season, which opened in Melbourne last weekend, the broadcaster will provide exclusive TV and digital coverage of all 19 races in the series.
Read the article http://www.sportspromedia.com/news/univision_deportes_snaps_up_us_spanish_language_f1_rights/
- Mexican Star Paulina Rubio to Coach ‘La Voz Kids’
Mexican pop star Paulina Rubio has signed on as the first of three musician coaches for “La Voz Kids,” the singing competition for kids 7-14 that will air this Spring on the Telemundo Network. “La Voz Kids” will be the first Spanish-language version of “The Voice” franchise to air in the U.S.
Read the article http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/latin-notas/1552446/mexican-star-paulina-rubio-to-coach-la-voz-kids
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