Tuesday’s Social TV Must-Reads
The BCS Bowl Monday night in Miami was billed as a clash of two legendary college football programs with the national championship to the winner. Hail Alabama, which made it no contest, beating Notre Dame resoundingly, and millions turned to their second screens to share their glee at the score, or the announcers. We have gathered some of the best stories and more, including reports from Las Vegas, where the Consumer Electronics Show prepared to open today with press day on Monday. Check out our daily noon report.
Best part of the #BCS Championship game tonight? Def watching everyone from around the world interact on social media during the game
— Elly Deutch (@deutche) January 8, 2013
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Top Story
2013 social TV predictions from the experts at CES
The consensus was that social applications and experiences don’t work on the actual television set, despite their prevalence on smart TVs. Secondly, all of the panelists believe that social TV is still in its infancy, or rather its “first or second inning,” as Wolf said.
Read the article, via Cnet http://ces.cnet.com/8301-34435_1-57562603/2013-social-tv-predictions-from-the-experts-at-ces/
Tuesday’s TV Highlights
What’s good on tonight? Betty White returns to the screen with PSY and Kim Kardashian? That looks like a lineup designed to get the social networks chatting. The fourth season of Cougar Town debuts on cable. And, if you didn’t get enough Alabama last night, check out the basketball Tide on ESPN, vs. Missouri.
Our go-to source is the LA Times. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-tuesdays-tv-highlights-ncis-on-cbs-20130107,0,2407966.story
Ratings
- Preliminary TV rating for BCS championship is up 14% but impacted by Alabama rout
Alabama’s 42-14 rout of Notre Dame Monday night produced a 15.7 overnight rating, a 14-percent increase from the initial rating of Alabama’s 21-0 victory over LSU in 2012, according to Nielsen. That means 15.7 percent of U.S. households on average watched the game based on preliminary Nielsen numbers.
Read the article, via Huntsville (Ala.) Times http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2013/01/preliminary_tv_rating_for_bcs.html
- ‘Downton Abbey’ Season 3 premiere ratings quadruple average PBS primetime rating
“Downton” returned to an audience of 7.9 million viewers and a 5.1 household rating according to the Nielsen Fast National data. That is quadruple the average PBS primetime rating and is 96% higher than the rating for the Season 2 premiere a year ago. For its two-hour time slot, “Downton” was only beaten by CBS as far as the network ratings goes; ABC, FOX and NBC all trailed PBS.
Read the article, via Zap2it http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2013/01/downton-abbey-season-3-premiere-ratings-quadruple-average-pbs-primetime-rating.html
- NBC’s ‘Sunday Night Football’ tops prime-time television ratings
This year, NBC’s lushly produced Sunday Night Football is expected to lead broadcast TV with the highest average viewership and ratings among all prime-time shows for the second TV season in a row.
Read the article, via Philly.com http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20130108_NBC_s__quot_Sunday_Night_Football_quot__tops_prime-time_television_ratings.html
BCS
Sorry, Andy Griffith, but what it wasn’t, was football. Alabama simply dominated the storied Fighting Irish from the opening kickoff and that dashed any hopes that a close game might attract a record audience of more than 30 million viewers. So, with the game in hand, viewers turned to Twitter:
- Funniest Fan Rants on Twitter from BCS Blowout
Via Bleacher Report http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1475105-notre-dame-football-funniest-fan-rants-on-twitter-from-bcs-blowout
- Via Rant Sports http://www.rantsports.com/clubhouse/2013/01/08/twitter-explodes-with-harsh-reactions-to-notre-dame/
Notes
- Brent Musburger, 73, livens up the first half of BCS title game with comments on AJ McCarron’s girlfriend, Katherine Webb. Read the article, via Yahoo Sports http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/brent-musburger-73-livens-first-half-bcs-title-023701469–ncaaf.html
- Alabama’s AJ McCarron learns of his girlfriend’s sudden Twitter fame http://www.al.com/alabamafootball/index.ssf/2013/01/alabamas_aj_mccarron_learns_of.html
CES
- USA Today’s Recap
Between Samsung, LG, Panasonic and Toshiba, consumers won’t worry about finding the HDTV of their choosing.The pricey sets have four times the pixel count of today’s HD counterparts, and whopping prices to boot. Once they start hitting retailers, the TVs are expected to fetch as much as $20,000, depending on size and features.
Read the article, http://www.usatoday.com/story/technologylive/2013/01/07/ces-2013-monday-recap/1816379/
- Google TV arrives with on-screen cube interface
ASUS’ first Google TV device is coming and will arrive with 50GB of WebStorage cloud space and access to over 100,000 movies and TV shows through Netflix and Amazon Instant Video. It’ll arrive with its own “Qube interface,” unsurprisingly featuring a three-dimensional tetrahedron that rotates for access to your content. There’s also motion-sensing remote control support for gaming and other apps, while anyone with an Android phone will be able to download ASUS’ Mobile Remote app and steer from there.
Read the article, via Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/asus-qube-google-tv-ces-2013/
- CES: Cisco Talks Personal TV; Updates Its Videoscape Platform
Who should own your television experience? Your TV maker? Your service provider? A third party like Apple TV or Roku? Cisco is obviously betting that the power here is in the network and the cloud – and the company intends to provide the equipment to make that all possible.
Read the article, via Forbes http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/01/07/ces-cisco-talks-personal-tv/
- Bravo Launches Connected TV App
NBCUniversal’s Bravo Media announced the launch of its first app for connected TVs, designed to engage fans with supplemental on-demand video, games, polls, information and social sharing across a range of the network’s shows and personalities.
Read the article, via Broadcasting and Cable http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/491186-CES_Bravo_Launches_Connected_TV_App.php
- YouTube’s Felicia Day talks mobile, future of content
Variety posts Q&A with star of “Buffy” and the online feature, “the Guild.” Read the interview, http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118064321/
People
TV Guide’s Mike Mahan Steps Down As Prez, Joins Board, Network To Be Renamed TVGN
Mike Mahan will be leaving his post as President of TV Guide, the company that encompasses the TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com.
Read the article, via Deadline http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/tv-guides-mike-mahan-steps-down-as-prez-joins-board-network-to-be-renamed-tvgn/
Advertising
- Web Measurement Standard Gets 2013 Debut
A common standard for online metrics from served to viewable impressions will arrive on schedule later this year, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau, capping off a period of intense pilot testing in 2012.
Read the article, via NetNewsCheck http://www.netnewscheck.com/article/23584/web-measurement-standard-eyes-2013-debut
- Film execs confide they may cut movie ads
These days, major studios are taking a hard look at the cost of winning friends on Facebook. Some industry executives are increasingly skeptical that Facebook ads and promotional campaigns that ask users to “like” a movie can deliver big box-office returns.
Read the article, via LA Times http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-fi-ct-hollywood-studios-movie-ads-facebook-20130108,0,5032664.story
Sports
- Oregon athletic department a social media powerhouse
Researchers at Oklahoma State ranked athletic departments based on number of Facebook fans, Twitter followers and YouTube subscribers, and the Oregon Ducks rank in the top 11 of all three.
Read the article, via Daily Emerald http://dailyemerald.com/2013/01/07/sooners-social-media-rankings-rate-uo-in-top-11-on-three-lists/
- Kobe, Dwight Howard use awesome Twitter photo to joke about ‘fight’
Bryant, who only joined Twitter last week, has already mastered the medium, sending out this brilliant shot on Monday afternoon.
Read the article, via USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/story/gameon/2013/01/07/nba-lakers-bryant-howard/1813701/
Hispanic Market
Univision to revamp its secondary Spanish language network
On Monday, the media company plans to rename its secondary broadcast network UniMas, which translates loosely as Univision Plus, underlining its ties to its hugely popular sister network Univision.
Read the article, via LA Times http://www.latimes.com/business/la-et-ct-unimas-telefutura-spanish-language-network-20130105,0,7705474.story
