Welcome 2013 with Great Must-Reads for Social TV
We start the year off with our daily list of must-reads for the Social TV pro. We comb through hundreds of links to create a noon briefing that will keep you on top of TV industry news, from ratings, to programming to social media and more, including a look at sports and the Latin TV market.
Tonight’s TV Highlights
Sports are on tap tonight on TV as the new year begins with College basketball’s No. 1 team, Duke, taking on Davidson and the college football postseason continuing with the Sugar Bowl featuring Florida and Louisville.
Other highlights include: Mobbed on Fox (a show about flash mobs) and a recap of Nashville on ABC.
- Read more, via LA Times
- Read more, via TV Latest
The Midseason
New Shows for Midseason 2013
A look at TV’s midseason shows.
- Read the article, via Celebuzz http://www.celebuzz.com/2013-01-01/midseason-tv-preview-standouts-from-21-new-shows-in-2013-photos/
- Read more, via Examiner http://www.examiner.com/article/winter-tv-premieres-to-watch
Ratings
‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ Rises, Wins Last Night of 2012
ABC took another New Year’s Eve ratings crown Monday night, besting all nets in adults 18-49 (3.1 rating) and total viewers (10.7 million).
Read the article, via THR http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/tv-ratings-new-years-rockin-407391
Hardware
- Check out the official highlights page for the annual CES show in Las Vegas (Jan. 8-11, 2013) http://www.cesweb.org/
- CES trends to watch, via Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/trends-to-watch-at-ces-2013/2013/01/02/573198b8-53a3-11e2-bf3e-76c0a789346f_story.html
Today’s top CES tip
- Intel’s TV box probably won’t debut at CES
Read the article, via Slashgear http://www.slashgear.com/intel-web-tv-scheme-may-miss-ces-2013-after-licensing-headaches-02262769/
- LG is first to market OLED TV
South Korea stores ready to take orders for 55-inch OLED for approximately $10K.
Read the article, via WSJ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2013/01/02/lg-beats-samsung-in-oled-tv-race/
Programming
Top Time-Shifted Shows
Nielsen’s annual list shows cable series accounting for 90 percent of the shows, with Fox’s Fringe alone from broadcast.
Read the article, via Ad Week http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/most-time-shifted-tv-shows-2012-spoiler-alert-146029
Sports
- Social media: Super Bowl is tops for 2012
Maria Burns Ortiz pens a list of the top sports and social media moments from 2012
Read the article, via ESPN http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/trending/post/_/id/12669/social-media-super-bowl-is-tops-for-2012
- As the PGA season begins Thursday in Hawaii, a profile of Bubba Watson, reigning Masters champ
Read the article, via Fox Sports South http://www.foxsportssouth.com/12/28/12/Bubba-Watson-continues-to-do-things-his-/landing.html?blockID=841241&feedID=3796
Top Golfer and Twitter
Rory McIlroy, the No. 1 ranked golfer in the world, shares on Twitter, a lot.
Read the article, Bleacher Report via LA Times http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1462789-why-rory-mcilroy-may-curse-they-day-he-opened-up-his-personal-life
NASCAR.com moves to Charlotte
Transition from Turner operation in Atlanta as NASCAR goes in-house with web operations and other digital products – including mobile apps expected to be rolled out in coming weeks – operating from North Carolina, beginning Thursday. They are hiring.
Read the article, via Journal Now http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/article_7b9f9e5a-54ef-11e2-8fa2-0019bb30f31a.html
Social Networks
- Twitter New Year’s Eve
More than 33,000 tweets per second from Tokyo/Seoul at midnight.
Read the article, via Twitter http://blog.twitter.com/2013/01/celebrating-2013-in-global-town-square.html
- The price of progress
Now the idea that your internet or TV set is going to start watching you watching it is, well, disturbing, but not really surprising when you think about it.
Read the article, via The Guardian (UK) http://www.guardian.co.uk/media-network/media-network-blog/2013/jan/02/rosenblum-price-progress-disruptive-internet
Latin Market
- Univision Tries English-Language Programming
Univisión has the largest audience of Spanish-language television viewers in the United States. But if the network can expand that audience without turning off its base it would become a real competitor to the dominant English-only networks.
Read the article, via KPBS http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/dec/28/univision-tries-english-language-programming/
- Sabado Gigante Celebrates 50 Years
Sábado Gigante is a cultural landmark that spans generations and countries. It helped launch the careers of pop stars such as Shakira and Enrique Iglesias and has featured interviews with Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. But as Sábado Gigante presses on past 50, it faces an uncertain future. The show has declined in viewership since 2005.
Read the article, via Miami New Times http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2013-01-03/news/sabado-gigante-at-50/
