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Tumblr Teaming Up With TV? Why Social Marketers Should Take Note

Why Social Marketers Should Take Note Jade Furubayashi Blogger Extraordinaire Simply Measured For a long time (in social media terms), Twitter and Facebook have been the go-to channels for TV-related conversation and promotion. But the times are changing. People are now adapting new ways to watch TV.

People consume TV shows on their own time, whether that be through streaming services, via DVR, OnDemand, etc. Although consumers still flock to Twitter and Facebook for real-time conversation, Tumblr’s position in the new TV-landscape is quickly expanding. Facebook and Twitter are very immediate, but Tumblr is something they sort of take in and then create something about the show at times other than when the show is happening.- Audrey Morrissey, executive producer of The Voice.

Twitter Took Home the Only Oscar That Matters. It was the selfie seen round the world.

Twitter Took Home the Only Oscar That Matters

In a seemingly unscripted moment, the host of the 86th Academy Awards, Ellen DeGeneres, gathered some of the film industry’s biggest stars for a selfie that broke Twitter — and that left little doubt about which social media platform won the night. Whether by design or by accident, Twitter was a constant presence throughout the nearly four-hour Academy Awards show. DeGeneres promised she would be tweeting throughout the night. That turned out to be only seven tweets, two of which were photos that most of us would have deleted before pressing "tweet.

" Even so, most garnered between 26,000 and 170,000 retweets — all respectable numbers for a celebrity hosting a show watched by 1 billion people. Is 2013 The Year Social TV Takes Off? 'Monsters University' App Brings Two Mini Games to Your Phone. Monsters University scared its way into theaters this weekend.

'Monsters University' App Brings Two Mini Games to Your Phone

In conjunction with the movie’s theatrical release, Disney released a new mobile app for iOS and Android that lets you keep the fun going once you head home from seeing the movie. Priced at $0.99, the app comes with two mini games and three characters to play with: Mike, Sully and Squishy. Over time, Disney plans to update the game with new mini games, as well as new characters and ways to play. Catch Archie Catch Archie is the first of the two mini games in Monsters University. New Reality Show '@SummerBreak' Will Unfold on Social Media. The next potentially big reality TV phenomenon won't actually require a TV.

New Reality Show '@SummerBreak' Will Unfold on Social Media

How’s that for innovation? The Chernin Group is targeting the connected generation with @SummerBreak, a new series that will exist exclusively on social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, YouTube and Vine. The Premise @SummerBreak tracks a group of high school seniors as they spend their last summer together and prepare for college — all while immersed in social media on various gadgets. Hulu On The Auction Block. Google Has A Trojan Horse To Disrupt TV: Really, Really Big Data. It's a huge year for TV's future . Yet for all the excitement about Web-first soap operas, data-driven programming and the disruption of broadcast, the Internet TV "inflection point" that 2013 has become is just the beginning. A Trojan horse is slowly rolling into town, and it's bursting at the seams with data. Wheeling it along is none other than Google. Indeed, if the data-fueled success of Netflix's House of Cards is as crucial to TV's future as many believe , what Google is most likely planning will make the transformation we've witnessed so far look like early innings in a very long ball game.

First, though, a caveat: Google has said almost nothing about its plans for taking on the TV market, and I don't have any new inside information to offer on that front. Arrested Development Creator on the Future of TV and Bringing Back the Bluths. These Are the Biggest Hurdles Facing Social TV. TV has a new love—that little blue Twitter bird. And like any new infatuation, the promise of what's to come is almost too good to be true. Most recently, the Grammys became #Grammys . Host LL Cool J ( @llcoolj ), when not busy doing bicep curls off stage, spent most of the evening hyping the "Hashtaggrammys.

" At one point, Beverly Jackson ( @bevjack ), senior director of marketing/social media for the Grammys, tweeted that they were averaging more than 200,000 tweets per minute. The Smart TV Is Dead. Long Live The Second Screen. People want their television to work like a TV.

The Smart TV Is Dead. Long Live The Second Screen

Sending tweets on Twitter, posting photos on Facebook and browsing the Web are best left to smartphones and tablets. Indeed, more than 40% of U.S. households with Internet-enabled TVs haven't even bothered to hook them up to the Web, according to market researcher NPD Group. Researching #SocialTV and the #SecondScreen. This semester, I conducted research for my Social Media Theory and Practice class on Social TV and the Second Screen market.

Researching #SocialTV and the #SecondScreen

Due to my past experience in entertainment and social tv, I was interested in what it could offer, and recently, there were a lot of changes. The hardest part was trying to figure out where to start my research. With the amount of information out there, I was a bit overwhelmed to begin with. I had to take an angle in order to filter out the information, and obviously I couldn’t present everything in a 20 minute presentation. I began gathering data from industry sources like Lost Remote, Second Screen Society, Trendrr, and more. 5 Myths about Social TV. Alan Wolk is global lead analyst at KIT digital, which helps traditional TV broadcasters make the transition to broadband TV broadcasters.

5 Myths about Social TV

Follow him on Twitter @awolk. The term social TV gets bandied about with great relish by those who want to be part of what Michael Lewis once called “the new, new thing.” Everyone from gurus and ninjas to VCs and network execs are caught up in the madness. Here are five myths you’re most likely to hear about social TV: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Image via Shutterstock.

The State of #SocialTV and #SecondScreen. The State of #SocialTV and #SecondScreen. ABC App Wants You to Tap Emoticons for Instant Programming Feedback. So you sit down for some important programming, whether a Barack Obama speech or your favorite sitcom.

ABC App Wants You to Tap Emoticons for Instant Programming Feedback

You've got all the fixings: Comfy chair, tasty snacks and, of course, your second screen device of choice to keep up with online chatter. Now would you add one more thing to the mix by spending the next thirty minutes continuously clicking a range of emoticons to register the ebbs and flows of your viewing emotions? That's the idea behind Social Sountracker, an iPhone app from ABC that's currently in beta form.

The app lets users schedule reminders for shows and other programming, then sign in to give instant feedback via a set of five emoticons. There's a laughing emoticon, a booing emoticon, an "aww" emoticon, a clapping emoticon and a surprised emoticon. When you click each emoticon, you'll also hear a corresponding sound effect. The State of #SocialTV and #SecondScreen (with tweets) · sblumen. The State of Social TV and the Second Screen. Heresies. Every so often it's a good exercise to examine some of the core beliefs of a company or industry and call out the ones that don't make any sense.

Heresies

NBC Tunes Into Social With 'Million Second Quiz' Game Show. The Voice is a huge hit, thanks in part to its strong integration of social TV and the second screen.

NBC Tunes Into Social With 'Million Second Quiz' Game Show

Now NBC is hoping to replicate that success with a new live competition show airing this fall called The Million Second Quiz. From the description NBC released, The Million Second Quiz sounds like Big Brother meets Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. In Million Second Quiz, players compete in a 12-day, 24/7 competition that tests their knowledge and endurance.

Social TV usage triples in 18 months. Social TV usage has tripled in the US over the past 18 months, according to a new report from US research firm The Diffusion Group, which adds that the 10mn monthly active users exert an “outsized influence” as mainstream media outlets repeat and amplify their reactions. Social TV is expected to continue to grow significantly over the next seven years, more than doubling by 2020, driving major changes in the business landscape for television and over-the-top video. According to Joel Espelien, author of the report: “For many TV viewers, social TV is fundamentally altering the television experience, from a passive consumption medium to a new kind of community experience, in which millions of Americans gather around the digital water cooler to discuss TV shows in real-time as they watch programming.

An inside look at MTV’s social strategy for last night’s 2013 MTV Movie Awards. Syfy Bets on Social TV with Suite of Interactive Shows. The Walking Dead Revolutionizes Social Television. If zombies, gore and post-apocolyptic scenarios aren’t your thing, you probably do not fall in to the whopping 12.3 millions viewers who tuned in to AMC‘s The Walking Dead last week. But no matter what your preferred genre of television series, there is one thing we should all be able to agree upon: AMC is setting an industry example of how to do marketing right.

Introducing social television. 2013 will become a pivotal year in the digital entertainment industry, as television networks will be encouraged to integrate social interaction in to the viewing experience. An article by the New York Times says that The Walking Dead series “pulled in 7.7 million in the category most sought by advertisers, viewers between the ages of 18-49,” during the mid-season premiere that aired last week. If you aren’t impressed with this record high in cable history, keep in mind that this episode was aired against tough competition – the Grammy Awards on CBS. Engagement with fans Creative Hashtags Connect: Are second screen apps facing a ‘Crossing the Chasm’ moment? One of the most popular business books over the last couple decades is Geoffrey A. Moore’s work on “Crossing the Chasm,” which argues that there’s a challenging chasm between a product’s early adoption and mainstream use. Some companies burn out after they’re unable to bridge the gap, while others are able to scale their products beyond “visionaries” to “pragmatists” who represent your average consumers.

There’s increasing evidence that second screen experiences may be facing a “Crossing the Chasm” moment. While using a tablet, phone or computer in front of TV has certainly scaled to a mainstream audience, most of that behavior is unrelated to television — and among viewers who are engaging, they’re mostly searching and social networking.

How to be the best in social TV [videos] I just finished producing the 5th Annual Shorty Awards, honoring the best on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, YouTube, Tumblr and more. What’s the Future of TV? New Study Confirms Correlation Between Twitter and TV Ratings. U.S. Nab-2013-vizrt-never-no-unveil-social-tv-graphics-platform. Editor | 03-04-2013 Attempting to take advantage of viewers using smartphones and tablets to comment on TV shows via social media, Vizrt has teamed with never.no to integrate live screen graphics with social media tools. The companies’ aim is to make it easier for those using social media to share Instagram photos, videos, personal photos, Facebook posts, tweets, and other user-generated content (UGC) on live shows.

USA Network gets into ‘The Moment’ with social platform ‘My Moment’ MTV Adds Live Voting on Instagram for 2013 Movie Awards. Movie fans can vote using Instagram photos and hashtags — for the first time ever — in the MTV Movie Awards' Best Hero category leading up to and during the April 14 ceremony. 3 Big Trends at NAB Show 2013. NAB Show 2013 kicked off earlier this week, with broadcasters, video professionals and digital media startups gathering in Las Vegas to talk about the future of the big screen, the small screen and the tablet-sized screen.

Gen Y Says: "I Want My Social TV!" New research from Parks Associates found that many Gen Y TV viewers are ready for a change when it comes to their television-watching experience. According to a recent report, over one-fourth of users ages 18-24 are interested in having more social media features integrated into their TV. The difference between second screen and social TV apps is that there isn't one. Publications TV Engagement Heightened By Social Media Interaction 04/08/2013. Interacting with social media while watching TV drives a 9% increase in program engagement. Viewers accessed social media an average four times during a half-hour program, for a cumulative 26% boost in program engagement. Publications We're All TV Executives Now: Lurching Toward Personal Programming 04/05/2013. At the third-year anniversary of the iPad, there is a lot of gushing over how profoundly this device that was met by ambivalence by many of us has become a media juggernaut.

Social Couch Potatoes: How Your TV Could Get Social. The End of 'Social TV,' or How #socialTV Jumped the Shark. Publications The Whole Story - Social Media and TV 12/06. Twitter drives TV ratings, says boss of UKTV. What content marketers need to know about Social TV: Keynote insights at #SESNY.