What happens when the television we've all come to know and love begins to embrace the audience expectations wrought upon it by the Internet, mobile and social participation? You get TV 2.0: a more personal, social and participatory engagement.
Fallon's Aki Spicer, Director of Digital Strategy, Rocky Novak, Director of Digital Development, and Jacob Abernathy, Creative Technologist will reveal their hopeful vision for television's future, and outline 5 scenarios that demonstrate how TV 2.0 will evolve the ad model and commercial creativity.
*Originally presented to Minnesota Broadcasters Association in Dec 2010.
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Fallon Brainfood: TV 2.0 – Scenarios for the Future of Television
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4. What we’ve learned about the evolution
of TV in the age of the social Web.
The “Death” of TV is highly overrated
Evolving Reality of Digital “Co-Viewing”
Five “What If?” Scenarios for The Future of TV
5. We are…
Rocky Novak
Director of Digital Development
Aki Spicer
Director of Digital Strategy
Jacob Abernathy
Creative Technologist
6. “The shock that the Internet caused
[to the industry] is still not finished. We
need to be ahead of the curve; otherwise,
we will not be able to accompany the
client of tomorrow.”
Maurice Levy
CEO, Publicis Groupe
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9. Pay people to live without TV?
The reality is that people won’t go without it.
7 Days 5 Days 2 Days
2 Days—the longest people would willingly go without TV
(even for cash)
Conclusion: TV is still a vital part of our lives,
but TV is also changing.
Excerpted from presentations by Razorfish at SXSW
10. Why? DNA of TV: Nine Immutable Genes.
1. Relaxation, zoning out, passivity
2. Conversation
3. Events, currency, what's happening now
4. Social, excuse to be together
5. Stimulation and education
6. Vicarious Experience, escapism/fantasy
7. Passion Points
8. Participation
9. Consumerism
Excerpted from presentations by Razorfish at SXSW
12. Viewing Participation Advocacy
Brands today and tomorrow must convert
viewers to users and users to advocates.
But advocacy isn’t free:
It comes when value compels evangelism.
13. “The Internet is not cannibalistic;
it is only additive. We view the Internet
as a lab for our TV network…
The Internet can help the network
and vice versa.”
Les Moonves
CEO, CBS
14. only now, many of those
conversations are digital,
and thus more powerful.
TV still dictates the
conversations we’re
having—
15. 1/3 of our day spent online;
imposed new expectations on
traditional TV (on-demand,
DVR, 2-way, etc.)
Branded Entertainment:
Webisodes, engagement
platforms, videos as
“content”
# 4 largest site
# 2 search site
# 1 largest video site
5B streams/month
70% of TV viewers
are Web surfing as
they watch
# 2 largest video site
5.5B streams/month
Middle-agers fastest growth
Line between content and
advertising is blurring, as
is line between TV and
Web
Yet, digital and social has wrought
seismic shifts upon our beloved TV.
55% people have
broadband access;
90% by 2012
55% people have
broadband access;
90% by 2012
86% of TV viewers
are using mobile
device as they
watch
16. The best-in-class TV shows combine
their DNA with the “people add value”
principle of Web 2.0.
23. “The future is here. It’s just not evenly
distributed yet.”
William Gibson
Writer and Futurist
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25. #1 Fan Couch Potato
Social Butterfly
TVDJ
Play Along TV
puts you in
the game/event
Smarter TV, serves mood
and preference
Viewing Party TV puts content
in context of your social circle
Curate and AddTo TV
lets users drive
Info Junkie
News at the
nexus of
historic truths
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26. Play along with TV and (really) get
in on the action.
#1 Fan
28. Implications of #1 Fan:
Don’t just watch—play along
Go deep(er) into the action
Tight-knit community of passions
We’re all the show now
Ad-ded value, too
29. Personalized TV defined by mood, likes, and
history—not time grid and alphabet order.
Couch Potato
31. Implications of Couch Potato:
“Lean-back” meets “lean-forward”
User at the center
Hyper-contextual relevance is king
Behavioral targeting is queen
Cross-platform integration
32. TV Viewing Party puts content in context
of your social circle.
Social Butterfly
34. Implications of Social Butterfly
Let people in
Return to the “live” shared viewing experience
Social deconstruction and bookmarking
UGC forces a rethink on “piracy”
Real-time “buzz” is critical
37. Implications of TVDJ:
Engagement beyond “The 61st Minute”
User deconstruction and bookmarking
DVR and time-displacement—our new friend
Ad-ded value, too
Content as a platform (think George Lucas
and Gene Roddenberry)
38. News at the nexus of historical context
Info Junkie
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39. “History is the only true philosophy.”
Osker Spicer
Father, Lifelong News Journalist
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41. Implications of Info Junkie:
News in greater context to historical nodes
Live news in context of multiple points of view
From news to truths—user-controlled deconstruction
and analysis (think Politifact and Politics for Dummies)
Cross-referencing demands transparency over spin
Firehose of content unlocks sponsorship opportunities
42. Insights for advertisers from the
“unevenly distributed” future of TV.
Platforms collide in content and interface
Into real life
Better together
People will be channels
Will know who we're talking to
Real-time brands
Sponsors still vital
Sponsored value
:30 is a random number
30:00 and 60:00 are equally random numbers
43. Concluding notes on TV in
the age of the Internet.
TV not dead—alive and thriving
Digital is the best sidekick TV could have
“The Future” is already underway
You are now shaping what’s next