Affiliate Updates

You may (or may not) notice this AM that the redirects are still going to the “old” FOD experience.

This morning we will be working on redirecting all of those pages to the “new” page located at http://www.fox.com/fod/

This should be a smooth transition, and will work with our Move Networks team to make certain this is seamless.

Let us know if you see anything out of the ordinary, but as of testing this AM…we see no dead links and the player is operational.

For those of you that opted in for Option 2, this does not really appl to you. So long as you have updated your pages with the appropriate url (located at http://fox.com/blogs/affiliates/affiliate-urls/), you should already be re-directing and set.

Cheers,

Shawn

Hi there,

The pages are all active, so if you would like to start pointing at it, we are ready for you!

Thanks to all of you that have participated, we’ll post more updates throughout the day as we finish up with a few more releases to production.

Please let me know if you see any particularly troublesome issues (shawn.rose@fox.com). I am running through my list of everyone that delivered logos/ marks and making certain they are all active. So far so good, with 15/15 testing correctly:)

Cheers,

-sr

For those of you that have given us images today, we may not be able to get to them but will do so tomorrow. Your current links will still redirect, so we are good, but will continue to do our best to get you guys in asap.

Hi all,

We will be pushing the update today (Tuesday, June 30) by 12 PM PST. We will update this page after we have pushed.

You will need to simply update your pages with the new links and all should be well. For those of you not updating your pages (yet), we will make sure to rollover to the new FOD page.

As usual, pop me a note if you have any questions.

-Shawn

Update (12:23 AM PST)

Hi all,

Thanks to all that have posted (or sent) images in.

At last look, the following images have been delivered to our team. If you do not see your network, or your asset below (and believe you have posted to us), pls reach out to us and we will confirm.

If you dropped images late Friday, or over the weekend, we may still be lagging (so don’t be alarmed:)

fox11online
fox11reno
foxparkersburg
foxtoledo
kdvr
myfox9online
myfoxal
myfoxchattanooga
myfoxdc
myfoxhsv
myfoxillinois
myfoxlansing
myfoxmaine
myfoxmyrtlebeach
myfoxnepa
myfoxqc
myfoxsouthbend
myfoxspokane
myfoxswva
myfoxtallahassee
myfoxtricities
myfoxwi
myfoxyakima
wpmt
wydc

FTP:

https://fngftp.com/fox_affiliates/
u: fbc.partner@foxnotes.com
p: k$Owz0!$

Suggested Naming Convention:

affililatename_logo.ext

(ex. myfoxla_logo.jpg)

The link below will lead you to the affiliate urls we would like each of you to utilize. Apologies for the long list:)

http://fox.com/blogs/affiliates/affiliate-urls/

If you do not see your group listed, pls drop me a note at:

shawn.rose@fox.com

Hi guys,

Here are the Logo Specifications - 

Dimensions:

Preferred Width: 97px
Maximum Width: 130px
Height: 46px

Colors:

Preferred Background Color: #1E1E1E
No Transparent Backgrounds

Format:

GIF, PNG or JPG 

Once we get a few examples to play with, we will post a draft page design.

Suggested Naming Convention:

affililatename_logo.ext

(ex. myfoxla_logo.jpg)

FTP:

https://fngftp.com/fox_affiliates/
u: fbc.partner@foxnotes.com
p: k$Owz0!$ 

If you have any issues with this, pls pass questions to out technical lead:

Casey Frith-Smith: Casey.Frith-Smith@fox.com>

CC: Shawn Rose: shawn.rose@fox.com

Hello, and welcome, you found our little blog:)

My name is Shawn Rose, and I am going to be guiding you in the transition to your new Fox On Demand (aka FOD) service.

Before we get too far down the road, a bit of background on FOD and what our team does.

We manage the relationship with our video partner (Move Networks), the technology that supports the page, and the publishing tools for supporting weekly episodes to the page. 

You can see a representation of our pages on the following links:

Index Page: http://www.fox.com/fod/

Show Page: http://www.fox.com/fod/play.php?sh=fringe

We are excited to be working with you and have a few thoughts on where to start, and fun things to add over time to enhance our working relationship.

First and foremost, we want to make certain that you can link directly to us, so that your users may continue to check out Fox/ Full Length Episodes directly from your local sites. 

So, as the terms of your current contracts expires 6/30.09, we suggest that you modify your current FOD page links prior on 6/30 (BUT, NOT BEFORE 6/25) to reflect the link/ url we have created for each of you. The complete list is located at:

http://fox.com/blogs/affiliates/affiliate-urls/

We know that the current implementation utilizes the MyFox branding treatment, but if you like, we can add in your own branding in this area. If you would like to do this, we will confirm the ideal file type, dimensions and file size this week, and will update the blog accordingly with these specs (ETA: Friday, June 19th). Down the road, we will be able to do slightly custom backgrounds as well, so that we may further customize the page for you and your local users of FOD.

If the description, above, does not necessarily clarify what we will be doing, I have a link that should resonate:

Current: http://streaming.myfoxcharlotte.com/

New Link: http://www.fox.com/fod/ 

Once we formalize the approach, we will update this page with psd’s/ screenshots of the page with the localized branding incorporated:)

If you choose to deliver us your own brand/ marks, we will give you a unique id to append to the link above. Right now, we are thinking something rather simple in terms of nomenclature, but we will (again) confirm that this week. For this first release, we may only be able to complete the MyFox/ Local marks, but we will do our best to add in custom logos for those that want it.

We will also be setting up a test environment between now and July 1, so that you can see what it will look like once you go live. Again, those details will be located here in this blog.

In terms of timing, we suggest prior to 6/30/2009, but this is really up to you. Look to this page over the next few days as we firm everything up. Any questions at all, please reach out to me through the email account listed below.

Best,

Shawn Rose

Vice President, Product

shawn.rose@fox.com