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  A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Learn from the Branding Experts at the Kellogg School of ManagementCreate a Media Super Brand *** Branding in Media and Entertainment ***October 19-21, 2009 in New York City (executive education) Limited seats available.  Sign up today! Previous participants of Branding in Media and […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL 09/15/09 Good morning, it’s Tuesday, September 15, 2009, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Well-funded online video start-up Veoh Networks won a summary judgment in a Los Angeles federal court on Friday after a judge threw out a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by Universal Music two years ago. The court […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL 09/14/09 Good morning, it’s Monday, September 14, 2009, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.  Look out Nielsen. A coalition of 14 media giants including Time Warner, News Corp., Walt Disney and NBC Universal – calling itself the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement (CIMM) – announced plans to team up to […]

A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TLC TLC PRIME IS UP 43%*and it’s coming from strong performers across our schedule. CAKE BOSS JON & KATE PLUS 8 SAY YES TO THE DRESS AMERICAN CHOPPER POLICE WOMEN OF BROWARD COUNTY LA INK THE LITTLE COUPLE TODDLERS & TIARAS ULTIMATE CAKE-OFF WHAT NOT TO WEAR Summer was hot.  JUST […]

  Cynopsis: Kids! 09/14/09 Good morning. It’s Monday, September 14, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Fred Seibert and his Frederator Studios inks a multi-year deal with Sony Pictures Animation to develop animated feature films.  Seibert, formerly President of Hanna-Barbera Productions, launched the Frederator animation studio in 1998 and has […]

  Cynopsis: Kids! 09/11/09 Good morning. It’s Friday, September 11, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Veteran TV execs Kevin Gillis, Michael McLaughlin and Michael Iscove have launched their new production and distribution family entertainment company, Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group.  The company will focus its efforts on developing/producing/distributing content across […]

Cynopsis: DIGITAL 09/11/09 Good morning, it’s Friday, September 11, 2009, and this is your first early morning digital briefing.  Long accused of helping to kill the newspaper business, Google may be trying to make amends by releasing a micropayment e-commerce platform that publications can use to charge for their content. The plan was revealed in […]

  A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM PLANET GREEN Planet Green presents REEL IMPACT Great films with something to say.  Saturdays, starting September 12th with “The Last Beekeeper” Watch at 8. Talk at 10.Click to join the conversation or find Planet Green on your TV. planetgreen.com      treehugger.com Cynopsis 09.11.09 Good morning. It’s Friday, […]

Cynopsis 09.10.09 Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 10, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing.  And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here.   Tonight’s Premieres:The CW: The Vampire Diaries at 8p; Supernatural at 9p Ovation TV: Later … with Jools Holland at 8pNBC: Sunday […]

  A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE WESTDOC Listen.  Learn.  Network.  Pitch.  Triumph.WESTDOC: The West Coast Documentary and Reality ConferenceSeptember 14th – 16th , 2009 – Doubletree Suites Hotel – Santa Monica, Ca. Latest speakers include: Mark Samuels, The American Experience; Sean Atkins, Discovery Studios; Cori Abraham, Bravo; Charles Nordlander, History Channel, Richard Saiz; ITVS, Alex Ben Block, […]