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Source: Nielsen Galaxy Explorer (11/24/07, 12/1/07, 12/8/07), Live+SD coverage area HH rating for Sat 9-11p premiere airing. Further qualifications available upon request. Cynopsis: 10th Anniversary Special Edition: "2006" 12/17/07
Greetings! It's Monday, December 17, and this is your Cynopsis Special Edition, taking a look back at the Year 2006.
It started in 2005, but 2006 was the watershed year for Digital and most used the spaghetti method when choosing what platforms to optimize - throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.
There were also a lot of very top level Executive Moves with folks retiring, or moving on a result of a merger.
And entirely too often in 2006, there was news of injury or the kidnapping of journalists in Iraq - beginning with Bob Woodruff and camera man Doug Vogt.
2006 was also the turnover of the CBS and ABC anchor chairs, and Meredith Vieira got herself a new view, as does Rosie and then Star Jones, tho not as smoothly.
Viacom began the year as two twins, Google buys YouTube, Sony buys Grouper, Turner signs with Cingular, Tivo signs with Verizon, and Cableready and Cynopsis join to create CableU.
THE NETWORKS:
CBS looking outside for new single anchor
ABC News plans for interim co-anchor chair while Bob Woodruff recovers
90.7 million US television viewers tuned into the Super Bowl XL
The Documentary Channel - a 24/7 network dedicated entirely to documentaries- launched on February 6
SoapNet acquires Sony's The Young & the Restless
Spike will launch new logo/tag line ... again
Meredith Vieira got new view - from the couch of NBC's Today
Steven Spielberg will be looking for the next great filmmaker in American Idol fashion with executive producer Mark Burnett, in a show titled On the Lot for Fox ... okay, not all ideas can be gems
Launching this fall is cable network ReelzChannel, formerly known as Moviewatch
There's a new sports channel launching next summer - The Big Ten Channel
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Major League Baseball have signed a new television agreement through 2013
CBS' summer reality series Rock Star: Supernova has been hit with a law suit - on the show and band title
Spike Lee has signed a one year development deal with NBC Universal Television Studio
ABC News has officially changed the name of its evening newscast to World News with Charles Gibson
MyNetworkTV has reached its goal of penetrating at least 90% of the U.S. before its debut on September 5
New kid entertainment network Qubo is born
FOX introduced a new quiz show concept imported from the U.K. - The Rich List - it lasted 1 episode
CBS Evening News with Katie Couric premiered with 13.59 million total viewers
NBC's Kidnapped is the first official cancellation of the new season
The first fall freshman series to get a full season pickup - Heroes on NBC
NBC's NBCU 2.0 initiative will cut 700+ jobs, consolidate news bureaus, use lower rent programs at 8p
RHI has cut a deal with Sci Fi Channel to produce up to 10 monster films over the next two years
Writers Guild of America, West filed suit against the producers of The CW's America's Next Top Model show
NeuLion Incorporated and Africast TV (www.africast.tv <http://www.africast.tv/> ) have teamed to launch a new African consumer broadcast network in December
SYNDICATION:
The Montel Williams Show is breaking the syndication mold and offering its daily talk on weekly podcasts.
The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been renewed for another three years
Mark Burnett Prods gets into syndication with Telepictures
From FremantleMedia North America, the beach patrol series Baywatch will return to American televisions next fall 2007
FremantleMedia N.A. have shifted the distribution rights of Family Feud from Tribune Entertainment Co., over to Debmar-Mercury
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS:
NBC Universal will acquire KDEN/Denver
Viacom Inc. went out of 2005 as one company and enters into 2006 as two separate publicly traded entities, the CBS Corporation and "new" Viacom Inc.
Citadel Broadcasting has acquired ABC Radio's 22 AM and FM stations and most of ABC Radio holdings from The Walt Disney Company for a price tag of approx $2.7 billion
Univision Communications Inc. has now officially announced will test the "for sale" waters.
NBC Universal TV will buy iVillage.com
VNU will be taken over by six private equity firms who will collectively purchase the company for $8.9 billion and assumption of debt
Media General will acquire four new television stations and divest four others
CBS Corporation will sell its Paramount Parks division for $1.24 billion
Univision's board approved the sale of Univision Communications for a final bid of $13.4 billion from a group led by Haim Saban
Lionsgate has purchased television distributor Debmar-Mercury
Time Warner and Comcast's purchase of Adelphia Communications Corp for a cool $17 billion has been finalized
Media General has sold off its four CBS stations in three separate deals
Pegasus Broadcast Television, Inc. has sold 11 television stations to CP Media, LLC of Wilkes-Barre
Sony Pictures Entertainment announced its acquisition of viral video website Grouper
The New York Times Co. has announced plans to sell off its station group
Google Inc. to purchase YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction
Spot Runner has received $40 million in financing from the CBS Corp. and two advertising holding companies, WPP Group and Interpublic Group of Cos
Eli Broad and investor Ron Burkle have submitted a bid to buy Chicago-based Tribune Co
News Corp. and Liberty Media have confirmed they struck a deal
NEW MEDIA BUSINESS DECISIONS:
CBS preps to launch microseries - The Courier
As The World Turns available to podcasters
New to iTunes: Oxygen's two original series Campus Ladies and Snapped
NBC will launch an internet-exclusive series this summer on NBC.com called StarTomorrow
Grey's Anatomy comes to iTunes
Bravo will be taking its newest endeavor straight to the internet - OutZonetv.com
In its first three days, Cynopsis Video Podcast downloaded more than 2800 times
Cingular Video service with content from NBC, Fox News, Cartoon Network, ESPN and HBO
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. has signed a video distribution deal with Cingular Wireless
Music Choice is partnering with Warner Music Group to offer Cingular Wireless customers access to music videos
TiVo has partnered with Verizon Wireless to launch TiVo Mobile
Verizon FiOS TV and CBS have signed a retransmission deal
FEAR.Net, a co-venture of Comcast Corp and Sony Pictures Entertainment
Disney-ABC TV Group will offer ad-supported, full-length episodes of four ABC primetime series online at www.ABC.com <http://www.abc.com/>
CBS announced the launch of its own ad-supported, free broadband channel, called innertube.
Fox joins iTunes
A special episode of the USA Network series The 4400 premiered exclusively on Yahoo! TV
A lawsuit was filed yesterday in the US District Court in Manhattan against Cablevision for its plan to launch a Network DVR service
Cablevision Systems yesterday announced it would delay the launch of its new network DVR system
Nielsen Media Research will now provide integrated, all-electronic ratings for television wherever and whenever it is viewed: Anytime Anywhere Media Measurement
The Office will premiere 10 stand-alone webisodes on NBC.com
Nash Entertainment has agreed to house its video library on Google Video
Fox Entertainment Group will offer free primetime programs on the websites of nine O&O stations
NBC will offer streaming of its new fall primetime shows on www.nbc.com <http://www.nbc.com/>
CBS primetime series will stream on Google Video
Disney-ABC Television Group will again offer ad-supported, full-length primetime shows for free online at www.ABC.com <http://www.abc.com/>
Showtime will be offering a handful of its primetime series on Yahoo
Fox will now put ad-supported primetime episodes on MySpace
CBS Corp. has entered into a deal with YouTube to provide programming clips and to share any advertising revenue
CMT Loaded will debut a 10-week made-for-broadband series called MUZIKMAFIA TV
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. will debut its newest broadband and interactive-online community channel, Super Deluxe
The Tennis Channel is partnering with Bellrock Media and has launched Turbo Tennis, a new mobile game
Fangoria TV launched online last month and provides content for fans of the horror genre
Spanish-language Telemundo programming and bilingual mun2 shows will be available for purchase and download on the iTunes
Zone Mobile division has brokered a deal with Amp'd Mobile in the U.S. to exclusively carry the made-for-mobile horror series, When Evil Calls
CBS has launched a new broadband-only series on its Innertube site today - The Papdits
If you haven't heard or checked out the website SecondLife.com, now may be the time
The Anime Network aligns with Sprint
Fox Reality Channel will launch several of its new series on iTunes a full week before the official launch on air
Cox Communications will launch Oxygen on Demand in all its On DEMAND
YouTube will join the list of content providers for Verizon's wireless VCAST service
BitTorrent signs new deals with a bevy of networks
NBC Universal Television Stations, iVillage and Universal Orlando Resort are working together to launch multi-platform, interactive daytime talk show iVillage Live
NBC Universal has launched a new comedy broadband channel DotComedy
Television producer Steven Bochco teams up with video-sharing website Metacafe
Aggregator Limited and MercuryMedia will launch a new TV-over-broadband (TVoBB) service called joiningthedots.tv
HBO and AOL have partnered to launch a new broadband website for first quarter next year: This Just In.
A new series coming to Comedy Central that originally debuted on mobile phones: Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States
VH1 Mobile has launched a new original mobile series called Celebhead, a short-form parody of what it's like being inside a famous celebrity's head
GAMEPLAY HD will stream full episodes of its programming online for free
Time Warner Cable will soon add the free service Music Choice On Demand to its VOD offerings
Media Rivals discuss possibility of joining forces to create viral video site to compete against YouTube
CBS Interactive and Artificial Life, Inc. will launch the first avatar-based mobile game tied to America's Next Top Model
Sundance Channel will launch a virtual screening room within the online community of Second Life
ABC News and Yahoo will expand their current content relationship
THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS, AND ALL IN BETWEEN
Weekends with Maury & Connie ... no more. (Oh my goodness - remember the video??)
Star Jones announced yesterday on The View that she will be leaving the show in July - tho planned, it's not nice to surprise Barbara Walters
Does Dennis Rodman, noted for being a really snappy dresser, need a makeover, or will he just host a makeover show?
A&E's Dog the Bounty Hunter, Duane Dog Chapman, his son and his colleague Tim Chapman (no relation) were arrested in Hawaii
Bill O'Reilly is embroiled in a controversy and a potential investigation ... again
Say what you want about the FCC, but don't say it with profanity
etc ...
Iran banned CNN from operating in the country
Bob Woodruff and cameraman Doug Vogt were both seriously injured yesterday while on assignment in Iraq for World News Tonight when their convoy was hit by an explosive device.
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has voted 12-6 for a bill that would allow TV cameras to cover Supreme Court proceedings
In Iraq a car bomb killed two of the CBS News crew and injures a third
Kagan Research: cable networks in 2005 earned $29.9 billion in revenue, up 12.7% over the previous year
MTV has launched Viewser Labs, a new experiment partnering the network, sponsor clients and advertising agencies
Just six months after being injured in Iraq, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff made a surprise visit to the ABC Newsroom
Fox News is reporting two of its news crew in Gaza City were abducted by Palestinian gunmen yesterday
Advertising spending has increased by 5.1% during the first half of this year
For the first time in this daily, Emails to the Editor appear at the base of Cynopsis - topic: racial separation lines in the upcoming season of Survivor
ABC News begins plans on Bob Woodruff's return
Cable nets opting out of Nielsen Media Research's new commercial viewer tracking data service
Young Broadcasting Inc. will make free commercial time available to political candidates for the November election
NGC Crew injured in Afghanistan
Sinclair Broadcast Group flexes its muscle to try to get Mediacom Communications Corp. to pay retransmission fees in excess of $1 million
Nielsen Media Research has decided to wait indefinitely on releasing its first-ever Average Commercial Minute MIT Data File Service
Cynopsis teams with CABLEready to launch a new subscriber-based website for programmers and producers alike: CableU
Time Warner Cable, Inc. has filed a lawsuit against DirecTV alleging false advertising and deceptive business practice
Nielsen Media Research will offer its clients raw data based on how many people watch broadcast commercials minute by minute
Granite Broadcasting has filed for Chapter XI protection in the US Bankruptcy Court with a plan of financial reorganization
EXECUTIVE MOVES:
NPR caught the big fish -- Ted Koppel will join NPR in June as a Senior News Analyst
CNN Headline News will add a new face to its primetime lineup - Glenn Beck
Say goodnight, Dan (Rather); Katie Couric moves to CBS
ABC has named Charles Gibson as anchor of World News Tonight, effective Monday.
Dan Rather signs on with Mark Cuban's HDNet
Chris Cuomo made News Anchor of Good Morning America
The View on ABC began its tenth season week and the debut of Rosie O'Donnell
After 35 years as the host of The Price is Right and 50 years on television, Bob Barker says he will retire in June 2007
Another NBC Universal executive is exiting: Keith Turner, President/Advertising Sales and Marketing
Dick Askin leaves Tribune
Hamish McLenan named CEO of Y&R Adv
Peter Kosann appointed President/CEO, Westwood One
Following the split of Viacom into two entities, Herb Scannell, President/Nickelodeon Networks Group and Vice-Chairman/MTV Networks departs
Marc Graboff named President/NBC Universal Television
James Sullivan named President/CBS Television Stations National Sales
President Bush selected Robert M. McDowell to fill the vacant seat on the FCC
MSNBC Pres Rick Kaplan resigns
Gary Chapman retires
Judith McHale will leave her post as Pres/CEO of Discovery Comm
Jim Paratore leaves Telepictures to form paramedia
Tom Freston resigns
MGM restructures with Jim Packer top of MGM Worldwide TV Dist
Laura Desmond named CEO of Starcom MediaVest
Roger King heads up CBS TV Dist with Robert Madden and John Nogawski named Pres/COOs
Schleiff leaves Court TV, later named Pres/CEO of Crown Media Holdings
Steve Koonin to Pres/Turner Entertainment Networks
Richard Beaven joined Initiative Worldwide as CEO/North America
David Ellender promoted to CEO of FreemantleMedia Enterprises
Warner Bros. named Ken Werner as President/Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
BBC Chairman Michael Grade jumps ship over to rival ITV
Y&R Brands' Chairman and CEO Ann Fudge retired
Nancy Dubuc named EVP/GM for The History Channel
Telemundo named Carlos R. Bardasano as EVP/Network Entertainment
Bruco Chetaille named Chairman of Mediametrie
Joe DiSalvo made Pres/Sales for CBS TV Dist
Randy Falco moves from NBC Univ TV Group to head up Tim Warner's AOL division
David Zaslav new Pres/CEO of Discovery Comm
Jon Mandel leaves Group M to become CEO of VNU/NY's NielsenConnect
Sling Media names Jason Hirschhorn as Prez
Michael Pilot named Pres/Ad Sales for NBCU
Lloyd Braun departs Yahoo Media Group
IMG names Douglas Perlman as Pres/IMG Media, NA
IN MEMORIUM: Richard DeAngelis ... Neil Strawser ... Lou Rawls ... Shelley Winters ... Coretta Scott King ... Adam "Chip" Pauken ... Tony Franciosa ... Franklin Cover ... Wendy Wasserstein ... Curt Gowdy ... Al Lewis ... Don Knotts ... Darren McGavin ... Dennis Weaver ... Dana Reeve ... Maureen Stapleton ... Bill Beutel ... Lew Anderson (Clarabell) ... Don Fitzpatrick ... Louis Rukeyser ... Earl Woods ... Elma G. "Pem" Fransworth ... Buck Owens ... Paul Gleason ... Gloria Monty ... Aaron Spelling ... George Page ... Jan Murray ... June Allyson ... Red Buttons ... Mike Douglas ... Bruno Kirby ... Moose (Eddie on Frazier) ... Barnard Hughes ... Jack Turner ... Benjamin Hendrickson ... Tony Malara ... Glenn Ford ... Jack Warden ... Steve Irwin ... Jane Wyatt ... Arthur Hill ... Ed Bradley ... Jack Palance ... Michael Gilden ... Philip (Phil) R. Dixson ... Betty Comden ... John M. Higgins ... Robert Altman ... Joseph Barbera ... John Jones ... Ronnie F. Lippin ... Peter Boyle ... Mike Evans ... Robert E. Yde ... James Brown ... Frank Stanton ... President Gerald Ford ... Eric Schmuckler ... Noreen Welle ... Jared Nathan.
Later -- Cyn 12.17.07
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