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Tuesday April 20, 2021

Today’s Premieres
A&E: “Storage Wars” at 9p, “Hustle & Tow” at 10p
Discovery: “Deadliest Catch” at 8p, “Undercover Billionaire” at 10p
discovery+: “Chopped 420,” “Deadliest Catch: Bloodline,” “The Fog of Murder”
Freeform: “Cruel Summer” at 9p
Hulu: “Sasquatch”
Kanal D Drama: “Amor en Blanco y Negro” at 10:50p
Netflix: “Izzy’s Koala World”
PBS: “Philly D.A.” at 9p
SHO.com: “Cinema Toast”

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OWN: “Queen Sugar” at 8p
TLC: “The Blended Bunch” at 9p

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IN THE NEWS

Hear ye, hear ye: Facebook introduced a range of audio experiences in the works, including audio creation tools; Soundbites, short-form audio clips to share in News Feed; and podcasts which can be listened to on the Facebook app. Clubhouse-like Live Audio Rooms will roll out to all Messenger users this summer. Monetization models will include the ability to charge for access to a Live Audio Room through a single purchase or a subscription. Captions will be offered on all audio experiences, and eventually different formats will live in a central listening destination on Facebook where people can find new things and new people to listen to.

Eighty-two percent of media agency execs believe that YouTube will be a top recipient of dollars shifting away from traditional TV, according to Pixability’s YouTube & CTV Media Agency Survey. Next are Hulu, Roku, and TikTok with 39%, 31% and 31%, respectively. Survey respondents believed ad categories like programmatic display and search were less likely to be top beneficiaries of the shift.

US consumers are more willing to have ads during videos than they are during music streaming, according to Deloitte’s Annual Media Trends survey. Forty percent of consumers overall said they’d prefer to pay $12 a month for a streaming video service with no ads, while 60% say they would accept a light ad load of no more than six minutes per hour in return for a reduction in the monthly fees. But for music, 45% of consumers overall (and 67% of Millennials) reported they’d rather pay than have ads on their service.

Netflix renewed YA drama “Ginny & Georgia” for a second season. Season one, which debuted February 24, attracted more than 52 million Netflix subscriber households in its first 28 days.

Republican Senator Josh Hawley introduced legislation that would prevent companies from selling products in the same marketplaces they control. “Woke Big Tech companies like Google and Amazon have been coddled by Washington politicians for years,” said Hawley on Monday, about the Bust Up Big Tech Act. “This treatment has allowed them to amass colossal amounts of power that they use to censor political opinions they don’t agree with and shut out competitors who offer consumers an alternative to the status quo.”

Gray Television is building a “Studio City” space outside of Atlanta. Filming on the 127-acre property, to be converted from a General Motors plant into 10 TV and movie studios, offices, apartments and a hotel, is expected to begin in 2022.

One America News senior producer Marty Golingan confirmed via Twitter that he was fired after he was quoted in The New York Times being critical of his hardline conservative cable news network employer. “The majority of people did not believe the voter fraud claims being run on the air,” said Golingan of his OAN colleagues. Golingan had been with OAN since 2016.

Scoring the most nominations for the 2021 “MTV Movie & TV Awards” were “WandaVision” (5), “Emily In Paris” (4), “The Boys” (4), “Bridgerton” (3), “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (3) and “The Mandalorian.” The awards show airs Monday, May 16 at 9p. The following night, reality TV is celebrated at the “MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted.”

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Fox News Channel signed KTTV-TV investigative reporter Bill Melugin as a national correspondent. Melugin begins his new role on May 3, based in FNC’s LA bureau.

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PRODUCTION & DEVELOPMENT

Amazon Studios handed a pilot order to MGM International Television Production’s YA mystery drama “Shelter,” based on the first novel in Harlan Coben’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy. MGM also acquired the rights to Coben’s entire Mickey Bolitar series. Coben will serve as an executive producer on the project alongside showrunner and executive producer Ed Decter (“Shadowhunters”). Erik Barmack will also serve as an executive producer. The pilot begins filming this summer.

Also landing a pilot order, in this case from Fox, is dating competition “Masquerade Ball,” from ZnakTV and Fox Alternative Entertainment. In the show, singles try to make an impression during just a few minutes on the dance floor.

Netflix gave an eight-episode order to “Florida Man,” starring Edgar Ramirez (“Yes Day”) as a struggling ex-cop. The drama comes from Donald Todd and Jason Bateman and Michael Costigan’s Aggregate Films.

“Power” Director Rob Hardy struck a first-look deal with Lionsgate and “Power” creator Courtney Kemp’s End of Episodes Productions. “Rob is an incredibly talented director and an absolute pleasure to work with. His keen artistic vision and expertise helped bring some of the most riveting episodes and performances to the ‘Power’ Universe,” said Lionsgate Television Group Chairman Kevin Beggs.

One of the Olympics-themed programs headed to Peacock ahead of the Tokyo Summer Games is docu-series “Golden,” from LeBron James and Maverick Carter’s Uninterrupted. The six-episode series follows six hopefuls competing for four spots on the women’s gymnastics team.

Synchronicity Films (“The Cry”) has optioned the rights to Graeme Armstrong’s debut novel, The Young Team, to develop as a scripted series. Adrian McDowall (“The Last Czars”) will direct the adaptation, with British writer Ben Tagoe on board as screenwriter. Graeme Armstrong will act as consultant on the project.

Action star Don Lee and producing partner Chris Lee are developing “The Club” with Starlings Television. The drama series is based on Korean format “The Trap,” about a detective swept up in a twisted mystery.

Dre Ryan (“Lady in the Lake”) inked a two-year overall deal with Endeavor Content. “Dre truly represents the next generation of showrunners and we feel honored and privileged at the work we will do together,” said Joe Hipps, EVP, Television, Endeavor Content.

Canadian-U.S. kids entertainment company, bulbKIDZ, announced its first original preschool animation project, “Gopher It!”. The Canadian production is now in development, planned for Fall 2022 Season 1 and Spring 2023 Season 2.

UCP has crowned its Tiger King. John Cameron Mitchell (“Shrill”) will play the title character opposite SNL’s Kate McKinnon in “Joe Exotic,” a limited series slated to air across NBC, USA Network and Peacock. “Joe and I are the same age and like him, I grew up queer in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas so I feel like I know a little bit about this guy and his desperate attempt to conquer an inhospitable world,” said Mitchell of the now-jailed zoo owner, who rose to fame as the subject of Netflix’s hit docu-series. Amazon is also developing a Tiger King project, starring Nicolas Cage.

More casting notes: Janeane Garofalo (“Broad City”) will guest on the seventh and final season of “Younger,” on Paramount+…Henry Lloyd-Hughes (“Killing Eve”) and Thalissa Teixeira (“Too Close”) have joined the cast of AMC crime drama “Ragdoll.”

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NEW & RETURNING SERIES

AMC+ British psychological drama “Too Close,” starring Emily Watson (“Genius”) as a forensic psychiatrist, will be available to binge starting Thursday, May 20.

“Dave,” with an average episode audience of 9.4 million total viewers its first season – FX’ most-watched comedy series ever – is back for season two on Wednesday, June 16 at 10p.

“Unbreakable,” following young adults with disabilities who overcome obstacles to achieve their dreams, premieres on Fuse Tuesday, May 4 at 11p.

A&E series “Hustle & Tow,” premiering, tonight, April 20, is about more than the tricky work of tow truck operators. “While scouting shops for ‘Hustle & Tow,’ it was striking to us how the cast and locations that truly popped also naturally reflected the way the country really looks; while we’re of course documenting the high-octane dangers of tow truck operators’ daily work, the real electricity comes from the show’s incredible diversity,” executive producer Benjamin Nurick, President of Bodega Pictures, tells Cynopsis. “There’s no better home for this series than A&E, and we’re hopeful it will mark the beginning of a long and successful creative partnership.”

MTV’s “Deliciousness” is back for season two, in a one-week special event launching Monday, April 26 at 7p. Tiffani Thiessen (“Saved By the Bell”) hosts.

Detective drama “Whitstable” launches Monday, May 24 on Acorn TV. The six-parter explores the dark undercurrents of a picturesque English seaside town.

Amazon anthology series “SOLOS” debuts Friday, May 21. Over seven episodes, starring Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway and Uzo Aduba, among others, the show explores what it means to be human.

Back for season nine on Bravo is reality show “Shahs of Sunset,” starting Sunday, May 16 at8p.

COMING UP

Telemundo Deportes will present over 300 hours of Tokyo 2020 Olympics programming. Telemundo network will present 187 hours of live competitions and daily recap specials, while its cable network Universo will provide 122 hours of live coverage. Coverage kicks off Wednesday, July 21 with the Women’s Soccer Competition live on Universo at 3a.

NBCLX, NBC and Telemundo owned stations’ TV and streaming network aimed at viewers A18-45, will celebrate Earth Day with 23 consecutive hours of programming dedicated to the environment and conservation on Thursday, April 22, startingat 1a. One-hour special event, “LX Live from the Bottom of the Ocean,” premieres at 4p.

OZY Media’s OZY Fest, featuring entertainment, interactive experiences and conversations, will return on May 15-16 as a virtual event. The 2020 festival was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The festival will be livestreamed to the Carlos Watson Show YouTube Channel, presented by OZY Media.

TECH TALK

Ad fraud rates are improving, but brand risk is rising globally, according to Integral Ad Science’s H2 2020 Media Quality Report.As consumers continued to focus on digital media during stay-at-home orders, viewability rates showed mixed results. CTV viewability reached 93.3% globally, while mobile app video followed closely at 92.6%. Mobile web video viewability followed at 73.7%. IAS data also indicated that adult content was the primary driver of increased brand risk across all formats globally, generally followed by hate speech. The US registered one of the largest increases in brand risk for desktop video content, up 2.9 percentage points, when compared to H2 2019, while Canada was the only market to witness a decrease in brand risk.

Innovid announced the launch of Programmatic Interactive Connected TV, a solution to scale the delivery of engaging CTV ad experiences through programmatic buying. Interactive CTV ad formats incorporate advanced features and functionality to boost creative performance. The consortium was created to organize buy-side and sell-side programmatic platforms, connecting the ad tech ecosystem and delivering against the promise of interactive CTV creative at scale. “The lack of standardization across CTV has historically forced advertisers to choose between the targetability and efficiency that programmatic buying offers, versus the ROI boosting engagement interactive CTV provides,” said Zvika Netter, CEO and co-founder at Innovid. “As the only omni-channel platform with the infrastructure required to support interactive creative on TV, we knew Innovid had to lead the way by connecting the largest independent CTV players in the market through a single, integrated marketplace.”

Kantar has launched a new tool that uses data visualization of SVOD market share, broken down by region. The tool is based on Kantar’s Entertainment on Demand service, which tracks the digital subscription customer journey across music and video. The data is based on a quarterly survey which provides insight into digital subscriptions from purchase triggers, through consideration, evaluation, intention to purchase, post-purchase usage, satisfaction/ dissatisfaction, advocacy, loyalty and switching.

AcuityAds, the technology company that enables advertisers to connect intelligently with audiences across digital advertising campaigns from a single platform, announced an integration with Amazon Publisher Services. Through the integration with APS’s Transparent Ad Marketplace, advertisers that leverage AcuityAds’ technology, including the advertising automation platform, illumin, will gain direct access to high quality inventory including premium publishers from a variety of verticals on desktop, mobile web and mobile apps. “We are already seeing significant transactions take place as a result of this integration with Amazon Publisher Services,” said Tal Hayek, CEO and Co-Founder of AcuityAds. “As a buy-side advertising platform integrating with APS’s Transparent Ad Marketplace, we look forward to bringing the hundreds of advertisers that leverage our platform access to direct, premium, transparent and scalable advertising opportunities.”

Apple is lifting the suspension of conservative social media app Parler on the iPhone App Store, after the company agreed to make updates to the app and its content moderation policies. Participants in the January 6 attack on the Capitol had been in communication on Parler, prompting the pause.

STREAMING

Free streaming ad-supported service Local News, featuring local news and premium content, is now available on most major platforms. “After more than three years in development and a significant investment in the platform, Local Now is extremely unique as it uses proprietary software and artificial intelligence to produce, aggregate, curate, and stream – in real time – local news, weather, sports, traffic, movies, TV shows, documentaries, and channels geo-fenced to the user’s zip code,” said Byron Allen, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Local Now parent company Allen Media Group. “We are well-positioned as the new global standard for free streaming.”

Cord-cutting has become a universal American phenomenon, but the type of content available on streaming services often fails to reflect the diversity of its audience, with a dearth of options available for Americans looking to access relevant content in a language that is not English, maintains Isabel Rafferty, CEO and founder of Canela Media. Rafferty offers insights about can be done to remedy that, in Cynsiders.

The EstrellaTV and Estrella News networks are now available 24/7 on VIZIO SmartCast TVs. SmartCast users will also have access to Estrella News, a group of local and national news professionals providing live news to Spanish-language audiences on a 24/7 multiplatform basis.

GOING GLOBAL

ViacomCBS Networks International has established a new commercial team, dedicated to leveraging its social platforms business in the UK. The unit, Velocity UK, will draw on the power of VCNI brands and its local UK expertise for clients looking to reach audiences across its social inventory in the UK. Sky Media will continue to handle all linear, VOD and sponsorship ad sales for ViacomCBS Networks UK and Ireland (VCN UK).

PBS International has licensed pre-school special “Elinor Wonders Why” to Knowledge Network (Canada), Discovery Latin America, YLE (Finland), Hop! (Israel), SVT (Sweden) and e-junior (UAS.

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RATINGS

HGTV’s “Unsellable Houses” delivered the highest-rated episode for the series on Tuesday, April 13, garnering a .71 live plus three-day rating among P25-54 and a 1.0 Live+3 rating among W25-54. Attracting more than 4.5 million total viewers, the episode also earned a .73 among upscale P25-54, a 1.0 among upscale W25-54 and a 1.62 Live+3 rating with households. 

Telemundo’s broadcast of the 2021 Latin American Music Awards last Thursday drew a total of 42.4 million engagements across television, digital and social. On linear, the ceremony delivered 1.6 million total viewers and 641,000 A18-49, and reached a cumulative audience of 3.3 million total viewers, including 1.3 million A18-49, with the simulcast on Telemundo and Universo.

The season debut of “Wild West Chronicles” on INSP set a record for the highest-rated original program to air on the net. The April 11 debut generated a .441 average HH rating, according to Nielsen Npower data.

Shareablee Top 10 TV Shows for the week of April 12
Program, Network, Total Actions, Total Content, Actions per Content, Fans & Followers
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC), 4.6M, 47, 97,127, 36.3M
Hannity (Fox News), 3.1M, 287, 10,729, 10.9M
Entertainment Tonight (WB/syndicated), 2.4M, 676, 3,501, 9.2M
Ellen DeGeneres (WB/Syndicated), 2.3M, 60, 38,574, 208M
The Daily Show (Comedy Central), 2.2M, 122, 17,979, 27.8M
Today Show (NBC), 1.7M, 942, 1,842, 13.8M
Good Morning America (ABC), 1.2M, 846, 1,472, 14.4M
American Idol (ABC), 1M, 312, 3,211, 17.5M
Latin American Music Awards (Telemundo), 827k, 845, 979, 812K
The Rachel Maddow Show (MSNBC), 796K, 53, 15,024, 13.3M

Shareablee Top 10 TV Streaming Shows for the week of April 12
Program, Platform, Total Actions, Total Content, Actions per Content, Fans & Followers
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (Disney+), 921K, 26, 35,406, 775K
Shadow and Bone (Netflix), 633K, 20, 31,638, 295K
Nanatsu No Naizai (Netflix), 511K, 53, 9,645, 794K
Get Organized With The Home Edit (Netflix), 486K, 39, 12,453, 5.6M
Julie and the Phantoms (Netflix), 355K, 2, 177,320, 963K
Red Table Talk (Facebook Watch), 309K, 21, 14,732, 5.8M
Selena: The Series (Netflix), 257K, 8, 32,102, 289K
The Mandalorian (Disney+), 227K, 8, 28,318, 2.5M
The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), 214K, 14, 15,300, 2.1M
Elite (Netflix), 191K, 1, 190,914, 1.3M

Broadcast Nielsen Ratings for Friday, April 16
Show, P2+ 0000s, (A18-49)
ABC: “Shark Tank” 4.07 (0.7), “20/20” 3.45 (0.6)
CBS: “MacGyver” 4.33 (0.5), “Magnum P.I.” 5.58 (0.5), “Blue Bloods” 6.83 (0.6)
CW: “Whose Line Is It Anyway” 0.75 (0.1), “Whose Line Is It Anyway” (0.70 (0.1), Penn & Teller: Fool Us” 0.65 (0.1)
ION: “Hawaii Five-0” 1.12 (0.2), “Hawaii Five-0” 1.02 (0.2), “Hawaii Five-0” 0.95 (0.2)
FOX: “WWE Friday Night Smackdown” 2.12 (0.6)
NBC: “The Blacklist” 3.53 (0.4), “Dateline NBC” 2.84 (0.4)
Telemundo: “Exatlon Estados Unidos” 1.02 (0.3), “La Suerte de Loli” 1.07 (0.3), “Buscando a Frida” 1.21 (0.4)
Univision: “La Rosa de Guadalupe” 1.72 (0.5), “Te Acuerdas Di Mi” 161 (0.4), “La Hija Del Embajador” 1.41 (0.3)
Source: Nielsen live + same day time period averages

EXECUTIVE MOVES

Laura Gentile has been promoted to EVP, Commercial Marketing, Networks and ESPN by Disney Media Entertainment & Distribution Network. Gentile had been SVP of Marketing & Social Media at ESPN. Nancy Lee was tapped to serve as SVP of Commercial Marketing & Integrated Planning; she was previously SVP and Chief of Staff for Disney Executive Chairman Bob Iger.

Jane Gould has been promoted to EVP of Content Research, Insights & Scheduling for Disney General Entertainment Content. Gould previously served as SVP, Consumer Insights and Programming Strategy, Disney Channels.

Sarah Amos has been appointed VP, Development & Production (Non-Fiction TV, Documentaries) and Conde Nast Entertainment. Amos was previously VP of Development and Production for Marvel Entertainment’s NewMedia division.

As part of the expansion of its podcast studio, Glass Podcast, Glass Entertainment Group announced the promotions of Andrea Gunning, who adds Head of Podcast Production and Development to her plate, and Ben Fetterman, who serves as Head of Podcast Strategy and Development.

This Day in History
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Answer to Our Last Trivia Question
Who played Tony’s father-in-law on “Who’s the Boss?” (1984-1992)? James Coco. Kudos to: Louis Lewow-FITE/Atlanta; Paul Blutter-Walk and Talk Production Rentals/Burbank; John Carlo-UPtv/NYC; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station, TX; Dan Whitford-WTTW/Chicago; Charles Lore/NYC; Matty Fera-Bader Rutter/Milwaukee; Rhonda Seaton-AccuWeather/State College, PA; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Credit Union/Burbank; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA

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Which sitcom character received advice in fantasy scenes from the likes of Will Smith, David Spade, Mr. T and ALF? Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: a limit of four answers per time zone.)

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CRACKLE PLUS/LOS ANGELES: Oversee BI analytics for customer acquisition, Manage day-to-day BI output, Track and analyze historical KPIs. B.S. in Statistics, Math, Economics, Engineering or Finance (or relevant disciplines). Digital advertising experience or related fields (exposure to data science and predictive modelling). Full info HERE (5/1)

DIRECTOR, LEGAL & BUSINESS AFFAIRS, DIGITAL MEDIA
A+E NETWORKS
NYC

Will provide guidance to A+E business divisions on global privacy matters, data collection, security and use issues. Support the Digital Media business group, Global Content Licensing business group and Privacy and Data Security matters. Requires 5-7 years legal experience, transactional work and digital media and distribution. Full info HERE (5/1)

DIRECTOR, STREAMING TV PROGRAM STRATEGY AND SCHEDULING
JUKIN MEDIA
LOS ANGELES

Develop and implement programming and on-air promo schedules, analyze and maintain viewing data and manage Streaming TV program strategy and scheduling team. 8+ years in television or digital programming strategy required, in addition to a deep understanding and passion of television, streaming tv and digital content landscape. Full info HERE (5/1)

SVP, REVENUE AND STRATEGIC RESEARCH
CROWN
MEDIA FAMILY NETWORKS
NYC, NY

Oversees all insights, strategy and analytics utilized to inform senior management in the development of the company’s long-term revenue strategies, growth initiatives and key business decisions. 15 years progressive research experience in cable and/or broadcast required, advanced degree in a quantitative field preferred. Full info HERE (4/30)

SALES ASSISTANT – NATIONAL
UPtv
NYC, NY

Provide full support to all accounts for the Ad Sales team, assist Account Executives, Sales Planner and Pricing Inventory in managing day-to-day Ad sales responsibilities. Communicate daily with Traffic Department and create and maintain quarterly flighting grid. B.A. in Communication or equivalent from a four-year college; prior experience a plus. Full info HERE (4/29)

MANAGER, BRAND MARKETING
CROWN MEDIA FAMILY NETWORKS
LA, CA

Responsible for development and management of consumer marketing initiatives including paid advertising, email marketing, and other priorities that create awareness and engagement in support of our key business objectives. 3-5 years of consumer marketing experience within the entertainment industry with prior television experience preferred. Full info HERE (4/29)

DIRECTOR, BRAND MARKETING
CROWN MEDIA FAMILY NETWORKS
LA, CA

Strategy, development and management of consumer marketing initiatives including paid advertising efforts, email marketing, and other projects that create awareness and engagement in support of our key business priorities. 7-10 years of consumer marketing experience within the entertainment industry with prior television experience preferred. Full info HERE (4/29)

SUPERVISOR, CUSTOMER SERVICE
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SPECTRUM/VANCOUVER, WA: Actively and consistently support all efforts to simplify and enhance the customer and employee experience. Effectively lead a team of representatives utilizing supervisory skills including and monitor individual and team performance. 5-7 Customer service/call center experience required. Full info HERE (4/28)

PR ASST/COOR
BABYGRANDE PR
VENICE, CA

Support president at boutique PR firm. Work daily with TV/entertainment/corp. clients and media. Looking for detail-oriented, motivated multi-tasker for high-paced, fun environment. Full info HERE (4/28)

VP, CONTENT ACQUISITIONS >>
INSP LLC/CHARLOTTE, NC:
Leads on high level negotiations with studios and independent content providers. Initiates and establishes strategic relationships and heads a research team to track and evaluate potential content opportunities. Minimum 5-7 years of cable TV network experience in acquisitions required. Full info HERE (4/28)

MANAGER, INTREGRATED MEDIA >>
FOX SPORTS/Los Angeles:
Manage multiple aspects of paid campaigns, assist in monitoring and reporting on paid Digital, Programmatic, Search, and Social performance and provide an active voice communicating optimization opportunities and challenges. 5+ years of work experience in integrated and/or digital media planning/buying required. Full info HERE (4/27)

SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR
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COINDESK INC/NYC/NY:
Develop a unique, authoritative voice for CoinDesk products; write and edit quickly, cleanly and succinctly, and they must be a master of shaping copy and social-native content to match the voice of different social networks. 3-5 years of experience managing social media for a media company or comparable organization. Full info HERE (4/27)

FREELANCE MANAGER, MULTI-PLATFORM ANALYTICS
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ViacomCBS – MTV ENTERTAINMENT GROUP/NYC, NY: Apply linear and digital Analytics across the MTV Entertainment Group portfolio to optimize content strategy across platforms and brands. Synthesize insights from every available data source in order to provide expert guidance on where content will best find its intended target. 3-5 years of related experience with Nielsen competence required. Full info HERE (4/26)

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
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FUTURE TODAY INC/NYC/CHICAGO: Build, maintain and expand a pipeline of sales targets, contacts, and sales opportunities leveraging your relationships. Well-versed in CTV; direct & programmatic. Kids space knowledge preferred. The company is growing and looking for motivated people with experience selling across one or more of these categories: CTV, OTT, OLV, Linear TV. Full info HERE (4/26)

SR DEVELOPMENT PRODUCER >>
AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP/ST PAUL, NYC, LA, REMOTE:
Manage production and development of new podcasts, creating and commissioning sustainable, high quality shows. Pitch new show ideas, angles on stories, and create plans for how a new show or season will sound and be structured. 5-7 years of media production and/or content development, ideally in audio required. Full info HERE (4/25)

COORDINATOR, BRAND MARKETING
CROWN MEDIA FAMILY NETWORKS
LA, CA

Responsible for supporting the implementation of advertising campaigns, marketing partnerships, promotions, sweepstakes, experiential events, creative development & email marketing initiatives. Min 1yr of marketing exp within the entertainment industry. Full info HERE (4/25)

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER APM STUDIOS >>
AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA GROUP/ ST PAUL, NYC, LA, REMOTE:
Lead production of APM Studios’ existing tentpole franchises, create and manage budgets and lead recruitment and development of senior staff, including hosts when applicable. 10 years’ relevant experience in content development and audio production, including 3-5 years at management/supervisory level required. Full info HERE (4/25)

FREELANCE ANALYST, CONTENT & BRAND INSIGHTS
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MTV ENTERTAINMENT GROUP/NYC/NY: Implementation and analysis of owned & syndicated research strategy for Scripted, Comedic & Original Movie content. Monitor, interpret and compile findings from various research sources and disseminate it to key partners. Experience with qualitative and quantitative research techniques required. Full info HERE (4/24)

FREELANCE MANAGER, CONSUMER INSIGHTS ANALYTICS >>
MTV ENTERTAINMENT GROUP/NYC/NY: Analyze marketing efforts, determining promotional planning effectiveness, and providing insights to inform future marketing campaigns. Set up, track, pull and analyze data on multi-platform marketing and promotional planning campaigns and initiatives. 3-5 years of related experience (TV ratings and Nielsen measurement currency) required. Full info HERE (4/24)

DIRECTOR, CONTENT INSIGHTS >>
MTV ENTERTAINMENT GROUP/NYC/NY:
Conceptualize and conduct proprietary quantitative and qualitative studies focused on targeted audience needs as well as more general cultural trends. Improve multi-platform performance of key franchises; 7+ years of related research experience, including Marketing, Creative and Content Research required. Full info HERE (4/24)

CURATOR
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THE PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA/NYC/NY: Develop events, series, festivals, exhibits that are topical, culturally relevant, impactful and inclusive. In depth knowledge of history and current trends to conduct research and generate weekly reports. 8+ years managerial experience of a content collection in a research library, archive, museum, or related setting. Full info HERE (4/23)

DIGITAL MEDIA PLANNER
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BLUE PLATE MEDIA SERVICES/ SUMMIT NJ
: Day-to-day planning, executing and management of Digital and Social Media campaigns. Evaluate digital media, social platforms and advertising products and manage the RFP process. Strong ability to use and interpret analytical data and arrive at sound conclusions. 5+ years Digital and Social Media marketing experience required. Full info HERE (4/23)

VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING & PARTNER INSIGHTS >>
ViacomCBS/NY, NY: Partner and liaise with senior sales management on brand strategy and positioning. Measure the efficiency of traditional and non-traditional advertising campaigns and author and present consumer-focused research on brands, generations, trend and categories. 10+ years’ experience in media or consumer research required. Full info HERE (4/23)

TUESDAY APRIL 20
ABC: “Pooch Perfect,” “black-ish,” “mixed-ish,”“Big Sky”
CBS: “NCIS,” “FBI,” “FBI: Most Wanted”
CW: “The Flash,” “Supergirl”
FOX: “The Resident,” “Prodigal Son”
NBC: “Young Rock,” “Kenan,” “This Is Us,” “New Amsterdam”
PBS: “Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.”, “”Philly D.A.” [p]
Telemundo: “Exatlon Estados Unidos,” “La Suerte de Loli,” “Buscando a Frida”
Univision: “La Rosa de Guadalupe,” “Te Acuerdas Di Mi,” “La Hija Del Embajador”

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