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08/18/15: Fox and MLB working on streaming deal; Endemol Shine gobbles up Simon’s Cat; digital advertising will soon rule the roost

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.18.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday August 18, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Major League Baseball is working on a deal with Fox, which holds the local media rights to 15 MLB teams, to allow authenticated local streaming of live games, reports Sports Business Journal. Streaming […]

08/18/15: PGA Championship numbers continue to inflate; MLB calls postseason plans; Adidas targets NHL

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 08.18.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday August 18, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The PGA Championship’s shift away from primetime made a slice in the ratings with the tournament’s coverage on CBS hitting to a 5.1/12, according to Nielsen, down from last year’s 6.0/13, when it ran until 9p instead […]

08/17/15: NBC finds better time for Best Time Ever; union writers get the go-ahead to work on Esquire series; WGN America picks up spec script Debt

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CYNOPSIS 08.17.15 Good morning. It’s Monday August 17, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: A&E: The First 48: Bad Blood at 8p ID: Killer Instinct With Chris Hansen at 10p Travel: 36 Hours at 8p Tonight’s Finales: DIY: Yard Crashers at 10p Food: Cake Wars at 8p VH1: Love & […]

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08/17/15: Apple pushing back its Internet TV service, Comcast going up against YouTube, and Dish avoids a Sinclair blackout

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.17.15 Good morning. It’s Monday August 17, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for August 17-21: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include Today’s Al Roker, actor Tyrese Gibson, Frankie Grande (WORST.POST.EVER: With Frankie Grace), country singer […]

08/17/15: Shanks shares insights on channels’ anniversary; A shiny Day for golf broadcasters; Adidas makes a Harden play

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CBS SPORTS NETWORK New daily show premieres tonight Time To Schein Adam Schein’s unique take on the sports world Weekdays 6pm ET CBS SPORTS NETWORK The 24-hour home of CBS Sports. CYNOPSISSPORTS 08.17.15 Good morning. It’s Monday August 17, 2015, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  […]

08/14/15: NBC hangs on to Jimmy Fallon for six more years; Big Bird and Co. wing it to HBO; Tina Fey and Robert Carlock land pilot order at NBC

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CYNOPSIS 08.14.15 Good morning. It’s Friday August 14, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: HGTV: Smart Home Giveaway at 1p Logo: Food to Get You Laid at 9:30p TLC: Say Yes to the Dress at 10p Today’s Finale: ABC: The View at 11a Saturday’s Premiere: Reelz: Murder Made Me Famous […]

08/14/15: NBC invests $200 million in Vox Media; Machinima debuts digital download for its viral original; Zealot Networks acquires AllScreen

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.14.15 Good morning. It’s Friday August 14, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   NBCUniversal is making a $200 million equity investment in Vox Media. The digital media company has “a great portfolio of premium digital brands that deeply engage broad audiences,” said NBCU CEO Steve Burke, […]

08/13/15: Suspension over, we’ll see Brian Williams in September; Ryan Seacrest readies for late nights in Rio; Michael Bolton comedy in development at ABC

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CYNOPSIS 08.13.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday August 13, 2015, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: Cooking: Cake Hunters at 9p Sportsman: MeatEater at 8p Tonight’s Finales: CNN: The Seventies at 9p ID:  Untouchable: Power Corrupts at 9p  SundanceTV: Rectify at 10p USA: Complications at 9p The six-month suspension of Brian Williams, […]

08/13/15: 40 years’ worth of video are watched daily on Periscope, founders say; Tubular Labs: Disney Descendants soar on YouTube; ‘Heroes’ prequel lands on Hulu

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.13.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday August 13, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Twitter’s Periscope has surpassed 10 million users just four months after launch, according to a blog from co-founders Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein, who say they’re seeing over 40 years’ worth of […]

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