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12/17/14: Hulu lands licensing deal with Disney/ABC Television; IAB: 100% viewability not possible yet; NBCU announces live TV service, still requires pay-TV authentication

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.17.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 17, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Hulu signed a new licensing agreement with Disney/ABC Television yesterday, granting streaming service rights to all episodes of ABC’s Resurrection, Mistresses and Lifetime’s Devious Maids. The deal also includes 750 episodes from […]

12/17/14: NASCAR and Sprint ending partnership; FOX Sports sets ground game for Women’s World Cup; Gruden stays in the booth

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.17.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 17, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  NASCAR and Sprint are splitting up, with the pair confirming plans for Sprint to end its title sponsorship of the organization’s premier series when the current agreement expires in 2016. “We are proud of our association with […]

12/17/14: Elf on Shelf pops up on Sprout; Saban splits programming, licensing units; Hearst-DWA make Awesome plans

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 12.17.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 17, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. A Note to our Readers As of January 2015, we will be incorporating news from the kids’ content business into the flagship edition of Cynopsis; so instead of Cyn Kids weekly, look for your updates regularly in Cynopsis. […]

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12/16/14: Cynopsis Classified Advantage

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JOB OF THE WEEK MGR, SOCIAL MEDIA NAT GEO Channel DC Highly creative, self-motivated social media maven wanted to manage social strategies for shows and network. Full info/apply HERE. CYNOPSISCLASSIFIEDADVANTAGE 12.16.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 16, 2014, and this is your weekly issue of Cynopsis: Classified Advantage! CYNOPSIS CLASSIFIEDS JOB OPENING: MGR, SOCIAL […]

12/16/14: We tv developing reality series, The Real Women of Telenovelas; Cicely Tyson heading to ABC’s How to Get Away with Murder; Iliza Shlesinger’s new Netflix special

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TURNER BROADCASTING FORECAST: COLD. TURNER? HOT. We’re thrilled to be all over Adweek’s 2014 Hotlist: Hottest Network for Comedy: Adult Swim Hottest Comedy: Rick and Morty, Adult Swim Hottest Import: Attack on Titan, Adult Swim Hottest Kids Show: Adventure Time, Cartoon Network Hottest Reality/Competition Series: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, CNN Hottest […]

12/16/14: Conde Nast Entertainment, WIRED debuts ‘Jeff 1000’ with Summer Glau; MSNBC launches ‘Shift’ video hub; Netflix announces upcoming additions for January

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.16.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 16, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Conde Nast Entertainment and WIRED debuted series Jeff 1000 yesterday. From Michael Karnow, the creator of Syfy’s Alphas, the documentary-style show revolves around a robot and his best friend (played by Summer […]

12/16/14: Sunday Night Football surges; Yahoo Sports Radio gets active; PBR riding with CarbonTV

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.16.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 16, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  NBC’s Sunday Night Football roared to its best numbers since Week 1, with the Cowboys’ win delivering a 14.9/24. That is up 37% from last year’s Week 15 matchup. Top markets on the local front included: Dallas […]

12/15/14: New Late Late Show lands house band and later start date; NBC gets serious about Thursdays; Criminal Minds spinoff in the works

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SYFY  "…there isn’t a single negative thing that can be said about Syfy’s latest project…" – Forbes Magazine  "an uncommonly ambitious six-hour mini-series" – Huffington Post "its intriguing premise carries through the first two chapters…" – Variety Don’t Miss the Epic Three Night Event ASCENSION Starts Tonight 9/8c only on Syfy! […]

12/15/14: Hearst purchases 25% stake in AwesomenessTV; Crackle pushes back release of ‘The Throwaways’ due to Sony hack; Tubular Labs December Rising Media + Entertainment Brands

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.15.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Hearst Corporation acquired a 25 percent stake in DreamWorks Animation’s multi-channel network AwesomenessTV for $81.25 million. “Few companies have built the global audience of millennial females as quickly as AwesomenessTV. For us, […]

12/15/14: CBS Sports Network doubles down on poker night; Mayweather eyeballs May 2 for megafight ; National Guard campaign gets a flat

CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.15.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  CBS Sports Network is doubling down on Poker Night in America, renewing the franchise for an additional two seasons, according to the show’s site. Season two will launch on Jan. 5 on the channel and will run […]

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