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12/12/14: HBO lands most Globes, Modern Family snubbed; Stephen Colbert leaving Late Show seat vacant; Les Moonves can’t quit CBS

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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 […]

12/12/14: Netflix and Amazon snag seven Golden Globe Nominations; Twitter users more likely to watch TV, influence other’s show preferences; Google Play releases ‘The Year In Entertainment 2014’

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.12.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 12, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. CONTENT MEDIA   Netflix and Amazon landed seven Golden Globe nominations. Netflix originals House of Cards and Orange is the New Black each reeled in three noms, and the Ricky Gervais comedy Derek nabbed one. Amazon’s Transparent […]

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12/11/14: Netflix bets on more original content; Instagram surpasses Twitter & hits 300 million active users; HBO’s a la carte service to debut in April

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM YUME It’s no secret that the core of video consumption is changing rapidly…yet brand advertisers targeting consumers through video face distracted audiences and rampant fragmentation (content, screen, technology and data). THIS is what YuMe‘s business is all about – helping brand advertisers reach their audiences in this new digital video […]

12/11/14: College Football season delivers an early present to ESPN; ABC preps NBA sitcom; Twitter’s Year of Sports in Review

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.11.14 Good morning, back from vacation and many thanks to Joe Favorito for covering for me this past week. It’s Thursday, December 11, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. ESPN is touting its record viewership for the college football season, with its FBS telecasts snaring nearly 200 million viewers this […]

12/10/14: Rizzoli & Isles lands season six renewal (finally); Fox plans massive launch for Wayward Pines; USA experiments with Playing House

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM OXYGEN MEDIA Oxygen | very real With a median age of 33, we’re the YOUNGEST and MOST SOCIAL women’s network.* Check out these shows in development that connect your brand to young women: Survival of The Clickiest Online entrepreneurs juggle the demands of followers, friends and family The Misty […]

12/10/14: Hulu and Discovery strike content deal; TV of Tomorrow: MCNs, UX and more; Facebook looks back on the top TV and games from 2014

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.10.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 10, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   In the first long-form content partnership between Discovery Communications and Hulu, the streaming service will feature programming from Discovery, TLC, Animal Planet, ID, Science, Destination America and Discovery en Espanol, beginning January […]

12/10/14: Rogers most mentioned, WTA signs license extension, McGlarry promoted at MLB Network

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 12.10.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 10, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  It has been a solid few days of news at the Baseball Winter Meetings in San Diego, especially on the league side. The latest came Tuesday when MLB Network announced that longtime baseball executive and current network […]

12/10/14: ION shuffles Qubo to Sundays, CynKids cross-platform content webinar is TODAY, Nick opens 2015 Animated Shorts & Writing programs

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 12.10.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 10, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS ION Television is shuffling its child-centric Qubo Kids Corner weekly three-hour programming block from Fridays to Sundays beginning Jan. 4. The block features three educational and informational series–Dive Olly Dive, Harry and His Bucket Full […]

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