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09/17/14: Soho Square eyes the small screen, Little Airplane Orders Up P.King Duckling, Arthur heads into season 18

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 09.17.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, September 17, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Soho Square Studios is launching a television production arm, Soho Square Productions, and they have big plans for kids and family entertainment. First project is a preschool CG animated show created with Keith Chapman (Paw […]

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09/16/14: MLG.tv lands exclusive PewDiePie deal, Adap.tv study: Brands spend 60% on programmatic, Netflix launches in France with Bouyges Telecom OTT deal

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.16.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, September 16, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   YouTube and Maker Studios star PewDiePie joined MLG.tv to exclusively air his podcast BroKen. The Swedish web celeb, whose real name is Felix Kjellberg, will debut new episodes on his own channel […]

09/16/14: NBC Sports lines up Ryder Cup programming with Golf Channel; NHL sets up an EPIX battle; The Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company scrums with collegiate rugby

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 09.16.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, September 16, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  NBC and Golf Channel will see a first-time collaboration at the 2014 Ryder Cup that will see 71.5 hours of coverage from Sept. 22-28. Making its debut this year will be Golf Channel’s Ryder Cup Alternate Shot […]

09/15/14: SNL names new Weekend Update co-anchor; Gotham star injured; CBS scores big with Thursday Night Football

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM FYI Viewers Fall in Love with FYI’s Married at First Sight "This looks like love at first season." – Entertainment Weekly Just 9 weeks after FYI’s debut, the two-hour finale ranked… #6 among W25-54 across ALL OF CABLE! …and attracted an upscale audience all season long $75k+ index: 157 See what’s […]

09/15/14: DirecTV’s hispanic web service to launch by the end of the year, 5 Minutes With…Live Nations SVP of Digital Sales Jeremy Levine, HBO may go a la carte

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.15.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, September 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Following announcements from Sony, Verizon and Dish, Direct TV CEO Mike White said the company is creating an online video service to launch by the end of this year. However, DirecTV’s service […]

09/15/14: Carlos Silva prepares to tee off on Back9Network; Thursday Night Football takes the night; UEFA Champions League prepares to kick off

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 09.15.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, September 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The countdown is on for Back9Network, which bows on a national TV stage on Sept. 29 via its new deal with DIRECTV channel 262. The golf-lifestyle channel hits the airwaves with nearly 1,100 hours of original programming […]

09/12/14: 51 years later, Babs is back on late night; Letterman lawsuit dropped, with apology; Tim Tebow ready to inspire on GMA

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CYNOPSIS 09.12.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, September 12, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. Tonight’s Premieres: Destination America: Alaska Monsters at 9p Syfy: Z Nation at 10p Travel: Mysteries at the Museum at 9p Today’s Finales: DIY: Elbow Room at 12:30p Velocity: All Girls Garage at 8p, Car Fix at 8:30p Saturday’s […]

09/12/14: Verizon’s web TV service expected by mid-2015, YouTube’s video advertising revenue estimated to hit $1.13B, Gilmore Girls will land on Netflix Oct. 1

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.12.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, September 12, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   With Sony’s announcement of a deal with Viacom and its expected web TV service, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam shared more details of his company’s similar plan. McAdam hinted at the Goldman Sachs […]

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