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07/16/14: The Kids’ Choice Sports playbook; Will Christopher Walken scare your kids as Captain Hook?; Hub invites celebs to game night

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CYNOPSISKIDS! 07.16.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, July 16, 2014, and this is your first early morning briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS What does it take to pull off a live TV event like the inaugural Nick Kids’ Choice Sports awards? The event airs tomorrow at 8p on Nickelodeon and features host Michael Strahan, Legend Award winner […]

07/15/14: Cynopsis Classified Advantage

JOB OF THE WEEK DIR RSCH WME LA Drive consumer & mkt rsch initiatives & strategy. Min 6 yrs media rsrch exp. Strong analytical & quant skills req’d. Exp w/rsch sys (ie Nielsen, Simmons & Scarborough). Resume: researchwme@gmail.com. CYNOPSISCLASSIFIEDADVANTAGE 07.15.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 15, 2014, and this is your weekly issue of […]

07/15/14: Meet the new Fox bosses, same as the old Fox bosses; Paramount TV signs deal with Robert Zemeckis; Spike TV lands Ben Kingsley for Tut

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WE tv PREMIERING TOMORROW ON WE tv THE DIVIDE WE tv’s FIRST EVER SCRIPTED SERIES AND A PEOPLE MAGAZINE "PEOPLE’S PICK" CREATED BY RICHARD LAGRAVENESE & TONY GOLDWYN GET A FIRST LOOK AT THE DIVIDE CHARACTER BIOS, INSIDE THE CASE VIGNETTE AND MORE ALL AVAILABLE ON wetv.com  WEDNESDAYS 9P|8C […]

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07/15/14: : YouTube getting serious about premium content?, CDS’ EpicMealTime is making the bacon (literally), Facebook, Refinery 29 and Adaptly research shows sequencing ads most effective

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.15.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS YouTube is getting serious about premium content, according to Reuters. The video hub is in talks with independent and Hollywood producers to fund programming in an effort not only to bring in […]

07/15/14: World Cup Final rumbles up a new record; FOX Sports makes a move on the sidelines; LeBron James story shatters the Internet

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.15.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 15, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.  The Germany/Argentina World Cup Final delivered big ratings to broadcasters as both ABC and Univision generated the most-watched World Cup Championship in television history in their categories. On ABC, the contest averaged 17,324,000 viewers and 9.1 rating, […]

07/14/14: Christopher Walken puts on his dancing shoes for NBC’s Peter Pan Live; Fox Broadcasting thisclose to naming Kevin Reilly replacement; Amazon flirts with binge model

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM truTV truTV : We’ve changed the channel Among our THIRTEEN recently greenlit shows: BRANSON FAMOUS: The First Reality Musical. Period. WAY OUT WEST: A Reality Western with 3 Families and 5 Coyotes. FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE: Sketch Comedy on truTV. Seriously. FAKE OFF: Theatrics. Competition. Kabuki? And we’re just warming up… […]

07/14/14: Crackle’s new original to premiere next month, Hulu lands ‘South Park’ and renews ‘East Los High,’ Yahoo and Live Nation announce line up for new concert series

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.14.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, July 14, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   As announced at this year’s NewFronts, Crackle’s next original series Sequestered will premiere on Aug. 5. The series features stars Jesse Bradford (Bring It On), Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) […]

07/14/14: NBA Digital’s Scooter Vertino takes on the Summer League; No matter what happens, the 2014 ASG will see a Heartbreaker; Back9Network finds a digital chief

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CYNOPSISSPORTS 07.14.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, July 14, 2014, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Amid the free agent frenzy last week, the NBA opened its slate of Summer League games. NBA Digital continued to invest in the events with game coverage that included 25 Orlando Pro Summer League games as well […]

07/11/14: Record-breaking Emmy nominations include a nod for Obama; Fox’s fall season launches with Utopia; ABC confirms Rosie O’Donnell’s seat on The View

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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM ESQUIRE They say don’t grow up too fast. We beg to differ. ESQUIRE NETWORK Produced three consecutive quarters of growth with A18-49 and A18-34 Garnered our most-watched quarter and most-watched month since launch with A18-49 and A18-34 NBCUniversal Lifestyle Group. together.nbcuni.com (Source).. CYNOPSIS 07.11.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, July […]

07/11/14: Digital networks Netflix, Crackle snag Emmy noms, SheSpeaks CEO Aliza Freud talks influencers, Unruly names most shared ad of 2014 (so far)

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.11.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, July 11, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. EMMY RACE   The 66th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards nominations were announced yesterday, with digital networks Netflix, Crackle and Funny or Die all scoring spots on the list. Netflix reeled in a whopping 31 nominations, with House […]

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