Cynopsis: Sports08.22.13 Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 22, 2013, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. ESPN President John Skipper told reporters that the company was in preliminary talks to deliver channels to Web-based TV services. He noted that the Internet TV provider would end up paying as much or more than […]
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Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.21.13 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 21, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. ADVERTISING After three straight months of setting new records and surging past 20 billion views in June, online video ad views dropped by a half million views in July, according to Comscore‘s just-released monthly online […]
Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM A&E DUCK DYNASTY ON A&E SHATTERS CABLE RECORDSSEASON 4 PREMIERE WAS CABLE’S #1 NONFICTION SERIES TELECAST OF ALL TIMEAMONG TOTAL VIEWERS AND A25-54 #1 SHOW ON ALL OF TELEVISION WEDNESDAY NIGHT 11.8M TOTAL VIEWERS | 6.3M VIEWERS A18-49 and A25-54 #1 MOST BUZZED ABOUT PROGRAM ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH 53% SHARE […]
Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Cynopsis: Kids!08.21.13 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 21, 2013, and this is your first early morning briefing. TIME OUT WITH… AG PROPERTIES PRESIDENT SEAN GORMAN Between guiding the evolution of legacy properties like Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears, to launching new brands like Packages From Planet X–brand new on Disney XD–Sean Gorman, president of […]
Wednesday, August 21st, 2013
Cynopsis: Sports08.21.13 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 21, 2013, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. CBS Sports Network is getting a piece of the American Athletic Conference. The channel entered into a sub-licensing agreement with ESPN in a multi-year deal that begins with the 2013-14 college basketball season and runs through […]
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
Cynopsis: Sports08.20.13 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 20, 2013, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Major League Baseball inked a broadcast extension with SiriusXM Radio that will now deliver programming to both Sirius and XM satellite listeners. The six-year deal means that the carrier will continue to broadcast live play-by-play coverage […]
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM OXYGEN MEDIA ((((oxygen)))) live out loud Did you know…Women bought more electronics than men last year on average. Young women spent…$2.4 billion on cell phones, $1.6 billion on cameras and $1.5 billion on video game systems. (source) ( ( ((((get with the network that gets young women. oxygen)))) […]
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
Cynopsis: DIGITAL08.20.13 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 20, 2013, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS Vevo CEO Rio Caraeff denied it on his Twitter account, but the word from VideoInk.com is that Guggenheim Digital Media has bought a big stake of online music video programmer […]
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
JOB OF THE WEEK VP FINANCENYCMng all financial & accnting for busy fast growing TV production cmpny. 7-10 yrs accnting exp in media/film. Strong kwldg of Quickbks + analytics essential. RIGHTS & CLEARANCES SPRVSRNYKnwldg of clearances, S&P, copyright laws, network deliverables Track, compile, mgmt of workflows, flag issues, comm w/legal dept. 3-5 yrs exp. […]
Monday, August 19th, 2013
Cynopsis: Sports08.19.13 Good morning. It’s Monday, August 19, 2013, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. Saturday’s debut of FOX Sports 1 in approximately 90-million homes saw an average of 1.71 million viewers in prime time thanks to UFC Fight Night: Shogun vs. Sonnen, according to Nielsen. The newborn channel averaged a […]
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