Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.10.12 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 10, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. If you watched a video on YouTube over the weekend, you probably noticed that the site has undergone a noticeable facelift. The new design prioritizes what has been the central tenet of the YouTube video philosophy […]
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Friday, December 7th, 2012
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM SYFY SYFY’S IGNITERS INFLUENCE ACROSS KEY 4Q CATEGORIES RETAIL – ENTERTAINMENT – TELECOM – TECHNOLOGY & EVERYTHING ELSE! What Igniters Buy Today, Everyone Else Wants Tomorrow Harness the Power of Igniters NOW with Custom Holiday Sponsorships And in 1Q with Returning Hit Shows Like Being Human, Face Off & Total Blackout […]
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Cynopsis: Kids!12.07.12 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 7, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing. Smart Bomb Interactive, a developer/publisher of family-aimed games partners with JLK Brand Licensing Group to grow its kid-targeted National Geographic Animal Jam (www.animaljam.com) virtual world and game offline. With an emphasis on the natural world, self-expression […]
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Cynopsis: Sports12.07.12 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 7, 2012, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. CBS laid out plans for its coverage of Super Bowl XLVII, taking root at Jackson Square in New Orleans for the creation of CBS Super Bowl Park. The area will play home to the network’s central […]
Friday, December 7th, 2012
Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.07.12 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 7, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Portico is a new service from Net2TV Corporation that brings free, ad-supported web video programming from providers like CBS Interactive and Revision3 to the television screen. Using cloud technology from ActiveVideo Networks, Portico tries to […]
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL HALLMARK CHANNEL’S COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMASHoliday Movies & Specials – All Day! All Night!********************************* Join us as we continue to celebrate the holidays with the 12 NEW MOVIES OF CHRISTMAS original movie premieres this weekendCome Dance with Me starring Andrew McCarthy and Michelle Nolden on Saturday 8/7cHelp for the Holidays […]
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Cynopsis: Sports12.06.12 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 6, 2012, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing. A federal judge ruled yesterday that sports fans could sue the likes of MLB, the NHL, certain teams as well as several regional networks for antitrust violations over how games are packaged for TV and the […]
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Cynopsis: Kids!12.06.12 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 6, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing. Media/music/fashion/entertainment entrepreneur and philanthropist Russell Simmons establishes greenROKS Ventures (http://greenrocks.com/), a new company that will develop and produce youth-centric entertainment properties and multi-media platforms, beginning in spring 2013 with the launch of the first in a […]
Thursday, December 6th, 2012
Cynopsis: DIGITAL12.06.12 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 6, 2012, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Citing a strong competitive landscape, which has been propelled by “surging” Android tablet shipments and demand for Apple’s new iPad Mini, the IDC is increasing its 2012 forecast for worldwide tablet shipments from 117.1 million units […]
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012
Cynopsis: Kids!12.05.12 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 5, 2012, and this is your first early morning briefing. Netflix inks a multiyear premium pay TV window license deal with The Walt Disney Studio for the US making Netflix the exclusive US subscription TV services for first-run live-action and animated movies from Disney, Walt Disney Animation […]
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