Cynopsis: DIGITAL 05/21/08 Good morning, it’s Wednesday, May 21, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. CBS content will find its way on the Hulu portal after all, sort of. The venture announced a wave of new distribution partners including TVGuide, Break.com, Zap2it, BuddyTV, Flixter, myYearbook […]
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM GOSPEL MUSIC CHANNEL Get noticed on Gospel’s biggest stage Gospel Music Channel doesn’t just feature all styles of Gospel concerts – we produce them! The #1 network for rock, pop, country & soul Gospel concert programming, sets the stage for integrated ad opportunities on-air, on-site & online. Our year-round series like […]
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Cynopsis: Kids! 05/21/08 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, May 21, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. IAC Consumer Applications & Portals, Inc., which owns the teen-targeted Zwinky virtual world, acquires the Israel-based StarNet Interactive, parent company/producer of GirlSense.com, another teen girl aimed virtual community. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. […]
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Cynopsis: Kids! 05/20/08 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, May 20, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Noggin has set the premiere of the new animated series Toot & Puddle (26×30) for October 2008 (exact date is TBA). The original series is produced by National Geographic Kids Entertainment and Mercury Filmworks and based […]
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION NEED A RATINGS BOOST?The George Lopez Show Energizes Dormant Time Periods! May ’08 vs. May ’07 Time PeriodLos Angeles / KCAL / 11:00pmA18-34: +157% Rtg. ( 1.8/8 vs. 0.7/3)A18-49: +100% Rtg. ( 1.2/5 vs. 0.6/2)A25-54: + 80% Rtg. ( 0.9/4 vs. 0.5/2) From Warner Bros. Domestic […]
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM RETIREMENT LIVING TV Market DriversThe Retirement Living TV (RLTV) community is growing faster than ever. RLTV is designed to inform, involve and inspire this exciting and ever evolving market. No one knows them better or connects with them like we do. RLTV provides unique multimedia opportunities for you to communicate with […]
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Cynopsis: Kids!05/19/08 Good morning. It’s Monday, May 19, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. MGM has purchased the feature film rights to author Jason Carter Eaton’s kid’s book The Facttracker (HarperCollins), which the studio intends to produce as a live-action movie. David Silverman (Monsters Inc., The Simpsons Movie) is set to direct […]
Monday, May 19th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM VH1 OH YES WE DO. As a Top 10 A18-34 primetime* network that ranks #2 in all of television in viewer engagement**, VH1 delivers the young, affluent viewers that matter most – and they keep coming back for more. *Source: Nielsen Media Research, 12/31/07 – 05/04/08 based on M-Su 8P-11P. P18-34 […]
Monday, May 19th, 2008
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 05/19/08 Good morning, it’s Monday, May 19, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Enter Carl Icahn, re-enter Microsoft. The company announced it is continuing to explore alternatives vis a vie Yahoo which may involve a partial transaction yet stop short of a complete purchase. (Although the company reserved the […]
Friday, May 16th, 2008
Cynopsis: Kids! 05/16/08 Good morning. It’s Friday, May 16, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Cinema Manage Group inks a world rights sales rights deal for the CG-animated comedy/action feature film, Louis La Chance, which takes place at the Monaco Grand Prix. Produced by Shax France and LuxAnimation the $16 million […]
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