Cynopsis: Kids! 02/27/08 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, February 27, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Following the launch of its tween/teen focused advertising network about a week ago, GoFish has signed WeeWorld, an avatar-based social network, to its roster of publishers. WeeWorld boasts that some 21+ million “WeeMee” avatars have […]
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NBC UNIVERSAL AND PROGRAM PARTNERS, INC. CROSSWORDSBUILDS RATINGS IN FEBRUARY % OF METERED MARKET OCCURRENCES UP OR EVEN IN FEB:HHs: 80% – W 18-49: 86% – W 25-54: 86% A FIRM GO – YEAR 2 – FALL 2008 PROGRAM PARTNERS (310) 399-4499 Source: NSI WRAP Overnights+; Live HH, W18-49 & […]
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Cynopsis: Kids! 02/26/08 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, February 26, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Batman: Gotham Knight, the new DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation original animated movie will be released direct-to-DVD and Blu-Ray Disc from Warner Home Video on July 8, 2008. Simultaneously, Batman: […]
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 02/26/08 Good morning, it’s Tuesday, February 26, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. ABC struck an “unprecedented arrangement” with its affiliates to expand ad-supported, fast-forward disabled VOD offerings to multiple cable, satellite and telco distributors. Each affiliate will get one local 30-second avail for each 30-minutes of programming, twice […]
Monday, February 25th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION NIP/TUCK FINALE SCORES! 2.98 MILLION VIEWERS#1 with HH/Women/Men/Adults 18-34 & 18-49#1 Telecast on Basic Cable for the Day#1 Program on FX this Season Available from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Source: NHI Galaxy Explorer, L+ SD Cvg. Rtg. Rank=ad supported cable, progs=tkg (week), tc (day), movies=tc, […]
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 02/25/08 Good morning, it’s Monday, February 25, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Prepare for another bargaining session played out in the media. Electronic Arts went public with its unsolicited bid for troubled Grand Theft Auto game publisher Take-Two Interactive, increasing its offer to $26/share or $2 billion after […]
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Cynopsis: Kids! 02/25/08 Good morning. It’s Monday, February 25, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. The 80th Annual Academy Awards were handed last night live on ABC from the Kodak Theatre in LA. Among the winners were bests in Animated Feature Film of the Year, which was awarded to Brad Bird […]
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Cynopsis: Kids! 02/22/08 Good morning. It’s Friday, February 22, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. Kids in China are not going to be watching some of the most popular cartoons from around the world under a new government ban of imported animated series during primetime (5-9p) there. The ban, which begins […]
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEU TARGET YOUR DEVELOPMENT. GET AHEAD OF THE COMPETITION.USE CableU . Producers with BIG ideas for cable spend a little time with CableU ! Atlas Media – Edelman Productions – Jupiter Entertainment – Lightworks Producing Group -Lion Television – Lucky Duck Productions -Sony Pictures Entertainment – Towers Productions – and more! […]
Friday, February 22nd, 2008
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 02/22/08 Good morning, it’s Friday, February 22, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Microsoft made more noise about transitioning to an open-source environment to make its products more interoperable. According to Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s chief software architect, the company realizes it must deliver software and services any developer can […]
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