Cynopsis: DIGITAL 8/23/07 Good Morning, it’s Thursday, August 23, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing. YouTube finally unveiled its plans to use in stream overlay ads on its video sharing site. The semi-transparent ads, which appear on the bottom fifth of the video player, begin to appear 15 seconds into a […]
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Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Cynopsis: Kids! 8/23/07 Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 23, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. Icon Animation will showcase its new 2D animated sitcom Lucky Fred (52×12) at Cartoon Forum 2007 next month. Targeted to K6-12, Lucky Fred follows the adventures of 13-year-old Fred and RED, a Reality Enhancement Drone that […]
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
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Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 8/22/07 Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, August 22, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Apple’s iTunes could face a run for its money in the coming months from a competitor that knows how to compete on price. Wal-Mart announced the launch of a new “DRM-free” zone on its website […]
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Cynopsis: Kids! 8/22/07 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 22, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. Cartoon Network will support its Get Animated healthy lifestyles effort with Props, a 1-hour special on Saturday, September 1 at 7p. Hosted by US Olympic Gold Medal skier, Jonny Moseley, the special features the six “real-world […]
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Cynopsis: Kids! 8/21/07 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 21, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. Aardman Animations has given Jamie Oliver, best known as The Naked Chef, a makeover as a character in the new 2D animated series, Little J (52×11). Together, Aardman and Oliver’s Fresh One Productions developed the property, […]
Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
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Tuesday, August 21st, 2007
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 8/21/07 Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, August 21, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Viacom’s Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG announced they are abandoning Sony’s HD Blu-ray format and will instead only release high definition DVDs in the competing HD DVD format. The decision is quite a reversal for […]
Monday, August 20th, 2007
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 8/20/07 Good Morning, it’s Monday, August 20, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Media Rights Capital‘s digital arm struck a deal to use Google’s AdSense network to monetize and distribute branded content. Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane and That’s So Raven star Raven-Symone have signed on to create original […]
Monday, August 20th, 2007
Cynopsis: Kids! 8/20/07 Good morning. It’s Monday, August 20, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. High School Musical 2 premiered on Disney Channel last Friday, August 17, 8-10:05p (well, DUH!), to a record breaking audience of 17.2 million viewers, according to the Nielsen preliminary fast national ratings, becoming the most watched […]
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