Cynopsis: Kids! 10/20/09 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, October 20, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Nickelodeon will begin production in Vancouver, BC this week on its new original TV movie Best Player featuring iCarly’s Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy. Set to bow on the network in 2010, the movie […]
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Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM INSTITUTE FOR MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT Will a new platform or technology kill the iPod?Think Like a CEO & Create Winning Digital Strategies In this 3-day executive education course, you’ll learn how some companies have prospered by embracing elegant digital strategies and others have failed by ignoring the digital danger warning […]
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 10/20/09 Good morning, it’s Tuesday, October 20, 2009, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Despite the recession, Apple reported what it’s calling its most profitable quarter ever during FY Q4 ’09, posting revenue of $9.87 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, up 45% y/y. The company sold a […]
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Cynopsis: Kids! 10/19/09 Good morning. It’s Monday, October 19, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. Arthur the aardvark teams with Lance Armstrong for a special two-part episode of Arthur that focuses on helping kids cope when someone they know has cancer, which premieres today on PBS Kids Go! (check local […]
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Cynopsis 10.19.09 Good morning. It’s Monday, October 19, 2009, and this is your first early morning briefing. And as always, if you prefer to watch this morning’s news instead of reading it, click here. Tonight’s Premieres:Discovery Health: Dr. G: America’s Most Shocking Cases at 9ptruTV: All Worked Up at 9p A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CYNOPSIS […]
Monday, October 19th, 2009
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 10/19/09 Good morning, it’s Friday, October 16, 2009, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) approved a mobile DTV standard on Friday, clearing the way for broadcasters to transmit digital TV signals to a plethora of mobile devices. The formalization of the standard, in the […]
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 10/16/09 Good morning, it’s Friday, October 16, 2009, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Since the day it was released, the iPhone has created a micro-economy by enabling developers large and small to reach consumers directly by selling apps and ads against their offerings. Apple just expanded that economy considerably […]
Friday, October 16th, 2009
Cynopsis: Kids! 10/16/09 Good morning. It’s Friday, October 16, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. The Gotham Group partners with Italy-based Atlantyca Entertainment to produce a movie adaptation of author Pierdomenico Baccalario’s young adult Century action/adventure book series. Published by Italy’s Edizioni Piemme, the book was recently released in the […]
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 10/15/09 Good morning, it’s Thursday, October 15, 2009, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Skype founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have filed an injunction to block eBay’s sale of the company to a group of venture capitalists. The two are claiming that Index Ventures‘ Mike Volpi, one of Skype’s […]
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Cynopsis: Kids! 10/15/09 Good morning. It’s Thursday, October 15, 2009, and this is your first early morning Kids briefing. DHX Media‘s Halifax Film is commissioned by CBC (Canada) to produce two seasons of a new kid-targeted CG animated series with the coring title Pirates! (26×11). Produced in cooperation with Kids’ CBC, the first season […]
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