Cynopsis: Digital

07/13/15: Gerard Depardieu lands lead in Netflix series; Laci Green returns for third season of ‘Braless’ on MTV (other); Facebook’s next move: music videos?

Gerard Depardieu

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.13.15 Good morning. It’s Monday July 13, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for July 13-17: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include David Spade (Joe Dirt 2), Real Housewives of New York’s Heather Thomson, Jennifer Bartels […]

07/10/15: AwesomenessTV, Meg DeAngelis partner with PBTeen for DIY series; Unruly dishes Top Social Video Brand in June 2015; Syfy launches virtual reality app for ‘The Expanse’

Meg DeAngelis

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.10.15 Good morning. It’s Friday July 10, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   AwesomenessTV and home brand PBTeen will produce an original six-episode DIY series titled Revved Up Rooms, with YouTuber Meg DeAngelis (aka MayBaby). The first ep will debut on AwesomenessTV, on July 15 […]

07/09/15: Microsoft to cut 7,800 jobs, scale back Nokia; ProSiebenSat.1 to combine Collective Digital Studios and Studio71 into global MCN; Netflix renews ‘Between’ for second season

Microsoft

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.09.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday July 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Microsoft is significantly scaling back on its Nokia unit, acquired just 14 months ago, with another major round of layoffs. The Seattle area based company will cut 7,800 jobs to write off $7.6 billion, nearly all the […]

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07/08/15: PewDiePie’s Felix Kjellberg reportedly made $7M last year; Katie Couric joins VidCon’s guest list; Netflix next wave original films get premiere date

pewdiepie

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.08.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday July 8, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Among the crowd at year 6 of VidCon will be Katie Couric; the event is held at the Anaheim Convention Center from July 23-25. At the mega online video gathering, Couric will interview […]

07/07/15: Acorn lands digital distribution rights to AMC’s ‘Humans’; Comic-Con: Moviepilot, EW partner for video series; YouTubers Nadine Sykora, Maya Washington sign on with Maker Studios

Humans

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.07.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday July 7, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   British TV streaming service Acorn acquired the Electronic-sell-through (EST) and DVD rights in North America to AMC’s Humans. Produced by Kudos (Broadchurch) and co-commissioned by the UK’s Channel 4 and AMC, Humans stars […]

07/06/15: Endemol Beyond, Michelle Phan’s ICON Network signs CutePolish; A+E Networks debuts SVOD service for Lifetime films; Discovery unveils digital bite for Shark Week

Michelle Phan

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 07.06.15 Good morning. It’s Monday July 6, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for July 6-July 10: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and 11:30a ET: Guests include Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker (The Boris and Nicole Show), Real Housewives […]

06/26/15: HuffPo announces 24-hour video network; Amazon to bring back Transparent for season 3; Subway, Content + Co launch new season of ‘The 4 to 9ers’

Arianna Huffington

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.26.15 Good morning. It’s Friday June 26, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Have a great holiday week: Cynopsis will be back with more news on July 6th!      Watcheroo Premieres and Tune-in Alerts for June 29-July 3: – People Now at People.com, Monday-Friday at 8:30a ET and […]

06/25/15: Amazon lands first original feature film with Kevin Spacey, Michael Shannon; HBO offers ‘Ballers,’ ‘The Brink’ pilots on Facebook; Radio Disney and Sweety High developing web series

House of Cards

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.25.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday June 25, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS Amazon is about to land its first major original feature film, starring Michael Shannon and Kevin Spacey. The $4 million deal for the historical drama, titled Elvis + Nixon, will follow the meeting between […]

06/24/15: Showtime to offer its streaming service to Hulu subscribers; Verizon officially acquires AOL, teases mobile video service; Discovery U.S. Hispanic and mitú partner

Homeland

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.24.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday June 24, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS On the heels of Showtime‘s new a la carte service offering, the network will add its content to Hulu, the first deal of its kind for a premium cable channel. Nine million paying Hulu […]

06/23/15: Amazon in talks to snag Bryan Cranston’s ‘Sneaky Pete’; MTV, Interlude want you to ‘Choose Your Own Murder’; SendtoNews Video rolls out SPORTStation

Bryan Cranston

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 06.23.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday June 23, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. TODAY’S TOP NEWS   Amazon is in talks with Sony Pictures TV to bring Bryan Cranston’s Sneaky Pete to Amazon Prime subscribers. The new deal comes after a failed pilot launch from its original home on CBS. […]

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