Cynopsis: Digital

01/09/15: American Idol lands online for the first time; NATPE/CEA Study: Netflix preferred to cable and broadcast subscriptions among millennials; Facebook: Video posts increased 94 percent in U.S. in 2014

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.09.15 Good morning. It’s Friday, January 9, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   For the first time, full episodes of American Idol are available to view online. Fox announced season 14’s premiere episode can now be streamed on AmericanIdol.com, Hulu and the FoxNOW app. […]

01/08/15: Netflix renews Marco Polo for season 2, sets premieres for new originals; Vimeo strikes deal with New Form Digital; CES: TiVo reveals Tablet and Smartphone streaming analysis

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.08.15 Good morning. It’s Thursday, January 8, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Netflix will premiere original series Marvel’s Daredevil on April 10, and will bring back Marco Polo for a ten-episode second season, Chief Content Officer Ted Sarandos announced at yesterday’s Television Critics Association […]

01/07/15: Fandango launches channel with Hulu; 13 new pilots will hit Amazon Prime on Jan. 15; Verizon denies AOL acquisition, hints at future partnerships

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.07.15 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, January 7, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Amazon Studios named the 13 pilots to hit Prime Instant Video this month. They include: hour-long dark comedies Cocked and Mad Dogs, war-drama The Man in the High Castle, half-hour docu-series The […]

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01/06/15: Grace Helbig will officially land on E! in April with new talk show; Netflix gets into the Smart TV game; Dish unveils OTT service ‘Sling TV’ at CES

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.06.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, January 6, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   YouTube celeb Grace Helbig (two million subscribers) will join E! in April 2015 for a new hybrid comedy/talk show. Called The Grace Helbig Project (wt), the show will feature her point-of-view on […]

01/05/15: Yahoo considered buying Scripps Networks Interactive; Disney enlists Maker Studios to promote new Star Wars film; SnapChat raises $500 million

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 01.05.15 Good morning. It’s Monday, January 5, 2015, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Is Yahoo getting into the cable TV business? The Internet company considered scooping up Scripps Networks Interactive after entering into talks to acquire Food Network, a source tells Business Insider. (Scripps had […]

12/23/14: Sony says it will distribute ‘The Interview,’ digital platforms make proposals; DirecTV launches spanish-language SVOD service; Irving Azoff Threatens YouTube

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.23.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 23, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Have a great holiday! Cynopsis will resume publishing on Monday, January 5, 2015.     NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Sony Pictures Entertainment says it will release The Interview, but not on its own ad-supported digital platform, […]

12/22/14: DirecTV launches Fox Networks TV Everywhere services; Fusion streams YouTube highlight series from the year; Industry experts look back on year, 2015 predictions

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.22.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, December 22, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   DirecTV launched Fox Networks’ authenticated TV Everywhere services Fox Now, FXNow and Nat Geo TV Apps for its customers. DirecTV will also serve feeds of FX, FXX, FS1, FS2, National Geographic Channel […]

12/19/14: Hulu nabs exclusive SVOD rights to FX, FXX series; IAB: Q3 2014 reports highest internet ad revenue yet; GE and Vevo target OTT users in new partnership

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.19.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, December 19, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Hulu sealed another deal for exclusive TV show SVOD rights, this time with Twentieth Century Fox Television. In a multi-year agreement, current and future shows from FX and FXX will find a […]

12/18/14: Netflix lands set-top deal with first major pay-TV provider; Former Hulu CEO unveils web video platform ‘Vessel’; AMC and DramaFever horror SVOD service takes shape

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.18.14 Good morning. It’s Thursday, December 18, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Dish struck a deal with Netflix to put the streaming service onto its set-top box, becoming available to second-generation Hopper digital video recorder owners yesterday. Netflix signed similar agreements with smaller cable […]

12/17/14: Hulu lands licensing deal with Disney/ABC Television; IAB: 100% viewability not possible yet; NBCU announces live TV service, still requires pay-TV authentication

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 12.17.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, December 17, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Hulu signed a new licensing agreement with Disney/ABC Television yesterday, granting streaming service rights to all episodes of ABC’s Resurrection, Mistresses and Lifetime’s Devious Maids. The deal also includes 750 episodes from […]

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