Cynopsis: Digital

09/04/14: YouTube is worth how much?, Netflix pushes for government-run internet, Maker Studios will ‘reck’ it in new educational series

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.04.14 Good morning. It’s Thursday, September 4, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. YouTube, as an independent business, could be worth between $26 billion and $40 billion, according to a new report by Jefferies. The research cited the estimate that online video ads bring in $17 billion in the […]

09/02/14: Jim Louderback Leaves Discovery Digital, A&E is investing in Vice, and YouTube’s Top 100 bring in big numbers

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 09.02.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, September 2, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Jim Louderback, GM of Discovery Digital Networks, has announced his resignation, effective yesterday. In 2012, Discovery acquired Revision3, the company that Louderback had run for five years. On his personal blog, Louderback […]

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08/29/14: Netflix heads to France with fanfare, Dish satisfies the football fans, and Twitter takes agencies to school

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.29.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, August 29, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Netflix has broken a few barriers when it comes to original content and is doing so again. The company is expanding into France next month as part of its efforts to expand […]

08/28/14: Animal Planet doesn’t want people to miss one birth this Labor Day, digital ad spend to surpass television in 2017, and TiVo has a good Quarter

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.28.14 Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 28, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Animal lovers will be getting a whole farmyard of cuteness this weekend. Animal Planet’s Labor Live cam, on digital destination Animal Planet L!VE will offer up live births of calves, lambs, and […]

08/27/14: AT&T’s DirecTV purchase gets a boost, the Emmys weren’t kind to Netflix, and Samsung pushes wearable apps

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.27.14 Good morning. It’s Wednesday, August 27, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   AT&T has finally worked out a deal with antitrust regulators that will allow it to buy DirecTV, according to the New York Post. The Department of Justice has given AT&T unspecified […]

08/26/14: NFL is on Apple TV and DirecTV, Miley’s VMA Twitter explosion, and Tom Hanks rules the app world

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.26.14 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, August 26, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Another YouTube star is headed to TV. Judy Travis, who has collected nearly a half billion views on her ItsJudyTime and ItsJudysLife YouTube channels, has been signed to television programming, merchandising, licensing, […]

08/25/14: Pivot bringing Rainn Wilson’s SoulPancake YouTube channel to TV, Facebook creates “mentions box” for Emmy stars, Nicki Minaj’s ‘Anaconda’ breaks Vevo records

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.25.14 Good morning. It’s Monday, August 25, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Cable channel Pivot will begin to air segments from Rainn Wilson’s Soul Pancake channel on YouTube. In an exclusive arrangement, the Mixtape by SoulPancake web series will be repackaged into six 15-minute […]

08/22/14: ComScore: mobile users spend majority of time on apps, SoundCloud to compete with Spotify and incorporate ads, The Onion and Lenovo bring back fantasy football series in season 2

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CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.22.14 Good morning. It’s Friday, August 22, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   VEVO debuted a new series called A.K.A, to interview artists on how they chose their stage names. The first ep features hip-hop artist Iggy Azalea (formerly known as Amethyst Amelia Kelly). Series […]

08/21/14: Crackle’s Sports Jeopardy! kicks off Sept. 24, SnapChat diving into the ad biz, Netflix strikes another ISP fee deal

CYNOPSISDIGITAL 08.21.14 Good morning. It’s Thursday, August 21, 2014, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. NEW PROGRAMMING + DEALS   Crackle series Sports Jeopardy! with Dan Patrick will premiere Sept. 24. Hosted by Emmy-winning sportscaster Dan Patrick, the weekly 30-minute program takes on the format of the iconic quiz show. More than […]

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