A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NICKELODEON RECORD BREAKING Most fashions only last a season. Our pants never go out of style. Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants has become an enduring, revolutionary pop icon, inspiring nautical nonsense in millions of people worldwide while generating record-breaking ratings and retail sales. Go to nick.com/recordbreaking to download your own […]
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 03/13/08 Good morning, it’s Thursday, March 13, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. In an effort to maximize ad revenue, YouTube is spreading its wings from a video publisher to a full-fledged video services company. The UGC site released a new group of free APIs and developer tools […]
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 03/12/08 Good morning, it’s Wednesday, March 12, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. The NBC Universal/New Corp. online video joint venture Hulu launches to the public today after an 18-week beta trial that resulted in some impressive viewing numbers. In the past 30 days, more than 5 million […]
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NICKELODEON GROUND BREAKING Other webcasts just live on the web. Ours has its own television show. Breaking ground with TV and the Web, Nickelodeon’s iCarly premiered as the first scripted series to incorporate user-generated content. www.nick.com/iCarly © 2008 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Cynopsis: Kids! 03/12/08 Good […]
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION Naomi Watts & Tim Roth Open Friday inFunny Games Among the top 3 general entertainment networks, 80%of the top 100 programs were theatrical movies with A18-49. Looking for Ratings Success?Warner Bros. Movies Make Basic Better:Funny Games, The Brave One, The Bucket List, Fool’s Gold Source: NTI […]
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM TV LAND TV LAND. CHANGING THE CHANNEL. Premiere of TV Land’s newest Original SeriesHIGH SCHOOL REUNIONScores triple digit gains with A25-54 & double digit gains amongst A40-54!* Upcoming Original Series: The Big 4-0 • She’s Got the Look • Family Foreman *Source: Nielsen Media Research. TV Land, Wednesday 3/5/08 vs. Wednesday […]
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 03/11/08 Good morning, it’s Tuesday, March 11, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. The real story developing at SXSW seems to be that Facebook‘s open source platform is quickly becoming a major distribution outlet for content providers on the internet. Paramount Pictures became the first major movie studio to […]
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Cynopsis: Kids! 03/11/08 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, March 11, 2008, and this is your first early morning briefing. This may not come as a surprise to many, but, the internet has both drawn kids away from their traditional TV viewing habits, while also being responsible for influencing what they are watching, according to The […]
Monday, March 10th, 2008
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 03/10/08 Good morning, it’s Monday, March 10, 2008, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Reports are circulating that Sir Paul McCartney has finally agreed to sell the digital rights to the Beatles catalog in an exclusive deal with Apple, worth anywhere from $400 million (UPI) to $600 million (Telegraph.) The […]
Monday, March 10th, 2008
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION NIP/TUCK IS #1 #1 BASIC CABLE PROGRAM with A18-49 5 SEASONS IN A ROW! Beats: Monk, House of Payne, Law & Order: CI (orig), Project Runway, Stargate Atlantis, Ghost Hunters and Psych Available from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution Source: NHI, L+SD (000). Pgms=Trackage, Ind=O, Scripted=A, […]
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