Cynopsis: Kids! 7/05/07 Good morning. It’s Thursday, July 5, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. An estimated $36.3 million, that is how much the new Paramount and DreamWorks live-action movie Transformers earned in US box office receipts, if you combine the $8.8 million in preview screenings (3,050 theaters) from Monday, July […]
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Thursday, July 5th, 2007
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC CABLE DISTRIBUTION QUESTION: OF THE NEARLY 500 SITCOMS LAUNCHED SINCE 1991, WHICH LASTED 9 SEASONS ON NETWORK TV?A) THE DREW CAREY SHOW B) HOME IMPROVEMENTC) MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE D) JUST SHOOT ME ANSWER: THE DREW CAREY SHOWTHE ONLY ONE OF THESE TO BE AMONG THE ELITE 1% […]
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 7/05/07 Good Morning, it’s Thursday, July 5, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing. eBay launched the classified site Kijiji in the U.S. as a direct competitor to the ubiquitous Craigslist. It’s a little snazzier than its text-only predecessor, allowing users to target searches also by state and […]
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 7/03/07 Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, July 3, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing. Vivendi’s Universal Music Group told Apple it will not renew its annual contract to sell tracks and albums via iTunes, according to reports. The world’s largest music label is working on a short-term sales agreement instead […]
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Untitled Document A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM WARNER BROS. DOMESTIC CABLE DISTRIBUTION IT’S JULY 4th! TIME TO PROGRAM YOUR HALLOWEEN STUNT! WARNER BROS. MOVIES SCARE UPWINNING RATINGS! Twilight Zone: The Movie, Stephen King’s Cat’s Eye, Dead Ringers, Sublime and Dr. Giggles Now Available from Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution Cynopsis 07/03/07 Good Morning, it’s Tuesday, July 3, […]
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007
Cynopsis: Kids! 7/03/07 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, July 3, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. The Nielsen Company and Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) have teamed up to develop a measurement system for game network advertising. The initial results are expected to be available later this year. Under the deal, […]
Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Cynopsis: DIGITAL 7/02/07 Good Morning, it’s Monday, July 2, 2007 and this is your first early morning digital briefing. EMI Music signed a deal with SNOCAP to start selling music through widgets placed on MySpace pages, blogs and artists’ official sites. EMI becomes the first major label to sign with Napster founder Shawn Fanning’s new […]
Monday, July 2nd, 2007
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM HALLMARK CHANNEL HALLMARK MOVIE CHANNEL The network that ranks #1 in interestamong total adults 18+ and women 18+. hallmarkchanneladsales.com <!–[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]–><!–[endif]–> Source: June 2006 BETA Research Cable Subscriber Interest Study. Ranking among 35 reported ad-supported emerging/digital networks (exclude commercial-free networks). Cynopsis 07/02/07 Good Morning, it’s Monday, July 2, 2007 […]
Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Cynopsis: Kids! 7/02/07 Good morning. It’s Monday, July 2, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. The teen-targeted web series Prom Queen can now be downloaded as a full-length movie, ad-free download exclusively on Amazon’s digital video download service, Amazon Unbox, under a deal between Amazon.com and Michael Eisner’s Vuguru and in […]
Friday, June 29th, 2007
Cynopsis: Kids! 6/29/07 Good morning. It’s Friday, June 29, 2007 and this is your first early morning briefing. The Weinstein Company, The Gotham Group, and the Chungcheongnam-do government of South Korea have teamed up to produce and distribute animated feature films. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Weinstein Company has […]
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