Cynopsis: Sports
09/30/11
Good morning. It’s Friday, September 30, 2011, and this is your first early morning Sports briefing.
Wednesday night’s ESPN MLB telecast that saw Baltimore take down Boston’s postseason hopes score as the network’s most-viewed Wednesday night telecast since 1998, according to Nielsen. The game (which wasn’t shown in the local markets of the teams competing) averaged 1.55 million households with 2.1 million viewers. Afterward, the live coverage of Tampa Bay’s extra-inning comeback victory over the Yankees raised the bar even higher, with nearly 2.8 million households and more than 3.8 million viewers. Meanwhile, ESPN2’s Wednesday Night Baseball telecast, in which Philadelphia ended Atlanta’s postseason hopes, posted an additional 904,000 household impressions and almost 1.2 million viewers.
With the playoff field now set, TBS takes the reins this weekend and has locked in broadcast plans for its exclusive coverage of the League Division Series starting today with a doubleheader. Beginning at4:30p, the channel will air the TBS MLB on Deck presented by Chrysler pre-game show with Matt Winer hosting along with analysts Dennis Eckersley,Cal Ripken and David Wells.Games begin at 5p with the Rangers hosting the Rays. At 8:30p, the channel will feature the Tigers/Yankees. On Saturday, postseason action continues with three games on TBS and one on TNT. At 1:30p, TBS showcases the Brewers/Diamondbacks before moving to the Phillies/Cardinals game at 5p. TNT will air game two of the Rays/Rangers series at 7p with TBS set for the Tigers/Yankees again at 8p.
Meanwhile, MLB is reporting that the league’s average attendance ended a three year skid and grew this season by half of one percent. NL East Champ Phillies led the sport’s attendance for the first time, to draw over 3.6 million fans. Overall attendance this season scored as the fifth-highest in MLB history with 73,425,568.
FOX NASCAR Sunday is making the most of its bloodlines, inking Michael Waltrip to the pre race team next season to take a seat in the Hollywood Hotel alongside his brother Darrell as well as host Chris Myers (no relation). Meanwhile, analyst Jeff Hammond will shift over to the garages and pit road. In addition, Michael, who already works for FOX’s sister network SPEED as well as SHOWTIME series Inside NASCAR, will offer analysis during the race as time permits.
FX drew a best-ever 1.2/2 to the network’s new college football coverage over the weekend which featured the Missouri/Oklahoma Big 12 game. The contest delivered 1.9 million viewers to the network. The channel will next feature a Texas/Iowa St. game tomorrow at 7p.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers seem ready to break a streak of their own. After ten consecutive regular season games being blacked out on TV, the team appears poised to sell out Monday night’s game against the Colts, a team spokesman told the Tampa Tribune. Home games must be sold out 72 hours ahead of kickoff to dodge a broadcast blackout within a 75-mile radius of the market.
Bell Media’s TSN has entered a long-term multimedia rights deal with the Canadian Curling Association that will allow the channel to continue as the home of curling across Canada through the 2019-20 season. The new deal also includes French-language coverage on Bell Media’s RDS and RDS2 with a record 250 hours of Season of Champions coverage on those channels. In addition, the deal includes multimedia rights, including broadband, mobile, radio and video-on-demand.
The St. Louis Cardinals/Houston Astros game on Wednesday handed FOX Sports Midwest with the channel’s highest ratings ever. The telecast delivered an 18.0 rating, according to Nielsen, as the Cardinals clinched the NL wild card berth. Postgame coverage on the channel scored a 7.2 rating.
CBS Sports Network released the basketball television schedule for the Patriot League’s 2012 season yesterday with 14 men’s and three women’s contests set to air, including both the Men’s and Women’s Championship Game. The Patriot League Men’s Basketball Championship will run on CBS Sports Network for the first time on March 7 at 7p. Coverage begins on Jan. 14 with an Army/Navy matchup in Annapolis, with the women’s game between the two at noon, followed by the men at 2:30p.
GRAND-AM Road Racing has a new CEO, tapping longtime NASCAR executive Ed Bennett to run the sports car sanctioning body. Bennett will continue as an officer of NASCAR, where he serves as a Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer. Tom Bledsoe will continue as president of GRAND-AM with primary responsibility for day-to-day operations of the organization and providing leadership to the industry from a competition and membership perspective.
BTN will debut two new series following the channel’s first conference game of the season this weekend, in which Minnesota visits Michigan. Series Big Ten Icons will return with a special airing featuring the Big Ten’s iconic coaches, beginning with Bo Schembechler. The series will be followed by BTN Live Big, an eight-episode series encouraging community service. The show is hosted by Dhani Jones, and will profile alumni, students and supporters who are “living big” through their service to others. The special debut will run at 4:30p before shifting to its regularly scheduled time of Monday’s at 7:30p.
Canadian channel Rogers Sportsnet is undergoing a rebrand, and will reveal be a new logo, tagline and media theme across the main Sportsnet properties on Monday. The brand campaign was created in-house by Sportsnet Creative Services with an assist from Troika Design Group.
Coca-Cola is teasing its Olympics campaign early, unveiling music producer Mark Ronson’s new song for the company’s Move to the Beat campaign. The song, which was created with the sounds of athletes training, will serve as the soundtrack for commercials, digital outlets as well as brand events during the Games.
Digital Fields
UFC on Versus 6 will stream the preliminary card for the event on Facebook tomorrow. Six fights are set to run online around 5:40p before the main card, toplined by a featherweight title bout between Dominick Cruz and Demetrious Johnson that will air on the network.
The Main Event
Lots of flipping! Watch the MLB LDS throughout the weekend on TBS. A Virginia Tech/Clemson battle on ESPN2 at 6p, CBS’ coverage of Alabama/Florida at 8p as well as ABC airing Wisconsin/Nebraska, also at 8p. NFL delivers a Jets/Ravens game on NBC at 8p.
A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE
.
ON THIS DAY in 1947 – The World Series was televised for the first time. The sponsors only paid $65,000 for the entire series between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Yankees.
Answer to Yesterday’s Sports Trivia Question: How many laps is the Daytona 500? 200 (for everyone who answered 208, that was only due to a late wreck that extended the race this year). Kudos: Chris Crowley – 203 Studios LLC/Stamford; Debra Boswell – Golf Channel/Orlando; Rich Boland – DISH Network/NY; Jeff Miller – Meredith Corporation/Atlanta; John Bassett – John Bassett Productions/Toronto; Mary Ryan – Raycom Media/Dallas; Warren Weideman – Producer/LA; Tom Moore – Kalt Productions/LA; Paul Gygli – NBCUniversal Television Distribution/Universal City; Nick Monroe – Monroe Photography/San Diego
In The Know: Which member of the Phillies won baseball’s Triple Crown? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you’ve been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can’t be mentioned again that calendar week.)
Later — Chris
Chris Pursell for Cyn opsis | Sports
09.30.11
Cynopsis Ad Sales:
Mike Farina – VP/Business Development & Sales – 203-218-6480 / [email protected]
Classifieds – Trish Pihonak- 203-381-9096 / [email protected]
To subscribe to any Cynopsis edition(s) click here .
To unsubscribe from this edition, click here
Cyn opsis CLASSIFIEDS – For More classifieds, visit the Cynopsis.com classifieds page here .
JOB OPENING: SR RESEARCH ANALYST/ESPN/NY: coordinate and manage projects focused on cross-media advertising effectiveness research; 1-2 years of research experience media/agency exp. a +. REQ ID 319775 http://espncareers.com (10/7)
JOB OPENING: AE, ITV SALES/ROVI/Chicago: Resp for growing Ad Sales rev in Central Division. Proven performance in new biz dev. Agency & client relationships req’d. 5+ yrs TV/Emerging Media sales exp. To apply: www.rovicorp.com (10/7)
JOB OPENING: EDITOR/GRAPHICS/WRNNTV/RYEBROOK NY: Early AM shift, must be advced in editing systems/software, PC & Mac based. Complex video/audio editing & graphic design. Final Cut Pro & Photoshop skills a must. Res: [email protected] (10/7)
JOB OPENING: DIR/AD SALES RSRCH/TENNIS CHANNEL/NY: Exp’d pro to support goals, translate findings into Ad Sls/Mktg stories. 5 yrs exp w/Cable/Ntwrk /Agency req. Nielsen/Excel/PP a must. Tennis knwldg a +. Res: [email protected] (10/6)
JOB OPENING: PRODUCER, DIG MKTG/RANDOM HOUSE/NY: Plan/execute online promos across many of Random House web sites. 2-3 yrs online mktg & digital prod & strong working knwldg of major web editing prgrm. Resume: Jobs@Random House (10/6)
JOB OPENING: ONLINE SALES EXEC/NCC Media/NYC: Prospect, dvlp & close sales for online & Digital Media. Min 5 yrs digital media sales exp. Strong communication and presentation skills. BA/BS pref’d. Resume: [email protected] (10/6)
JOB OPENING: WEB DEVELOPER/WRNN TV/RyeBrook/NY: Perform maintenance updates, troubleshooting. Database programming, XML, Java, Drupal, Adobe skills required. Resume: [email protected] (10/6)
JOB OPENING: DIR, TV PROD DEV & STRATEGY/NBCUniversal/CA: Oversee NBC’s TV digital sell through & subscription VOD businesses across multiple digital partners. 7+ years experience. Apply at: www.nbcunicareers.com Job#2191BR (10/6)
JOB OPENING: COORDINATOR, OAP/Fox Movie Channel/LA: QC of on-air materials, asset mgmt & trafficking assets for OAP dept. BA preferred, TV OAP exp is preferred, post-prod knowledge is a plus. www.foxcareers.com (10/6)
JOB OPENING: DIR/MGR-DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT & EARLY CAREER PROGRAM/NY: spearhead dvlpmnt/execution of diversity related recruitment strategies/early career pipeline; ad sls recruitment; 7+yrs recruitment exp; www.discovery.com #4459 (10/6)
JOB OPENING: RECRUITER/LA: Mng full lifecycle FT & temp positions of varying lvls/functions for Discovery & JVs; roll-out multiple projects aimed at mrktg to attract talent; 3+yrs exp corp recruitment; www.discovery.com #4455 (10/6)
JOB OPENING: MKTG DIR/GSTV/NYC: Largest nat’l away from home TV network seeks a creative mktg director with strong exp working closely with advertising sales. Apply at: http://gstv.iapplicants.com/ViewJob-184141.html (10/5)
JOB OPENING: ASST. MGR – SALES, PLANNING & ADMIN/NBCUniversal/Universal City: Provide availability reports on all products available for television licensing in the US. For more info visit: www.nbcunicareers.com job# 2028BR (10/5)
JOB OPENING: SALES SVR EXEC/Univision/NY: Support AE book &steward ad deals. Serve liaison btwn Sls & agencies. Work w/mktg execute adv mktg prgrms. 3-6 yrs media exp, deal maker +, Spanish +. EOE Res [email protected] (10/5)
JOB OPENING: SALES COORD/Univision/NY: Highly motivated. Mng tasks/srvcng agencies/clients daily basis. Det. oriented/comm/PC & math skills. 1-2 Yrs Media Exp, Deal Maker exp a +, Spanish a +. EOE. Res: [email protected] (10/5)
JOB OPENING: VP RSRCH/DISCOVERY/MD: leads all research efforts & function as ntwrk primary POC; 7+ yrs research exp at either a full service market research firm or major corporation. Media exp preferred; www.discovery.com #4509 (10/4)
JOB OPENING: JR ENGINEER/iNDEMAND/NYC: Troubleshooting, maintenance & upgrading of hardware/software in post-production facility. BA/BS Engineering & 1-2 yrs min yrs exp. Final Cut Pro certification. Apply: [email protected] (10/4)
JOB OPENING: AD SALES ACCT EXEC/AMC/NY: Highly motivated, proven track record driving revenue through development/growth new & existing clients/agencies to attain AD Sales goals. 5-10yr sales exp TV/Ent/Media [email protected] (10/1)
JOB OPENING: RSRCH MGR/ GSN/NY: V. strong ind. exp.; 7+ yrs TV/Dig. ratings, primary & synd: Mastery synd. Nielsen (cust. & synd: Npower, FOCUS, MktBrks, Startrk/StarEst & Gabriel), MRI, Intelliquest, Claritas. [email protected] (10/1)
JOB OPENING: SR PUBLICIST/Fox Broadcasting Company/LA:Dev & execute FOX campaign and oversee New Media strategy for all series. 4-6 yrs exp TV publicity, w/2yrs as Publicist. www.foxcareers.com (10/1)
JOB OPENING: DIGITAL SALES COORDINATOR/MD: Seeking intelligent, fun person to coord all aspects of digital content distrib. Web analytics, pricing, XML, HTML, great comm. skills all needed. Resume/CL: [email protected] (10/1)
JOB OPENING: AE, DIGITAL MEDIA SALES/FOX News Channel/NYC: seeks an AE for the Digital Media Sales. Primary responsibility is to substantially increase ad revenue amongst advertisers throughout east coast. EOE [email protected] (10/1)
JOB OPENING: DIR ORIG PRGRMNG/HGTV/DIY Scripps Networks/Knoxville: Evaluate segment & episode ideas, scripts, rundowns. 6+ yrs prgrssvly complex exp prgrm prod or mngmnt for cable TV. More info/apply: www.scrippsnetworks.com #2588 (10/1)
JOB OPENING: ON-AIR GRAPHIC DESIGNER/ABC/NY: Interpret scripts & translate from script to screen, design & animate multi-layered motion graphics, AfterEffects/Photoshop/Illustrator/Cinema 4D exp. Apply: www.disneycareers.com #1247 (10/1)
JOB OPENING: SR RSRCH ANALYST/TV ONE AD SALES/NYC: Compose rsrch reports using Nielsen & syndicated data. Bach deg, 5yrs TV media rsrch exp and multitasking pro. APPLY: www.tvoneonline.com (10/1)
JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC COORD/TV ONE AD SALES/NYC: Wrk w/external agencies, planners + Ad Sales mgmt to secure commercial copy for network. BA pref’d and/or 3 yrs exp in TV Ops. APPLY: www.tvoneonline.com (10/1)
JOB OPENING: GRAPHIC DESIGNER (TEMP)/TV ONE/MD: Provide design for print, corporate & marketing materials. 2 yrs exp design; Proficient-Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, AfterEffects, QuarkXPress. APPLY: www.tvoneonline.com (10/1)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR/Ad SALES MKTG/HGTV/NY:Create custom sponsorship proposals, manage sweepstakes and sponsorship fulfillment.Full details, http://www.scrippsnetworks.com & select req 2549 (10/1)
INTERNSHIPS – These positions are for credit only – nobody gets paid here. These ads are always posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at [email protected] .
FALL INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: START ASAP: RESEARCH INTERNS/NYC Production Cmpy: Interns wanted. One for PBS Doc. Other to rsrch and dvlp new TV show ideas. Please send cvr ltr & resumes [email protected] (10/5)
FALL INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Non-Fiction TV Dev. Internship (NYC): Major TV Prod Co seeking creative interns interested in reality TV and motivated to research, write and develop new ideas for TV series. Res/cov let: [email protected] (10/5)
FALL INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING INTERN/Machine Shop Marketing/Beverly Hills: Cutting edge entertainment company needs intern for fall/winter. College Credit. Apply [email protected] (10/5)
FALL INTERNSHIP CREDITS ONLY: Chulita’s Famous. Seeking a PR & Business Development Intern. Dumbo, Bklyn,3 days a week,stipend. for a Latin Gourmet seasoning company. email resume to [email protected]. http://chulitasfamous.com (10/1)
SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED … There is no charge for placing your Situation Wanted ad … for more information contact Trish Pihonak at [email protected]
SITUATION WANTED: DEVELOPMENT FOR TV/FILM: Toronto-based with 8+ years of experience in script analysis, development and pitching for TV & film. Insightful story notes and pitch documents. www.calmaclean.com (10/7)
SITUATION WANTED: SALES/MKTG PLANNER/ASST-LA or NYC: 3+ yrs Social Media, Sales Ntwrk exp. created sales proposals/PP presentations, video reels, online mktg/promos, media math, detail-oriented, multitask MS Office. [email protected] (10/7)
SITUATION WANTED: Recent college graduate looking for entry-level positions in marketing,sales, or media. Looking to be located in New York City. Contact me at [email protected] (10/6)
SITUATION WANTED: CREATIVE MEDIA MIND Seeking to assist, Entry- Junior level positions, B.A. & Communications/Media background, 3-5 years of experience domestically & internationally. NY based. Please contact, [email protected] (10/5)
SITUATION WANTED: NEED A BUDGET DONE?? LINE PROD/EIC – 10+ yrs. exp- budgets done in all formats. Accurate budgets, Reasonable rates, fast turnaround Email: [email protected] (10/5)
SITUATION WANTED: PRODUCER/FIELD PRODUCER/STORY PROD: in LA-8+ yrs. exp. prod for VH1, A&E, Sundance. Also, exp. prod EPK & Corp. Strong mng of crews, great interviewer w/celeb and non celeb talent. Contact email: [email protected] (10/5)
SITUATION WANTED: CHILDREN’S MEDIA: TV seg producer, journalist, theater, researcher, Child dev education, over 12 yrs working with children, including Internationally. Willing to relocate- Located in L.A. www.stephanietobiassosa.com (10/4)
SITUATION WANTED: DEVELOPMENT/PDCN AP 4+years dvlpmt: researcher, treatmts, casting, field pdcr sizzles. AP on talk, reality. Researcher/booker. Field Coordinator, Trade-Outs.Experienced. [email protected] (10/1)
SITUATION WANTED: Dedicated & Experienced ADV. SALES PLANNER (NYC) Sales proposals, resolving client discrepancies, quarterly post analysis, special sales service projects, expert computer skills. Contact- [email protected] (10/1)
E-mail [email protected] or call Trish Pihonak at 203.381.9096 for rates and specs for Job Openings.
Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here — Email [email protected] for specs.
Cynopsis Media, a division of Access Intelligence
65 Lantern Road
Stratford, CT 06614
Ph: 203.381.9096
Fx: 203.386.8855
Copyright Cynopsis 2011
All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. Copyright Cynopsis 2011
To unsubscribe from just this Cynopsis Sports email, please click here.
