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Good morning. It’s Wednesday, March 9, 2005, and this is your first early morning briefing. The Voom saga continues. Charles Dolan, Chairman/Founder of Cablevision Systems Corp., wants to keep Voom up and going; while son James Dolan, Cablevision CEO, voted to shutter the money-losing satellite venture. Yesterday, Cablevision released a statement that it will work with Charles Dolan to separate Voom from Cablevision, and that Charles has agreed to fund any Voom costs while he works to identify and assemble a group of investors to keep the service up and running. The deadline to “arrange an alternate transaction” for the service is March 31. Voom launched in 2003 and as of today has just 46,000 subscribers. In 2004, Voom lost $661 million, and is on track to lose another $400 million this year if it continues as is. Voom’s satellite was sold to Echostar for $200 million in January. Charles Dolan has been negotiations with Cablevision and his son Tom Dolan to buy the remaining Voom assets, and when they were not able to come to terms by the Monday deadline, Cablevision announced it would shut down the service. The Board consists of 15 members, five were newly appointed by Charles last week, replacing three others who voted against him to close Voom. What will happen as of March 31 if Charles Dolan is not able to put together his needed investors, is anybody’s guess. If you’re a Time Warner Cable subscriber in Metro NY, you may have noticed the crawl on Fox Sports Net NY: “We are not permitted to carry Fox Sports New York at this time. We are substituting College Sports Television until a new agreement is reached.” Time Warner also pulled MSG Network. Both networks are owned by Cablevision. At the center of the dispute are the fees Cablevision wants Time Warner to pay to carry the sports networks, and a rate reduction plan Time Warner wants in the event Cablevision loses any of their sports franchises, i.e, The NY Mets who are looking to build their own network with Comcast next year. Cablevision has proposed they both meet with a neutral mediator in binding arbitration to hammer out their differences and reach an agreement. Time Warner has declined saying in a statement: “Binding arbitration has proven to be the fuel contributing to the skyrocketing costs of professional sports.” Time Warner has also provided a look-see at NBA TV along with CSTV. Tonight’s Finale: Fox has pulled Jonny Zero from the Friday night 9pm time period and will replace it with repeats of That 70’s Show, at least for the next two weeks. The NAACP awards air on March 25. The immediate pull of the show leaves five unseen eps on the shelf. WB will move The Starlet to Tuesdays at 9p thru and including April 5, at which time One Tree Hill returns to the schedule. The show premiered last Sunday night, its intended permanent time period, with a very soft 0.7/2 A18-49 and a 0.8/2 among Teens. Filling in the Sunday 8p time period will be a second run of Charmed, until April 10 when new Charmed eps are scheduled to kick in at 8p. Sylvester Stallone will soon to be heard in Spanish following Telemundo‘s new agreement with NBC and the Rocky star to air The Contender. A Spanish-language dubbed version of the reality show is set to debut this coming weekend on March 12 at 7p. Subsequent segments will air on Saturdays at 8 pm. In addition to 12 other boxing contestants, 4 Hispanic boxers are participating in the Mark Burnett Productions, DreamWorks Television and Rogue Marble joint production. Sugar Ray Leonard and Sylvester will be involved as mentors and hosts. A&E Network launched its new series Intervention last Sunday night at 10p and delivered 988,000 A18-49 and 515,000 A18-34, making it A&E’s #1 Sunday night original series of all time. In total viewers, the show averaged 1.6 million, with 1.0 million A25-54 impressions. * NEW ORDERS / DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION *
Discovery Times Channel will go forward with another season of World Wire, the weekly documentary series dedicated to in-depth coverage of people, places and events beyond America’s borders. The series airs Mondays at 8p. * CASTING UPDATES *
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Jay Leno‘s motion to relieve the gag order imposed on his by the Michael Jackson trial judge is expected to be heard today. Leno is on the witness list, so for the moment he’s not permitted to discuss the case, and for Jay, that means no jokes. Last night during his monologue he began talking about the Jackson case, suddenly stopped, informed the audience he wasn’t allowed to go there. That’s when Dennis Miller stepped in and told a handful of Jackson jokes. When he was done, Leno completed his monologue. If the gag order is not lifted in court today, Roseanne Barr is on tap to tell the Jackson jokes for tonight’s show. Brilliant. Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among Total Viewers for the week of 2/28-3/6/05: Top Ten Basic Cable Ad Supported Network Rankings among A18-49 for the week of 2/28-3/6/05: Top 10 Broadcast Network Programs among A18-49 for the week of 2/28-3/6/05: * EXECUTIVE MOVES *
Concrete Pictures has named Michele Toti Leach to Executive Producer. Michele, who contributes 12 years of television and consumer brand marketing experience on both the client and agency side, reports directly to VP/EP Lori Pate, and will cover the West Coast region. Recently named EVP/Business Affairs at CBS Paramount Network Entertainment Group, Deborah Barak has restructured her departments at both Paramount Network Television and CBS Entertainment, naming three executives to the positions of Senior Vice President, all reporting to her. Dan Kupetz has been upped to SVP/Business Affairs, Paramount Network Television. At CBS Entertainment, Gary Silver and Roni Mueller have been upped to SVP/Business Affairs. In their positions, they will be responsible for overseeing the deals for the network’s pilots and series, as well as movies, specials and music operations. DIY Network has upped Robyn Ulrich to SVP/Marketing and Public Relations. Robyn works directly with ad and affiliate sales marketing, online, programming, and research to communicate brand strategy. She also is responsible for the national public affairs partnership between DIY and Habitat for Humanity International. City Lights Television has upped Michael Krupat to VP/Development, based in the new LA office. Michael will oversee City Lights Television’s new development deals in Los Angeles and will both pitch network executives and take pitches from LA based creatives. John Alexander has been elevated to SVP/International Sales & Worldwide DVD Distribution for Hallmark Entertainment. Most recently John was VP/International Sales at Hallmark Entertainment’s London office. In his new position, he will further expand the distribution and sales of Hallmark Entertainment’s catalog of more than 4,000 hours of programming. Correction: Discovery Channel’s newest Sr. Exec Prod/Daytime and Fringe is Judy Plavnick. Her name was misspelled in yesterday’s edition. * RATINGS *
Monday – A18-49 Analysis: Fox led on Monday night among A18-49 with an overall 7.8/19 demo rating, topping CBS 5.0/12 according to final numbers from Nielsen Media Research. NBC ranked third for the night with a 3.9/10, followed by ABC 3.0/7, WB 1.2/3; UPN 1.1/3. At 8p American Idol had a strong night with a 10.1/26, with no one even a close #2. Fox also wrapped up the 9-10p hour with 24 earning a 5.6/13. CBS was #2 with a repeat of Raymond (4.8/11) and an original ep of 2-1/2 Men (5.5/13). CSI Miami dominated the 10p hour with a 7.3/18. As for The Contender, it’s lead-in of Fear Factor (90m Twins ep) provided a 3.8/9 kick off. Contender began at 9:36p and averaged a mild 4.0/10 A18-49 for the 90m premiere. It picked up an extra share point among A18-34 (4.2/11), 4.3/11 M18-49 and a 4.4/13 M18-34. Over on ABC, the premiere ep of Boss Swap at 9p earned a 2.7/6. FINAL HOUSEHOLD Ratings: Monday, March 7, 2005, for all Networks – program averages. Source: Nielsen Media Research. FOX 11.0/16 American Idol 14.0/21, 24 8.0/12 CBS 10.4/16 Still Standing 6.2/9, Listen Up 6.0/9, Raymond [r] 10.7/16, 2-1/2 Men 11.4/17, CSI: Miami 14.0/22 NBC 5.4/8 Fear Factor (8-930p) 5.7/8, The Contender [p] 5.1/8 ABC 5.2/8 EM:HE How’d They Do That? 4.8/7, Boss Swap [p] 4.4/6, Supernanny 6.3/10 WB 2.3/3 7th Heaven 2.2/3, Summerland 2.4/3 UPN 1.9/3 One on One [r] 1.9/3, Cuts [r]1.8/3, Girlfriends [r] 2.0/3, Half & Half [r] 1.8/3 A18-49 Fox 7.8/19, CBS 5.0/12, NBC 3.9/10, ABC 3.0/7, WB 1.2/3; UPN 1.1/3 The History Channel presents This Day in History: A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM COURT TV Snarling guard dogs. It’s all in a day’s work for two teams with their eyes on a prize… Impossible Heists premieres Tuesday, March 15 at 10PM on After a dull day at the office, viewers will be riveted watching eight people having a really exciting night. Show them some of your ads.
Later — Cyn To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change a subscription for any Cynopsis edition: www.cynopsis.com Archived Editions: www.Cynopsis.com Cyn opsis CLASSIFIEDS – read by 101,600+ Cynopsis & Cynopsis Kids! readers every day. JOB OPENING: PROGRAM SALES COORD, OLN, Stamford, CT – Assist w/administration of sponsored time buy programming. 2+ yrs sales env exper w/in media industry; programming background a plus. See www.olntv.com . Resume/salary: JOB OPENING: ON-AIR PROMO SCHEDULER, OLN,Stamford, CT. Schedule all on-air and internet promos and handle contractual obligations. 1-2 yrs prior exp req’d.See www.olntv.com . Resume/salary: JOB OPENING: SALES ASSISTANT/Galavision, NY. Detail-oriented, exc comm/math/MS Office skills; asst Sales Team w/presentations/reports/clerical work. Spanish speaking highly pref/not req. Resume: JOB OPENING: RESEARCH MANAGER — San Diego Interconnect (operated by Cox Media) is accepting applications for Rsch Mgr. 4+ yrs exp managing a rsch dept in a top 50 mkt. Great place to live & work. Contact JOB OPENING: TiVo Inc., the pioneer in TV services for DVRs, needs dynamic, savvy PR COORDINATOR for its in-house Corporate Comm. Dept., Alviso, CA. Min. 2 yrs PR exp at an agency or in-house. Apply to: JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR MARCOM for OpenTV, Inc./San Fran. Seasoned, dynamic, Marcom prof w/superb proj mgmt and people skills. 5 yrs min mktg comm, pref B2B focused on multimedia, software or TV technology. Email: JOB OPENING: Due to growth, Tribune’s CLTV News is adding NATL A/E to staff. Also expanding retail staff-adding LOCAL A/E. Both postns req 2+ yrs exp. Natl req travel. Apply to: JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR/ON-AIR PROMO/Fox Reality Chan. 5+ yrs OAP experience; responsible for the creation, supervision and execution of on-air for Fox Reality Chan. Mailing addr for reel @: www.foxcareers.com ref: foxf-00002697 (3/15) JOB OPENING: SUPERVISING PRODUCER – NY – Experienced in studio/live audience/strip show format. Comedy background a must. Email resume with supervising producer in the subject line to JOB OPENING: INTERACTIVE SALES PLANNER, CNN, NY. +3 years web exp., self-motivated, team player.Track AEs’ online business. Prepare/revise proposals & sales materials.Prospecting & research Info: JOB OPENING: INTERACTIVE FORECASTING ANALYST, CNN, NY. 2 yrs web exp. Analytical & multi-task.Forecasting future inventory (impressions), develop online media plans, mgmt reporting of web metrics.Info: JOB OPENING: MARCOM SPECIALIST for Telecom Co in LA – Organized, multi-tasker, self-motivated, creative writer w/1-2 yrs Mktg/PR/Media exp. Bach Deg in related field req. Email cover & resume to JOB OPENING: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE, OLN/G4,Chicago,IL- 3+ yrs ad exp; cable/bdcast network exp pref’d. Highly motivated, goal oriented ind. w/strong pres. skills.See www.olntv.com . Resume/salary to JOB OPENING: MGR, MKT RESEARCH/SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO/NYC. Superior primary research skills focusing on survey/questionnaire dev. Music testing exp a +. Exc Mgmt & comm. skills. 5-7 yrs exp. Apply: Careers section – www.sirius.com (3/12) JOB OPENING: PR DIRECTOR, Turner Classic Movies & Turner South – Atlanta: For info go to: www.turnerjobs.com and search by job#38330BR (3/12) JOB OPENING: Lifetime TV/NYC – DIRECTOR BUS. & MKTG. DEV. Dev Online sales strategy; create/exec online sales pkgs. Manage relationships ~ grow web traffic. Manage pgm/promo/mktg online support.Resume: JOB OPENING: PROD. COORDINATOR, NEWS&DOCS MTV/NYC. 18mo. exp as TV Production Associate. Strong organization skills, detail-oriented. Must know MS Word/Excel Exp. w/MovieMagic A+. /Excel EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvncareers.com (3/12) JOB OPENING: PROD. MANAGER, NEWS&DOCS DEVELOPMENT MTV/NYC. 7yrs exp in single/multi-cam reality/documentary. Strng Budget exp, Strng Mgmt & organization skills, Must know MovieMagic EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvncareers.com (3/12) JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR,CURRENT PROGRAMS , Comedy Central/NYC. 5 yrs in TV industry, 3-5 yrs current prog exp. Overseeing non/&scripted prog. Strong contacts & leadership skills. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvncareers.com (3/12) JOB OPENING: MKTG ANALYST, Telemundo, NYC.3-5 yrs media mktg exp; dev/exec promotional concepts & show descriptions. Knowledge of Simmons, MRI, & Claritas.Bilingual pref. Email resume to JOB OPENING: DIR PROD SRVS AETN-NY. Oversee Prod & Ops for the NY facilities. Manage prod issues, budgets & staff. 10+ yrs tv prod exp, 6+ in prod mgmt, fin & acctg exp req. Resume to JOB OPENING: SR. RESEARCH ANALYST/AD SALES/Fox Sports Net, LA. 2+ yrs w/cable net, local TV,TV synd. 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