Simply launching a new linear show is no longer enough for Cartoon Network, which is now creating multiplatform experiences--usually including a tie-in mobile or console video game--for all of its new series. The network has unveiled its upfront slate for this year, which includes 13 shows (six new ones, and seven returning series) with more...
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TV & Video Daily
March 30, 2017
Insider updates on all things video
Multiplatform strategy will apply to all series going forward
By Jason Lynch
Simply launching a new linear show is no longer enough for Cartoon Network, which is now creating multiplatform experiences--usually including a tie-in mobile or console video game--for all of its new series. The network has unveiled its upfront slate for this year, which includes 13 shows (six new ones, and seven returning series) with more...
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While looking to expand its brand partnerships
By Jason Lynch
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Company is expanding its Snapchat partnership for the games
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Will also be rebooting Cash Cab and Mythbusters
By Jason Lynch
It's highlighting readers' trust in the outlet
By Sami Main
When some participants of the Digital Content NewFronts, like BuzzFeed and Yahoo, decided to move their presentations elsewhere, more room opened up for newcomers to join the lineup. BBC.com will host a breakfast and ad sales presentation on Monday, May 8, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ET. Many NewFronts participants are publishers, content creators...
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The best veteran sales execs bring relationships and wisdom
By Rich Goldfarb
In a world where television is video, content is publishing, and upfronts are OutFronts and NewFronts, there is one precious commodity that is timeless and invaluable: wisdom. The digital media vendors plying their trade by selling ad opportunities in the brand marketing ecosystem (BME) could greatly benefit from tapping into experienced, innovative, top television leaders...
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Yahoo and BuzzFeed previously announced departures
By Sami Main
Fullscreen, an entertainment platform and content creator network, announced on Monday it would no longer participate in the 2017 Digital Content NewFronts taking place in May in New York. Fullscreen Media creates custom content for brands and advertisers, and hosts original entertainment available to subscribers. Current media partners with the platform, which receives more than...
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The ninth season of Drag Race premieres tonight on VH1
By Sami Main
RuPaul is, in a word, busy. Between tonight's return of Drag Race, the release of his 11th studio album, an upcoming autobiography and the third annual DragCon in a few weeks, there's plenty on his proverbial plate. An Emmy win and ratings success for Drag Race and its All Stars series prompted Viacom to move...
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It's growing after nearly a century of commercials thanks to digital
By Sami Main
Nearly a century after radio stations began accepting commercials, a new report says the medium now takes about 10 percent of all local ad revenue. And the fastest growing segment of radio isn't over the air, but on digital platforms. According to BIA/Kelsey's 2017 Investing in Radio report, the digital advertising income of U.S. radio...
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Can the show energize 2 different industries?
By Jason Lynch
Over the decades, TV shows have inspired plenty of toys, but nothing quite like this before. Mattel and ABC have teamed up to launch a new, Shark Tank-like reality competition series, The Toy Box, in which toy inventors vie for approval from a group of toy experts, followed by a precocious panel of kid judges....
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