| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE PAC-12 CONFERENCE | | As the 2018-19 collegiate season ends, the Pac-12 is once again the WINNINGEST conference in the country with 13 NCAA titles Leading the nation in NCAA championships for 14-straight years and with 526 overall Combining a history of dominance with a future of excellence , the Pac-12 is proud to celebrate the full breadth of academic & athletics success among its student-athletes Pac-12: The Conference of Champions #BackThePac |
| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | | “ The future of AI is similar to the future of most every new technology, which in short is improvement, commoditization, and democratization. How do we make it better, cheaper and get it into the hands of more people?” --David K, Sr. Product Mngr, Watson Video Analytics – IBM Watson Media (Featured speaker at That Big TV Conference on Sept. 9 - 10 in NYC) DON’T MISS OUT Sponsored by: Sinclair - NY Interconnect - Friend MTS - iSpot.tv - NCC Media - TV Time - Tubi |
SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION
Major League Soccer announced that it will become the first major pro sports league in US and Canadian team sports to permit companies in the sports betting and spirits categories to place their brands on MLS jerseys. Jersey sponsorship opportunities will include jersey fronts and new sleeve-patch space, with the latter being available for MLS clubs to sell starting next year. The American Cornhole League announced ACL Charity Day to benefit Stand Up To Cancer and local cancer-related charities. The ACL is asking all of its directors, players and partners to get involved by creating a benefit tournament or challenge on July 21 in a move to support the incdible work that the SU2C has done in accelerating the pace of research to get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives. DIGITAL, DATA & TECH
Twitter insights from FIFA Women’s World Cup knockout stage saw conversation around top matches led by France/Brazil, Spain/USA, England/Cameroon, Netherlands/Japan and Norway/Australia. Top players: Brazil’s Marta, USA’s Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, and France’s Amandine Henry and Wendie Renard. Major League Baseball entered a new technology partnership with Flexential, a provider of data centers and hybrid IT solutions. This summer will see Flexential bring new state-of-the-art infrastructure online to effectively support and scale MLB's requirements for servicing its digital product platforms. "We always strive to deliver our fans uninterrupted, high-quality access to MLB content at every step of their consumption experiences," said Truman Boyes, MLB Senior Vice President, Infrastructure. "To meet these expectations requires a data management system with highly reliable, scalable and proximity-based data centers. Flexential was able to respond to our needs in record time with an environmentally-responsible infrastructure to support us as we serve our Clubs and their fans." ESPORTS
In this week’s edition of Cynopsis Esports… Riot comes to Nielsen FACEIT announces Quake Pro League GuardianCon delivers millions GameStop adds Wong to arsenal Twitch wades into Subscriber Streams GINX Esports TV adds to Canadian foundation
INDUSTRY/ROSTER MOVES
Andrew Georgiou was named president of Eurosport, running the Discovery-owned platform as well as overseeing sports rights and marketing across Discovery. He joins Discovery from Lagardere Sports and Entertainment, which he joined in 2006 as COO. The Oakland Raiders appointed AEG Facilities to operate their upcoming 65,000 seat stadium in Las Vegas when it opens in August 2020. The company will hire and train staff in addition to assuming responsibility for managing as guest services, event operations, booking, security, ticketing, finance and human resources departments. The XFL announced that St. Louis native Kurt Hunzeker, most recently the Vice President of Marketing Strategy and Research for Minor League Baseball has been named President of the XFL football team in St. Louis. He will be responsible for the team's fan engagement and business operations, including ticket sales, corporate partnerships, marketing, content, communications, community relations, and the game day experience. New York Red Bulls' Senior Director of Content and Communications Jayne Bussman-Wise was named an official Pride Live Stonewall Ambassador and will look to generate awareness around the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising that occurred on June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn in New York City. Other ambassadors include: Andy Cohen (host and executive producer), Anna Wintour (editor-in-chief, Vogue), Bruce Aust (vice chairman, NASDAQ), Don Lemon (CNN), Elvis Duran (Z100), Jason Collins (NBA), Kacey Musgraves (recording artist), Madonna (recording artist), Robbie Rogers (MLS), Valerie Jarrett (Political advisor), Whoopi Goldberg (activist, actress and host) and many more. THE MAIN EVENT
Norway/England on FOX and Universo at 3p. |
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ON THIS DAY in 2001: Kwame Brown becomes the first pick of the NBA Draft by the Washington Wizards. In the Know: In Everybody Loves Raymond, Raymond Barone is a sportswriter for which publication? (Email cpursell@cynopsis.com with your answer and be sure to include your company and city). Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: Former MLB catcher Bob Uecker portrayed a sportswriter named George Owens in which sitcom? Answer: Mr. Belvedere. Kudos: Jackie Mahon/NY; Cory Angerthal-AMC Networks/NY; Barbara Capella Loehr-Equal Opportunity Publications/NY; Brian Matthews-NFL/NY; Willy Gibson-WTG Sports/Columbus; Jonny Codalata-CSM Sports & Entertainment; Brianne Maciejowski-Miles/Sarasota; Michael Goodman-Radio One/Atlanta; Sonia Durr-Carat USA/Atlanta; Andy Pittman-TAMU/College Station; John Kukla-KDFW/KDFI/Dallas; Lance Davis-ESPN Milwaukee & Good Karma Brands/Milwaukee; Bill Robertson-WCHA/Bloomington; Rich Wolfe-Lone Wolfe Press/Scottsdale; Tom Moore-Kalt Productions/LA; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank
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SR ANALYST, ADV & CONSUMER INSIGHTS
Discovery Communications
NYC
Dvlp mkt-level insights incl mkt trends, consumer behavior & competitive dynamics, with a focus on identifying growth levers. Min 2-3+ years of research and data experience in TV/media rsrch @ media brand, TV ntwrk or agency
Full info HERE
SR ANALYST – AD SALES RESEARCH/Discovery Communications/NYC: Responsible for leveraging a variety of research resources to provide data driven intelligence in support of advertising sales and marketing initiatives. 3-5 yrs relevant business exp @ media co, ad agency, mkt rerch firm or equivalent. Full info HERE (7/17) SR ANALYST, ADV & CONSUMER INSIGHTS/Discovery Communications/NYC: Dvlp mkt-level insights incl mkt trends, consumer behavior & competitive dynamics, with a focus on identifying growth levers. Min 2-3+ years of research and data experience in TV/media rsrch @ media brand, TV ntwrk or agency. Full info HERE (7/17)
DIRECTOR, PROJECT MANAGEMENT/Nickelodeon Live Action/NYC: Temp position from August – Jan. Candidate resp for project management of all marketing & creative promotion for the live action properties on Nickelodeon Network. 5-7 yrs proj mngmnt exp + Excellent understanding of production methodologies. Full info HERE (7/16) CLIENT SOLUTIONS COORD/UP & ASPIRE/NYC:Asst. in dev & execution of sponsorships. Coord upfront & client evnts. Update ad sales pres, videos, photos & keyart. Proj mgt & pres skills req. Mkting/Comm degree pref’d. 1-2 yrs cable or related exp, digital/social a +. Knowledge of PowerPt required. Full info HERE (7/16)
MANAGER, PUBLIC RELATIONS & MKTG/NESN/MA: Seeking a collaborative thought leader who can translate bus objectives into promotional collateral across multiple platforms. Must have a degree in English, mass comm, PR, and/or mkting in a related field. Min 5+ yrs exp in both PR and mkting & Sales promo. Full info HERE (7/15) MANAGER, PARTNER MKTG/NICK VELOCITY/NYC: Individual to dev mktg campaigns for Ent advs (ie: movie studios) across Nickelodeon Kids & Family nets. Must have B.A. Degree, plus 3-5+ yrs mktg/sales exp within ent & media. TV and/or exp with a Movie Studio or Video Game comp preferred. Full info HERE. Apply HERE. (7/15) ACCOUNT SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE/ION MEDIA/NYC: Responsible for acct management for the General Ad Sales Department. Handling requests from multiple dept including Ad Agencies, Planning, Traffic, and Gen Ad Sales. Bachelor’s degree required, emphasis in Bus, Adv and/or Mktg. Ability to handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment. Full info HERE (7/15)
DIRECT RESPONSE AD SALES ASSISTANT/FUSE MEDIA/NYC: Support Direct Response Ad Sales team by working with director and AE to service and maintain agencies and clients on a daily basis. Must be detail oriented w/good comm, interpersonal & organzt’l skills, and able to multitask in fast paced team envir. Wide Orbit & OnAir knowledge a +.” Full info HERE (7/12)
EVENT PRODUCER/BOOKER/A+E Networks/NY: Responsible for booking talent & experts, developing panel discussions, interviews & experiential exhibits for History-branded events. Full Info/Apply HERE (7/12)
AP RESEARCHER/BOOKER/A+E Networks/NY: Responsible for supporting the producing team in building individual events and exhibits for HistoryTalks and HistoryCon. Full Info/Apply HERE (7/12)
MANAGER, CONSUMER INSIGHTS/Nickelodeon/NYC: this position will be a part of Nickelodeon’s Brand & Consumer Insights Team, supporting all of Nickelodeon’s preschool content research with non-ratings based consumer insights. Job requires a bachelor's degree preferably in communications, business, market research, or child psychology, graduate research work. Plus 4+ yrs experience in primary research. Full info HERE (7/12)
SALES ACCOUNT EXEC/NBC/LA: Responsible for generating new Local/Regional business, Digital advertising, and growing existing advertisers. A minimum of 5+ years of Media, Digital and/or Broadcast Sales exp w/strong rec of success building new biz. Full info HERE (7/11)
DIRECTOR, DIGITAL PLATFORMS & STRATEGY/SNY/NYC: Work w/partners to help drive strategic, multiplatform dig. content initiatives. focus on expanding availability/consumption/monetization of SNY's content across a variety of platforms. Min 6 yrs exp content dist, platform dvlpmnt & partnerships within media ind. Full info HERE (7/10)
MOTION GRAPHIC ANIMATOR/Viewpoint Creative/Boston: Work w/a talented team of creative directors/producers/designers & editors explore different animation styles including 2D, 3D and practical while continually pushing your artistic and technical abilities. 3+ yrs exp req’d. Full info HERE (7/10)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR/SiriusXM/NYC: Responsible for directing multiple shows a day from camera positioning to assigning handheld operators in studio. Make sure all equipment is ready to go across multiple studios. 2 - 3 yrs of exp operating New Tek TC-1 (Tricaster) & as Adobe Premiere editor. Full info HERE (7/2)
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR/SiriusXM/LA: Responsible for directing multiple shows a day from camera positioning to assigning handheld operators in studio. Make sure all equipment is ready to go across multiple studios. 2 - 3 yrs of exp operating New Tek TC-1 (Tricaster) & as Adobe Premiere editor. Full info HERE (7/2)
DIRECTOR, INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS/Univision/Miami: Help company leaders engage/motivate their employees as part of a mission-driven company focused on informing/empowering the Hispanic community. Bi-lingual a must. 10+ yrs exp in corp comm, public affairs, employee comm or related areas, incl exp in a mngmnt/supervisory capacity. Full info HERE (7/2)
DIR, DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION/Science/NYC: Idea generator to create prog opps that suit, broaden & feed audience, & communicate w/production cos & multiple internal depts. 7+ yrs exp in cable industry & track record for ratings success req. Full info HERE (6/29)
DIRECT RESPONSE, VP/ION TV/NYC: Oversee/manage all aspects of the Direct Response (DR) business. Deep knowledge of DR marketplace. 8+ yrs of DR selling exp in media or a related field. 3+ yrs of exp managing people or leading a sales team. Full info HERE (6/28)
DIRECT RESPONSE SALES, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/ION TV/NYC: Responsible for selling direct response air time for ION TV, and achieving quarterly and annual revenue goals. Min 5 yrs of DR exp. Excellent oral presentation, oral & written comm skills. Full info HERE (6/28)
NETWORK SALES, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/ION TV/NYC:Dvlp/grow new and growing business among major agencies via strong relationships and superior client service. 5+ yrs sales exp w/national cable, brdcst ad sales or media buying background req’d. Full info HERE (6/28) |
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