| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CBS SPORTS NETWORK | | SEC vs. Mountain West showdown Arkansas at Colorado State Tomorrow 7:30 ET CBS SPORTS NETWORK The 24-hour home of CBS Sports CBSSportsNetwork.com |
| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | | CALL FOR ENTRIES The 2nd Annual Cynopsis Short Form Video Festival The Cynopsis Short Form Video Festival is searching for the most cutting-edge creatives from individuals and teams worldwide, including: production companies/studios, producers, networks, composers, lyricists, animators, video game developers/producers, website developers, mobile & app developers/producers, marketing companies, PR firms and more. Submissions will be judged by a panel of industry experts and finalists will be announced in mid-November. SUBMIT VIDEOS |
SPONSORSHIP & PROMOTION
IMG announced that the second annual Wendy’s College Tailgate Tour, an interactive, fan-focused pre-game experience featuring fresh food, music, gaming, and legend appearances, will travel to 13 college football games this season. The 2018 Wendy’s College Tailgate Tour kicks off on Sept. 8 in Gainesville and concludes in Pasadena at the Rose Bowl Stadium on January 1. Each stop will be anchored by the Wendy’s food truck serving Dave’s Singles and customized Frosty creations. Meanwhile, Kellogg’s returns as an associate partner in 2018 featuring Pringles Flavor Stacking, a chance to win a trip to the Cheez-It Bowl, tailgate games and celebrity meet-and-greets. Coca-Cola returns to join Wendy’s at eight of the 13 tour stops with sampling of more than 100 drink choices, including Wendy’s Exclusive Gameday Mixes on Coca-Cola Freestyle dispensers. Texas Pete joins as the newest associate partner of the 2018 Wendy’s College Tailgate Tour with additional partners expected to join in the coming weeks. Hyundai Hope On Wheels announced a partnership with WWE in support of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. This week’s Monday Night Raw kicked off a month-long worth of activities as HHOW joins WWE in a four-city tour to offer children cancer fighters at HHOW partner pediatric institutions a “VIP & Super Fan Experience.” Throughout the month, Hyundai Hope On Wheels messaging will be shared with fans across WWE's global platforms, including TV broadcasts, WWE Network and digital and social media. In addition, activation will continue at Monday Night Raw on Sept. 10 in New Orleans, Sept. 17 in Dallas and Sept. 24 in Denver. For the first time in Topps history, the company is letting someone else create a baseball card set, tapping Washington Nationals star Bryce Harper to create the Topps X Bryce Harper “220,” described as a first-of-its-kind set where Harper hand-picked the design, chose the players, theme, and added his own words to it featuring 14 MLB players that would encompass his own team, Best Hair; Harper’s Heroes; and Look Good, Feel Good. DIGITAL & STREAMING
NBC Sports’ @OnHerTurf Instagram account, which launched during the Olympics earlier this year as a partnership between NBC Sports and Refinery29, is expanding the brand courtesy of several initiatives around the kickoff of the 2018 NFL season and beyond, including a podcast hosted by NBC Sports’ Kathryn Tappen, a digital video series “Football is Female,” and experiential elements including Refinery’s 29Rooms visiting NFL Kickoff, and an On Her Turf section of NBC Sports’ Sunday Night Football bus. The podcast will welcome accomplished guests each week and debuts on Sept. 19 with retired professional golfer Annika Sörenstam and Buffalo Bills owner Kim Pegula. The 20-episode series will debut each Wednesday, CBS Sports HQ debuted its new show dedicated to sports gambling. SportsLine Edge with metrics-driven analysis and actionable advice from SportsLine and CBS Sports Digital experts and Vegas insiders. Hosted by Nick Kostos and featuring former oddsmaker Todd Fuhrman and SportsLine experts Hank Goldberg, Kenny White, Micah Roberts and Kelly Stewart, the show runs from 6-8p every Monday and Thursday, on Saturdays from 11a-noon with an additional 30-minute segment from 2:30-3p and on Sundays from noon-1p with a 30-minute segment from 3:30-4p. DraftKings is bringing back it’s annual, Fantasy Football Millionaire Maker Contest for the NFL season and have signed on Roman Health as this year’s title sponsor. This is the first time DraftKings has had this contest sponsored. The contest series runs each week during the regular season with the first-place winner each week winning $1 million. ESPORTS
Canadian Olympic Committee CEO Chris Overholt is stepping down after eight years at the organization to join the expansion Overwatch League franchise based in Toronto, according to SBJ. The Toronto spot is among eight reported expansion teams for Season Two of the league, owned by a group led by Canadian entrepreneur Michael Kimel and operated by esports organization Splyce. Tyler 'Ninja' Blevins is getting his own event with his favorite NFL team, the Detroit Lions. The team will host a special fan event titled 'Ninja Night' at Ford Field on Sept. 10. Fans attending the game will also get a chance to participate in a meet-and-greet with Ninja, although it is not yet clear at what point this would take place. ELEAGUE serves up the third episode of its CS:GO Premier 2018 documentary series tonight at 11p on TBS, with behind-the-scenes access to previous ELEAGUE Major Champions Cloud9 and Astralis. The latest episode, Opening Match, will feature the best parts of the teams’ Group Stage showdown. ROSTER MOVES
The Walt Disney Co. is uniting its advertising sales operations under Rita Ferro, with Ed Erhardt, the head of ad sales for ESPN for the past 20 years, retiring in January. In her new post, Ferro will also handle the ESPN portfolio. Roxanne Kosarzycki, former General Counsel for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was named General Counsel for the XFL. Kosarzycki comes to the XFL from her prior position as Senior Vice President/General Counsel for Global Imaging Systems, Inc., a leading provider of business technology solutions. THE MAIN EVENT
Cowboys/Panthers on Sunday at 4:35p on FOX.
|
| A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE | | SAVE THE DATE The Cynopsis Digital Model D & Digital “It List” Awards November 9th, 2018 | ThreeSixty, NYC Save the date for the 6th Annual Cynopsis Digital Model D & It List Awards. Join in on the action as digital’s best and brightest honor those who have excelled in digital content, marketing, advertising and social media. **Finalists will be announced in mid-September** |
ON THIS DAY in 1979: ESPN makes its debut. In the Know: Which NFL player had a nickname of Night Train? (Email [email protected] with your answer and be sure to include your name, company and city.) Note: Email issues have been blocking some responses. My apologies if I missed you! Answer to Our Last Sports Trivia Question: Who is the NFL is awarded the Lamar Hunt Trophy? Answer: The AFC Champion. Kudos: Traci Liner-Endeavor/NY; Denis Barry-CBS/NY; Michael Ritz-BucStar Consulting/NY; Mark Lehman-Atlanta Braves/Atlanta; Lance Phegley-Texas Runner and Triathlete magazine/Houston; David Westberg-SAG-AFTRA Federal Credit Union/Burbank; Jaymz Wooden-Bottelsen American Dart Lines/Santa Maria
Later - Chris
|
| CYNOPSISJOBS - For More jobs, please visit Cynopsis.com | JOB OF THE DAY REGIONAL ACCOUNT MGR
TLMD
PHOENIX
Develop sales revenue from new advertisers as well as maximize revenue from assigned list (active & non-active accounts). Min 3 yrs exp in the area of Media Sales. Ability to function in a confidential, fast-paced, multi-cultural environment.
Full info/apply HERE JOB OPENING: OPERATIONS ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST/A+E/Stamford, CT: Support content distribution, VOD,TV Everywhere, SVOD, OTT; research dev tech requirements, Metadata UAT, tech liaison to distribution, engineering, digital. 5-7 yrs studio, media supply chain and/or digital distribution exp. Full info/apply HERE (9/14)
JOB OPENING:REGIONAL ACCOUNT MGR/TLMD/PHOENIX: Develop sales revenue from new advertisers as well as maximize revenue from assigned list (active & non-active accounts). Min 3 yrs exp in the area of Media Sales. Ability to function in a confidential, fast-paced, multi-cultural environment. Full info/apply HERE (9/14)
JOB OPENING:ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE/Owned Stations, Affiliate Relations, NBCU/McAllen TX: Generate revenue to the station and its web/digital product from both traditional and non-traditional prospects in the Rio Grande Valley market. Min 2 yrs exp in business development & direct sales. Full info/apply HERE (9/14)
JOB OPENING: SCHEDULING SPECIALIST, NETWORK OPERATIONS/TV One/Silver Spring MD: Maintain operational modules of programming database; assist in mngmnt of all the inherent processes of receiving/approving/preparing program material for air. 4 yr of Brdcst Ops exp a must. Full info/apply HERE (9/14)
JOB OPENING: DIRECTOR, SCHEDULING & ACQUISITIONS/TV ONE/Silver Spring: Implement scheduling strategy across linear & non-linear platforms. Dvlp schedules & stunts that achieve ratings goals, assist in ntwrk acquisition strategy & meet both internal & ad sales goals. 5 yrs TV exp req’d cable ind pref’d. Full info/apply HERE (9/14)
JOB OPENING:MGR, NON-SCRIPTED DEVELOPMENT/JUMA ENTERTAINMENT/Bucks County PA: Exc opp for show dvlpr who wants to help grow co while in trenches of show. Support dvlpmnt team. Mult yrs exp non-scripted rsrch, casting, & writing req’d. Strong editing skills a+. 3+ yrs exp unscripted TV dvlpmnt &/or prod. Full info/apply HERE (9/14)
JOB OPENING: SR RESEARCH ANALYST/CAA/LA: Support rsch team in efforts to provide internal/external clients meaningful analysis and presentations on prgrm performance using various Nielsen systems. Min 3 yrs working exp in a TV research det Syndication, Broadcast or Cable network experience pref’d. Full info/apply HERE (9/13) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL AD SALES RESEARCH (ANALYTICS) MANAGER/Outdoor Sportsman Group/Denver/Chicago/NYC: Any one location. Experience leveraging a DMP to drive ad sales for our digital properties Min 1-3 yrs progressively resp exp dig. rsrch, dig. ad sales, web analytics or other new media rsrch. Full info/apply HERE (9/13)
JOB OPENING: TV PLANNER/BUYER/Blue Plate Media/Summit NJ: Prepare/execute/steward media plans & revisions. Negotiate ntwk buys on upfront & scatter. Agency exp a must. 2-4 yrs’ exp in active TV plan’g/buying on nat’l level. FT/Flex. Full info HERE Res w/salary hist to [email protected], Reference Cyn (9/13)
JOB OPENING: CONTENT MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR/TV ONE/Silver Spring: Create workflows/procedures for submission of Salesforce orders req’d for all on-air content prior to transmission to the uplink facility. 3+ yrs exp working in Commercial Ops, Post Prod, or Cable TV Ops envir. Exp using SF, Broadway, or SIMS is pref’d. Full info/apply HERE (9/12)
JOB OPENING:MGR, NON-SCRIPTED DEVELOPMENT/JUMA ENTERTAINMENT/Bucks County PA: Exc opp for show dvlpr who wants to help grow co while in trenches of show. Support dvlpmnt team. Mult yrs exp non-scripted rsrch, casting, & writing req’d. Strong editing skills a+. 3+ yrs exp unscripted TV dvlpmnt &/or prod. Full info/apply HERE (9/12)
JOB OPENING: P/T DIRECTOR, CLIENT SOLUTIONS/The Weather Channel/NYC: This is a job share, resp for the pre-sell function (strategy/execution) for AdSales Mktg team. Work closely w/prgrmng to identify opps for ad sales client sponsorships/partnerships/integration. 5+ yrs exp ind or similar role. Full info/apply HERE (9/12)
JOB OPENING: MARKETING ASSOCIATE/The Weather Channel/NYC: Help grow existing/new bus across our newly expanded portfolio through organizing client events and writing sales proposals. Also propose, plan & execute annual branded premium & client mailer strategy. BA deg 2-3 yrs exp similar role. Full info/apply HERE (9/11)
JOB OPENING: STRATEGIC SALES PLANNER/ACCOUNT MGR/MIRRIAD/NYC: Act as main connection for all bus. groups for US commercial sales/operations teams, supporting revenue generation & activation. 3+ yrs acct mngmnt exp across Dig/TV buying/plan’g & inv mngmnt. Good understanding of video ad ecosystem. Full info HERE Resume to: [email protected] (9/11)
JOB OPENING: PRODUCER/Spectrum News/Columbus OH: Produce assigned newscasts/news inserts making decisions on story lineup, video/audio elements, graphics and timing to construct show. BA Deg broadcast journalism. 3 yrs TV news exp. Strong brdcst news writing ability. Full info/apply HERE (9/11)
|
|
