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Cynopsis Sports 4/29/25: BIG3 adds VICE Sports to their season eight media lineup
Tuesday April 29, 2025 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is the monthly Cynopsis Sports newsletter. PLAY BALL! BIG3 has added the newly launched VICE Sports to their season eight media lineup. VICE Sports will receive 14 live hours of BIG3 games and join CBS as the distributors for the BIG3’s summer slate […]
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Riding the Bull
Professional Bull Riders is being presented with a Luminary Award at the 2025 Cynopsis Sports Media Awards on June 4 in NYC. PBR is recognized as the League of the Year not only for its vision of innovation within sports media, but for the growth of an entity that started with a group of 20 […]
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AI and Ad Insertion: How Machine Learning Is Changing Product Placement and Brand Integration
By Moe Nagle Competition for eyeballs is fierce. Just ask Deloitte, noting in its 2025 Digital Media Trends report, studios and streaming providers are facing off while social video platforms are proving contenders. Streaming and on-demand viewing are shifting traditional ad models. The surge in recent years in streaming on-demand video has resulted in fragmented […]
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Navigating TV’s Shifting Landscape
There is a clear path for advertisers to leverage shifting audience expectations, as well as platform capabilities, to find success in a fragmented video advertising ecosystem, maintains Bill Schild, GM of Americas for Channel Factory. What is the most effective way for advertisers to reach their audience while navigating the fragmentation between linear TV and […]
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Getting REELZ
Scott Kohn, EVP & Head of Ad Sales At REELZ, explains how the network is evolving to meet a changing media landscape. What’s your response to people who say linear TV is dying? Linear TV isn’t dying – it’s evolving. There’s no doubt that viewing habits have shifted, but linear remains a vital part of […]
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George Ivie: 25 Years at the MRC and Going Strong
George Ivie is celebrating his 25th year as Executive Director and CEO of the Media Rating Council – and it’s safe to say his job hasn’t gotten easier over time. Here, Ivie shares what’s new, and what’s ahead for the MRC. The MRC has expanded its purview as the media business has evolved. What are upcoming […]
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To Better Address Challenges, Look To The Consumer
By Bill Livek, Co–Founder, Tenetic NAB 2025 is highlighting the impact of AI in advertising, the creator economy, sports programming and streaming. All, important challenges/opportunities for the industry. But equal focus should be placed on the consumer. Ultimately, success – for both publishers and advertisers – is dependent on making advertising work better. It […]
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It’s Not Linear Vs. Streaming
It’s not either/or for linear TV and CTV. As the media ecosystem evolves, Viamedia CEO David Solomon explains why a hybrid model is a “gold mine.” Linear is shrinking as the media ecosystem evolves – but it’s still very much alive. Where does linear still have value to consumers and advertisers? Yes, linear is still alive […]
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Cynopsis Sports 3/25/25: MLB Up to Bat Ahead of Opening Day
Tuesday March 25, 2025 Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and this is the monthly Cynopsis Sports newsletter. PLAY BALL! While the future of MLB’s distribution remains in the balance, that hasn’t stopped distributors and networks from trying to alleviate the pains baseball has had with reaching audiences over the last several years. Take DirecTV […]
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What We Learned at CTV Connect
The Coresight Research team attended the second annual CTV Connect conference, which was held in New York City March 12–13. The event hosted around 500 attendees from the entire CTV (connected TV) ecosystem. In this report, we offer key highlights and strategic insights from the event, covering transparency, data, targeting, measurement, and streaming versus linear […]
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