- Ad Shop Disqualified From Awards Show
Mediapsssst, Richard Whitman - Monday, October 21, 2013
Hey, if you're pathetically desperate for recognition why follow the rules if you think you can get away with it? (Answer: Because you can't away with it, idiots!) Today's Bumptio ...
- Tina & Amy Show Returns: Fey, Poehler, To Host Next Two Golden Globes
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Comic actresses Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, who first hosted the Golden Globes earlier this year, will be returning for the next two ceremonies. The deal "is a coup f ...
- CBS Scores With The 'Emmys'
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, September 23, 2013
Two big TV winners on a late September Sunday night were "Sunday Night Football" and the "Emmys." CBS grabbed strong improving numbers for the "The 65th Prime Time Emmy Award ...
- Emmys Takeaway: Surprising Wins, But No Netflix Sweep
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Monday, September 23, 2013
Two takeaways for TV biz watchers from last night's Emmys broadcast: 1) Despite its 14 nominations, new-guy-on-the-content-block's Netflix only got
one win, for "House of Cards" director David Finche ...
- The 'Saddest Emmys Of All Time' Were Filled With Happy Surprises
TVBlog, Ed Martin - Monday, September 23, 2013
Has there ever been an awards telecast as downbeat as the 65th annual Primetime Emmy Awards? Maybe we should call them the Glummies. It fell to "Modern Family" executive produc ...
- Emmy Flub: Larry Hagman (Of All People!) Excluded From Special Memorial Tributes
TVBlog, Ed Martin - Thursday, September 19, 2013
The very thought of choosing specific individuals to receive special memorial tributes during an awards show outside of a traditional segment honoring all the gifted people in a certain busine ...
- Video Music Awards Is Profit Driver For Music Marketers
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Wednesday, August 28, 2013
MTV's "Video Music Awards" proves again there is big return on investment for music marketers -- driving consumers to make music purchases. Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke, coming off the ...
- The Parent Trap: The Miley Virus
Mad Blog, Barbara Lippert - Tuesday, August 27, 2013
"Young lady, put down that foam finger. Right now! And what did I say about keeping your tongue in your mouth?" That's a mother/teen daughter interaction that I hope won ...
- MTV Airs VMA-Linked Concerts
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Thursday, August 15, 2013
If the fight with CBS continues, Time Warner Cable might win some support by sponsoring a free MTV-related concert in Manhattan next week. The cable operator is one of fi ...
- Viacom To Track VMAs Across Platforms
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Viacom and Symphony Advanced Media will launch a custom project to track consumption of MTV content across multiple screens related to the network's "Video Music Awards" on Aug. 25. T ...
- Viacom Inks VMA Ad Deals Integrated Into Twitter
MediaDailyNews, David Goetzl - Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Viacom is moving to take advantage of the ad opportunity that comes with video links integrated into a Twitter stream, which viewers can watch without leaving the social network sit ...
- Cumulus, Dick Clark Productions Create Content For Music Awards Shows
MediaDailyNews, Fern Siegel - Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Cumulus Media Networks, and Dick Clark Productions will team to create radio, digital and social content opportunities around the American Music Awards and the Billboard Music Awards. ...
- Ellen DeGeneres Will Host 2014 Oscars
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Friday, August 2, 2013
In search of a host to attract ratings gold, Academy Awards producers recently chose performers ranging from very non-P.C. comic Seth McFarlane, to blast from the past Billy Crystal, ...
- NEW! 2013 Effie Awards
Out to Launch, Amy Corr - Friday, July 26, 2013
With all the hype, overblown estimates and first-of-its-kind campaigns submitted for award shows, truth in advertising is oftentimes hard to find. Whybin\TBWA took a truthful route in its campaign f ...
- Netflix Nets First-Ever Emmy Nominations
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, July 18, 2013
Securing its position as a bona fide purveyor of original, premium programming, Netflix officially entered the Emmy race this morning with nominations for its Web-based series "House of Cards" a ...
- Netflix's 'House of Cards' Makes Emmy History -- But Who Exactly Was Watching?
TV Watch, Wayne Friedman - Friday, July 19, 2013
Netflix's "House of Cards" series has achieved two milestones: the first online show to get Emmy nominations, and the first show in memory so honored without knowing how many viewe ...
- 'House of Cards' and Stars Get Emmy Noms; So Does Bateman, for 'Arrested Development'
Online Video Daily, P.J. Bednarski - Thursday, July 18, 2013
The Emmy Award nominations were announced Thursday morning, and as expected, "House of Cards" was nominated as best series, and stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright were nominated, too. It ...
- Emmy Noms For Netflix Could Signal Major Shift
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Emmy nominations will be announced tomorrow -- and if, as expected by many, Netflix's "House of Cards" and "Arrested Development" garner best actor or best program nominations, "it would ...
- Cannes Lions Org Reviews Award Rules
MediaDailyNews, Steve McClellan - Tuesday, July 9, 2013
The Cannes Lions organization said Tuesday it was reviewing its rules regarding the amendment of awards submissions to its annual International Festival of Creativity. Word of the rules review com ...
- 9 New Sponsors Behind ESPY Awards
MediaDailyNews, Wayne Friedman - Monday, July 1, 2013
Nine new associate sponsors will come aboard for ESPN's 21st annual "ESPY Awards" later this month -- with Capital One returning as presenting sponsor of the show for the seco ...
- Awarding Versus Rewarding Innovation
Online Spin, Joseph Jaffe - Wednesday, June 19, 2013
My sense is that the industry "feels" that the bridge between Madison Avenue and Mountain View is either already important or will become increasingly important. That's the good news. T ...
- Cannes Lions, Gates Foundation Partner For Global Initiative
MediaDailyNews, Steve McClellan - Monday, June 17, 2013
The Cannes Lions organization, which puts on the annual advertising awards festival, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are serious about doing something to help ease the plight ...
- The Trouble with Advertising, Part 15,662: Awards Shows Are A Boys' Club
Mad Blog, Barbara Lippert - Friday, June 14, 2013
The big daddy of all advertising award shows, the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, kicks off on June 15. But this season, alongside all the usual cocktail-fueled networking, client-stealin ...
- Ford Backs BET With Promo
Marketing Daily, Karl Greenberg - Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The automaker, which will have sponsored the awards show for six years, is dangling a VIP experience including a trip for two access to the Ford-sponsored preshow red carpet a ...
- CBS Nets Tony Awards Through 2018
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Wednesday, May 22, 2013
CBS has reached a new broadcast agreement with the Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing to keep the Tony Awards on the network through 2018, reports
Broadcasting & Cable- A Vulcan Salute For The Best Ad Campaigns
Just An Online Minute, Persia Tatar - Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Last Wednesday, during Creative Week, The One Club held its annual One Show honoring the best ad campaigns of the past year. Creative folks know how to throw a go ...
- After Party: Here's Who The Oscar Really Went To...
Marketing Daily, Mark Papia - Monday, March 4, 2013
Forget the nominees and the winners. The movies that benefitted most from the Academy Awards telecast and surrounding social media buzz are the ones that created the most curiosity. Th ...
- #OscarRTM Redux: An Untimely Column On Real-Time Marketing
Social Media Insider, Catharine P. Taylor - Friday, March 1, 2013
Forgive me. If I were posting this column in real time, I would have had it up on the site before Seth McFarlane's first utterance of the word "boobs" ...
- Seth Beats Billy: 2013 Oscars Ratings Up Over Last Year's
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Monday, February 25, 2013
In preliminary tracking, ratings for last night's Seth MacFarlane-hosted Oscars telecast beat 2011's Billy Crystal-hosted show, with a 12.1, "up 19% from last year’s fast nationals (of 10.7). The 20 ...
- Great Moments In Oscars History: The Saga Of Snow White
Around the Net In Media, Phyllis Fine - Friday, February 22, 2013
You thought James Franco had a bad time hosting the Oscars in 2011? In honor of the Academy Awards show on Sunday, we suggest you check out this behind-the-scenes sto ...
