Sentence examples for spring upfront from inspiring English sources

This is taking place as the industry prepares for the spring "upfront presentations," the annual network effort to sell new shows in advance to their most important constituency: advertisers.

Executives at agencies who had been briefed on Kmart's media schedule said that OMD had negotiated agreements in the spring "upfront" market, ahead of the start of the 2003-4 televiseasoneason, for Kmart to buy an estimated $50 million worth of commercial time on the broadcast networks.

Mr. Christian paid $1,200 upfront along with a $200 a month licensing fee.

Tesla's 7-kilowatt-hours (kWh) capacity battery costs $3,000 upfront, excluding installation.

Last November Sara Feinberg, 29, a Brooklyn public defender, paid $3,200 upfront to become a lifetime member.

Next, Mr. Kuhn turned to a loan broker, paying him $1,000 upfront plus a promised 10 percent of the amount of the loan if approved.

I talked to her and her madam, and for $1,000 upfront I got to take her out of the brothel.

Despite dwindling audiences for network shows, marketers set a record in the 2003 upfront when they committed an estimated $9.2 billion to $9.3 billion to buying network ad time.

"The world is changing at lightning speed, and we are still forced to make decisions for next year upfront?" said Bill Koenigsberg, the founder and chief executive of Horizon Media, a media planning and ad placement firm.

The laws that do exist tend to err on the side of protecting employers, who often pay more than $2,000 upfront to hire the maids from the agencies that bring the women here.

The 2007 upfront: up or down?