| Cyn MC & Int'l 12/22/06 |
|
|
|
Cynopsis: Multi-Cultural &
International Edition
12/22/06 Good Morning. It's Friday, December 22, 2006, and this is your first early morning Multi-Cultural briefing. This is also your last briefing for 2006 - we're off all next week, returning on Tuesday, January 2. Have a wonderful holiday and see you next year! AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET: The Star Jones Reynolds Report will premiere on TV One's Christmas week with two primetime airings. The original 60-minute special will air December 26 and 28 at 10p. Hosted and exec produced by TV personality, attorney and author Star Jones Reynolds, the show takes a year-end look inside the lives of African Americans, covering social, economic, and cultural issues. ASIAN/INDIAN MARKET: PBS will debut a new Asian/Pacific American TV show titled My Life Disoriented about a group of high schoolers, starting on December 26 (check local listings). The original pilot aired as part of PBS' Independent Lens series. For the series to get greenlit beyond the pilot will depend on the audience's response to the first episode. My Life Disoriented's cast includes Karin Anna Cheung, Tamlyn Tomita, Dennis Dun, Autumn Reeser, and Di Quon. The creators are actor Di Quon, writer Claire Yorita Lee, and director Eric Byler. GAY/LESBIAN MARKET: Showtime is teaming up with several designers to build a limited edition apparel and accessories inspired by the network's The L Word series. The "L"ements of Style collection will be available from January 3 to February 28. The collection includes sportswear from Laura Dahl, bags by TES, jewelry from Love and Pride, jeans from Honey Labrador, denim from Blue Cult, and handbags by Cate Adair. The retailers holding the items include Atrium (NYC), Brown Eyed Girl (San Francisco and Marin), Duets (Nashville), Ultimo (Chicago), Scout and Molly's (Raleigh and Chapel Hill, NC), Mitzi & Romano (Atlanta), Lulu (Miami), and more to be added in LA and Washington, D.C. At least 10% of sales will donated to charity while 100% of proceeds for specific limited editions pieces in the collection will be given to fight breast cancer at The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Dr. Susan Love Research Foundation. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Publishing, animation and licensing company VIZ Media, LLC has relocated its European operations from Amsterdam to Paris. The new European company will be called VIZ Media Europe, S.A.R.L (VME) and will officially open on January 15, 2007. John Easum has been appointed as VME's President/Gerant and will oversee all of VIZ Media's European, Middle Eastern and African operations from Paris. John was previously EVP of VIZ Media for North American sales and marketing operations. Digital Media Exchange (DME), a publisher/distributor of online games, has launched Mobiuskids.net its first kid/tween-targeted online game service in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore. In an effort to encourage kids and parents playing together Mobiuskids includes a range of family oriented games/activities and educational games as well as casual and downloadable arcade games. At launch, DME introduces two casual titles to the region, Disney's MMOG Toontown Online and the virtual pet game GoPets. Other content includes a piggybank, task scheduler and goal tracker. Most games on the site require a subscription, with each country having its own subscription offering. The FUNimation Channel, a 24/7 digital channel, can now be seen live by 1+ million HH in the Seattle area on KHCV TV-45, Seattle's digital channel 44-3. OlympuSAT is the exclusive distributor of the FUNimation Channel, which is now available to video service providers as a 24/7 linear channel and as syndicated programming. BBC2 has acquired C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia from U.S.-based Faith & Values Media. Th U.K. network will air the show on December 24, Christmas Eve, at 1150a. The Lightworks Producing Group and The BBC co-production was produced in association with Windborne Productions. The 60-minute biographical docudrama explores the inspiration behind C.S. Lewis' children's literary works. Norman Stone wrote and directed the program while Anton Rodgers stars as C.S. Lewis and Diane Venora as Joy Gresham. EXECUTIVE MOVES: Disney has upped Paul Shurgot to SVP/CFO of Walt Disney Studios. He will be responsible for finance, accounting, and IT for Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Animation, Pixar Animation, Miramax Films, Buena Vista Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, Buena Vista Worldwide Home Entertainment, Disney Theatrical Prods., and Buena Vista Music Group. A part of Disney's finance department for over 11 years, Paul was most recently deputy CFO for the studio. He will continue to report to Alan Bergman, Walt Disney Studios' President. Fox Sports International (FSI) upped Edward Derse to VP/Interactive Media. He will be in charge of general management and operations of FSI's interactive and emerging media platforms, including Internet, broadband, IPTV and wireless. This includes overseeing websites for Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol, Fox Sports Latin America, and Foxsoccer.com. Edward will also oversee interactive platform integration across FSI's television network production, marketing and ad sales operations. He was most recently Director/Interactive Media for FSI. Edward will continue to report to David Sternberg, FSI's EVP & GM. TV-Loonland has appointed Bernd Conrad as its new Head/Licensing and Merchandising (L&M). He is charged with developing and implementing a strategy for marketing and L&M opportunities. In addition, his responsibilities include identifying and managing licensing agents internationally and overseeing L&M in German speaking Europe and pan-international deals. Conrad will report to COO Olivier Dumont, and will work out of the company's Munich office from January 2007. Most recently Conrad was Licensing Director, Jetix Consumer Products Germany, responsible for Merchandising and Home Video in Germany speaking countries.
Friday Fun Fact:
On average, Americans eat one hundred acres
of pizza a day. This amounts to about three hundred fifty slices per
second.
Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: Back forty plus years ago, on what show were the Hubbards and Buells related? MOTHERS-IN-LAW Kudos to: Michael Goodman-WJZZ Smooth Jazz/Atlanta; Amy Kolasky-MTV Networks/NY; Mark Ski-Mark Ski Productions/NY; Dan Matson-DJM/Glendale CA No Trivia Today: We're off now for the holiday until January 2, 2007. Have a wonderful holiday and see you next year! ( click here) with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. Unofficial rules: Only the second four correct answers from each time zone will be mentioned; and once you've been mentioned in any of the Cynopsis editions, you can't be mentioned again that calendar week.) Saludos - Ariana Ariana Rawls for Cynopsis: Multi-Cultural & International Edition 12.22.06 Cynopsis Ad Sales: Mark Bohn - 203-583-1224 / Classifieds: Trish Pihonak - 203-926-9878 / Features available at Cynopsis website: www.cynopsis.com Cynopsis Multicultural & International Daily Audio Podcast - streaming (download optional) Extended Classified Ads Subscribe a new address or change your email address Unsubscribe Media Kits for all editions Archive Cynopsis Contact info To Unsubscribe from this edition or any Cynopsis editions, please click here Cable U - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Click here. All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. Copyright Cynopsis 2006
JOB OPENING:
FRELNCE TECH CONS/FORMAT
PROD/AETN,Int'l/NY: Resch tech re
master/distrib content, troubleshoot sys. Screen/prep mats for edit for int'l
dub master. BA in Tech/Media, 2yrs tech, vendor or TV prod exp. Apply: www.aetn.com
(1/5)
JOB OPENING: PROMO SCHED COORD/BBCAmerica, NY: All promo schdlng oprtionl rspnsblts, esp. inpt & mgmt of trfc mgr Gabrl, ovrsee transmsn lgs & outgng comm. Re: Cvr ltr & res to (1/4) JOB OPENING: MANAGER OF TOYS LICENSING/NY: 4+yrs licensing and consumer products; toys a plus. Manage product licensing for Mattel/Fisher-Price Nick Toys. Must have mgt experience. EOE/M/F/D/AAP. Apply www.mtvncareers.com. (1/4) JOB OPENING: TRAFFIC MANAGER, AD SALES/MUSIC CHOICE/NYC: Flighting, scheduling, tracking all ad schedules on multiple platforms. Liaison with Operations dept. 3 years exp. (1/3) JOB OPENING: BRAND MANAGER/Gemstar-TV Guide/NY: 7+ yrs exp; Responsible for driving brand strategy throughout the organization and providing marketing support for cross-platform initiatives. Email: (1/3) JOB OPENING: ASSOCIATE PRODUCER/NY based Nationally Syndicated Television Show: Must have at least 3 years experience RESUMES: (1/3) JOB OPENING: MGR/CONSUMER RESEARCH/iN DEMAND/NYC: Design & manage all phases custom market research. Manage syndicated res studies & vendors. BA/BS req'd +3-5 yrs market res exp. (1/3) JOB OPENING: VP DEVEL/PROD/NY: Devel/Sell prog. for estab. tv prod co. req'd; Proven track rec in devel/prod, Strng writing, Knwldg of prod., budgets & A+ contacts a must. 5+ yrs exp (ntwrk/cable) Send res to: (1/3) JOB OPENING: LICENSING MGR/WTTW-11, top PBS-Affiliate Station/Chicago: 4+ years working with footage, licensing & IP issues. See web site for full description & application instructions: http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=7,7 (12/23) JOB OPENING: SALES ASST/BET NETWORKS/Chicago: Entry Level/detail oriented/excellent communication and organizational skills needed/Work with Planner & AE to service clients daily. Forward resume: (12/23) WINTER INTERNSHIPS - These positions are for credit only - nobody gets paid here. They are posted for free, and students work for school credit only. For more information on the specs for posting an Internship ad, email Trish at . WINTER INTERNSHIP/CREDITS ONLY : Scripted and Reality TV company/LA: seeking winter interns with great computer, organizational, writing, reading and people skills. Great learning opportunity. College credit. Email (12/23) WINTER INTERNSHIP/CREDITS ONLY: Looking for an exciting internship? Join Radio Disney in NYC for an experience of a lifetime. Must be able to drive and work with kids. Please fax resume to 212-615-3268 to the attention of Jennifer Zappola (12/23) WINTER INTERNSHIP/CREDITS ONLY: ACCOUNTING INTERN/Banyan Productions: prepare journal entries/account reconciliations, paying daily expenses, preparing/making deposits, bank reconciliation and preparing cost reports. Email resume to (12/23) SITUATION WANTED ADS, POSTED BY THOSE LOOKING TO BE HIRED -- E-mail for rates and specs for Job Openings. Are you looking for a job? Post your Situation Wanted Ad here -- Email for specs. |
