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Whether you're getting ready for your next development meeting, or are gearing up to pitch your programs to a network, CableU is the only resource that provides analysis and information for over 100 U.S. cable networks - all at your fingertips, 24 hours a day, anywhere in the world. Stop by MIPCOM Booth R31.17 for a live demo and complimentary cable network analysis. MIPCOM Special: Sign up now and get one month free! Click here to subscribe. (Promotion code: MIPCOM) www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Cynopsis: International 10/09/07 Good Morning. It's Tuesday, October 9, 2007, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: The History Channel UK, a joint venture between A&E Television Networks and British Sky Broadcasting, signed an agreement to distribute The History Channel HD to Scandinavia beginning December 13, 2007. At launch, it will be available on Canal Digital in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) inked a 4-year partnership with Nelvana Enterprises for the exclusive rights to distribute some of Nelvana's portfolio of kids' programming in the U.K. and Ireland on DVD. It will allow FME to further develop its kids' home entertainment brands in the U.K. FME will start off with Grossology (26x22), Di-Gata Defenders (52x22), and Jane and the Dragon (26x22). Animal Planet International (API) will rollout a programming slate focused on celebrating and protecting the natural world this Fall in over 200 million homes across the U.K., Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa.
SCI FI Channel has greenlit Ghost Hunters International, following the adventures of a new team of skeptical paranormal investigators as traveling in Europe. The show will debut on SCI FI in January 2008 and is produced in association with Pilgrim Films and Television. Canadian-based 9 Story Entertainment signed a development deal with wilderness survivor expert and filmmaker, Les Stroud, to jointly develop a live-action series for kids based on his Discovery Channel's reality series Survivorman. Co-produced with Survivorman Productions, the show will adapt the original show's science, biology, geology, and creativity themes for children. The U.K.'s Wall to Wall indie production house completed two pre-MIP deals for Biker Gangs (2x60) with Five in the U.K. and Against All Odds (6x60) with Prime in New Zealand. The first is a co production with National Geographic US and Discovery Channel Canada while the second is with National Geographic US and History Television Canada. The 35th International Emmy Awards nominations were announced late last week by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences with 38 nominees from 16 countries in 9 categories. Winners will be announced on November 19 in New York in addition to two special awards going to Al Gore for Current TV and Chairman Patrick Le Lay for TF1. Brazil leads with 7 nominations, followed by 4 for Japan, and 3 for South Africa. Top 10 United Kingdom Box Office Estimates- September 28 October 4, 2007 Atonement (Universal Pictures) $3.02 million - 4 wk total $18.5m Run, Fat Boy, Run (Entertainment) $2.71 million - 4 wk total $16.53m I Now Pronounce You Chuck … (Universal Pictures) $2.38 million - 2 wk total $5.69m Superbad (Sony Pictures Intl) $2.27 million - 3 wk total $10.39m Halloween (Paramount) $2 million - opening wk Michael Clayton (Pathe Distribution Ltd) $1.92 million - opening wk The Brave One (Warner Bros.) $1.6 million - opening wk Mr. Woodcock (Entertainment) $1.38 million - opening wk The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal Pictures) $1.05 million - 7 wk total $47.07m War (Lions Gate UK Ltd) $634,876 - opening wk *Source: Nielsen EDI and Variety MIPCOM 2007 NEWS: Disney-ABC International Television and Kamera, an Internet/mobile TV aggregator, have closed an agreement to distribute news video content from ABC News on via mobile operators and online platforms worldwide, excluding North America. Content included in the deal covers ABC News On Demand clips, ABC News service ABC NewsOne, and clips from ABC's Good Morning America show. Kamera will also offer localized versions. National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), Off the Fence, and the Media Development Authority of Singapore signed a partnership initiative to commission fifteen 60-minute original documentary programs in high-def to encourage Singaporean filmmaking over the next three years. The shows will premiere on NGCI to 190 million homes in 165 countries while Off the Fence retains all rights in Germany, France, and U.S. in addition to handling international distribution. Disney-ABC International Television also inked a digital media deal to license a selection of movies to Russia's set top box VOD service Sistema. The films cover studios such as Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Miramax Films. The company also licensed terrestrial TV rights to Kyle XY to the U.K.'s BBC. Been quite a busy few days for Disney-ABC International Television already! The company also signed an agreement with basic cable channel Star Plus for Disney's Platinum animation titles, which will be localized and dubbed in Hindi for the Indian market. It will start with The Incredibles on October 14 on STAR Plus. NonStop Television AB and VOOM HD Networks added another five affiliates to global VOOM HD channel's distribution. The new affiliates are Estonia's Levira DTT provider, Norway's GET operator, and Finland's SW Televisio/Welho, Tampereen Tietoverkko and Turun Kaapelitelevisio. Bennett Media Worldwide closed a number of licensing deals, including …
CABLEready closed three deals with Scandinavia's NonStop Television acquiring The Fashion Team while broadcaster Zone Reality took six programs including Dominick Dunne's Power, Privilege and Justice, Paramedics, Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, Shark Chasers, Women on Death Row, and the third season of Risk Takers. The deal covers Zone Reality's channel feeds in the U.K./Ireland, Latin America, Asia/Pacific, and Europe/Middle East/Africa. In addition, Spain's La Sexta renewed Forensic Files. MTV Networks International is launching a new 40x30 internationally customized series produced by Comedy Central. The Colbert Report Global Edition, compiled from the original series, will be internationally syndicated in addition to the 161x30 The Colbert Report. New terrestrial TV deals for Disney Channel's Original Movie sequel High School Musical 2 cover licensing to free TV broadcasters, including the BBC in the U.K., RTI in Italy, ProSieben in Germany, M6 in France, RTE in Ireland, Channel 1 in Russia, and SABC South Africa. In the Asia-Pacific region, it was picked up by China's CCTV6, Australia's Channel 7, New Zealand's TVNZ, and Studio 23 in the Philippines. PorchLight Entertainment's first sales from the market were made with Hell's Rain to TF1 (France), Sogecable (Spain), RTL2 (Germany), Art Port (Japan), Andrea Leone (Italy), TVP (Poland), D Productions (Turkey), RTL Klub (Hungary), Eagle and Orbit (Middle East), Star TV (Asia), and MPI (Romania). Corus Entertainment Inc.'s Nelvana Enterprises is expanding its digital sell-through network following an agreement to sell its animated content through the online stores powered by HP Video Merchant Services. It covers Nelvana's kids content library, including Beyblade, Braceface, Brian Jacques' Redwall, and Tales from the Cryptkeeper. FremantleMedia Enterprises acquired the distribution, home entertainment and ancillary rights to the 26x30 Essence of Emeril show. The company also bought 2008's The BRIT Awards (1x120) and The Classical BRIT Awards (1x60). EXECUTIVE MOVES: Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. named Larry Greenberg as SVP/Acquisitions to head up efforts to expand the company's film and television library. Previously with Showtime Networks as VP/Acquisitions, he will now be based in LA and report to Berry Meyerowitz, Peace Arch Home Entertainment's President. Laurent Dumeau has been pulled in as VP/Commercial and Network Development EMEA for NBC Universal's Global Networks division. In this newly created role based in Paris, he will over new channel business development in new territories across EMEA. Laurent will report to Greg Matson, Global Networks' SVP/Commercial and Network Development. He was previously with Universal Studios as CFO and Deputy Managing Director of the French speaking Channels. And an fyi ... It's the fall semester and you know what that means -- Cynopsis Weekender College Edition is coming back on November 15th! Here's how it works -- if you're currently a college student here or abroad, submit to Cynopsis your essay of 350 words or less on any topic relating to television. If your essay is one of four chosen as the most insightful, original, humorous and/or well-written, it will included in a special College Edition of Weekender. All four winning essay writers are awarded $350. Hello! Did you hear that? $350 bucks! All entries must be emailed no later than Friday, November 9th to me at , subject Weekender College Edition. Students - be sure to include your name, age, college, college year, and major (if you know it), and how you can be contacted. Good luck! Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: In the 2000 movie, Billy Elliot, what is the ballet that Billy is in at the end of the movie? SWAN LAKE Kudos to: Barbara Rosenthal-Tiffany Outdoor/NY; Joe Swaney-Cartoon Network/GA; Kathy Alexander-SpotPlus/Dallas; Steve Weinshel/Chicago; Erin Cook-Una Vez Mas/Dallas; Kathleen Campbell/Hollywood; John Harper-Keller Williams Real Estate/Beverly Hills; Ken DuBow-PorchLight/London; Karen Lee Hall-Heroic Film Company/Toronto Today's Trivia Question: In the movie, Purple Rain, what is the name of the club where the The Kid's (Prince) band played? ( 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.) A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM THE CYNOPSIS FOUNDATION, INC.
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