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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 10/10/07 Good Morning. It's Wednesday, October 10, 2007, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. MIPCOM 2007 NEWS: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) will debut its Style channel globally as The Style Network with rollout to begin in Africa and Poland (on Vectra) by the end of 2007. CIMG is also launching VOD fully branded channels internationally. The deals include E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network, The Golf Channel, G4, and Exercise TV. Localized E! Online versions will launch in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the U.K. this year with new German, Italian, and French-language translated sites added to the current English, Spanish, and Hebrew versions. Here are more details on the deals …
Zodiak and Indian indie production house Sol signed an investment deal at the market in which Zodiak takes an initial 35% stake in Sol. The two will partner to acquire programs and produce new content within the Indian subcontinent. Subject to final agreement, Zodiak Television Group's Zodiak Television World distribution arm will licence and distribute Sol's programming internationally, excluding India. VOOM HD Networks has completed an agreement with the U.K.'s Virgin Media to trial the global VOOM HD channel starting this month as part Virgin Media's 50Mb/s Broadband Pilot in the U.K. E! will have new launches on France's cable broadband operator Numericable and on Turkish DTH operator Digiturk as part of its extended basic package, Aile Paketi. The network will be first launched on Numericable's basic cable subscriber tier covering major metro areas such as Paris with a new localized French version of E! News on Canalsat as well. The new Studio 100 Media NV & Co. KG, a division of Belgium's Studio 100, has entered into an exclusive Latin American distribution pact with Comarex for the rights to Studio 100 Media's programming library. It includes TV, format, theatrical, home video, merchandising, and publishing exclusively for Latin America, as well as the non-exclusive rights to Spanish-language programming for distribution in the U.S. Bumba The Clown, The House of Anubis, Spring and Mega Mindy are some of the titles from Studio 100 Media's catalog. Studio 100 Media NV & Co. KG will also acquire and develop new content, take part in co-production and co-financing efforts, and handle international distribution for Studio 100 and third party properties. Starting this Fall, kids throughout Spain will get a triple dose of the interactive 30-minute series, Play With Me Sesame, as broadcaster Antena 3 expands it to not only air on its free terrestrial channel, but also on its free digital channel and its website. It will be relaunch on Saturdays and Sundays at 730a during the terrestrial channel's Megatrix block, and will premier at 9a daily on Antena 3's new, free digital terrestrial channel Neox. Three new 120-minute installments of Discovery Networks International's high-def series, Discovery Atlas, will debut on Discovery Channel and Discovery HD in Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa starting in 4Q2007. They will focus on India, Mexico, and South Africa, respectively. Target Entertainment hit quite a few targets at MIPCOM …
Canada's CTV, together with 19 Entertainment, Ltd and dick clark productions will develop, produce, and broadcast So You Think You Can Dance Canada following CTV's acquisition of the Canadian format rights from the latter two companies. Disney Channel Japan has added Shaftesbury Films' live-action kids' comedy series Life with Derek (26x30) to its roster. Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. acquired all worldwide rights to the dark comedy The Babysitters. It will release the film theatrically in the U.S. and Canada in Spring 2008. Peace Arch also bought the global distribution rights to crime drama mini-series Guns. Several bits of Disney-ABC International Television news …
Taffy Entertainment signed a deal with VEO of Spain to create a 120-minute Taffy-branded kids block called Taffy Kids. The K6-12-targeted programming block will air Saturdays and Sundays from 3-5p with shows such as Funky Cops and Wheel Squad. U.K.-based indie distributor NBDtv, a DCD Media subsidiary, inked several deals right before the market for its drama The Last Enemy from Box TV. The political thriller has been picked up as a presale by ABC in Australia, TVNZ in New Zealand, SVT in Sweden, and YLE in Finland as did Universal for DVD rights in the U.K. TV and DVD rights in the U.S. have been licensed to WGBH. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM NEW VIDEO SUMMIT
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October 29, Boston We're proud to host our second New Video Summit, which will provide expert insight into how traditional TV companies are coping with the challenges and the uncharted opportunities made available through IP technology. Luncheon keynote from Tom Rogers, Tivo CEO. Top speakers from Nielsen Online, Digital Smiths, adap.tv, MetaCafe, Expo TV, Blip TV, Scripps Network Interactive, Sling Media, Veoh and more. Free 100+ pp Directory! HISPANIC MARKET: Univision Online, Inc. has partnered with SCP Worldwide as the exclusive multi-platform distributor for the 2010 South American World Cup qualifiers.Starting this month, matches will be played by the 10 South American Confederation teams from the, including international powerhouses such as Brazil and Argentina. The Univision.com (keyword: Eliminatorias) mini-site will link to free videos, blogs, photos, and news updates. Telemundo's results for the September NTI and NSI survey period show the network averaging 595,000 A18-49 in Monday through Sunday Prime, increasing 17% over September 2006 (510,000) and 18% over August 2007 (506,000). According to Nielsen Media Research data, in September 2007's Monday through Friday Prime figures, the network averaged 619,000 A18-49, growing 15% vs. last year (540,000) with the 7p and 8p time slots in particular boosting audience numbers compared to September 2006. Univision and Nuyorican Productions named the cast of their new Como Ama Una Mujer (How a Woman Loves) with Jennifer Lopez as creator and exec producer. The five-part dramatic mini-series will debut on Univision this fall with Chile's Leonor Varela in the lead role of Sofia, Mexico's Raul Mendez as a man from her past and future, Diego, and Chile's Cristian de la Fuente as her fiance. Other main characters include Gabriela de la Garza, Rebecca Jones, Rocio Verdejo, Martin Altomaro, Josefo Rodriguez, Karoll Marquez, and Luis Fernando Padilla. Casting Call: Univision will start a six-city audition tour in the U.S. and Puerto Rico for Nuestra Belleza Latina's (Our Latin Beauty) second season on October 13 in Chicago. The winner will receive a contract as an on-air personality on Univision and a chance at $200,000 in cash and prizes. The show will be hosted again by Univision's Giselle Blondet. More info at www.Univision.com (Uniclave: Nuestra Belleza Latina). LATAM MARKET: Star Farm Productions has appointed PI Distribution as its distribution partner for Latin America. With this new partnership, Edgar & Ellen animated shorts, specials and the 26 episode series will be offered in Latin and Central America. ASIAN/INDIAN MARKET: ImaginAsian TV will launch a new 3 1/2-hour South Asian block titled Simply Desi on October 20 at 830a. Airing Saturdays from 830a-12p and Sundays from 12-330p, the block will feature the following programs:
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