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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM
CABLEU
Attention WGA
strikers:
Here's what one program executive has to say about CableU -- "Even with the strike on and all my accounts being on hold now ... I still had to 'squeeze' CableU into my budget. Thanks for a wonderful service!" CableU - We're here for U ! www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Cynopsis: International 11/09/07 Good morning. It's Friday, November 9, 2007, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: NBC Universal Inc. (NBCU) and Jupiter Telecommunications Co.,Ltd. signed an agreement for NBCU to acquire 100% of Jupiter Telecommunication's JSBC2 subsidiary as well as launch Sci Fi Channel on J:COM in Spring 2008. JSBC2 currently holds Reality TV's broadcasting license on the SkyperfecTV platform in Japan. The deal is expected to close in April 2008. Toronto's Insight Sports Ltd. launched its World Fishing Network (WFN) television channel as part of its first U.S. carriage agreement with Verizon FiOS TV. As part of the channel's American debut, the around-the-clock WFN will be available in 12 states, including California, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, and Virginia. DLT Entertainment's U.K. My Family sitcom is reportedly undergoing a U.S. conversion with a possible American version of the BBC One format to be developed soon. The series has already been sold in 30 territories, including in the U.S. to BBC America and PBS, Canada's YTV, Australia's ABC, France's Comedie!, and others, according to THR. Adult entertainment company Private Media Group, Inc. is entering the North American VOD market with a foreign-language VOD package featuring Private adult movies to be distributed via a major U.S. operator to over 5 million US VOD subscribers. Decode Enterprises has inked a range of international deals for the stop-motion animated preschool series Poko. In the U.S., Discovery Kids picked up the Spanish-language TV rights for all three seasons of Poko, while Discovery Kids Latin America took the third season in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Additionally, RaiSat (Italy) acquired the series, Polmedia's Mini Mini cable and satellite channel took the first 26 episodes, and digital broadcaster DigiTurk (Turkey) acquired season three and renewed its deal for the first two seasons of the show. ATV (Hong Kong) committed to season two and three, digital satellite Skylife (Korea) to season one and two for its Kids-Talk-Talk channel, Pacific Bridge took the home video rights for Korea, and ABC2 (Australia) signed up for season two. Juno Baby, an educational DVD, CD, apparel, and plush producer, signed a new agreement with OmNi E+ for distribution in Brazil. HISPANIC MARKET: Si TV launched a new community site for its music show Jammin to attract the work of unsigned bands. www.Jammin.sitv.com is hosting a contest offering entrants a chance to appear on Si TV, make a music video and win $10,000 in cash. Between now and December 6, unsigned bands can submit profiles with music, photos, links, and bios with voting for the top 15 fav bands to take place December 7-January 3. It will be further dwindled down to 6 semifinalists, who will appear on Si TV's Jammin. In the end, three finalists will go on to duke it out on February 23, 2008 with the band's journey and highlights to air in June 2008. MTV Latin America's live telecast of the sixth annual Los Premios MTV Latin America on October 18 earned top honors as the highest rated pay TV program among youth in Mexico (including broadcast) for A12-17 and A12-24, according to IBOPE Media Information, Telereport. It was also #1 in its combined pre-show and show airing in Argentina for A12-17 and #1 in Colombia for 12-17, 18-24 and 12-24 and in Chile among Pay TV for 12-34 and 18-34. The show is estimated to have been seen by over 9.3 million viewers across Latin America via pay TV on MTV Latin America and broadcast television via syndication. The show had over 2.6 million online viewers on www.MTVla.com . Telemundo's results for the October NTI and NSI survey period show the network averaging 561,000 A18-49 in primetime, increasing +15% over October 2006. In weekday primetime, it brought in 599,000 A18-49, up +12% from last year with the 7p and 8p time periods bringing larger audiences in particular, according to Nielsen Media Research. 12 Corazones averaged 574,000 A18-49 in its premiere month while Madre Luna hit a high of 881,000 in A18-49 on October 23. October's Mexican National Soccer Team match against Mexico and Guatemala delivered 1,733,000 A18-49 (NTI). Marilyn Martinez, one of The Original Latin Divas of Comedy and a veteran comedian, passed away from cancer on November 3 in LA. She appeared most recently in the Showtime special The Original Latin Divas of Comedy, which will be released on DVD December 11. A portion of the DVD proceeds will be donated to her family. And a final note ... It's that time of year again -- or that time every few years again -- when Cynopsis conducts a quick 5-question survey to find out what you think about and use this daily, how you'd like to see it improved. Honestly, this will take less than 30 seconds, it's completely anonymous. and we'd really appreciate your input. Click here to participate and thank you! Cynopsis Weekender College Edition returns on November 15th! Deadline for college student written essays on the topic of television is tonight at midnight! Essays should be sent to me at , subject Weekender College Edition. Top 4 essays are published in Weekender on Nov 15th, and authors are paid $350 each. Students - be sure to include your name, age, college, college year, and major (if you know it), and how you can be contacted. And here's something else -- all students submitting essays can also submit (free!) their Situation Wanted ad which will run in all editions for one week beginning Nov 15, and the first ten Video Resumes submitted will run on the www.cynopsis.com Video Resume page. Check with at Cynopsis for added info. Friday Fun Fact: Penguins have an organ above their eyes that converts seawater to fresh water. Isn't that handy1 Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: What was the name of the American research submarine that served as the setting of the TV series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964-1968)? THE SEAVIEW Kudos to: Paul Kelly-Court TV/NY; Howard Leib-BrainCamp/NY; Jack Hodgson-Oklahoma State University/Stillwater, OK Today's Trivia Question: In the movie Shanghai Noon, Chon Wang (Jackie Chan) is on a mission to rescue who? ( 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.) Later -- Ariana Ariana Rawls for Cynopsis: International Edition 11.09.07 Cynopsis Int'l Ad Sales: Jason Cesare - 732-718-0629 / Classifieds - Trish Pihonak- 203-926-9878 / Cynopsis website - Video Resumes, Extended Classified Ads, Archives, and the Cynopsis Daily Video CableU - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. 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