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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM
CABLEU
Who
is
TNT
after as a central character for new drama
series? What are the latest changes to
WEtv
's weekend programming strategy?
How extreme does your idea need to be for Spike TV? CableU is your only source for the latest information on what the hottest cable networks really want. NEW Network Analyses are now available! Click here for more info. Plus: exclusive interviews, articles on everything from pitching to pricing, and our exclusive Network Needs list. Get it all, only at www.CableU.tv . CableU - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Cynopsis: International 11/29/07 Good morning. It's Thursday, November 29, 2007, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: The 8th Annual Asia Television Forum (ATF) is underway in Singapore, with a record 140+ new companies and some 4,700 participants from upwards of 50 different countries. Reed Exhibitions' ATF runs through Friday, November 30, and when all is said and done programming sales are expected to out-do last year's $47.1 million. FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) sold 1,200 hours of programming in Asia just prior to the Asian Television Forum. Shows that will be seen in Asian territories include Essence of Emeril featuring chef Emeril Lagasse; Bunim Murray Productions' Spike TV series Murder; the Martha Stewart library of shows; The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency; and American Idol. Philippines broadcaster, ABS CBN Creative Networks has picked up 446 hours of programming including Radical Media's Sundance Channel show Iconoclasts series one and two and Mark Burnett's The Apprentice US series six. Thailand's UBC Cineplex purchased Scout Productions' Sundance Channel series Big Ideas for a Small Planet and Radical Media's Gamekillers. Media Prima in Malaysia snapped up Weinstein/Miramax's Project Runway series four and Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency series three from Little Pond Productions/FremantleMedia North America. Finally, several productions from the U.K. have been selected including The BRIT Awards 2008; Bringing Up Baby and Fat Man's Warning; and programming catalogs from Nigel Marven and Jamie Oliver. Asia-Pacific's first Centre for Content Protection (CCP) opened its office in Singapore and the announcement was made at the Digital Future Symposium held along with the Asia Television Forum. Goals for the CCP include expanding consumer viewing choices through technology systems that allow secure distribution of digital television; education relating to digital transition; support of technical solutions for legal downloads; home networking and remote access; and anti-piracy technological solutions. The CCP will launch an online resource of core services for members within the first year and will produce electronic materials, white papers, establish networking channels for members and host events and conferences. Additionally, the CCP Directors will select Primary Advisory Committee entities which will lead the organization. Membership fees are USD$2500 and application information is available at www.contentprotection.net. Disney-ABC International Television Asia Pacific has inked a number of program sales at ATF, including for The View and Good Morning America that will be seen on Velvet, Creative Programs Inc.'s women-centric cable network. While The View will be air live, GMA will run on a two-hour delay from the US. Other program sales include Samantha Who, Dirty Sexy Money and the Reaper. Cablevision is adding The Korean Channel to its iO TV International Korean package, available now on channel 263 across the MSOs entire footprint. The Korean Channel features programming from both SBS and TKCTV, including SNS News, contemporary and traditional dramas, entertainment shows and sports. iO's Korean package is priced at an additional $14.95/month for Family Cable subscribers and $24.95 for Broadcast Basic customers. A documentary tackling the topic of multiculturalism in Canada will premiere Saturday, Dec. 1 on Rogers OMNI Television in Canada. The M Word, airing first in English then later in Ukrainian, will profile prominent multicultural Canadian nationals including Strategic Counsel Chair Allan Gregg and Aboriginal lawyer and stand-up comic Candy Palmater. 28:30, LLC entered into an exclusive contract to manage DR spot and paid programming sales for LATV Networks as it continues to roll out as a national digital multiplex offering. Sonia Gonzalez, head of 28:30's new Spanish Sales Division, will head the account. Korea's Iconix Entertainment has completed broadcast deals for its animated kids series Pororo the Little Penguin in Italy, Spain, Mexico and the Middle East, per C21 Media. The series has also been acquired by Televisa (Mexico) and the Al-Jazeera Children's Channel, with agreements for the Benelux and Brazil also in the works. India's Hungama Mobile has inked a deal with Paramount Digital Entertainment, a new division of Paramount Pictures, under which the two will develop, localize and distribute Paramount-branded mobile and interactive content across India to 200+ mobile subscribers.. Content will include logos, ringtones, animated wallpaper, and mobile games and video clips based on current and upcoming Paramount properties. Hungama Mobile in not related to Disney's India-based kid-targeted TV channel, Hungama. HISPANIC MARKET: Univision will put its newest novella Pasion (Passion) out to sea on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 9 pm ET/PT, the latest offering from the producers of Amor Real and Alborada. The soap takes viewers on an epic romantic voyage to historical ports of call including Cartegena de Indias, Colombia and Campeche, following heroine Camilia Darien (Susana Gonzalez) as she escapes on a pirate ship to allude her kidnappers. As November Sweep comes to an end, Univision Television Network posted its best November Sweep ever with a +14% increase in A18-49 viewers and a +12% bump among A18-34 viewers compared to the same period last year. According to Nielsen Television Index, Univision remained as the fifth broadcast network in the U.S. in primetime among all key demographics. EXECUTIVE MOVES: As Twentieth Century Fox expands in the Asia-Pacific markets, the studio recruited Grant Kahn for the position of VP/International Licensing in the Licensing & Merchandising division. Prior to this appointment, Grant was Partner/Consultant/Principle for World Trade Consultants, Ltd. where he established a global network of more than 45 multinational Fortune 500 companies. Univision appointed Luis Patino as VP & GM of the Univision Television Group's Austin, TX station, KAKW-TV. Luis will also manage the sales activity of Austin TeleFutura affiliate KVBO-CA and its satellites owned by Lin Broadcasting. He reports to Ray Rodriguez, President and COO of Univision. Atlantyca Entertainment taps Niccolo Sacchi as Production Manager. First up for Sacchi, who will work on a range of projects, is Atlantyca's animated TV series Geronimo Stilton, which is a co-product with Moonscoop. Based in the company's Milan headquarters, he will report to Executive Producer, Caterina Vacchi. Most recently Sacchi was head of the animation department for Green Movie, where he worked on countless commercials. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: On this popular TV show, the host made his weekly entrance by sliding down a fireman's pole onto the stage. Who was this? DEAN MARTIN Kudos to: Diane Wilson-Freelance TV News and Documentary Producer/NY; Dennis Nance-Turner Broadcasting, Inc./Atlanta; W. Leon Gittens-Vision Productions, Inc./Washington, DC; Howard Leib-BrainCamp/NY; Gene Lavelle-First Look Studios/LA Today's Trivia Question: In the 1985 movie Mask, what was the name of the biker who surprised Rocky (Eric Stoltz) with a puppy? ( 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.) 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