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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM
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InternationalRealscreen Summit starts next week, and leads right into NATPE . How prepared are U ? Now's the time to brush up on your network knowledge before a once-in-a-lifetime pitch meeting. CableU tells you who's who and what's what in the industry. Get exclusive access to insider information! CableU 's Cram Session Special gives you one month of unlimited access to everything on CableU , for only $150.* Click here to sign up now. www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. (offer valid thru Feb. 29th) 01/15/08 Good morning. It's Tuesday, January 15, 2008, and this is your first early morning International briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Five companies, including ESPN, are investing $253 million for an 11% stake in NBA's NBA China venture in China. Bank of China Group Investment, Legend Holdings Ltd., Li Ka Shing Foundation, and China Merchants Investments join ESPN in the new entity, which will be headed up by Tim Chen, Microsoft Greater China's former CEO. He was hired back in October 2007 to serve as CEO and will be based in Beijing with offices in Shanghai and Guangzhou. At the end of this month, Discovery Networks Asia will launch Discovery HD on PCCW's now TV platform in Hong Kong, bringing the channel's global reach to 15 international markets. CBS Corporation will assume control of all international television distribution for the CSI franchise, effective immediately, with the closing of a 2007 agreement with private equity fund GS Capital Partners. GS Capital Partners had previously purchased Alliance Atlantis' financial interest in the CSI franchise, and will remain 50/50 partners with CBS in the franchise. CBS Paramount International Television will take over existing international agreements and will be responsible for all future sales of the three CSI series. Entertainment Rights secured new broadcast TV deals for the new 2D series Transformers Animated (26x22) and special (1x70) with Nickelodeon in the U.K., Gulli (France), and Super RTL (Germany) with further deals in negotiation. Evolution Media racked up sales for several programs through its U.K.-based distributor, Target Entertainment. The deals included the purchase of truTV's Beach Patrol and Ocean Force: Huntington Beach, O.C. by the U.K.'s Zone Reality, France's Multithematique, Australia's Foxtel, Denmark's Canal 4, the Middle East's Sky Networks, and Botswana's BMD. TBS' amateur home remodeling reality series The Mansion will now be seen in France on Du Cote De Chez and throughout Africa on the Africa Business Channel. BMD also licensed the show. He's a Lady went to Pan Asia - International TV for Asia, NRJ-12 in France, and FBC TV in Italy. Seventeen renditions of songs from Disney's High School Musical 2, performed in multiple languages by international recording artists, will be presented January 18 during a special programming event on Disney Channel. The day-long event includes a 16-episode marathon of Disney's Hannah Montana as well as High School Musical 2 (8-10p) with highlights and red carpet interviews. Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist, a new animated comedy adventure series co-produced by Toronto and Sudbury-based March Entertainment and Sydney-based SLR Productions. Australian commercial broadcaster Ten Network has already pre-bought the K6-11-targeted series about an intrepid young explorer (26x30). The show has begun production for a Fall 2008 debut. Parthenon Kids is also a co-producer as well and will be distributing it internationally. The Plastic Killers documentary by Bradley Cox investigating the 2004 assassination of Cambodian labor union leader Chea Vichea and the subsequent framing of two innocent men for the crime, will be screened on January 29 at London's Human Rights Action Centre ( http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=623 ) followed by a panel discussion. The doc can also be viewed online here: http://plastic-killers.blip.tv/. U.S.-based The Africa Channel entered into an affiliation agreement with Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to bring the channel to St. Michaels, Barbados, WI, on Basic Cable on Channel 200. Dominican View is the newest kid on Cablevision Systems Corp.'s block after the company added the channel to its iO en espanol package on iO TV channel 213. This is the first time the network has aired in the U.S. It features sports, news and special events from around the Caribbean. Program Call: It's that time of the year again. Cynopsis: International will publish a special cynopsized NATPE international program Shopping List edition the week before the market. Please send along the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.) and genre in addition to your terms (barter, cash, etc.). If your company is interested in being included, send the details to by Tuesday, January 22, 2008. If you're interested in sponsoring the edition containing the NATPE Shopping List, email . (FYI - The international listings pertain to non-U.S. companies bringing programming fare to NATPE or U.S. companies offering international content.) CROSS-MARKET: A new affiliate deal has been finalized between ION Media Networks, Inc. and Comcast regarding distribution of ION Media Networks, including continued carriage of ION Television and the addition of qubo and ION Life. HISPANIC MARKET: Si TV has been launched in several new markets, including TVMAX in Houston on channel 64. Two other distribution deals were signed for carriage on Time Warner Cable Southwest Division in Corpus Christi, Beaumont/Port Arthur and Rio Grande Valley, Texas and with Comcast in its Three Rivers Region in the Greater Pittsburgh area. Univision will debut the first ever Spanish-language animated series in primetime based on one the classic Latin America TV show, El Chavo del 8 (The Kid from #8), with a 60-minute special. Featuring El Chavo himself, Roberto Gomez Bolanos, and many of the original live-action cast members, the show will air on January 20 at 7p. The regular timeslot for the 30-minute episodes are Sundays at 730p. LATAM MARKET: TOP 10 US SERIES ON BROADCAST TV IN BRAZIL (Sao Paolo), NOVEMBER 2007 (Ranked by Rating, Indiv 4+) Channel Program Rating Viewers (000) REC* C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation 4.54 812.40 REC Heroes 4.25 759.63 GLO** Timon and Pumbaa 4.10 735.50 REC The New Woody Woodpecker Show 3.55 632.19 GLO The Simpsons 3.54 629.66 REC Popeye Cartoons 3.47 617.85 SBT*** Courage The Cowardly Dog 3.46 614.32 GLO Kenan & Kel 3.40 606.37 SBT Teen Titans 3.40 604.73 REC C.S.I.: Miami 3.20 569.58 REC*: Rede Record GLO**: Rede Globo de Televisao SBT***: Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao Average of Rating & Viewers for Total Runs in the Month Does not include locally-produced US formats *Source: Computer Applications Development, Inc. (CAD) Software & Specialized Reporting ( / www.cadusa.com) / IBOPE Media Information AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET: On January 21, TV One will commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (and the network's 4th birthday Happy Birthday!) with the debut of the TV One original 60-minute special, MLK: A Dream Deferred, at 8p, followed by MLK: The Making of a Holiday from 9-10p. GAY/LESBIAN MARKET: Season 5 of Logo's gay documentary series, Real Momentum, will make its return on January 19 at 8p. The first film, airing to coincide with the national Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday, will be Brother Outsider, a bio of Bayard Rustin, who served as a mentor and advisor to King. EXECUTIVE MOVES: Lisa McCarthy joined Univision as EVP/Client Development and Partnership Marketing, reporting to President/Ad Sales David Lawenda. Based in New York, she was most recently EVP/Brand Solutions at MTV Networks. Rob Gilby has been pulled in to serve as the new SVP and MD for Disney-ABC International Television, Asia-Pacific from his previous position as MD of Disney Channel UK, Scandinavia & Emerging Markets. He will lead TV and film distribution efforts across all platforms for content developed by The Walt Disney Company through The Walt Disney Studios, the ABC Television Network, ABC Studios, Disney Channel, and Disney-ABC Cable Networks throughout the entire Asia Pacific Region, including Australia, New Zealand, China, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Korea, and other territories in the region (excluding Japan). Rob will work closely with Walt Disney International Country Managers, Disney Channel Managing Directors, and regional teams and Business Development teams. Animax Asia upped one of its own, Gregory Ho, to be the new VP and GM. Jack Lim is joining the company to take Gregory's previous position as Head/Ad Sales. Both will be based in Singapore. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: On Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Lily Tomlin played an obnoxious telephone operator in a popular recurring sketch. What was her character's name? ERNESTINE Kudos to: Ellen Falb-Newmark-Telemundo/NY; Matthew Willence-ITN Networks/NY; Dennis Nance-Turner Broadcasting, Inc/Atlanta; Anne Kissel Elliot- The Nielsen Company/FL; Don Tapani-FOX4/My27/Dallas; Kathy Alexander-SpotPlus/Dallas; Steve Weinshel-Pitch White/Chicago; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-Merv Griffins' Crosswords/LA; Pat Miller-Raleigh Film and Television Studios/Hollywood; John Butkovich-ARENAS/LA; Jim Seifert-KICU-TV/ San Francisco Today's Trivia Question: On the primetime series Ugly Betty, Betty's boss Daniel is smitten with the manipulative editor of a magazine that competes with Mode. This recurring role belongs to what actress? ( Click here with your answer and be sure to include your name, company, city and time zone. 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