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CYNTHIA TURNER'S Cynopsis: MCE 05/09/06 Good Morning. It's Tuesday, May 9, 2006, and this is your first early morning Multi-Cultural briefing. HISPANIC MARKET: Kids TV real estate is growing again with the announcement of a new kids network featuring bilingual programming content, from the combined efforts of Ion Media Networks (f/k/a Paxson Communications), Scholastic, NBC Universal, Telemundo, Corus Entertainment and Classic Media/Big Idea. The as yet unnamed network, referred to temporarily by the consortium as Smart Place for Kids, will launch September 2, 2006. It will air across multiple distribution platforms including programming blocks on Ion's 60 broadcast stations, on NBC and Telemundo's Saturday morning slots. The latter will occur from October with plans to air the block on Sunday mornings come January 2007 in addition to a new 24/7 digital kids broadcast channel, VOD services and a branded website. Each of the content providing partners will produce on original series per year for the network in addition to their existing programming content available to the network. Ion Media Networks led the effort to establish the coalition and will hold 51% of the network, with the content partners sharing equally in the remaining 49%. The network will be managed by a board comprised of people from all partners. The programming line-up and the name of the network are expected to be announced soon. Telemundo is partnering with Chilean film/TV producer Rivas & Rivas to produce its Loteria format. The series is currently being taped at Telemundo Studios in Miami. Loteria airs Saturdays at 730p. David Posada will serve as director while Aurelio Valcarcel exec produces. The original Chilean series, La Vida es una Loteria, has been airing for four seasons with a fifth currently in production. Azteca America will debut a new daily sports news program titled Los Protagonistas a Nivel Mundial on June 5 at 10p. It will air through July 9. The show will include daily soccer updates with commentary by veteran Azteca reporter David Faitelson. Other show segments include fashion, culture and cuisine from cities throughout Germany. LATAM MARKET: Mexican network TV Azteca is reportedly in “good faith” talks with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This follows on speculation that owner Ricardo Salinas had concluded an agreement with the SEC connected to fraud charges. No further comments were made by the network, which has previously denied the charges. The SEC had no comment. Last year the government agency charged the network, Ricardo and two execs with participating in a plan to conceal and push a $109 million profit from a debt deal to Ricardo. TOP 10 US SERIES ON BROADCAST TV IN BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro), MARCH 2006 (Ranked by Rating, Indiv 4+) Channel Program Rating Viewers (000) GLO* Lost 6.71 684.1 GLO Power Rangers Wild Force 6.63 675.11 SBT** My Wife and Kids 6.42 652.84 SBT X-Men: Evolution 6.02 610.97 SBT Justice League 5.82 592.42 GLO Jackie Chan Adventures 5.57 565.78 SBT Fresh Prince of Bel Air 5.53 563.12 SBT Smallville 5.35 544.8 GLO Kong 4.53 460.24 GLO Totally Spies 4.43 450.89 GLO*: Rede Globo de Televisao SBT**: Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao Average of Rating & Viewers for Total Runs in the Month *Source: Computer Applications Development, Inc. (CAD) Software & Specialized Reporting ( / www.cadusa.com) / IBOPE Media Information ASIAN/INDIAN MARKET: The 30-minute American Made will air today on PBS (check local listings for times). The Sharat Raju and Marcus Cano program looks at issues of tradition, faith, conformity and sacrifice. A Sikh American family's youngest son questions his father's turban-clad orthodox appearance when they find themselves stranded in a desert and need a ride from the occasional car driving by. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Here is a list of the family programming BBC Worldwide Americas will bring to next week's LA Screenings:
Teletoon has picked up a second season of the animated series Delilah & Julius (26x22), co-produced by Decode Entertainment and Collideascope Digital. Additionally, in a deal with Decode Entertainment, Nick Germany has acquired all 52 episodes of the series. The first season of Delilah & Julius is currently airing on Cartoon Network Latin America, Nickelodeon Netherlands, M-Net's kids channel KTV. TV12 Singapore and RTBF in Belgium recently acquired the show as well. Decode holds worldwide distribution rights for the series. Eurocinema will expand its service to Canada for Shaw customers this month. Each month the international/European theatrical and short film VOD service will offer eight, two-hour themed blocks centering on eight feature foreign films with wrap around content. Some of the titles available in May for Western Canada and Ontario include The Freelancers (Les Cachetonneurs) and Lise and Andre. Granada International will launch a new HBO documentary, BOFFO! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters, to coincide with its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival this month. The 75-minute production examines the minutiae of the movie business in honor of Variety magazine's first 100 years. (BOFFO! is the magazine's slang for doing big business or having a box office success). The doc will debut on HBO on June 29. Top 10 United Kingdom Box Office Estimates April 28 May 4, 2006 Ice Age II (20th Century Fox) $3.78 million 4 wk total $49.85m 16 Blocks (Warner Bros.) $2.42 million opening wk Silent Hill (Pathe Distribution Ltd.) $2.02 million 2 wk total $4.76m Scary Movie 4 (Buena Vista Intl) $1.57 million 3 wk total $9.92m American Dreamz (United Intl Pictures) $1.52 million 2 wk total $3.35m Slither (Entertainment) $1.49 million opening wk She's the Man (Entertainment) $926,474 4 wk total $7.7m The Inside Man (United Intl Pictures) $906,130 6 wk total $14.27m Take the Lead (Entertainment) $759,100 3 wk total $3.9m Eight Below (Buena Vista Intl) $739,416 2 wk total $1.74m *Source: Nielsen EDI and Variety EXECUTIVE MOVES: NBC Universal International has upped Frederick Huntsberry to President. In this new position, he will be responsible for new business development growth and strategic direction. Frederick will continue to manage international TV and new media distribution operations under Belinda Menendez and international networks under Olivier Gerolami (Europe), Reed Manville (Asia) and Steve Patscheck (Latin America). Bill Vrbanic and Andrea Melville will continue to report into Frederick. He will report to Bob Wright, vice chairman/GE and chairman & CEO/NBC Universal. New Films International named Craig A. Kessler as VP/Business And Legal Affairs. He will be responsible for negotiating production and co-productions for the global company's slate of titles. Craig was previously with Hypnotic. He will report to EVP Ron Gell. AOL named Derek Rigaud as Sales Director/AOL Latino. He will be responsible for sales and business development for the Hispanic audience at AOL.Derek was recently Senior National Account Manager for Terra Networks. He will report into Mark Lopez, Publisher/AOL Latino. Answer to Yesterday's trivia question: What show did Ling refer to John as The Funny Little Man due to his stuttering? ALLY MCBEAL Kudos to: Natalia Muriel-360 EP Inc/Princeton NJ; Erika Lewis-The Lippin Group/NY; Ehmonie Hainey-Clear Channel Katz Advantage/NY; Sara Gross-MTV Networks/NY; Lysa Urban-American Multicultural Marketing/Santa Barbara; Laura Kush/LA; Katherine Kaufman-Porchlight Ent./LA; Tom Chamberlin-AFI/LA Today's Trivia Question: On what TV show did Coach Ken Reeves, former NBA star take over as coach at Carver High School in Central LA? (click here 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.) Saludos - Ariana Ariana Rawls for Cynthia Turner's Cynopsis: MCE 05.09.06 - 3:49a Ad Sales: Cynopsis MCE: Victoria Hoffman 203-556-6476 / Cynopsis & Cynopsis Kids: Barbara Shapiro - 203-583-1224 / Classifieds :- Trish Pihonak - 203.926-9878 / Features available at re-launch of Cynopsis website: www.cynopsis.com Cynopsis Daily Video Podcast and all Cynopsis editions' audio podcasts streaming (download optional) Classified Ads Subscribe new address or change email address Unsubscribe Media Kits for all editions Archive Cynopsis Contact info All outgoing e-mails are scanned and sent out virus free. Copyright Cynopsis 2006
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