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Cynopsis: International
01/28/08

Good morning. It's Monday, January 28, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing.

INTERNATIONAL MARKET:

Mei Ah Entertainment Group, a Hong Kong-based Chinese-language film/TV distributor, will launch its new MATV new channel in March in Japan. The debut will take place through the Group's Mei Ah TV subsidiary.  Sky PerfecTV, a Japanese TV channel, will air MATV with Japanese subtitles, according to HR.  MATV currently airs on Singapore's Macau Cable TV and MioTV.

The Asian American-targeted AZN Television is being shuttered by Comcast as of April 9.  The reasons given by the parent company were issues picking up advertising revenue and distribution past Comcast's nearly 13.9 million footprint.  The network's 15 employees will either be relocated within the Comcast system or let go.  AZN was purchased back in 2004 from Liberty Media.  Asian programming will continue to be offered through International Networks and other indie providers.  The annual Asian Excellence Awards show that AZN broadcasts will air on E! Entertainment instead.

The new Taiwanese Disney Channel@Play will be the Disney Channel's first broadband foray into Asia/Pacific.  What's on?  The channel will bring in animated and live-action series and offer them with Mandarin-language dubbing and Chinese-language subtitles.  The site,
www.disney.com.tw/DisneyChannel/video/, will be refreshed on a weekly basis.

Canadian production/distribution company 9 Story Entertainment sealed deals for its 2D animated special, If The World Were A Village with SBTV Programming Int'l (Brazil), Fire The Imagination (Canada), Visual Education Centre (Canada), Teleview (the Middle East), Innoform (Singapore,) RTP (Portugal), and Noga Communications (Israel).

Comcast International Media Group inked multiple licensing deals and renewals for Girls of the Playboy Mansion, including Viva MTV in Germany, Zee TV in India, and Paris Premiere in France. The Style Network series Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane has been acquired by channels such as Norway's FEM Network, the Philippines' 2ndAvenue,and South Korea's On Style.  Sunset Tan has been licensed by Jim TV in Belgium, TV400inSweden,and Velvet in the Philippines.

The BBC will offer British audiences (and ex pats of course) live TV coverage of the Super Bowl on BBC2 on February 3.  The broadcast, the first time the BBC has brought the game live, is part of an exclusive 2-year BBC-NFL agreement.  From a logistics standpoint, the U.K. channel will use the NFL's World Feed pictures and commentary.

CROSS-MARKET:

Speaking of the Super Bowl, it is definitely in the air here in the U.S. In tune with game time, ESPN will bring Bowl-related content to its 16 platforms.
  • ESPN International will air the game live on ESPN Africa, ESPN New Zealand, and 19 European countries on NASN. Super Bowl will also air delayed on Orbit ESPN (the Middle East and North Africa) and ESPN Israel. Overall, ESPN will bring the Super Bowl to some 10 million households in 99 countries. Spanish-language coverage will include reports from Arizona on daily Spanish-language editions of SportsCenter and Radio Formula programs throughout the week. The reporters will also be featured in NFL Semanal on February 1 and NFL Semanal: Super Bowl Review Special on February 4. International editions of SportsCenter in Australia/New Zealand and Africa will also feature daily Super Bowl reports.
  • ESPN Deportes will provide nightly segments for its edition of SportsCenter. NFL Semanal will also be produced from Bristol on February 1 at 1p. ESPN Deportes Radio and ESPNdeportes.com will provide additional coverage as well.

HISPANIC MARKET:

Telemundo is partnering again with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) to co-produce the upcoming primetime original novela, Dona Barbara, in high-def. SPTI will distribute the series in North and South America, while Telemundo International will handle distribution throughout Europe, Middle East, Africa, Australia, and Asia. The novela will kick off production in Colombia in the RTI-Studios under the supervision of Telemundo Studios and SPTI. Dona Barbara is slated to air 3Q2008.

Univision's newest series, Al Diablo con los Guapos (Down with the Beautiful), debuted with the biggest audience ever for an 8pm novela among all A18-49 in the network's history with 2.8 million. The audience number grew by 8% for the second episode with 2.98 million.

AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET:

Starz InBlack will premiere Ryan Cameron: Uncensored, a 30-minute, weekly talk show on February 4 at 11p. The late night show, produced in Atlanta by Point 7 Entertainment, brings in celeb interviews and live performances.

EXECUTIVE MOVES:

Sorpresa named Samantha Brown as Senior Director/Western Division Affiliate Relations and Yvette Sanchez as Programming Manager. Samantha will expand Sorpresa's affiliate base in West Coast markets, as well as strengthen distribution via existing affiliates. She most recently served as a consultant for E! Entertainment Networks' Business and Legal Department. Based in LA, she will report to Tim Kelly, VP/Affiliate Sales and Marketing. Yvette will increase original programming efforts and co-production opportunities for the network and digital community. She joins the network from Discovery Communications Latin America. She will be based in Miami and report to Maria Badillo, VP/Programming.



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