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InternationalMORE Information: schedules, network needs & trends, breaking news and more. The CableU Top 30 Report Card: the first-ever unbiased report of the state of the cable programming market. U Want It? U Got It! www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. 02/14/08 Good morning. It's Thursday, February 14, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: In protest to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to ban ads on French public broadcasting, state-run TV and radio workers held a one day strike. As a result, several news updates and live shows were pulled from schedules. This was the largest 1-day strike in this particular sector since 1974 involving six unions (11,000 France Televisions, France 24, and TV5 Monde employees) and 4,000 public radio station staffers. Fremantlemedia Enterprises is launching its own DVD label down under to manage home entertainment content in Australia and New Zealand. FHE Australia will be run by a local team who will work closely with destra vision, the subsidiary's chosen Australian distributor. In addition to releases FME titles through the new label, the company is still looking to acquire new content locally and globally. Rive Gauche Television has closed post-NATPE sales several series and specials.
The Sharpe Company appointed International Film Group as the Australian licensing and merchandising agent for three of its properties, including preschool Franny's Feet, animated Naughty Naughty Pets, and Lela Lee's Angry Little Girls. Virgin Media Television's LIVING entertainment channel has commissioned a new 60-minute series, Strictly Come Dieting, from Mentorn. The new reality series works with contestants to boogie away the body fat by pairing up with dance pros. They will be judged on weight loss, technical style, and panache. The 8-part series will air on LIVING in Summer 2008. Produced by Sesame Workshop in association with Jakarta-based Creative Indigo Production, the new Jalan Sesama will tackle serious issues impacting the children of Indonesia. The daily 52x30 kids series debuts on Trans7 on February 18. The 30-minute Bindi: The Jungle Girl has been sold by Australia's ABC to a bunch of international folks. The 26-episode kids wildlife show has been picked up by Finland's MTV Oy, Poland's Canal+, and the Middle East's MBC, according to TBI vision. As part of ESPN's overall coverage of the 2008 McDonald's NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, ESPN International will televise the NBA All-Star Game,Rookie Challenge and NBA All-Star Saturday to 46 countries including viewers in Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, and Africa. Speaking of ESPN, here are some interesting facts about its 28+ year old SportsCenter … Since its first telecast on September 7, 1979, the show now airs in 136 countries and territories in 9 languages with 15 original versions of produced around the world (including the U.S. version) and 81 SportsCenter anchors worldwide. The amount of original editions of SportsCenter produced to date globally is 41,234. Bet you didn't know these tidbits … The U.S. SportsCenter's makeup team uses 25 shades of concealers and foundations and 2,700 makeup removal wipes per month. CROSS-MARKET: Ad sales firm WorldLink signed a representation deal with Post-Newsweek Stations' six major market stations, as well as four LATV affiliates owned and operated by Post-Newsweek. WorldLink will be responsible for all long-form direct response ad sales for Post-Newsweek's stations KPRC (Houston), WDIV (Detroit), WPLG (Miami-Ft. Lauderdale), WKMG (Orlando), KSAT (San Antonio), and WJXT (Jacksonville). In addition, WorldLink also will oversee short and long-form direct response ad sales for Post-Newsweek's four bilingual LATV affiliates in Houston, Miami, Orlando and San Antonio. HISPANIC MARKET: www.AztecaAmerica.com is launching Club de Novelas, a bi-weekly online magazine featuring exclusive novella-themed interviews, updates, contests and prizes. Top 10 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Program Live +SD ratings for the week of February 4-10, 2008**, *** UNIV Mexico vs USA Etrs Rv (Wed 9p) 21.2 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Al Diablo con Guapos (Mon-Fri Var) 21.0 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Cristina (Mon 10p) 19.0 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Pasion (Mon-Tue, Thu-Fri Var) 17.7 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Familia P. Luche (Fri 10p) 16.3 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Retro P. Luche (Fri 1030p) 15.5 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Mon-Fri 7p) 14.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Amas Casa Desesperads (Thu 10p) 14.4 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Sabado Gigante (Sat 8p) 13.0 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV 5 Magnificos (Sun 845p) 12.6 NTIH HH Rtg *Source: Nielsen Media Research Note: NTIH Ratings are based on 12.14 million Hispanic TV Homes ** Please note that Nielsen Media's rating parameters are listed for some shows that air Monday-Friday to include the 5 day average instead of listing each individual weekday. *** All national Hispanic ratings beginning August 27, 2007 (September 2007) will be produced through Nielsen's National People Meter (NPM) panel, the same sample that is used to produce ratings for non-Hispanic networks. Top 10 Broadcast English Language Primetime Programs Live +SD ratings in Hispanic TV Homes for the week of February 4-10, 2008** FOX American Idol (Wed 8p) 6.6 NTIH HH Rtg CBS Grammy Awards (Sun 8p) 6.6 NTIH HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Tue 8p) 6.5 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Moment of Truth (Wed 9p) 5.3 NTIH HH Rtg FOX House (Tue 9p) 4.7 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Extreme MakeoverL Home Ed. (Sun 8p) 4.6 NTIH HH Rtg CW Friday Night Smackdown (Fri 8p) 4.6 NTIH HH Rtg ABC 20/20 Sp Edition (Mon 930p) 4.5 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Lost (Thu 9p) 4.0 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Terminator: Srh Cnr Chron (Mon 9p) 4.0 NTIH HH Rtg *Source: Nielsen Media Research Note: NTIH Ratings are based on 12.14 million Hispanic TV Homes ** All national Hispanic ratings beginning August 27, 2007 (September 2007) will be produced through Nielsen's National People Meter (NPM) panel, the same sample that is used to produce ratings for non-Hispanic networks. AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET: African American television homes in the US represent 13,650,000 households. Here are the Live +SD rankings for the week of February 4-10, 2008 - highest rated primetime network programs in African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research FOX American Idol (Tue 8p) 17.7 HH Rtg CBS Grammy Awards (Sun 8p) 17.5 HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Wed 8p) 17.2 HH Rtg FOX Moment of Truth (Wed 9p) 12.8 HH Rtg FOX House (Tue 9p) 11.8 HH Rtg CW The Game (Mon 930p) 8.5 HH Rtg CBS CSI (Thu 9p) 8.1 HH Rtg CBS Without a Trace (Thu 10p) 8.0 HH Rtg CBS 60 Minutes (Sun 7p) 8.0 HH Rtg CBS CSI: Miami (Mon 10p) 7.8 HH Rtg *Source: Nielsen Media Research EXECUTIVE MOVES: Rosemary Ravinal has been named to head public relations and marketing communications in Latin America for A&E, The History Channel, and The Biography Channel. As head of her own consulting practice, Rosemary repped companies such as McDonald's, Anheuser-Busch, the U.S. Treasury, USA Networks, Azteca America, and others. Target Entertainment's new Director/Marketing and Communications will be Sarah Walker as of April. In her new position reporting to MD Ian Jones, Sarah will manage communication, branding, and marketing activity across all areas of Target's business. Most recently, she was at Parthenon Entertainment as Director/PR and Marketing. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: On the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati, what was the name of the station owner who was feared by all the employees? MRS. CARLSON (Manager Arthur Carlson's mother) Kudos to: Eric Dunefsky-GlobalHue:GMG/NY; Eric Adler-Eric Adler Research/Clearwater, FL; Don Tapani-FOX4/My27/Dallas, TX Today's Trivia Question: Who was the first woman to appear on a nightly basis as a co-anchor on American broadcast news? 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