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InternationalTV executives around the world use CableU, the most comprehensive analysis of cable network programming ANYWHERE to make better buys and produce better programs. With an over 90% subscriber renewal rate, CableU consistently delivers the competitive information you need to be a smarter industry player. www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. 03/04/08 Good morning. It's Tuesday, March 4, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: BBC Arabic television, the BBC's new Arabic-language news and information channel, is all set to launch on March 11 at 10a GMT. Initially broadcast for 12 hours a day, it will move to 24/7 in the summer as the BBC's first publicly funded international television service. It is already available on air and on demand around the clock on the radio, internet (www.bbcarabic.com), on mobile phones and on handheld computers. BBC Arabic will be distributed on the Arabsat, Eutelsat, and Nilesat satellite systems. Its schedule includes news headlines every 15 minutes and a full news summary every 30 minutes. Galleon Holdings plc has signed an exclusive co-production agreement with Guangdong TV Sports Channel, one of China's largest regional broadcasters, and U.K. premier soccer league club Chelsea Football Club for a new 13x30-minute, multi-platform reality soccer talent show, Super Soccer Star. The series is currently going into production and is scheduled for broadcast on the Guangdong TV Sports Channel in April. Guangdong TV Sports Channel broadcasts across the Guangdong province to its 12 major cities and also certain parts of neighboring provinces Guangxi and Zhongxing reaching a total of 50 million estimated viewers. Guangdong TV Sports Channel is one of the official broadcasting partners to the FA Premier League. The show aims to promote soccer (or football for the rest of the world) skills and fitness in the teen age group. Galleon owns the Super Soccer Star show and format. It intends to roll-out the format and the brand to other provinces in China and other countries in South East Asia. This year's Championship Week Presented by Dick's Sporting Goods coverage will feature 81 men's and women's college basketball conference tournament games from March 6 to March 16 on ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Classic, ESPN360.com, ESPN Mobile TV, and ESPN International. The international coverage will offer extensive coverage of Conference tournament games with telecasts on NASN (27 games), ESPN Caribbean (26 games), ESPN Pac Rim (14 games), ESPN Atlantic (9 games) and ESPN Dos (2 games). Animania HD, Rainbow Media's HD animation channel, acquired the preschool series the 13-episode Bruno and The Banana Bunch from French distributor awol. Designed to inspire kids to explore and discover the world around them, the series premiered on March 1 at 9a. HISPANIC MARKET: NBC Universal inked a long-term carriage agreement with Comcast to launch mun2 in April on the majority of its digital cable television lineups on its On Demand service. In addition, Telemundo will be added to the Comcast systems in Seattle and Detroit in April as well. Kids-centric qubo will now entertain Chicago's little ones following an affiliation agreement between RCN Corporation and ION Media Networks, Inc. to launch the bilingual channel on RCN's Chicago system. Hearst Magazines Digital Media and Si TV entered a new partnership to co-produce quinceanera-themed videos for Hearst's www.MisQuinceMag.com website. The network produced the video shorts, which cover a range of topics with celebs and experts. More info can be found on the website above as well as on Si TV's websites, including www.sitv.com, www.sientertainment.com, and www.sitrends.com. February 29's premiere of the second season of Univision's reality/beauty competition, Nuestra Belleza Latina 2008, was the #1 program on broadcast television in the 10-11p time period. It helped Univision rank as the #1 network, either broadcast or cable, for the entire night among all A18-34, according to Nielsen's NTI ratings. LATAM MARKET: TOP 10 US SERIES ON BROADCAST TV IN MEXICO, JANUARY 2008 (Ranked by Rating, Indiv 4+) Channel Program Rating Viewers (000) CH05* Drake & Josh 5.09 2,405.44 CH05 House 4.42 2,088.55 CH05 Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide 3.95 1,861.55 CH05 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 3.74 1,770.23 CH05 Malcolm in the Middle 3.60 1,702.09 CH05 Law & Order: Criminal Intent 3.55 1,669.57 CH05 Spongebob Squarepants 3.55 1,673.85 CH05 Spider-Man: The Animated Series 3.50 1,664.35 CH05 Family Guy 3.35 1,582.25 CH07** Grey's Anatomy 3.30 1,568.60 *CH05: XHGC TV 5 (Televisa) **CH07: Canal 7 (Azteca) 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: March mania hits BET Networks with the premiere of two new original series, Black Poker Stars Invitational and Iron Ring. On March 18 starting at 1030p, the two 30-minute shows will air back-to-back. The first is all about celeb trash talking poker players in Hollywood. Iron Ring takes a punch at celeb-managed mixed martial arts fighting competitions. Other March debuts include two reunion specials College Hill: Class Reunion today at 11p and Keyshia Cole The Way It Is: A Family Affair on March 20 at 8p, The 4th annual Rip The Runway will air today at 10p while College Hill: Atlanta airs on March 11 at10p. EXECUTIVE MOVES: U.K. marketer Lee Raftery has been named VP/International Marketing for Comcast International Media Group (CIMG), reporting to Kevin MacLellan, CIMG's president, and Suzanne Kolb, EVP/Marketing and Communications for E! and The Style Network. Based in LA, Lee will spearhead marketing efforts for CIMG channels such as E! Entertainment Television, The Style Network, G4, Versus, and The Golf Channel. In addition, he will lead the global marketing teams in the U.S., the U.K., and Hong Kong as well as international marketing strategy and planning for CIMG's channel properties, program sales, and digital and new media content outside the U.S. Prior to joining CIMG, Lee was with Hasbro Inc. for 10 years holding various senior level marketing positions. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: A "Queen", a Preacher and a "Wizard" were played by three music icons in what film? TOMMY Kudos to: Stephen Swalsky-truTV/NY; Scott Osborne-Univision/NY; Kathy Goldstein-TNS/Horsham, PA; Michael Naso-The Naso Group/Aventura, FL; Leigh Ann Schwarzkopf-Lookout Marketing/Minneapolis; Jack Hodgson-Oklahoma State University/Stillwater, OK; Tim Rank-HRP/St. Louis; Brian Nugent-KPIF/Chubbuck,ID; Brion Neeley-KAZT/Phoenix; Betsy Samuel-OpenTV/Golden, CO; Javier Willis-Cuervo Entertainment/Encino, CA; Lori Heiss- HIT Entertainment Ltd./London Today's Trivia Question: The characters on what popular 90's TV series how could be found shooting a game of pool and sipping a drink at their favorite dive, Shooters? (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.) 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