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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. 03/06/08 Good morning. It's Thursday, March 6, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Canada's Peace Arch Entertainment Group Inc. has decided not to pursue its previously announced intent to acquire ContentFilm plc. The reason given by Peace Arch for terminating its exclusive period of negotiation dealt with credit markets and current market conditions. New Zealand's NHNZ and Singapore's Beach House Pictures have decided to work together with the Fox International Channels-owned network buying a stake in the production company. The two have been collaborating on a regular basis over the past 2 years (i.e., Man Made Marvels). Beach House Pictures will continue to operate from its base in Singapore. Pan-Asian media/entertainment firm Star has signed on with Dish Network for what appears to be its biggest North American agreement yet. Five of Star's channels will be added to Dish's South Asian and Chinese lineups. The Indian channels will debut first on March 19 with Star India Plus and Star India One. On March 26, Mandarin-language networks Star Chinese Channel, Star Chinese Movies 2, and Channel (V) Taiwan will join the Dish offerings. Israel's RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. has been picked by Swedish public television broadcaster SVT, Sveriges Television, to grow its European coverage. Also covered in the deal is direct-to-home distribution for Northern Africa and the Middle East via the Eurobird-9 satellite. The two companies have been working together in Asia for the past 3 years distributing the channel through the Thaicom-5 Satellite. FremantleMedia Enterprises is entering the Coolroom as part of a recent deal between its home entertainment unit and the digital entertainment download store. Library and new programming will be available on Coolroom's website and its IPTV channel across Microsoft Media Center. Titles will be available to own and rent from .99 pounds up. Living with the Dead will come alive following a commission from Virgin Media Television's LIVING to have Original Productions UK produce the haunted home series. The 8-episode series will air exclusively on LIVING this spring. The International Fight League and Alfred Haber Distribution have sold IFL Fight Night to air on a weekly basis to Media Prima Berhad. The Malaysian investment group owns Malaysia Television stations TV3, TV8, NTV7, and TV9, among other assets. Season 3 of Amazing Adventures of a Nobody has yet to go into production (shooting this summer) but Defiance Entertainment has already inked licensing deals with Fox Reality Channel and National Geographic Channels International. The travel/adventure series will be ready for a 4Q2008 debut on Nat Geo Adventure and Nat Geo. This season the Shankly Productions series will head with host Leon Logothetis to continental Europe to live on 5 euros a day. HISPANIC MARKET: LATV signed on its fifth Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc. affiliate, WJXT in Jacksonville, FL as the station's 30th affiliation. It will begin broadcasting LATV on March 20 on digital channel 4.3 and on Comcast cable channel 229. Top 10 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Program Live +SD ratings for the week of February 25 - March 2, 2008**, *** UNIV Al Diablo con Guapos (Mon-Fri 8p) 21.8 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Pasion (Mon-Fri 9p) 17.1 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Cristina (Mon 10p) 15.6 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Nuestra Belleza (Fri 10p) 15.5 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Aqui y Ahora (Tue 10p) 15.3 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Mon-Fri 7p) 15.2 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Don Francisco Presenta (Wed 10p) 13.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Sabado Gigante (Sat 8p) 13.5 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV 5 Magnificos (Sun 8p) 12.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Familia P. Luche (Sun 730p) 12.8 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 25 - March 2, 2008** FOX American Idol (Tue 8p) 6.5 NTIH HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Wed 8p) 6.0 NTIH HH Rtg FOX American Idol Special (Thu 8p) 5.6 NTIH HH Rtg CW Friday Night Smackdown (Fri 8p) 4.8 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Moment of Truth (Mon 8p) 4.8 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Don't Forget the Lyrics (Thu 9p) 4.6 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Oprah's Big Give (Sun 9p) 4.4 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Ed (Sun 8p) 4.2 NTIH HH Rtg NBC Deal or No Deal (Mon 8p) 3.8 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Primetime: What Would U Do? (Tue 10p) 3.7 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Family Guy (Sat 930p) 3.7 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 25 - March 2, 2008 - highest rated primetime network programs in African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research ABC Premiere Event (Mon 8p) 27.4 HH Rtg FOX American Idol Special (Thu 8p) 14.8 HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Tue 8p) 14.6 HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Wed 8p) 14.3 HH Rtg ABC Oprah's Big Give (Sun 9p) 10.7 HH Rtg FOX Don't Forget the Lyrics (Thu 9p) 10.2 HH Rtg NBC Law and Order (Wed 10p) 8.4 HH Rtg CBS 60 Minutes (Sun 7p) 8.0 HH Rtg ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Ed (Sun 8p) 7.6 HH Rtg FOX Back to You Sp (Tue 930p) 7.5 HH Rtg *Source: Nielsen Media Research EXECUTIVE MOVES: TV One has upped its Director/Business Affairs, Endi Piper, to be the new VP/Business and Legal Affairs.She will oversee business and legal agreements that deal with programming and production, digital media, and marketing and creative services. Jessica Hatz and Sandra Arcan have taken up new roles as International Licensing Managers covering Sales, Retail, and Promotions for 4Kids Entertainment International, Ltd. From her prior position at Australia's Gaffney International Licensing, Jessica will now manage local agent in Italy, Portugal, GAS, Eastern Europe, Russia, South Africa, and Israel as well as overseeing Hard Goods across EMEA for 4Kids' entertainment properties. Sandra will be responsible for agents in France, Spain, Benelux, Nordics, Turkey, Middle East, North Africa, and India. Other exec promotions include Charlotte Hill in her new position as Senior International Marketing and Communications Manager and Nicola Elliot as Senior Licensing Coordinator for the U.K. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: In 1950, Ethel Waters was the first African American woman to star in a weekly network TV series. What was the name of this show? BEULAH Kudos to: Louise Kalechstein/Newsday.com/NY; Zovig Garboushian-Rodale Inc, Men's Health/NY; Fred Petrosino-JSBG/NY; Brenda Jones-El Diario La Prensa/impreMedia/NY; Ron Salcedo-Zimmerman/Nashville; Kathy Alexander-SpotPlus/Dallas; Jeff Meier-TV One/LA; Deborah Collins/LA; John Butkovich/ARENAS/LA; Bonny Dore Productions, Inc./LA Today's Trivia Question: On The Norm Show (1999-2001), starring Norm Mac Donald, Norm was a former professional athlete. Which sport did his character used to play? ( 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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