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InternationalEd Hersh, Chief Creative Officer of the programming/production consultancy StoryCentric, and veteran of Court TV, A&E and ABC News, shares some valuable tips and shortcuts to help you maximize CableU's indispensable analysis. Click here to read Hersh's guide to Cable U ... FREE! Learn how to master the best tools in the trade. Programmers and Producers: U Need CableU! www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. 03/11/08 Good morning. It's Tuesday, March 11, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Norway's cable TV provider Get has got the va-va-voom with its recent launch VOOM HD Networks' VOOM HD channel. This latest carriage deal was inked by VOOM's Nordic and Baltic distributor NonStop Television AB. Recently added VOOM HD distribution in Baltic regions includes deals with Lithuania's Alpha Komunikacijos, Penki Kontinentai and Splius, and Estonia's EST. Canal Plus subscribers have a new way to watch their fav shows with the French company's launch today of the new Canal Plus On Demand service on the Canal Plus le Bouquet package. Shows will be available on the service up to one month after originally airing on Canal Plus or its channels. HBO is partnering with The Weinstein Company and the BBC to bring Alexander McCall Smith's book series, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency to the small screen. Jill Scott will star in the series, whose 120-minute pilot was recently filmed in Botswana by director Anthony Minghella. HBO commissioned 13x60-minute episodes in addition to the pilot/film as part of its TV and home video rights deal for the U.S. and Canada. The BBC holds the U.K. TV distribution rights while The Weinstein Company all other international territories. ohm:tv's made-for-mobile drama series My Story, produced by Australia's The Gibson Group, has been picked up for French audiences by Largardere Group following its acquisition of the mobile, TV and Internet rights for its girls-skewed channel Filles TV. Simultaneously, Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom also launches the 40x2-minute series on its Vodafone Live portal. Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. inked on the dotted line to become the exclusive international distributor for the new Sci-Fi Channel series Ghost Hunters International. The 13x60-minute reality show will be offered up for the first time internationally at MIPTV. The return dates for quite a bit of American fare to Canadian audiences have been announced … CTV will start off to returns on March 17 with the season debut of the fall's Dancing With the Stars, followed by CSI: Miami (March 24), Cold Case (March 30), Criminal Minds (April 2), CSI: NY (April 2), and 8 others throughout April. On April 3, Global Television will bring in new episodes of NBC's My Name is Earl. NCIS returns on April 8, The Office on April 10, Bones on April 14, and House at the end of the month. Program Call: It's that time of the international year already! If your company is attending MIPTV with programming, we will include a cynopsized MIPTV international and multicultural program Shopping List in Cynopsis: International the week before the market. So send along the following info for your top 5 shows: title, availability date, number of episodes, length, type (i.e., movie, series, special, etc.), genre and your terms (barter, cash, etc.). If your company is interested in being included, please send the details to by Monday, March 31, 2008. CROSS-MARKET: CoLours TV gave the go-ahead to Brook Entertainment to produce a new competition show, Battle. The 13-episode hip-hop dance will attempt to bring back the ‘80s style of street dancing "battles" with a debut to happen next month, per THR. HISPANIC MARKET: Alterna'TV, a Latin American TV channel distributor in the U.S., inked a new distribution deal with Grande Communications to launch 4 channels in Texas as of last week. The 24/7 linear Spanish-language channels, Mexico 22 (Mexican culture and art), Once Mexico (Mexican programming for all ages), CB Tu Television Michoacan (general entertainment channel with regional programming), and AyM Sports (Mexican sports), will be available to Grande customers in Austin, Corpus Christi, Midland, Odessa, San Antonio, San Marcos, and Waco. ESPN and Time Warner Cable (TWC) added ESPN Deportes to TWC's digital cable service in LA, effective immediately on channel 274 on its Variety Tier as well as on TWC's Espanol tier channel 320. The tier reaches over 1 million digital customers in the LA area. WBWP (Channel 57) in West Palm Beach is now available to local residents in Florida's Palm Beach and Martin Counties through Comcast's Channel 231. Most of the programming will come from Spanish Broadcasting System and Mega TV (airing daily 2-6p). Today ESPN Deportes and ESPN Deportes Radio will begin their exclusive Spanish-language coverage of the 2008 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying with a live doubleheader. Panama vs. Honduras will air at 530p followed by U.S.A. vs. Cuba at 8p from Tampa. Both the TV and radio station will have live coverage of all 16 matches, including the finals on March 23, with all games preceded by a 30-minute pre-game show (3rd place game is the only exception). www.ESPN360.com will both offer the games live and offer each match for on-demand replay for 48 hours afterwards. The debut of the original TeleFutura production La Marca del Deseo (The Mark of Desire) will take place on March 24 at 6p. It is a story about five sisters from the same father all named Maria and their lives as they find each other. LATAM MARKET: MEXICANAL Network, a joint venture between Mexico's Cablecom and U.S.-based Castalia Communications, is launching a new regional newscast, MX•24 Noticias. It will be available in the U.S. on DirecTV Mas and throughout Mexico cable systems. Hosted by Eleane Eguia, Miguel Gallegos and Raul Espinsoza, the 30-minute original show will air weekdays during primetime. Special MX-24 Noticias newsbreaks will give local breaking news to MEXICANAL Network's Mexico-based affiliates prior to the daily newscast. The content will come from U.S.-based and Mexico-based correspondents in Atlanta, Chicago, LA, and Washington, D.C. This week, two Globo TV International telenovelas make their premiere on two Latin American TV stations. In Panama, Pages of Life will screen daily on channel Medcom at 1p, bringing its distribution reach to over 20 countries. Peru's free-to-air TV station Red Global starts is airing telenovela America during primetime at 9p. TOP 10 US SERIES ON BROADCAST TV IN BRAZIL (Sao Paolo), JANUARY 2008 (Ranked by Rating, Indiv 4+) Channel Program Rating Viewers (000) GLO* Yin! Yang! Yo! 4.11 708.01 SBT** Justice League Unlimited 4.08 705.66 GLO The Simpsons 4.00 688.32 GLO Totally Spies 3.99 688.76 GLO Kenan & Kel 3.75 650.76 REC*** The New Woody Woodpecker Show 3.60 621.79 GLO Mickey Mouse Clubhouse 3.60 622.09 REC All New Popeye 3.60 620.83 SBT Teen Titans 3.59 619.81 GLO Zatch Bell! 3.55 612.80 GLO*: Rede Globo de Televisao SBT**: Sistema Brasileiro de Televisao REC***: Rede Record 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 GAY/LESBIAN MARKET: Showtime has ordered a sixth season of The L Word with 8 episodes. This will be the show's final season. The show is scheduled to begin airing the final season in 2009. The current season finale is slated to air on March 23. EXECUTIVE MOVES: Nadine Nohr has stepped down as MD of Granada International although she will continue to act as a consultant for the next three months for a smoother transition. Nadine was appointed as Chair of international development charity Every Child in January 2008 but has decided to leave ITV to concentrate on other challenges. During her tenure at ITV, she led four mergers, saw significant growth in revenue, international expansion, and indie production investments. Akoo International Inc, the developers of m-Venue, brought in Colleen Egan to be its new VP and COO. Based in Chicago, she will be responsible for development, design, operation, and product and service system improvements. Colleen will report to Niko Drakoulis, President and CEO. Paula Guerra has been upped by MTV Networks Latin America (MTVNLA) to SVP and MD of MTV Networks Argentina, reporting to MTVNLA President Pierluigi Gazzolo. She will manage all of MTVNLA's service departments in its Buenos Aires headquarters, including on-air, traffic, customizations, operations, legal, communications, parts of production management, finance, research, administration, IT and tech operations, as well as the programming and production services originating in Buenos Aires. Paula will continue to oversee business and creative strategies for MTV, VH1, and Nickelodeon local audiences and commercial partners in the Southern region of Latin America. These units will continue to report into supervisors in Miami and Argentina. Paula first joined the company 11 years ago with her current position being GM of MTV Networks Argentina. In other MTVNLA exec news in Argentina, Alexia Dahuach has been promoted to VP/Operations and Administration for MTV Networks Argentina. She will take charge of the administration of the various departments that Paula Guerra will oversee. Alexia will continue reporting to Paula. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: On what show can you find seemingly attached at the hip snobs Marly and Lindsay? THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE Kudos to: Eric Adler-Eric Adler Research LLC/Clearwater, FL; Eric Dunefsky-GlobalHue:GMG/NY; Dora Medrano-Carbo Films/Venice, CA; Silvia Testa-KWHY/Burbank Today's Trivia Question: In 1999 he made a guest appearance as Dr. John Becker's father, Fred, on Becker and in 2003 he appeared as Dr. Kelso's friend, Dr. Townshend on Scrubs? Who is this? ( 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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