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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 CableU ... 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. 03/12/08 Good morning. It's Wednesday, March 12, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: The legal go-ahead has been given by the Canadian courts for Montreal's Remstar Corporation to acquire Quebec's TQS network. The channel, owned by Quebec's Cogeco Inc (60%) and CTVglobemedia (40%), was under bankruptcy protection as of this past December. Over $65 million is due to creditors with the approval of the Remstar Corp. buyout proposal to be voted on next month. With over 400 employees and other contracted workers, TQS owns Montreal, Quebec City, Sherbrooke, and Trois-Rivieres stations as well as affiliates in Gatineau-Ottawa, Val-d'Or, Rouyn-Noranda, and Riviere-du-Loup. Another company, Toronto-based private investor Catalyst, had also placed a proposal before TQS. News Corp. is looking to launch a new German-language network under the name Fox International Channels Germany. The corporation submitted a license application for the channel, which is slated to air 20th Century Fox library movies, sitcoms, and series. The pay TV channel launch is expected to happen in May, per THR. The application is waiting on approval from authorities and Germany's national watchdogs. Sweden's Modern Times Group (MTG) has decided to sell its less than 40% share in Russia's DTV Group channel to the country's CTC Media. The group operates the M18-54-targeted DTV channel as well as 28 owned-and-operated Russian stations. DTV went to the Russian TV holding company for a $395 million price tag. MTG is the main CTC Media shareholder, which also owns the flagship CTC and the new female-focused Domashny network. CTC Media's future plans for the channel include more investments in local production. The Netherlands' 2waytraffic has confirmed that an offer for the company is a distinct possibility. The company, known for its Who Wants To Be A Millionaire format, is reportedly in advanced negotiations. Granada International and Granada Ventures, ITV's international units covering TV programming, merchandising, and DVD sales, will be merged this spring. The combined division will be overseen by Peter Iacono, ITV Worldwide's President and MD (he will report to MD/Global Content Dawn Airey). Plans for the unit include a doubling of revenue by 2012. The restructuring news follows on the heels of yesterday's announcement about ITV MD Nadine Nohr stepping down from her position. Yearling Brazilian soccer channel Premier Football Club (PFC) will bring its Portuguese sports content to Nigeria this month with a launch on the Trend TV network. The Globosat-produced channel, which airs close to 450 live games, can be purchased a la carte or as part of a package by subscribers. PFC already airs on Dish Network and Directv in the U.S., Cable TV in Portugal, and Nuevo Siglo and Monte Cable in Uruguay. Several new international broadcast license deals to report for 4Kids Entertainment's animated series Chaotic. The high-def series has been acquired for a spring 2008 launch by TEN Network (Australia), RTBF (Belgium), SIC (Portugal), MNet (South Africa), and Kids Central (Singapore). In the U.S., Chaotic airs on the 4Kids TV block on Fox, on Toon Disney's Jetix block, and is available via VOD on the Comcast, Cox and Bresnan cable systems. In Canada, Chaotic is broadcast in English and French on Teletoon. Beyond Distribution has been tapped as the worldwide distributor of the new MTV produced docu-style series, The Paper (8x30). The show follows the editors and staff of a school newspaper, The Circuit, of Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Florida, as they put together issues of the 32-page paper each semester. Beyond will offer the series next month at MIPTV. Dave Sirulnick, Marshall Eisen, Lindsey Bannister, Jessica Chesler and Sam Simmons serve as Executive Producers for The Paper. China's Hunan Satellite TV is all set to take Ugly Betty to another level. The network will produce a Chinese version running five seasons with 400 episodes planned. Filming begins next month on Invincible Ugly Woman (translation). A new project aimed at Northern Ireland's kiddies will debut on BBC Two Northern Ireland on April 5 and 6 at 715a. Sesame Tree is being produced by Inferno Group's Belfast-based SixteenSouth in association with Sesame Workshop. The 20x15-minute series, aimed at K3-6, will encourage kids to explore and appreciate the world around them. In addition, a Sesame Tree website is being developed by BBC Northern Ireland Learning at www.bbc.co.uk/ni/schools/sesametree while the Partnership Management Board of Northern Ireland, Early Years - the Organisation for Young Children (formerly NIPPA), and the Curriculum Advisory and Support Service of the five Education and Library Boards will create Sesame Tree-themed outreach materials. NBC is finding out more about the BBC's Who Do You Think You Are? after commissioning a U.S. version to be exec produced by Is or Isn't Entertainment's Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky and Wall to Wall's CEO Alex Graham. The genealogy series format was acquired from the show's U.K.-based Wall to Wall producer, which will also serve as the producer in association with Is or Isn't. The original British show is already going into its fifth season. Florence Nightingale, a production by the U.K.'s 1A Productions in association with Lightworks Producing Group, will makes its debut in primetime on BBC1 on March 24. Based on her letters and diaries, the 60-minute drama about "The Lady with the Lamp" tells the tale of the English aristocrat who became a devoted nurse and wounded veteran activist. The show is a Faith & Values Media/BBC co-production in association with CTVC and 8th Day Productions, Ltd. 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. HISPANIC MARKET: Discovery en Espanol will debut an original documentary series this month, Voces de Cambio, which spotlights ordinary Hispanics and Latino celebs' triumphant stories against adversity. The focus will begin with Edward James Olmos on March 16 at 10p and Carlos Santana on March 23 at 9p. GAY/LESBIAN MARKET: On March 28, here! TV will debut Jason Stuart: Making it to the Middle,spotlighting the male comedian in a stand-up comedy special filmed in LA. EXECUTIVE MOVES: Univision Online, Inc. is opening a new office in San Francisco, which will be headed up by Scott Thompson, the new Director/Northwest Region. He will report to Charlie Echeverry, SVP/Digital Sales. Scott was most recently Disney Online's Northwest Senior Account Manager. Ty Johnson has been pulled in by Gospel Music Channel to be its new National Accounts Southeast Manager/Branded Entertainment and Integration. In this newly created position, he will manage ad sales support with a focus on multicultural account coverage, brand integration services, and advertiser-funded programming. Based in Atlanta, Ty will report to Matt Turner, VP/Eastern Region Advertising Sales. He recently served as VP/Advertising Sales for Black Family Channel. Answer to Yesterday'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? DICK VAN DYKE Kudos to: Michael Goodman-WJZZ-FM/Atlanta; Matthew Willence-ITN Networks/NY; Ron Salcedo-Zimmerman/Nashville; Liz Jones- SpotPlus/Dallas; Lori Heiss-HIT Entertainment Ltd/London Today's Trivia Question: "You've got the look I want to know better, you've got the look that's all together, working, playing, day or night ..." What clothing company was selling this "look" in their ads that aired in the late 70's and early 80's? ( 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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