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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM
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InternationalClick here for a chance to win a FREE one-year subscription to CableU! A CableU subscription includes: Network Needs, Network Analyses & Profiles, Programs in Development, Strategic Opportunities, and so much more, on over 140 cable networks. What are U waiting for? www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. *Offer expires Friday, April 28, 2008. 03/27/08 Good morning. It's Thursday, March 27, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: TV Azteca bought a 70% majority share in Guatemalan TV company Latitud TV, a deal that will import the Mexican media company's content to Latitud's UHF channels 31 and 35. The former channel is a broadcast station airing in Guatemala City while cable station Channel 35 airs throughout Guatemala. As part of the deal, TV Azteca will begin programming and operating the two channels as of May as well as handle ad sales. Chello Zone acquired the cable and DTH rights to a selection of features and TV series from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, including Kiss of Death, The Punisher, Millennium, COPS and more will head over to Chello Zones' Zone Horror, Zone Reality and Zone Thriller channels. Target Entertainment and Endemol UK's Initial Kids inked an international distribution agreement for their kids fare, including the format rights for its Smokehouse factual series and distribution for the Emu (26x15-minute) live action comedy. The former was created for CBBC about kids trying to get their parents to stop smoking. Sci-fi detective series Charlie Jade is heading over to the U.S.' Sci-Fi Channel following a deal with U.K.-based Park Entertainment. The20x60-minute series is a multi-country production between Canada's Jadejons and CineGroupe and South Africa's Imaginarium for Canada's Chum TV and South African broadcaster SABC. The down under Summer Heights High mocumentary series, which aired on Australia's ABC, has gone to the U.S.'s HBO and the U.K.'s BBC3. HBO will air the 8-episode comedy show as part of its Friday late-night funny block. Poppets Town, a new animated series for preschoolers, is in the works as a co-production between Canada's DECODE Entertainment and Spain's Neptuno Films, in association with Japan's OLC/Rights Entertainment. The 26x30-minute (or 52x15-minute) has already scored pre-sales with France's Canal J, Disney International for its Australasia, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, Taiwan and U.K. channels and TeleQuebec for Canada. As for who handles where … the international distribution rights have been split between Neptuno (Latin America, Portugal and Spain) and OLC (Japan) with DECODE handling the rest of the world. Canadian broadcaster YTV has renewed the MarVista Entertainment-distributed live-action kids reality series Prank Patrol for an additional twenty-two 30-minute episodes from Montreal's Apartment 11 Productions, bringing the total to 100 episodes. Prank Patrol is also licensed as a format to the BBC. Peace Point Entertainment Group is finishing up production on Real Fight Club, a documentary commissioned for Canada's Global Television network. It airs May 17 on 7p as part of the documentary series Global Currents. A few pre-MIPTV deals:
Mixing in a little international internet focus from two Tokyo TV players, per Variety …
Program Call: 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: Top 10 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Program Live +SD ratings for the week of March 17-23, 2008**, *** UNIV Al Diablo con Guapos (Mon-Fri Var) 21.3 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Pasion (Mon- Fri 9p) 16.8 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Don Francisco Presenta (Wed 10p) 15.1 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Aqui y Ahora (Tue 10p) 15.1 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Cristina (Mon 10p) 14.1 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Mon-Fri 7p) 13.7 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Nuestra Belleza (Fri 10p) 13.4 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Amas Casa Desesperads (Thu 10p) 12.0 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Sabado Gigante (Sat 8p) 11.8 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Mentiras y 50 Tnvl 2 (Sun 9p) 10.4 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 March 17-23, 2008** FOX American Idol (Wed 9p) 6.4 NTIH HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Tue 8p) 6.4 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Dancing with the Stars (Mon 8p) 6.1 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Dancing with the Stars Special (Tue 9p) 4.9 NTIH HH Rtg CW Friday Night Smackdown (Fri 8p) 4.1 NTIH HH Rtg ABC 20/20 (Fri 10p) 3.9 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Moment of Truth (Wed 8p) 3.6 NTIH HH Rtg NBC Law and Order (Wed 10p) 3.4 NTIH HH Rtg NBC Law and Order: SVU (Tue 10p) 3.3 NTIH HH Rtg FOX AMW: America Fights Back (Sat 9p) 3.3 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Ed (Sun 8p) 3.3 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 March 17-23, 2008 - highest rated primetime network programs in African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research FOX American Idol (Tue 8p) 14.0 HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Wed 9p) 13.1 HH Rtg ABC Dancing with the Stars (Mon 8p) 10.9 HH Rtg ABC Special Presentation (Sat 7p) 8.3 HH Rtg FOX Moment of Truth (Wed 8p) 8.3 HH Rtg CBS NCAA Post Game (Sun 740p) 8.2 HH Rtg ABC Dancing with the Stars Special (Tue 9p) 7.2 HH Rtg CBS 60 Minutes (Sun 753p) 6.9 HH Rtg NBC Law and Order (Wed 10p) 6.9 HH Rtg CBS NCAA Basketball Chmp-SA-3 (Sat 733p) 6.8 HH Rtg CBS CSI: Miami (Mon 10p) 6.8 HH Rtg *Source: Nielsen Media Research Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: In the '60s, "Does she or doesn't she?" was the slogan of what popular hair care product? MISS CLAIROL (Hair Color) Kudos to: Miriam Stocker-BET Entertainment Television/Southfield, MI; Kerry Hughes-qubo/NY; Louise Kalechstein-Newsday.com/NY; Matthew Willence-ITN Networks/NY; Don Tapani-FOX/My27/Dallas; Steve Weinshel-Pitch White/Chicago; Fatima Quiroz-Azteca America/Dallas; Roxanne Lettman-CBS/LA; Jaime Boyd-Univision & TeleFutura/AZ Today's Trivia Question: I was abandoned as a child and then adopted by farmers who named me Claire after their missing cat. I'm a former model and my best friend is Binnie? Who am I? ( 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.) Later -- Ariana Rawls for Cynopsis: International Edition 03.27.08 Cynopsis Int'l Ad Sales: Jason Cesare - 732-718-0629 / Classifieds - Trish Pihonak- 203-926-9878 / Cynopsis website - Video Resumes, Extended Classified Ads, Archives, and the Cynopsis Daily Video CableU - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. Click here Cynopsis CLASSIFIEDS - For More classifieds, visit the Cynopsis.com classifieds page here JOB OPENING: SR RESEARCH ANALYST/Fox Latin America Channels/NYC: Support Ad Sales, Programming, Marketing. 2+ years in managing quantitative and qualitative research. Email (4/3) JOB OPENING: MGR, DIGITAL MEDIA AD OPS/AETN, NY: Manage trafficking & operations associated with Digital Media Sales of growing dept. Exp in Internet or Broadcast Ad Ops/Traffic dept. Apply: www.aetn.com/careers.html (4/3) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL ASSOCIATE MEDIA DIR: 3-5+ Yrs digital media planning/buying exp, Develop POV's, client location West Chester County. Competitive salary/benefits. 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Apply: https://www.discovery.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm Req#7737 (3/28) JOB OPENING: RESEARCH MANAGER/Fox/NY: Sales Research Fox Broadcast. 6+ yrs exp resrch/data analy cable/brdcast. Exp w/ Nielsen systems, MRI, Simmons, Str analytic sk. BS/BA. Please apply at www.foxcareers.com . (3/28) JOB OPENING: SR RESEARCH ANALYST/AD SALES/Sony Pictures TV: 3-5 yrs experience req. Nielsen software, Excel, PwrPnt proficiency req. Midtown Mnhtn. 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