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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 4, 2008. 03/28/08 Good morning. It's Friday, March 28, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Former Lion TV execs Mat Steiner and Adam Wood's new indie production shingle has roped in a minority investment from Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI). Gogglebox Entertainment will be involved with the creation and production of entertainment and factual entertainment formats for the U.K. market. SPTI also acquires the international distribution rights to Gogglebox formats. Back in the U.K., Hat Trick Productions has teamed up with funny guys Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller to form a new comedy and drama production company, Toff Media. The joint venture will start off with a new season of the comedian's The Armstrong and Miller Show airing on BBC1. Virgin Media Television's LIVING picked up the exclusive U.K. rights to Disney-ABC International Television's Private Practice drama. Central European Media Enterprises launched 4 new shows on brand new channel Nova Cinema in the Czech Republic and Slovakia's TV Markiza. Magazine show The Hollywood Reporter, the 30-minute The Red Carpet Reporter are two of the shows while the third is actually a slot dedicated to student films from Czech and Slovak film schools from the Night of Film Chances project. TV Markiza will air the fourth, a new 10x60-minute crime series, City of Shadows. Pre-MIPTV sales from the U.K.'s Electric Sky …
BabyFirst will launch its 24/7 commercial-free programming service on Hong Kong Cable as of March 31 at 6a on Channel 138 as part of its Happy Kids Pack. RDF Media Group's RDF Rights signed deals with Denmark's TV2, Norway's TV2, Brazil's SBT, Malaysia's Astro and Poland's TVP2 for its Don't Forget The Lyrics format, bringing the total numbers of local versions to 13. Season 1 and 2 of The high-def Not Going Out sitcom has been sold by Avalon Distribution to BBC America, Australia's Seven and the U.K.' Paramount Comedy for a total of fourteen, 30-minute episodes. The first two networks have also inked pre-sale contracts for season 3, due out on BBC1 later in 2008. BBC Worldwide will take the show to its BBC Entertainment-branded channels in Africa, Asia and India, per C21. The U.K. DVD distribution rights for Not Going Out's 3 are going to Universal Pictures. Canada's Peace Point Entertainment Group is taking Toronto native Murtz Jaffer and his reality vs. myth on reality TV website to the next level (he recruited reality stars to write snippets for him). Reality Obsessed will debut on Canada's TVtropolis this fall as a 13x30-minute series. He is throwing her to the wolves! Factual producer Tigress Productions has been commissioned by the U.K.'s Five to produce a 2x60-minute show, Mr & Mrs Wolf. The program follows the story of Shaun Ellis (aka Wolfman) and the introduction of his girlfriend into his pack of wolves after his living with them for three years. Program Call: Just a few days left … 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: I honestly cannot believe that 20 years has passed! Well, it has and MTV is celebrating the 20th anniversary of Yo! MTV Raps with a month-long campaign starting on April 1. MTV, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, MTV Jams, MTV Hits, MTV Mobile, MTV Radio and MTV On Demand will all join in on the celebrations with new and old Yo! MTV Raps programming as well as other content on www.think.mtv.com and www.MTV.com . (There's even a live media roundtable in April on www.MTVPress.com for us to debate whether it is the most influential music series.) As for the MTV Tr3s side of the celebrations, the network will feature segments each Wednesday at 4p showcasing Yo! MTV Raps videos and moments all month long on its Sucker Free Latino. Sorpresa, targeted to Hispanic K2-17, acquired 7 new shows for its 2Q2008 lineup. Sorpresa's new programming includes the animated preschool series Boom & Reds, Zumbers and Tweenies. For the K6-11 crowd, there is Lola and Virginia, Telmo and Tula: Little Cooks and Arts & Crafts while teens can watch the animated series Girl Stuff, Boy Stuff and Erky Perky. Sorpresa has also launched Cine Sorpresa, a family-targeted block that will feature animated classics in Spanish. In addition, the network picked up three new preschool specials, April Fool's Day with Lola & Virginia, Cine Sorpresa's Jungle Book and Earth Day with Arcandina. Todobebe is re-launching its redesigned and expanded website. Targeted to Hispanic families with K0-5 year olds, it offers parents tools to help raise their kids with fun mixed in too, including videos, expert information, forums and celeb interviews. LATAM MARKET: Music will be coming out on three different platforms with the launch of MTV Latin America's La Zona. Musical content will air on the network's TV, online and mobile platforms, kicking off with its pan-regional talent search contest, La Zona de Combate, and a second phase including a new MTV reality show. The network also announced the launch of the 30-minute weekly show La Zona TV, where MTV VJ Jazz in Mexico and MTV VJ Federico in Argentina will highlight talent from www.lazona.com as of April 2 at 830p. EXECUTIVE MOVES: The Abu Dhabi Media Company named Ed Borgerding as its new CEO. The former Disney International EVP will manage strategy for its TV and radio stations, print publications and the yearling movie and video game production fund. In addition, Ricky Ghai is the new Executive Director/Digital Media. Prior to this position, he was SVP/Programming at TV3 Sweden. Glenn Dryfoos has been brought in by Univision Communications to serve as its new SVP/Business Affairs, report to President and COO Ray Rodriguez. Glenn will be in charge of the TV, radio and online operations and business from his base in Miami. He comes to Univision from his prior position as EVP/Business Affairs at Telemundo Communications Group. CBS Corporation's online music discovery network, www.Last.fm , named F. Scott Woods as SVP and MD for Germany. Serving with Google as Head/Strategic Partnerships and Business Development, Northern and Central Europe previously, he will now be in charge of Last.fm's presence in the country, building a permanent Hamburg office and overseeing marketing, ad sales and business development inside Germany and Northern Europe. NBC Universal International Television Distribution upped one its own, Sven Noth, to be VP Liaison, Germany from Director Liaison. Based out of Munich, he will continue to manage free and pay TV initiatives for NBC Universal programming in Germany and German-speaking Europe. Sven will report to Carolyn Stalins, SVP liaison, France, Germany and Italy. Friday Fun Fact: The Himalayan gogi berry contains, weight for weight, more iron than steak, more beta carotene than carrots and more vitamin C than oranges. Answer to Yesterday'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? NINA VAN HORN (Just Shoot Me) Kudos to: Nicole Elliott-Rainbow Media/NY; Yvette Clark-Azteca America/Dallas; Talia Rodríguez-Shakur Streetropical Media/LA; Natalie Edgar-ABC2 /Ultimo NSW, Australia Today's Trivia Question: What popular song was used as the theme song (covered by Chantal Kreviazuk) for the series Providence, starring Melina Kanakaredes (1999-2002)? ( 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 03.28.08 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. 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