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InternationalCableU is your only source for in-depth analysis of the US cable marketplace. Whether you are selling to, competing with, or sourcing programs from American cable nets, there's just one place U need to go: www.CableU.tv These are just a few of companies enrolled ... and over 90% renewed! A&E • Atlas Media • Channel Five (UK) •Discovery Networks • ESPN • five TV UK • Granada • Hallmark Channel •HGTV•The History Channel •Lion Television •MTV • National Geographic Channel • Oxygen Media • ProSieben(Germany) • Sony Pictures Entertainment •Tapestry International • Towers Productions •VOOM • ZDF www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. 03/31/08 Good morning. It's Monday, March 31, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Another lawsuit is brewing across the U.S./Mexico border, this time between DreamWorks TV and Mark Burnett's LA-based Contender Partners joint venture and Mexico's TV Azteca. The trademark violation allegations were filed on March 26 in a LA court regarding the former's Contender boxing reality series and TV Azteca's Retador Azteca (Aztec Challenger). The show was broadcast in the U.S. on Azteca America as part of licensing deal with the U.S.' Mapitv Entertainment Group. Contender Partners reportedly brought the boxing show idea to TV Azteca in 2007 to pursue a Spanish-language version, per Variety. TV Azteca stated that the original Retador idea belonged to Mapitv and the U.S. licensing decision occurred before Contender Partners approached the Mexican network with promos already produced before the May 2007 upfront. A cease and desist order was reportedly sent to TV Azteca previously as well. A 92.5% stake in South Korea's C&M Co Ltd cable TV operator has been bought for $2 billion by Australia's Macquarie Group and MBK Partners. With this acquisition, the investment fund and private equity company will make Korean history by turning C&M into the first cable TV operator run by private equity funds, per Reuters. The deal received regulatory approval from the Korea Broadcasting Commission last month. C&M reached over 40% of the South Korean population with 2+ million cable subscribers. As of tomorrow, NBC Universal Global Networks will introduce its SCI FI Channel to the Asian region with an April 1 launch in Japan on digital TV platform J:COM, SkyPerfecTV and Yahoo! BB TV. (Back in November 2007, NBC Universal also acquired JSBC2, a subsidiary of J:COM.) Sundance Channel signed an exclusive agreement with Canada's Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) to bring a branded programming block to CBC's rebranded digital documentary channel Documentary (previously The Documentary Channel) on Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends. The deal brings Sundance Channel feature-length documentaries to Canada for the first time. Teracom and 3i's Swedish Boxer pay-TV platform has gained governmental approval to operate Denmark's 3-multiplex service DTT platform over competitors Telenor (Norway) and Modern Times Group (Sweden). Boxer will work with Danmarks Radio, which operates one multiplex, and oversee free-to-air and pay-TV channels when the service begins operating when analog is stopped in November 2009. Not to be outdone, Sweden's Viasat Broadcasting, a Modern Times Group division, has been given the go ahead by the Swedish Radio and TV Authority for two new digital terrestrial network broadcast licenses in addition to renewing its present four licenses for its TV3, TV6, TV8 and ZTV DTT platform channels. The new licensed premium channels are film network TV1000 and the sports-focused Viasat Sport 1, set to launch this year on a new multiplex. (Other channels coming to Swedish audiences in the fall include Comedy Central, Discovery Science, Jetix, National Geographic Channel, Showtime and TV4 Sport.) France's Neuf Cegetel has inked with Private Media Group to offer its adult film content to Neuf Cegetel's IPTV service customers as VOD content. The Neuf VOD deal covers hundreds of new and library titles. Triple-play operator Neuf currently has more than 200 TV channels and 5,000 VOD/SVOD titles. The U.K.'s Fluorescent Media cross-platform programming tech company and Associated Press signed a new content distribution and technology agreement giving Fluorescent the exclusive distribution rights for AP's Entertainment shows Entertainment Now, Movies Now and Film File. In addition, Fluorescent has been named as AP's exclusive technology partner for interactive format creation connected to the three shows. Program distribution will be handled through Fluorescent's international sales & distribution team. Canada's Distraction inked its first Chinese deal with its Dirty Rotten Cheater format going to Beijing New Century Media. The Jonathan Goodson Productions-created suspenseful game show already airs in France (F2), India (STAR), Italy (Canale 5), Japan (TBS), Spain (Telemadrid), the U.S., the U.K. (BBC) and Vietnam (HTV). It seems that personal details of 437 BBC employees to be flown over to Beijing to cover the Olympics (which, by the way, is more than the 300+ athletes competing in the Games) have gone missing from the BBC Television Centre office in London. The British network has brought in the police to investigate the missing two files with employee accreditation forms as well as starting an internal security review. BBC first investigated the files whereabouts internally after the March 14 weekend but came up empty handed. Nelvana Enterprises inked a worldwide home entertainment rights deal for up to 60 episodes of CGI series The Backyardigans with FremantleMedia Enterprises, excluding Canada and the U.S. Season 1 will be available in Japan with seasons 2 and 3 offered in international territories where they are not already available. With the recent announcement of its September 2008 launch of Telemundo Internacional in Mexico, Telemundo also revealed that it is looking to rollout the channel in 23 additional countries by September 2009. The new territories include Canada, Portugal and Spain, according to TBIvision. Last Call for the 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 today. Last year we launched Cynopsis Digital, the year before the Cynopsis Daily Video, the year before Cynopsis audio podcast, and the year before that Cynopsis International. It seems it has become something of a trend for us to launch something new each and every year, and why should this year be anything different? Announcing Cyn opsis Media: Top Tier, our newest Executive Search Division. An extension of our well known Classifieds section, Top Tier will use our extensive reach to help locate and screen the best person for the executive job you are looking to fill. Whether you're looking for a new hire, or a change of scenery yourself, let us know, we can help. EXECUTIVE MOVES: Sue Kroll, Warner Bros. Pictures' new President/International Marketing since January, has brought up several of the network's own to new global posts. Blair Rich has been upped from SVP to EVP/International Marketing while Lance Volland and Juli Goodwin will serve as Co-Head/Worldwide Publicity. The new SVP/Worldwide Promotions will be Gene Garlock. Debi Miller, EVP/Domestic Marketing, is heading out to work at CBS Films under the same title. Answer to Yesterday'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)? IN MY LIFE (The Beatles) Kudos to: Barbara Rosenthal-Tiffany Outdoor/NY; Eric Adler-Eric Adler Research/Clearwater, FL; Ron Salcedo-Zimmerman/Nashville; Eddie Hsu-KCTV5/My KSMO-TV/Kansas City Today's Trivia Question: On what show does the host ask homeowners to select four "elements" that will be the impetus in the redesign of their chosen space? ( 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 03.31.08 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 A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CYNOPSIS MEDIA: TOP TIER
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Cynopsis Media: Top Tier Executive Search Division High level executive search, candidates fully screened and vetted, meeting precisely your criteria. For more information, call Trish Pihonak 203.926.9878 if you're looking to make an executive change, or are looking for a change of scenery yourself. www.cynopsis.com/toptier Cyn opsis CLASSIFIEDS - For More classifieds, visit the Cynopsis.com classifieds page here JOB OPENING: SVP STRATEGIC RESEARCH/Disney*ABC Dom TV/Burbank: 10 yrs broad-based TV exp + 7+ yrs mgmt; leading edge exec w/proven ability to assess media trends/developments. APPLY www.disneycareers.com Req #137377 (4/5) JOB OPENING: VP, PROMOTION MARKETING/Comedy Central/NYC: Min 8 yrs exp. promotion marketing at a television network/advertising agency; BA/BS, strong PC skills. EOE/M/F/D/AAP apply at www.mtvncareers.com (4/5) JOB OPENING: DIGITAL RESEARCH MNGR/Bravo/Oxygen: Lead research analysis across Bravo/Oxygen properties. 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Apply: http://www.recruitingcenter.net/clients/bbc/publicjobs (4/4) 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. Resume to: (4/3) JOB OPENING: ACCT EXEC/Gospel Music Channel/NY: Fast growing new ntwrk seeks dynamic nat'l ad sales acct exec. 2 yrs media sales exp; agency exp pref'd. Proven track rec w/ new bus dvlpmnt. Resume: (4/3) JOB OPENING: AFF. FINANCE ANALYST: Cash application of MSO remittances and subscriber updating. 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