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Producers: CableU is your only source for in-depth analysis of US cable networks - the likely customers for your programs. Stay on top of network needs, trends, programs in development, and so much more. Just a few days left to take advantage of CableU's MIPTV to MIPCOM Special! Get 6 months of unlimited access to everything on CableU, for only $499. Available for a limited time.* Click here for more. www.CableU.tv - Know Networks Better. Pitch Smarter. *Offer expires 4/30/08. Cynopsis: International 05/01/08 Good morning. It's Thursday, May 1, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has created a new Branded Services unit to develop Warner Bros.-branded, ad-supported and both AVOD and SVOD channels on all new media platforms, including digital cable, IPTV, PC and mobile. Two launched are already occurring with a Warner TV-branded SVOD service in Germany with ProSiebenSat.1 Group's maxdome for theatrical motion pictures and television series as SVOD and PPV/transactional (TVOD) in Warner-branded zones. WBITD is debuting another branded film and TV channel in India as part of a cross-company collaboration with Turner Entertainment Networks Asia. Managing the new Warner Bros. Branded Services unit will be 14-year WB veteran Malcolm Dudley-Smith as EVP/Business Management, Branded Services. Today ESPN launches North American Sports Network (NASN) on the DSmart platform in Turkey with ESPN Classic to follow on June 1. Spain's Radio Television Espanola, Finland's Channel 4 and Fox Latin America are the latest to make post-MIPTV agreements with Oasis International with the first taking Lifetime/CTV movie Murder on Her Mind. The company closed a multi-title deal to Africa for over 70 hours of programming. ReGenesis was sold into Spain and Latin America and 62 episodes of BLUEPRINT's Kenny Vs Spenny to Channel 4 in Finland. As for films, Oasis inked a 10-title package deal with Blockbuster in Israel and another 4-movie agreement in the Middle East. Two bits of Portfolio news ...
Virgin Media and the BBC will work together to launch BBC iPlayer, lending Virgin Media;s 3.5 million TV customers the honor of being the first in the U.K. to get BBC iPlayer on a TV platform. At this point, VM customers will gain access to more than 350 hours of programs by clicking on a certain button with the iPlayer's availability on VM's Electronic Programme Guide to be debuted in the summer. French-language TV5MONDE USA will air 'live' coverage of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival taking place May 14-25 during its series The 25th Image (25eme Image). Airing weekdays at 830p and Sunday at 130p, the show is augmented by the airing of films previously screened in official selection competition at the Cannes Film Festivals. The films are started off by L'Adversaire on May 13 at 825p. HISPANIC MARKET: Telemundo Communications Group unwrapped its new The Pulse Research Center, a state-of-the-art research facility at Universal City Walk. The network also announced its new subscription to IAG Research, becoming IAG's first Spanish-language network client. Top 10 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Program Live +SD ratings for the week of April 20-27, 2008**, *** UNIV Pasion (Mon-Fri Var) 21.4 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Al Diablo con Guapos (Mon-Fri 8p) 21.3 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Don Francisco Presenta (Wed 10p) 18.5 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Cristina (Mon 10p) 17.6 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Nuestra Belleza (Fri 10p) 16.4 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Aqui y Ahora (Tue 10p) 15.5 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Mon-Fri 7p) 13.6 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Amas Casa Desesperads (Thu 10p) 13.5 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Sabado Gigante (Sat 8p) 11.8 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Miguel Galvan E Cmda (Sun 10p) 11.6 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 April 20-27, 2008** FOX American Idol (Tue 8p) 6.0 NTIH HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Wed 9p) 5.5 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Dancing with the Stars Results (Tue 9p) 5.5 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Dancing with the Stars (Mon 8p) 5.3 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Family Guy (Sun 9p) 5.0 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Grey's Anatomy (Thu 9p) 5.0 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Simpsons (Sun 8p) 4.7 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Desperate Housewives (Sun 9p) 4.6 NTIH HH Rtg FOX American Dad (Sun 930p) 4.4 NTIH HH Rtg CBS CSI (Thu 9p) 4.2 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. LATAM MARKET: Nickers will be Nickelodeon Latin America's newest day-part show for Argentina and Mexico when it launches in June 9 at 6p and 4p, respectively. The 60-minute magazine-style series for the K8-15 audience will have two local hosts in each country with the program divided into several segments such as video clips and interactive telephone calls and games as well as a dedicated Nicktoon block. 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 April 20-27, 2008 - highest rated primetime network programs in African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research FOX American Idol (Wed 9p) 11.7 HH Rtg FOX American Idol (Tue 8p) 11.6 HH Rtg ABC Dancing with the Stars (Mon 8p) 10.4 HH Rtg CBS CSI: Miami (Mon 10p) 10.2 HH Rtg CBS Without a Trace (Thu 10p) 9.8 HH Rtg NBC Law and Order (Wed 10p) 9.4 HH Rtg NBC Law and Order: SVU (Tue 10p) 8.7 HH Rtg ABC Grey's Anatomy (Thu 9p) 8.5 HH Rtg ABC Dancing with the Stars Results (Tue 9p) 8.4 HH Rtg CBS CSI (Thu 9p) 8.2 HH Rtg *Source: Nielsen Media Research GAY/LESBIAN MARKET: On May 3 at 9p, Logo will premiere CBS News on Logo Special Report: GLAAD Media Awards Backstage Pass, taking a glimpse at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York and Los Angeles. In other Logo news, the network is collaborating with Amazon.com subsidiary Audible, Inc. on several different projects, including a new LGBT audiobook store, curated by Logo, available at www.Audible.com . JEWISH MARKET: MetroCast Cablevision, serving 200,000 households in 8 states, has added Shalom TV to its free VOD lineup in communities in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, and Maryland. EXECUTIVE MOVES: Malcolm Dudley-Smith, a WB veteran, has been named to the newly created position of EVP/Business Management, Branded Services for Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD). He will be in charge of overseeing all business aspects of the branded services group, coordinating licensing activities with WBITD's traditional licensing units, creating a rollout strategy for additional Warner TV channels and AVOD and SVOD branded services and more. Malcolm will continue to report to Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, Warner Bros. International Television's President. Bhavneet Singh has been upped to EVP and MD/Emerging Markets for MTV Networks International (MTVNI). He will continue to manage MTVNI's music, kids and comedy brands in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East as well as Russia. Based in London, Bhavneet reports to COO Alex Ferrari. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: On what show could you find colorful characters Blaine Edwards and Antoine Merriweather? IN LIVING COLOR (Damon Wayans & David Allen Grier) Kudos to: Juan P. Delgado-Telemundo Network Group LLC/Hialeah,FL; Sonia Mendez/Charleston, SC; Jim Brown-WWE Enterprises/ Stamford, CT; Wendy Kamilar-Telemundo Network/Hialeah, FL; Ron Salcedo-Zimmerman/Nashville; Jesus Molina-KXOF/Laredo, TX; Tina Richardson-KETV/Hearst-Argyle/CTZ; Stacey Schneider-Helen Thompson Media, Inc./San Antonio, TX; Steven Graciano-Fox Sports en Espanol/LA; Laura Steele-Starz Entertainment/Englewood, CO; Derek Anderson-Frantic Films/Toronto Today's Trivia Question: "This is the best elevator music I've ever heard", was said at the end of which TV show's theme song? (email 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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