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CABLEU Confidential , a blog dedicated to cable television programming, features the CableU analysts, sounding off on the latest headlines, announcements, and tidbits of insider info. Plus, subscribe to our daily newsfeed for expert insight & analysis of the hottest networks in cable. Where PRODUCERS find opportunity Where PROGRAMMERS track competition Where ADVERTISERS get the real story Cable U Confidential - Now U Know. Cyn opsis: International 06/23/08 Good morning. It's Monday, June 23, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: Fox Sports International (FSI) has appointed IMG Sports Media to handle its international distribution for programming such as the Bowl Championship Series, Cotton Bowl and Big Ten and the Pac 10 football and basketball games and Fuel TV and Fox Soccer Channel content. IMG takes over the sales duties for the 3,000+ content hours from FSI's London-based division as of July 1. FSI does not hold international rights for some of its programming, per HR. On Friday morning Cookie Jar Entertainment and DIC Entertainment announced they had inked a deal to merge two companies. The deal would see Cookie Jar pay US $31.5 million for all of the issued and outstanding equity in DIC in a deal valued at some US $87.6 million. Bringing these companies together would establish a kids animation library of 6,000 half-hours of programming, and give Cookie Jar access to merchandising and licensing rights to such brands as American Greetings' (AG) Strawberry Shortcake, as well as Inspector Gadget, Horseland and Mommy & Me among others. Under the proposed deal DIC will be a subsidiary of privately held Cookie Jar. DIC's Chairman and CEO Andy Heyward will enter into a new employment and non-competition deal with DIC. If approved the merger would also include DIC's subsidiary Copyright Promotions, a Europe-based licensing agency, and DIC's one-third interest in KidsCo, the international kid's TV channel, which also includes NBC Universal and Corus Entertainment as partners. Fast-forward an hour or two after the initial announcement - AG said it had obtained a temporary retraining order blocking the proposed the sale of DIC, explaining that it had not agreed to the deal, a right AG says it has under its long-term agreement with DIC. AG explained its concerned the sale, would "cause irreparable damage" to its Strawberry Shortcake brand. Some of the news coming out of last week's DISCOP ...
Down in Rio, Brazil's Conspiracao has picked up a commission from Discovery for a survivor series. The as-of-yet nameless series will take a 6-8 episode interview and dramatization look at those who have survived horrible accidents. The 44-minute show will go on air in Latin America and the U.S. in Spanish or Portuguese (depends on the story's location) as 2008 draws to a close, per Variety. Today will bring the debut of a new 930p weekday show, Angus & Cheryl, on Televisio de Catalunya in Spain. The BRB Internacional show, co-produced with Screen 21, Tuba Ent. and Televisio de Catalunya, will also air in Spain and France on Nickelodeon and in Russia on 5 Channel. The 104x2-minute high-def, 3D series without dialogue is a family show about the daily clashes between boys and girls. HISPANIC MARKET: Spain's Telecinco isn't very happy with YouTube these days. The Mediaset free-to-air broadcaster submitted a lawsuit over alleged intellectual property rights infringements. It is looking for compensation and better measures to prevent content showing up on the video-sharing site before it has even aired on Telecinco. EXECUTIVE MOVES: Bavaria Media in Germany has named Rolf Moser as its new CEO. He has previously headed up the company for 3 years (1997-2000) and will continue to be responsible for his current duties as MD of the company's Bavaria Sonor music publishing unit. Rolf replaces Ute Kramer, who just resigned. Oliver Kreuter was also pulled in as Head of the Bavaria Media Television global distribution and co-production unit, replaces the Zodiak Television-bound Oliver Schundler. The new Head/Formats for Europe, Middle East and Africa at BBC Worldwide will be Claudia Danser, taking over format licensing for the EMEA region (excluding France and Germany). The current Head/Programming, Formats and Publishing in Iberia will take on her new responsibilities as of July. Claudia will collaborate with Director/International Formats Colin Jarvis while reporting to Tim Mutimer, SVP/Sales and Distribution, EMEA. Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: Actor John Amos is best known for his roles in the mini-series Roots and the sitcom Good Times. Before he played either of those roles, he played a weatherman on a popular TV series. What was his character's first name on this show? GORDY (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) Kudos to: Michael Goodman-WJZZ-FM/Atlanta; Charlene White-A&E Television Networks/Stamford, CT; Anne Kissel Elliot-The Nielsen Company/FL; Margot Bradley-Hola Networks Corp./Coral Gables, FL; Melissa White-SpotPlus/Dallas; Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg-M and S Entertainment/LA Today's Trivia Question: On the reality series America's Next Top Model, who was the first full Latina to win the competition? (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.) Later -- Cyn 06.23.08 Cynopsis International 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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