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In the Netherlands, SBS took both tape and format rights. Oprah's Big Give sold 160+ hours to Kanal 5 in Sweden, Ten in Australia, NBC/Hallmark in Asia (pan regional) and SBS in The Netherlands (tape and format rights). Eleven territories picked up 66 hours of DEA, including RTL Digital in Germany and BSkyB in the U.K. RTL and Italy's Raisat were also in a buying spree for the Travel Channel catalog (Anthony Bordain's No Reservations, Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods and Sam Brown's Passport to China) for a total of 120 hours to 6 territories. Last, but not least, Australian drama Satisfaction got some 180 hours sold in 18 territories such as SIC in Portugal and SBS. Virgin Media Television's Virgin1 general entertainment channel acquired seasons 1 and 2 of The Monster Hunter from NBC Universal International Television Distribution. The 12x60-minute series will debut exclusively in the U.K. as part of Virgin1's primetime schedule from mid-summer. Originally called Destination Truth, it airs in the U.S. on Sci-Fi. Global preschool channel JimJam, a HIT Entertainment and Chellomedia joint venture, is set to launch in the Netherlands on cable operator Ziggo. The new launch will bring the network to nearly 400,000 additional households. Combined with recent launches on CanalDigitaal and UPC, the channel is expected to be available to almost 1 million subscribers in the Netherlands. JimJam is also launching into Russia and Bulgaria this month via the channel's new Middle East feed. Showtime Arabia debuted on the Middle East feed in April 2008, while additional launches will make JimJam available in Arabic, English and Russian languages, as well as making the channel available in South Africa. Japan's kiddie entertainment company Adness Entertainment named German brand management/media company m4e AG as the rights holder for broadcast, home entertainment, licensing and merchandising for Germany and German-speaking territories for its new live action series, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. Principal production has already been completed on 40 episodes for a January 2009 international delivery. HISPANIC MARKET: Starting July 10, Pepe Aguilar will take over mun2 for a week in a multiplatform special run with the Mexican regional music star, including exclusive live performances, interviews, behind the scenes specials, hosted shows and more. On July 10 at 8p, there will be a 60-minute VIVO special on Pepe, followed by more on July 12 on Reventon at 10a and 2RSLVJ at 9p. More stuff is available on http://holamun2.com/pepe as well. Two of the Univision Television Group's local stations did well in the latest June sweeps. According to Nielsen, LA's KMEX (Univision 34) and New York's WXTV (Univision 41) have the #1 and #2 highest-rated early evening newscasts among total A18-49 across all people meter markets. Top 10 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Program Live +SD ratings for the week of June 23-29, 2008**, *** UNIV Al Diablo con Guapos (Mon-Fri Var) 20.7 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Fuego en la Sangre (Mon-Fri Var) 19.6 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Cristina (Mon 10p) 18.5 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Don Francisco Presenta (Wed 10p) 16.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Aqui y Ahora (Tue 10p) 16.0 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Rosa de Guadalupe (Thu 10p) 14.8 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Querida Enemiga (M-F Var) 12.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Sabado Gigante (Sat 8p) 10.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Fabrica De Risas (Fri 10p) 9.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Rosa de Guadalupe (Sun 9p) 9.7 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 June 23-29, 2008** CW Friday Night Smackdown (Fri 8p) 3.9 NTIH HH Rtg FOX AMW: America Fights Back (Sat 9p) 3.8 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Wipeout (Tue 8p) 3.7 NTIH HH Rtg ABC I Survived-Japanese Gm Show (Tue 9p) 3.5 NTIH HH Rtg NBC America's Got Talent (Tue 9p) 3.3 NTIH HH Rtg FOX So You Think You Can Dance (Wed 8p) 3.1 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Cops 2 (Sat 830p) 3.0 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Hell's Kitchen (Tue 9p) 3.0 NTIH HH Rtg FOX Cops (Sat 823p) 3.0 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Primetime: Crime (Wed 10p) 2.9 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 June 23-29, 2008 - highest rated primetime network programs in African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research CBS CSI: NY (Wed 10p) 7.7 HH Rtg CBS Criminal Minds (Wed 9p) 7.1 HH Rtg CBS CSI: Miami (Mon 10p) 7.0 HH Rtg FOX So You Think You Can Dance (Wed 8p) 6.5 HH Rtg CBS 60 Minutes (Sun 7p) 6.2 HH Rtg NBC Celebrity Family Feud (Tue 8p) 6.2 HH Rtg FOX House (Mon 9p) 6.1 HH Rtg FOX So You Think You Can Dance (Thu 9p) 5.7 HH Rtg FOX AMW: America Fights Back (Sat 9p) 5.5 HH Rtg FOX Hell's Kitchen (Tue 9p) 5.5 HH Rtg *Source: Nielsen Media Research Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question: Victor Jory played a strait laced police lieutenant for the San Diego Police Department on which crime drama series? MANHUNT Kudos to all those who remembered this oldie but a goodie! Today's Trivia Question: Who am I? My wife Eleanor and I live in Baltimore with my wife, brother and my dad, a retired railroad man. I'm a garbage man by trade, tho I also like to play poker and did a term in the Army. Eleanor is a nurse, and sometimes to pick up a few extra bucks, I'll work as an orderly at the hospital. Who am I? (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 07.03.08 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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