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Cynopsis: International
07/16/08

Good morning. It's Wednesday, July 16, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing.

INTERNATIONAL MARKET:

CBS Paramount International Television and Middle East Broadcasting Center inked a multi-year agreement for both new and returning shows such as NCIS, Medium, Numb3rs and The Doctors.

Hong Kong's English-language TVB Pearl channel, TVB.COM and The Walt Disney Company's Disney-ABC International Television signed on the dotted line to offer several U.S. network series on TVB's CatchUp TV service ( www.pearl.tvb.com ) as free on-demand content.  It will be available 12 hours after the TV broadcast.

Cox Communications has added TV5MONDE USA in Palos Verdes, CA. The channel, which has been available in LA on Cox Communications, Time Warner Cable and Comcast Digital Cable, is now available on Palos Verdes's Channel 457 for an individual subscription of $11.95/month.

Endemol has been tapped to create content for the Netherlands' Eredivisie Live as part of a joint project between the two.  The Dutch soccer league's channel will start broadcasting matches live from the league as of August 29 on Dutch cable, IPTV and online.

In Eastern Europe, A Company's Eastern European Acquisition Pool unit sold five films to Slovakia's TV Markiza and TV Joj as part of a slew of distribution deals in the region.  Poland's TVP took 34 movies while Canal Plus Polska has 15.  TV2 in Hungary also took the same number, albeit first runs, per Variety.  Russia's Channel One, RTR, TV3, TV Center and NTV all opted in for bundles.

So did you hear the one about ... ?  Ok, bad attempt but hopefully some good jokes will show up at the Yuk Yuk's Great Canadian Laugh Off.  The third annual event airing on The Comedy Network on July 26 at 10p will have 8 international finalists trimmed down to one winner.

HISPANIC MARKET:

The 2nd Annual American Latino TV Awards is coming your way on July 19 on LA's KABC at 330p.  The American Latino TV event will air nationally in broadcast syndication in more than 75 cities.  Some of the categories include Favorite Alternative Artist, Most Inspiring American Latino, Underground Fashion and more.

A trio of ratings stories ...

• Telemundo's national telecast on July 13 of Miss Universo 2008 (2008 Miss Universe Pageant) was the top Spanish-language broadcast in its time period for the night.  According to Nielsen, it came in at #1 among total viewers (2,023,000) with a 46% share among the Spanish-language networks.  For A18-49, the network brought in 1,078,000 viewers and a 42% while also topping for W18-49 and W18-34.
• TeleFutura's Reventon del 4 de Julio (4th of July Special) on Independence Day delivered 607,000 Viewers 2+ when it aired from 11a-2p.  The show showed 16%, 47% and 23% growth for A18-34, W18-34 and W18-49, respectively from the 2007 to the 2008 broadcast, according to Nielsen's NTI Live+SD ratings.
• Discovery Channel en Espanol's Prueba de Todo (Man vs. Wild) season 2 debut came in as the #1 Primetime Program for July 6 2008 for reportable Spanish-language pay TV networks (7-11p). In addition, June 30-July 6, the show came in as #3 in HHs and #4 among A18-49 and M18-49, per Nielsen's NHIH Live+SD ratings.

HOUSEKEEPING:

And a reminder -- Cynopsis editorial staff are all on vacation all next week which means no editions for the week.  We will be returning on Monday, July 28.  With that said, however, our Sales and Marketing staff will be available to you all week long, as usual!

Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question:  Sara Moulton, former host of two Food Network shows and current host of Sara's Weeknight Meals on PBS, is the executive chef for which food publication?  GOURMET MAGAZINE Kudos to: Eric Adler-Eric Adler Research/Clearwater, FL; Margot Bradley-Hola Networks/Coral Gables, FL; Nicole Grochowski-Comcast Networks/Philadelphia; Glenn Urbanski-Telemundo Network/FL; Ron Salcedo-Zimmerman/Nashville; Melissa White-SpotPlus/Dallas; Alan Rosenfeld-Southeast Media Group/Telluride, CO;Christiana Kwon-Scripps Networks/LA

Today's Trivia Question:  In the original Rocky movie (1976), Adrian gives Rocky a bulldog. After what football legend is this dog named? (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
07.16.08

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