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A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM
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August 21st Charity Dinner & Auction in NYC in support of Kids In Need and EarthEcho International: qubo, A&E, Retirement Living TV, Hallmark Channel, Rainbow Media, BBC America/BBC Worldwide Americas, HT Capital Advisors, Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution, HBO, Fox Broadcasting, Certainly Studio, NBC Universal, The Dovetail Group, Sir Groovy, FEARnet And thanks to those unable to attend, but have sent in donations. Greatly appreciated! See you on the 21st! -- Cyn www.cynopsisfoundation.org . Cynopsis: International 08/14/08 Good morning. It's Thursday, August 14, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing. INTERNATIONAL MARKET: BBC Alba, BBC Scotland and government-supported MG ALBA's new Gaelic-language TV channel, is scheduled to launch on September 19 on satellite and cable in the U.K. Online content will also be available. Following the switch from analog to digital, the channel will be offered in Scotland on Freeview as well (following approval from the BBC Trust). For its first night, the BBC Alba will bring in a new drama series focused on Elvis and a live concert. Toronto's Portfolio Entertainment is ladling out some buys for Chef At Home and Chef At Large in Asia and Australia. The Asian Food Channel picked up seasons 5 and 6 (52 episodes) of the former for South East Asia, including Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. Another Hong Kong purchase by i-CABLE Entertainment will enable viewers to see selected episodes from Chef At Large's season 5. Chef At Home also makes its way to Australia via XYZ's 52-episode acquisition of season 5 and 6. Russian distributor Studio U7's recent deals include a 21-hour non-fiction program package to Russian National free tv channel Zvezda, which include CBC Geological Journey (5x60-minutes) and Off the Fence's Fit For The Wild (13x30-minutes). Russia's STO (St. Peterburg metro area) took 470 non-fiction hours, including the 39x30-minute Canada In The Rough (Dancing Buffalo Productions), Off the Fence's Up Close and Dangerous (12x3030-minutes), Cable Ready's Medical Detectives (92x30-minutes) and VisionTV's The Naked Archaeologist (26x30-minutes). Red Media took Electric Sky's Vertical City (10x30-minutes) and Portfolio Entertainment's Animal Magnetism (26x30-minutes), among other programming for a 40 hour-package. A 26-hour package went to NTV MIR (Russian-language global satellite channel)with German Art Oko's Miracles and Other Wonders (13x60-minutes), among others. Took awhile but The Rocky Horror Picture Show is getting a modern makeover with an agreement in place between the U.K.'s BSkyB and the U.S.' MTV and Fox TV Studios. Lou Adler, the 33-year old film's original exec producer, and LA's BermanBraun will produce the movie. It will debut in the U.K. on Sky Movies while the Sky Anytime VOD service and the Sky Player PC-based service retain the airing rights afterwards. CROSS-MARKET: X Games Mexico comes back to Mexico City for September 20-21 to spotlight BMX Freestyle Street, Skateboard Street and Moto X Best Trick athletes as well as the newbie disciplines such as Moto X Freestyle and Best Whip. ESPN will partner again with Latin American entertainment company OCESA. Five hours of original X Games Mexico programming will be produced by ESPN International while ESPN 2 will have 2.5 hours of live broadcasting on both days. HISPANIC MARKET: The Globo TV International-distributed Tropical Paradise production from Brazil debuted recently on MVS Communications' Mexican 52 MX channel. Close to 3 million subscribers in Mexico and the U.S. will be able watch the telenovela daily at 530p. Get ready for a smashing good time. mun2's 60-minute VIVO music variety program will offer up a special from the World Wrestling Entertainment's Second Annual Summerfest event in Venice Beach. It will air on the channel on August 21 at 8p (wish I could watch it but I will be at our Cynopsis Foundation gala!). The Assassination of Trotsky, an in-depth look into the last year of Russian Revolutionist Leon Trotsky's life, will air on August 17 at 8p on History en Espanol. Top 10 Broadcast Spanish Language Primetime Program Live +SD ratings for the week of August 4-10, 2008**, *** UNIV Al Diablo con Guapos (Mon-Fri Var) 20.7 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Fuego en la Sangre (Mon-Fri Var) 20.1 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Cristina (Mon 10p) 16.6 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Don Francisco Presenta (Wed 10p) 14.3 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Aqui y Ahora (Tue 10p) 14.2 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Querida Enemiga (M-F 7p) 13.5 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Rosa de Guadalupe (Thu-Fri 10p) 12.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Sabado Gigante (Sat 8p) 10.8 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Hora Pico (Sun 7p) 8.9 NTIH HH Rtg UNIV Familia P. Luche (Sun 730p) 8.8 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 August 4-10, 2008** NBC Summer Olympics Open Cerem (Fri 8p) 9.7 NTIH HH Rtg NBC Summer Olympics Sun Prime (Sun 7p) 9.4 NTIH HH Rtg NBC Summer Olympics Sat Prime (Sat 830p) 7.3 NTIH HH Rtg FOX So You Think You Can Dance (Thu 8p) 3.5 NTIH HH Rtg NBC America's Got Talent (Tue 9p) 3.5 NTIH HH Rtg FOX So You Think You Can Dance (Wed 8p) 3.3 NTIH HH Rtg ABC Wipeout (Tue 8p) 3.2 NTIH HH Rtg CBS Two and a Half Men (Mon 9p) 3.0 NTIH HH Rtg CW Friday Night Smackdown (Fri 8p) 2.8 NTIH HH Rtg CBS Criminal Minds (Wed 9p) 2.7 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: VH1 Latin America is premiering its first locally produced episode of Behind The Music on August 21 at 10p. This will be the first of three original episodes produced in Latin America with artists who have become legends from the region. AFRICAN AMERICAN MARKET: RCN NY is launching TV One on its Channel 199. In other news, the network will debut an original, 5-hour special looking at unforgettable moments, cultural movements and personal achievements that have helped African Americans and changed American history over the past century. The Blacklist: 100 Greatest Power Moves begins airing November 9 for five consecutive nights with Arsenio Hall as host. African American television homes in the US represent 13,650,000 households. Here are the Live +SD rankings for the week of August 4-10, 2008 - highest rated primetime network programs in African American TV homes according to Nielsen Media Research NBC Summer Olympics Open Cerem (Fri 8p) 12.4 HH Rtg NBC Summer Olympics Sun Prime (Sun 7p) 11.7 HH Rtg FOX So You Think You Can Dance (Thu 8p) 8.2 HH Rtg NBC Summer Olympics Sat Prime (Sat 830p) 8.1 HH Rtg CBS CSI: Miami (Mon 10p) 7.1 HH Rtg NBC America's Got Talent (Tue 9p) 7.0 HH Rtg FOX So You Think You Can Dance (Wed 8p) 6.9 HH Rtg CBS NCIS (Tue 8p) 6.3 HH Rtg CBS Criminal Minds (Wed 9p) 5.7 HH Rtg CBS Cold Case (Sun 10p) 5.4 HH Rtg *Source: Nielsen Media Research EXECUTIVE MOVES: Marie Chappelow was tapped as Commercial Director at Parthenon Kids, the kid-centric division of Parthenon Entertainment Group. As the new head of Parthenon Kids, Chappelow will oversee TV distribution and co-production fundraising sales and acquisitions, working closely with the licensing and merchandising division. Chappelow joins Parthenon from HIT Entertainment, where she served as VP/Programming Distribution. Rekha Shah joined CCI Releasing's international sales team as Director/Sales. Starting September 1, she will manage sales for Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada as well as serving in an acquisitions and management role for the company. Rekha was most recently Director/Television Distribution at Alliance Films. A CYNOPSIS MESSAGE FROM CABLEU
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