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Cynopsis: International
09/16/08

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

INTERNATIONAL MARKET:

Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) inked a license deal to supply ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG's TV2 channel in Hungary with an assortment of films and TV shows from SPTI's catalog.

earth television network is producing a 24/7 continuous reality soap for German-based kabel eins' TV and web channels. Airing under the Takeaway LIVE title [Abenteuer Alltag  Imbiss Live in German], the show tags along with the true lives of the owners and customers of German cafe Curry 54.  It first debuts this week on
www.kabeleins.de followed by a 10x30-minute early peak program on kabel eins as of September 29.

VOOM HD Networks will have the global debut of its documentary series Quest for the 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup on September 18 at 6p GMT on the RUSH HD channel in the U.K., Republic of Ireland and Germany and on September 19 at 8p GMT on the VOOM HD channel in Asia and other parts of Europe.  A RUSH HD exclusive, the 30-minute show is produced in association with RUSH HD, by NASCAR Media Group.

Zodiak International signed a few up for its music-driven primetime entertainment format Born to be Wild, first created by Zodiak's Broadcasters Oy company.  Options are been licensed by Australia's Nine Network, Spain's Four Luck Banana, Belgium and Holland's Kanakna, Sweden's Jarowskij and Norway's Mastiff.

Asia Pacific's CNBC seems to be into growth for its non-business day programming.  The channel launched an enhanced 12-hour weekend lifestyle block under the CNBC Life name.  A series of special segments and documentaries were ordered up for a September 20 jump off covering 6 genres weekends from 12p to 12a.  CNBC Life program highlights:
  • CNBC Life - Travel & Leisure - 4 hours of exec travel program each weekend
  • CNBC Life - Luxury - Exclusive 30-minute episodes produced by The Luxury Channel as part of The Luxury block on luxury goods, lifestyles, boutique hotels and more
  • CNBC Life - Personal Finance - Suze Orman and others on self worth, net worth and other tidbits
  • CNBC Life - Current Affairs - Latest topical business programming from CNBC Asia including Managing Asia, The Leaders, World Business and CNBC Specials.
  • CNBC Life - Entertainment - Episodes from the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
  • CNBC Life - Sports - International sporting events each Saturday and Sunday.
  • Documentary - A full-length Wheels of Change film hosted by CNBC Tokyo bureau chief, Kaori Enjoji, about electric-powered transportation

CABLEready inked pre-MIPCOM sales for several of its shows, including a pickup by Discovery HD International (worldwide), Thailand-based True Visions and Poland's Planete for Stunt Stars (10x60-minutes).  HBO Asia and Turner Networks in Spain acquired the rights while Sony Entertainment Television (SET) in India renewed its rights to Hollywood One on One (50x30-minutes).  SET also renewed for Inside the Actor's Studio (42x60-minutes) while Korea's Educational Broadcasting System acquired it for the first time.  Forensic Files (133x30-minutes) heads over to NBC Universal for SciFi Channel in Asia while NBCU's Universal Channel in Latin America gets Medical Detectives (71x30-minutes).

The U.S.-based The Africa Channel will make its official launch in the New York metro area on Time Warner Cable's (TWC) New York City Region on September 18 on Channel 87. It will be launched across the complete TWC's New York City Region footprint, which has close to 1.1 million digital subscribers.

The BRB International-distributed makes its small screen debut this week in Portugal on the Portuguese affiliate of MTV.  The channel will broadcast the high-def, 3D skits every day at 9p with 3 premieres each week.

Contender Entertainment Group (Peppa Pig) inked a broadcast deal with Nickelodeon UK for its new preschool animated series Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom (52x11). Featuring the voices or real kids as the main characters, Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom revolves around Princess Holly, a young fairy learning how to use her powers, and her best friend Ben, an elf. Currently in production, the series will air across 43 of Nickelodeon's international channels including in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America beginning in 2009. The series is being animated by the Astley Baker Davies studio.

Portfolio Entertainment wrapped up 3 buys from Corkscrew Media, growing its high-def programming library with the addition of competition adventure series Dream Chasers (8x60-minutes), wine travel program Divine Life (47x30-minutes) and the back-to-basics cooking show It's Just Food (26x30-minutes).
 
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HISPANIC MARKET:

Alterna'TV just experienced the launch of 3 of its channels, Mexico 22, Ecuavisa Internacional and CB Tu Television Michoacan, on Comcast's Houston Region cable system.

LATAM MARKET:

TOP 10 US SERIES ON BROADCAST TV IN COLOMBIA, JULY 2008 (Ranked by Rating, Indiv 4+)
Channel       Program                                                 Rating          Viewers (000)
CRC*            Pasion de Gavilanes                                 7.37              1,268.64
CRC              Victoria                                                   6.27              1,080.04
CRC              The Simpsons                                         4.96                  854.37
RCN**          Pecados Ajenos                                       4.01                  689.76
CRC              Warner Hour                                           3.04                  522.94
RCN              Bones                                                     3.00                  517.39
CRC              Amor Comprado                                      2.97                  511.91
CRC              Superman: The Animated Series               2.95                  507.98
RCN              Malcolm in the Middle                              2.90                  499.62
CRC              What's New, Scooby-Doo?                        2.80                  482.69    
*CRC: Caracol
**RCN: Radio Cadena Nacional
Average of Rating & Viewers for Total Runs in the Month
Does not include locally-produced US formats
*Source: Computer Applications Development, Inc. (CAD) Software & Specialized Reporting (
/ www.cadusa.com) / IBOPE Media Information

EXECUTIVE MOVES:

Tom Davidson is the new MD for The History Channel UK, a joint venture of A&E Television Networks and British Sky Broadcasting.  Based in London, he will manage business growth for its factual channels, including HISTORY, The Biography Channel, Crime & Investigation Network, Military History and HISTORY HD across the U.K., Ireland, Scandinavia, the Benelux, Central Europe, the Middle East, Greece and South Africa.  He will report to The History Channel UK Board of Directors.

ITV Worldwide named Rashmi Bajpai to the new position of Sales Executive/India and the sub-continent.  She joins the company from UTV's Bindass TV in Mumbai, where she was Marketing Manager.  Rashmi will be based at ITV Worldwide's Asia office in Hong Kong reporting to James Ross, Regional Director.


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