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Cynopsis: International
10/03/08

Good morning. It's Friday, October 3, 2008, and this is your first early morning International & Multicultural briefing.

INTERNATIONAL MARKET:

Four BBC Worldwide Channels thematic channels will arrive in Scandinavia in the beginning of December through Nordic region pay TV operator Canal Digital.  BBC HD will make its European curtsy along with standard def channels, BBC Knowledge and the soon-to-be rebranded BBC Lifestyle (fka BBC Food) and BBC Entertainment (fka BBC Prime).  All will air with local subtitling.

The name decision has been made.  North American Sports Network (NASN), the network ESPN acquired back in 2007, will officially be re-branded as ESPN America.  In true sports fashion, the change occurs around a major event, Super Bowl.  Starting February 1, 2009, ESPN America will continue to air the programming with 800+ live and as-live North American sports events annually in more than 43 European countries to 14 million households.

Two moves from the U.K.'s Channel 4 ... The network recommissioned Wogan's Perfect Recall from RDF Television for a second run (60x30-minutes).  It will continue to air weekdays at 5p for a 12-week course starting in 2009.  RDF Rights handles the international and merchandising rights to the finished show and format.  In addition, Channel 4 ordered up Location Location Location: Credit Crunch Special from another RDF Media Group division, Scotland's IWC Media. The 1x90-minute special, making a November 2008 debut, is all about insider tips on how to survive the credit crunch.

CABLEready picked up the exclusive global rights to the Spectrum Productions' Jack Hanna's Into the Wild (40x30-minutes), bringing the high-def series to MIPCOM for the first time.

Fox International Channels will launch its first multimedia buy The Cell internationally across its network of websites and TV, mobile and IPTV channels.  The 20x2-minute, short-form drama was produced for online and mobile broadcast in addition to its transference to "regular" TV and IPTV platforms.  A man finds himself locked in a less than lawful prison without any idea of why, where and how.  The Cell will be air globally from one main website, www.thecell.tv , supported by Fox International Channels portals Latin America, Turkey, Iberia, Italy and the U.K. with Italy being the first to launch on October 7.

HISPANIC MARKET:

Galavision's 2007-2008 season gave the network its highest audience ever in Primetime among several demos, including Hispanic A18-49 with an average of 114,000 viewers.  For the season, it scored the #1 cable network spot, regardless of language, in primetime and total day for Hispanic A18-49 and Hispanic M18-49, per Nielsen's NHIH ratings (10/1/07-9/21/08).

GAY/LESBIAN MARKET:

The international premiere of One in 2000 ( www.logoonline.com/shows/dyn/one_in_2000/series.jhtml ), a documentary about inters#x folks, will air on Logo on October 4 at 8p in addition to streaming at www.LOGOonline.com as part of the network's Real Momentum series.  The show is also available for sale on iTunes and other download-to-own services.

EXECUTIVE MOVES:

In Asia, STAR named Daniel Cheung as CEO/STAR Taiwan while Jason Siu, the present STAR Taiwan GM, moves into the new position in Hong Kong as GM/Chinese Movies, STAR.  Daniel, the current CEO of STAR JV and Indonesia's ANTV, will be responsible for all of the company's Taiwan business. The Hong Kong-based Jason will manage operations for STAR Chinese Movies and STAR Chinese Movies 2, reporting to Todd Lituchy, President/Entertainment, STAR. In addition, Jason will work with the new Fox STAR Studios joint venture to find and develop Chinese film production projects for local and international distribution.

As Canadian production house ZONE3 makes its first moves to branch out into the English-language TV market, the company named two producers to head up those efforts.  Exec Producer Michael  Kronish (Showcase/Canwest's Webdreams and Rogers/OLN's The Beat) is joining with Isabelle Bourduas, Head/International Production to create and exec produce ZONE3's new English productions as well as international co-productions.

London's Fireworks International has a new face on its team with Robert Kennedy in the newly created position of EVP/Fireworks Non-Fiction Programming.  As of October 8, the former Alfred Haber Distribution exec manage all non-fiction activities, including sourcing, developing and sales while also overseeing the Fireworks's Toronto-based non-fiction division.

Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) pulled in Greg Drebin to the newly created position of SVP/Branded Services-Programming and Marketing, based in LA.  As the unit's senior creative exec, he will be responsible for branding, programming and marketing of the Warner TV linear channels, SVOD zones and AVOD destinations, working with Malcolm Dudley-Smith, WBITD's EVP/Branded Services-Business Management on rollout strategy development for additional channels and branded services.  The former EVP/Programming and Production for IMF: The International Music Feed at Universal Music Group will now report to Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, WBITD's President, and work on creative with Lisa Gregorian, Warner Bros. Television Group's EVP/Worldwide Marketing.

BET Networks brought in two new execs to its team, including Keith Brown, who was upped from VP to SVP/BET News and Public Affairs. He will continue to be based in New York and report to Stephen G. Hill, BET's interim Head/Entertainment and EVP/Music Programming and Talent.  Keith will head up development, production and operations efforts for news and public affairs programming at BET.  In addition, journalist Russell Torres comes to the network as its new Director/BET News and Public Affairs to manage production of BET News programming, oversee the production teams and collaborate with other BET departments on multi-platform news programming. Russell was recently a producer for NBC's The Today Show Weekend Edition.  He will report to Keith from his New York base.

Friday Fun Fact:  In 1978, Sweden's most profitable export was the band ABBA. Car maker Volvo was number two.

Answer to Yesterday's Trivia Question:  The TV show Benson was a spin-off of what original series?  SOAP Kudos to: Danielle Larson-Hasbro Inc./ Pawtucket, RI; Laura James-The Nielsen Company/NY; Michael Goodman-Radio One Atlanta; Noelle De Atley/Charlotte, NC; J.R.Martinez-J.J. Robb Real Estate Services/Ft. Worth,TX; Katrina Cicala-Prairie Home Productions/Saint Paul, MN; Julie Syers-Briggs & Caldwell/Houston; Rob O'Neill-SOAPnet/LA; Steven Darancette-Two-Car Garage Productions/LA; Tyffany A. Hayes-KABC/Glendale, CA; Hud Woodle-Scripps Networks/LA; Lynn Valiquette-Picture Box Distribution Inc./Toronto; Steve Pinhay- Bullseye Productions/London

Today's Trivia Question:  What was the name of the short-lived drama series that was a 21 Jump Street spin-off? (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 -- Ariana
 Ariana Rawls for Cynopsis International
10.03.08

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