World Screen

TORONTO, June 16: The MuchMusic Video Awards, distributed by CHUM International, will air in a record 65 markets this weekend across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Europe and North America. The MMVAs—which have aired outside of Canada for 12 …

SINGAPORE, June 16: MTV is set to produce customized versions of the reality series MTV Meet or Delete in China, India, Korea and Australia. The series was developed in collaboration with HP's PC business as a component of its new …

LOS ANGELES, June 16: For the first 14 matches of the World Cup, Univision’s Spanish-language coverage has out-delivered ABC and ESPN2 by 11 percent, averaging 2.3 million viewers. Citing Nielsen figures, Univision also says that it averaged 1.4 million viewers …

REDMOND, June 16: LivePlanet, the production company founded by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is working on a baseball-themed unscripted series for MSN, the first project under the Internet company’s MSN Originals drive to boost its content offerings. Fan Club: …

WASHINGTON, June 16: Verizon has reached a deal to offer subscribers of its FiOS pay-TV package access to up to three public TV stations within a given service area, through an agreement with the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) …

OLD LYME/LOS ANGELES, June 16: The Connecticut-based USA Video Technology Corp. (USVO) has filed a patent infringement suit against Time Warner Cable and Comcast Cable, among other platforms, over their VOD services. Meanwhile, a federal appeals court has upheld a …

ROME/HILVERSUM, June 16: John de Mol’s investment vehicle Talpa Management is said to be working with Mediaset on a bid to acquire a majority stake in Endemol from Spain’s Telefónica, wire reports indicate. Endemol shares were up some 9 percent …

NEW YORK, June 16: Venevision Investments, a division of the Cisneros Group of Companies, is joining a consortium of investors seeking to acquire U.S. Hispanic broadcaster Univision, teaming with Grupo Televisa and five investment firms. Venevision and Televisa are already …

LONDON, June 15: Jim Brehm is joining Buena Vista International Television as senior VP of sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa this August. Brehm, reporting to BVITV EMEA’s executive VP and managing director, will oversee territory sales heads …

TORONTO, June 15: CCI Entertainment is attending DISCOP with a slate of kids’ animated series, headlined by the 3-D CGI production Erky Perky. The series follows the adventures of two bickering and dim-witted bugs, Erky and Perky, who spend their …