World Screen

MIAMI: Venevision has acquired the romantic comedy With or Without Love for multiplatform distribution in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The film comes from Spanish director David Serrano of The Other Side of the Bed and stars Colombian actress Angie …

NEW YORK: HBO has taken on the documentary Sing Your Song, based on the life of singer Harry Belafonte, which will debut exclusively on the channel this fall. Sing Your Song, which was presented at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival …

LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has signed a number of deals for shows in its reality-TV catalogue. In Latin America, Panama’s Medcom has snapped up MTV’s prank show Boiling Point, while Brazil’s Globosat has acquired the second season of MTV’s …

NEW YORK: Bernhard Schwab, Tandem Communications’ sales director, recently sat down with World Screen to discuss the company’s mini-series and TV-movie slate.   On the heels of the global success of The Pillars of the Earth, Tandem Communications is continuing …

RTL Group today revealed that its 2010 net profit almost tripled from 205 million euros to 611 million euros. The gains for the year included a recovery in ad revenues across its Western European assets, plus a 7.5-percent hike in revenues …

BUENOS AIRES: BondiBand has been scooped up by Disney XD for Latin America. The 52×11-minute animated series, which targets boys and girls in the 4-to-11 age range, features a group of six rock musicians who have magical rocks that allow …

JOHANNESBURG/LONDON: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has sold BET Networks’ late-night talk show The Mo’Nique Show to South African broadcaster SABC, marking the first time the series will air outside the U.S. SABC has scheduled the show to launch April …

NEW YORK: Classic Media and World Events Productions (WEP) have lined up U.S. consumer-products partners for the Voltron franchise, which is being relaunched with an all-new animated series. Consumer products are in development from The Bentex Group, via its Extreme …

LONDON: BBC Two has recommissioned Shine TV’s History Cold Case, while National Geographic Channel has given the greenlight for a U.S. version of the format. The 4×1-hour show, which first launched on BBC Two in 2010, follows the forensic team …

MUNICH: Romania is the latest country to adapt the SevenOne International format Benidorm Bastards for local broadcast, with the show airing Tuesdays on Prima TV under the title Batrani si Nelinistiti. The show has been sold to more than 20 …