World Screen

NEW YORK: Ve Neill, Glenn Hetrick and Patrick Tatopoulos are signed up as judges and McKenzie Westmore as host for the all-new reality competition series Face Off, to debut on Syfy in January 2011. The series features 12 aspiring special-effects make-up …

NEW YORK: Excluding a $230 million goodwill impairment charge on its Harmonix gaming division, which has now been put up for sale, Viacom’s quarterly profit gained 7 percent to $488 million, on revenues that were up 5 percent to $3.3 billion. …

NEW YORK: The new Oxygen series Bachelorette Party, slated for an eight-episode run, follows brides-to-be on an all-access VIP fantasy weekend in Las Vegas. The series, which is now in production in Las Vegas, follows the weekend of a soon-to-be …

NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) is to present the exclusive premiere of The Legends of Santa, a feature-length doc that tracks the origination and modern-day representation of Santa, on December 8 at 9 p.m. Produced by Hefin Owen and narrated …

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television has sold more than 200 hours from across its catalogue to a range of international broadcasters, including HBO Central Europe and Globosat in Brazil. CSC Media Group of the U.K. went for kids’ programming such …

LOS ANGELES/NEW MILFORD: Tim Kring is among the keynote speakers on board for the upcoming inaugural LA Mobile Entertainment Summit, to take place December 7 and 8 in Universal City. Kring, executive producer Heroes and Tim Kring’s Conspiracy For Good, …

NEW YORK: This Saturday, Versus will broadcast the first live 3D college football game to Verizon FiOS TV subscribers across the U.S. Versus will produce and broadcast the game, a match-up between Oregon and Cal at Berkley starting at 7:30 …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Networks International (DNI) has upped Luis Silberwasser to executive VP and chief content officer, heading up the newly formed production and development unit that will focus on developing global content for the company’s network bouquet. The new …

LONDON: BT has struck a deal with NBC Universal International Television Distribution for the U.K. VOD rights to all 3D movies that the studio will release within the next 12 months. Under the terms of the NBCU deal, the two titles already in …

LONDON: Ludorum has signed up a number of new licensees for its hit preschool property Chuggington. New partners include Worlds Apart, for pop-up play and ready beds; Abbey Home Media, for audio books; Wesco, for watches and gifts; and Ethos, …