Los Angeles - Venevision, a Spanish-language TV distributor owned by Venezuela's Grupo Cisneros, plans to launch a series of mobisodes for several of its telenovelas, Variety reports. Twenty 2.5-minute episodes of "Querido Profe" and seven 7.5-minute episodes of "Mi Ultimo Deseo" will initially be available for downloads to computers and mobile devices.

Orlando, Fla. - Sony Pictures International announced on Thursday that it has acquired the rights from Ripley Entertainment to distribute online and mobile clips of the TV show "Ripley's Believe It or Not." Sony will distribute both mobisodes and Internet episodes of both the 1980s version of the show hosted by Jack Palance, and the more recent version hosted by Dean Cain.

New York - Viacom's MTV Networks announced on Wednesday that it has partnered with virtual mobile network operator Amp'd Mobile on an original made-for-mobile series that will be distributed exclusively on Amp'd. The two companies recently announced that an earlier made-for-mobile collaboration, "Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States," will cross over and also air on television. The companies did not provide additional details on the new original series.