He was also the director of Grupo Abril in Portugal, where he launched the Exame magazine.
In 2007, Deck bought over 3000 copyrights of Abril Publishing, formerly music publishing arm of Abril Music, a defunct record label owned by Grupo Abril.
In 1982 Civita became president of the Grupo Abril, which had become one of the largest publishers in Brazil.
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He helped its expansion and development as Grupo Abril, becoming one of the largest publishing companies in Brazil.
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MTVNLA's Brazilian operations, prior to the rebranding as VIMN The Americas, were called Viacom Networks Brasil, since Abril, the parent company of MTV Brasil, has the exclusive rights to the MTV brand in that country, though, from October 2013, VIMN The Americas assumed over again the MTV brand in Brazil and relaunch the channel, currently a broadcast network, as a cable channel.