World Screen

MIAMI: The Telemundo Internacional production Cruel Love has made its debut in Slovenia on POP TV, where it airs weekdays at 4 p.m. The telenovela stars Carlos Ponce, Maritza Rodríguez and Ana Lucia Domínguez. Cruel Love has been broadcast in countries …

SINGAPORE: The Media Development Authority of Singapore has announced its "preliminary position" on the country’s cross-carriage mandate for pay-TV platforms, following a round of consultation, and has delayed the implementation date to the first half of 2011. The regulatory authority says …

LORETO: Namco Bandai is to represent the latest Winx Club: Rockstar video game from Rainbow, with Nintendo DS distributing the game in Europe, the Middle East and Africa starting this November. The game is based on the popular Winx Club …

BAHRAIN: Annual advertising revenues in the Gulf states are on track to top $10 billion for the first time ever, according to the Pan Arab Research Centre (PARC), with first-half revenues reaching $5.05 billion, up 20 percent on last year. …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats’ quiz show The Bubble has been given a full-season order of 60 episodes to air on Lithuania’s Rytas TV starting September 27. The show will be produced internally and will air in the 7:30 p.m. time …

MONTREAL: Principal photography on the thriller Exposed, Incendo’s fourth film of 2010, is to get under way September 7 in Montreal, with production on a fifth project to begin in October. Exposed features Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as the lead role, …

WARSAW/BURBANK: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) has signed an exclusive multi-year output deal to provide shows for Comedy Central Poland, including current and library titles. The network will become the studio’s exclusive comedy partner for the territory. Comedy Central …

NEW YORK: HBO has picked up the U.S. TV rights for the documentary Precious Life, directed by Israeli broadcast journalist Shlomi Eldar and produced by Ehud Bleiberg and Yoav Ze’evi. The doc tells the story of Mohammad Abu Mustaffa, a …

LONDON: The signing of a new multi-year deal grants ITV Studios the first-look rights to develop and produce local versions of new formats created by Babyfoot. Titles within the Scandinavian company’s portfolio include Gay Army, I Survived a Japanese Game Show …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has ordered a sixth season of America’s Got Talent from FremantleMedia and Simon Cowell’s Syco Television, with celebrity judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel back on board. Host Nick Cannon will also return next season. This …