All Screen articles in 14 April 2005 – Page 4

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    Nickelodeon launched as 24-hour service in Germany

    2005-04-08T04:00:00Z

    MTV NetworksEurope (MTVNE) will launch Nickelodeon as a 24-hour children's channel and website in Germany on Sept 12.Viacom chiefsalso announced that they have set up Viacom Brand Solutions, a cross-brandingadvertising sales house to market the portfolio of channels.The locallymanaged and programmed channel and site will feature such properties as TheSpongeBob ...

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    French admissions fall back in first quarter of 2005

    2005-04-08T04:00:00Z

    France'sNational Cinema Federation (FNCF) has announced a drop in first quarter figuresfor 2005 against last year. In thefirst three months of the year, the box-office racked up 44.6 millionadmissions versus 50.1 million over the same period in 2004.The FNCF put the drop down to a less "rich" selectionof films compared ...

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    Phantom scares up $100m international gross

    2005-04-08T04:00:00Z

    The filmversion of Andrew Lloyd Webber's long-running musical hit The Phantom Of TheOpera has passed the $100m mark at the international box office.The success has been led by a triumphant turn in Japanwhere a collosal $36.5m has been taken to date, 35.6% of the internationaltotal and 23.8% of the worldwide ...

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    Ring Two continues to roll in Russia, Italy

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Fox International's capersequel Be Cool has a raft ofmajor market releases this weekend, with debuts scheduled for Russia on Apr 7on 85 prints, followed a day later by Spain, Mexico and South Korea on 300, 220and 50 respectively.The picture is in the earlystages of its release and has grossed $13.4m ...

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    Brehm, Chamberlain, Weingroff get new roles at CBS Paramount Int'l

    2005-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Jim Brehm and BarryChamberlain have been named executive vice president of pay television andsenior vice president of sales respectively at CBS Paramount InternationalTelevision, while Jennifer Weingroff becomes vice president of communications.Brehm will be in charge ofsales and licensing of all products for pay television including PPV and VOD.He joined the ...