All Screen articles in 7 July 2000 – Page 2
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Japan's NTV, NTT plan secure web-casting venture
Japanese private broadcaster Nippon Television (NTV) and telecom NTT are planning a joint venture to provide copyright management and security services to companies broadcasting content, including films and TV programmes, over the internet.The partners intend to recruit a wide range of companies, including TV networks and internet service providers, as ...
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Gonzalez Quiros confirmed as head of Spain's ICAA
Confirming weeks of rumours, Spain's Minister for Education, Culture and Sports, Pilar del Castillo, announced yesterday that Jose Luis Gonzalez Quiros will replace Jose Maria Otero as the new general director for the country's cinema institute, ICAA (Instituto de la Cinematografia y las Artes Audiovisuales).Sources at the Ministry confirm that ...
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Vivendi-Seagram: EC extends Vizzavi probe
The European Commission has extended by two weeks its probe into the creation of Vizzavi. It was scheduled on July 10 to announce whether it thinks there is a competition question to be answered (Screendaily, June 15). It will now make the announcement on July 20. This kind of delay ...
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Yes Television among winners of HK pay-TV licences
The Hong Kong authorities awarded five pay-TV licences yesterday in a long-awaited move to open the local subscription television market to competition.One of the licences went to Elmsdale, which is 90% owned by UK video-on-demand operator Yes Television and 10% owned by Hong Kong's Shaw Media. Another went to Star ...
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Jacob's successor to be chosen after summer
As was planned, Gilles Jacob officially took over from Pierre Viot as president of the Cannes film festival on Monday (July 3), but the decision as to who will step into his shoes in the crucial role of director general will only be announced after the summer holidays.Writer and journalist ...
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Canadian start-up has TiMe on its side
Wolfram Tichy's TiMe Film & Television Produktion is backing start-up Canadian production company Savi Media in a long-term development and production deal. Essentially a first-look deal in exchange for start-up capital, the arrangement will see Savi, headed by veteran producer Alexandra Raffe, scout for and screen projects for co-development and ...
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Toronto to feature Crowe, Lurie premieres
DreamWorks' untitled Cameron Crowe project and The Contender, directed by Rod Lurie and handled internationally by France's TF1, will make their world premieres at the 25th Toronto International Film Festival (September 7-16).Handled internationally by DreamWorks/UIP, Crowe's latest project is a loosely autobiographical tale about a teenage rock fan on assignment ...
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BAFTA confirms pre-Oscars date change
The Oscar campaign trail just took a detour to London. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) this week confirmed it will move next year's film awards to a pre-Academy Awards slot, a move expected to boost the event's global significance by establishing it as a prime pointer ...
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Policies, not personalities, spark Clark's exit
Differences of style and strategy - rather than a personality clash or ugly fights over issues - appears to have provoked Duncan Clark's decision to quit his job as president of Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (CTFDI).Clark, who has been with the studio since 1987 and headed international distribution for ...
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Major territories in place for Crocodile Dundee 3
CLT-Ufa has acquired French and German rights to Crocodile Dundee In LA, the third film in the Crocodile Dundee franchise. UIP will release the film in the UK, Scandinavia and the local Australian market. Paramount Pictures has North American rights and plans to release the picture in April 2001.Kathy Morgan ...
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Sturridge set to direct Disgrace for Granada Film
Charles Sturridge, director of FairyTale: A True Story, is to shoot an adaptation of 1999 Booker Prize-winning novel Disgrace for the UK's Granada Film.The novel, written by J M Coetzee, follows a university professor who travels to South Africa after having been caught having an affair with a student. Sturridge ...
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Applicants line up for Spain's new DTT licences
Yesterday (July 3) marked the deadline for applications for the two new free-to-air digital terrestrial television (DTT) licences to be awarded by the Spanish government before November 30.The Ministry of Science and Technology had postponed the deadline by a month, ostensibly to motivate competitors to form joint consortia. They didn't: ...
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Avignon hands out prizes beyond US, French borders
The Avignon film festival - for the first time expanded to include films from Europe, beyond France - awarded its prestigious Prix Tournage to Elias Merhige (US) for Shadow Of The Vampire, Virginie Wagon (France) for Le Secret, Giacomo Campiotti (Italy-France-UK) for A Time To Love (Il Tempo dell'Amore) and ...
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Japanese rivals join forces for digital venture
Sony Corp, Toshiba Corp and Matsushita Electric are teaming up to develop interactive services for digital satellite TV. The three partners are also recruiting other companies, including Hitachi and the Tokyo Broadcasting Network, to join the alliance.The three electronics giants plan to launch a company this autumn to develop payment ...
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Thomas And The Magic Railroad
Dir: Britt Allcroft. 2000. UK-US. 86 mins.Prod co: Destination Films, Gullane Pictures. Co-prod: Mark Jacobson. Domestic dist: Icon Distribution. Int'l Sales: Kathy Morgan International. Exec prods: Charles Falzon, Nancy Chapelle, Barry London, Brent Baum, John Bertolli. Prods: Allcroft, Phil Fehrle. Scr: Allcroft. Dop: Paul Ryan. Prod des: Oleg Savytski. Ed: ...
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Exhibitors refuse to pull Baise-moi
A fully-fledged censorship row has blown up in France following the decision by French high court Conseil d'Etat to give controversial title Baise-moi (Fuck Me), which is already on release, an X rating. Exhibitor MK2 and some independent exhibitors are refusing to remove the film from their screens.The Conseil d'Etat's ...
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Saving Grace bags GWFF award at Munich fest
UK title Saving Grace, directed by Nigel Cole, snatched the High Hopes award, sponsored by the German collection society GWFF, at the Filmfest Muenchen last week (June 24-July 1). Retaining its independent focus, the Munich event gave out 12 independently sponsored awards to up-and-coming film-makers. The Hypo Vereinsbank award, intended ...
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Collins replaces Rhys-Jones at Roadshow
David Collins has been chosen to replace Libby Rhys-Jones as New South Wales general manager of Roadshow Film Distributors, based in Sydney and reporting directly to managing director Joel Pearlman in Melbourne. He starts on July 10.Rhys-Jones resigned from the biggest Australian-owned distributor at the end of May after a ...
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Indian government to allow direct uplinking
India's government has decided to allow satellite broadcasters to uplink directly from the country. Permission will be granted to Indian television companies and news agencies which are 100% Indian-owned, along with foreign television companies which have an Indian, or a non-resident Indian, owning at least 60% of the shares in ...
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FINANCIAL BRIEFS
Media[netCOM] raises $38m through IPOFRANKFURT: Trading in the shares of German video-on-demand operator media[netCOM] began today. Initial trades took place at Euros21, unchanged from the upper end of the book-building range at which they were sold to investors. The flotation raised $37.98m (Euros39.9m).RTL Group confirms plans to list on London ...
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