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European Commission outlines strategy for online film
The European Commission has outlined a new strategic approach to support Europe 's online content sector, including film.The Commission estimates that potential retail revenues across the EU's online content market could quadruple from Eu1.8bn ($2.65bn)in 2005 to Eu8.3bn ($12.25bn)by 2010.Given its scale and rapid growth, the Commission believes the sector ...
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Sky, Curzon Artificial Eye work together on The Edge Of Heaven
As Screen International previously reported, Sky Television and Curzon Artificial Eye are working on a groundbreaking release for Fatih Akin's The Edge Of Heaven.The film will be released in at least 14 Curzon and City Screen cinemas on Feb 22, the same day it will be available to Sky Anytime ...
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Spain's Dygra Films reveals five film slate until 2012
Galicia based animation studio Dygra plans a slate of digital 3D projects.Dygra Films will release one film per year starting with Spirit Of The Forest in 2008, a sequel to The Animal Forest (2001), the first European film to be made entirely using CGI, which achieved $2m at the box ...
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Search for business models undermines digital progress
The term 'business model' has been haunting the film industry all year. It has been a given in any conference presentation and a must at market and festival discussions.The reason for this ubiquity is easy to understand. However great the raw data appears for this year's box office or however ...
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Revolver takes on UK distribution of U2 3D
UK distributor Revolver Entertainment will handle the UK distribution of U2 3D.Revolver will distribute the film in Real D, IMAX 3-D and other digital 3-D formats across the UK on Feb 22, 2008.The film, which was shown as a work in progress in Cannes, is directed by Catherine Owens and ...
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Sony pacts with Tiscali UK for on-demand TV offerings
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) and Tiscali TV have launched a new video on demand service, called Screen Gems, as part of Tiscali's on-demand TV platform in the UK.The service initially includes catalogue TV series such as Bewitched, Starsky & Hutch and Charlie's Angels, with new Sony shows to be ...
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Hammer's first new film to air episodes on MySpace
Hammer Films is set to produce its first horror film in 30 years, and has created a joint venture with MySpace to broadcast episodes of the feature, entitled Beyond The Rave. MySpaceTV will co-produce the project, which will initially air as 20 'webisodes' on MySpace before being released as a ...
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European digital cinemaclose to breaking deadlock - report
Digital cinema deals signed by studios and exhibitors with integrator Arts Alliance Media (AAM)is close to breaking the D-cinema deadlock in Europe, according to analyst Screen Digest.While rollout has continued apace in the US, there has been an impasse in Europe with a few exceptions such as the UK's digital ...
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Paramount signs French home entertainment deal with Gaumont
Paramount Home Entertainment France and Gaumont Video have signed an accord which will see the former release the French major's films in the French DVD sector.Paramount's Luigi-Theo Calabrese said the partnership should allow the duo to 'pass the 10% market share bar for France.' No specific duration was indicated for ...
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I Am Legend
Dir: Francis Lawrence US. 2007. 100mins.Will Smith makes up what is essentially the one-man cast of I Am Legend, a darkly intense sci-fi/horror drama based on the classic Richard Matheson novella and directed, with the same kind of flair he brought to 2005's Constantine, by Francis Lawrence. Genre afficionados should ...
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AAM adds Sony as digital cinema partner in Europe
Arts Alliance Media has recruited another studio for its digital cinema plans: Sony Pictures Releasing International has signed a non-exclusive long-term agreement with the company for digital cinema deployment. This follows on June 2007 AAM pacts with Fox and Universal and an October 2007 deal with Paramount. Sony will supply ...
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Thomson to establish Asian digital cinema hub
Thomson is set to establish its first digital cinema hub in Asia, via its Technicolor Digital Cinema business, in view of the rapid growth for such services in the region's digital media and entertainment industry. With the support of Singapore 's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), the new facility will be ...
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New rules approved on European Audiovisual Media Services
The European Parliament has formally approved the Council's position on the new Audiovisual Media Services Without Frontiers Directive. The Directive promises to modernise the rules governing the sector and provide a comprehensive legal framework covering all services, including on-demand distribution of content.The Directive has been developed to a provide more ...
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The Golden Compass
Dir: Chris Weitz US/UK 118minsA more well-tooled and expertly crafted beginning to a winter franchise is hard to imagine, yet it's this very gleaming perfection that may leave The Golden Compass open to accusations of soullessness and artifice. The perceived Americanisation of the greatest British children's publishing phenomenon since Harry ...
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Discovering Earth: themaking of the BBC epic doc
We used a high-speed digital Photron that can film at 2,000 frames per second to capture the shark leaping out of the water to grab a seal,' explains Earth director Alastair Fothergill. 'The action only lasted a second, but because we stored the image on a laptop computer we were ...
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Prime Focus strikes acquisition deal for Post Logic and Frantic
The Prime Focus Group has moved into the North American market with the acquisition of Post Logic Studios, based in New York and Los Angeles, and Frantic Films VFX, which has offices in Los Angeles, Winnipeg and Vancouver.Financial terms were not disclosed. Prime already has six visual effects and post-production ...
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Indian box office could rise 30% in next five years
Increased investment in the Indian exhibition sector could see the territory's box office gross increase by 30% in the next five years, Dodona Research predicts. The industry analysts found that a strong economy, retail boom and rising middle class disposable incomes in addition to expansions in the downstream exhibition business ...
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Doug Davis joins blinkBox as acquisitions director
Online film and TV company blinkBox Entertainment has appointed Doug Davis as acquisitions director.Davis had been advising the company and is now with blinkBox full time, signing up film and TV partners for the service.He had previously been a TV agent at William Morris in London and had also served ...
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Italy's Mediaset launches new free cinema channel
Italy's Mediaset, the nation's most powerful private network owned by Silvio Berlusconi, is launching Iris: a new, free, digital terrestrial channel to be devoted tofilms and cultural programming.The new channel will go on air November 30 will be under the direction of Miriam Pisani who acted previously as vice director ...
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The Hat Factory to host digital workflow seminar
The Hat Factory, Codex Digital, and Sohonet are hosting a digital event, Production 2.0, on Dec 6, to show producers technologies including digital links between Pinewood Studios and post-production companies in Soho. The free demonstrations will be held at 3 pm and 6 pm. The Production Guild is also supporting ...