All Finance articles – Page 58
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NewsFox out, Fosun up at Bona Film Group
Chinese conglomerate Fosun Group is acquiring an additional 13.3% stake in Bona Film Group, while 21st Century Fox is divesting its stake in the Beijing-based studio.
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NewsCreative Skills Fund set for $63m boost
Businesses from the creative sector are to plough $29m (£17m) into skills training, boosting the UK’s total investment pot to $63m (£37m).
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NewsAnnapurna in talks to board Revenant
Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures is in talks to board the revenge tale as co-financier while it is understood New Regency is sticking to its intended September start date.
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NewsWCF announces latest funding round
Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s latest feature among those to receive funding from World Cinema Fund.
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NewsCinema ad spend rises 0.4%
Growth is expected to accelerate throughout 2014 to reach an anticipated 6.4%.
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NewsGerman producers 'regret' over €10m cuts proposal
Germany’s film producers have expressed ¨exceptional regret¨ at learning that Angela Merkel’s cabinet has proposed reducing the annual budget for the DFFF ¨German spend¨ incentive by another €10m to €50m in the global federal budget for 2015.
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NewsPrime Focus pacts with Reliance MediaWorks
The UK’s Prime Focus has joined forces with India-based Reliance MediaWorks.
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NewsNordisk takes Norway theatrical lead
Denmark’s largest cinema chain, Nordisk Film Biografer, has become theatrical market leader in Norway after securing a 49% stake in exhibitor Kinosør.
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NewsFilm London wins $1.7m funding
Film London has been awarded almost £1m ($1.7m) to continue to deliver the Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), offering artist filmmakers funding, training and mentoring.
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NewsUK creative industries get skills investment
Government will match-fund industry commitments to the tune of £16m ($27.5m).
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NewsFirst MBS deals announced
EXCLUSIVE: Among the deals, Mexico’s In Films We Trust will buy a package of eight Russian films from Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs.
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NewsItaly’s Notorious Pictures debuts on AIM
EXCLUSIVE: Company’s increased acquisition drive includes post Cannes purchase of boxing drama Bleed For This.
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NewsCreative England doubles production pot to £1m
Individual awards will increase to a maximum of £200,000 per project.
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NewsFosun to invest in Robinov’s Studio 8
China’s Fosun International has announced in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it plans to invest in former Warner Bros Pictures chief Jeff Robinov’s new venture Studio 8.
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NewsChina Film Group IPO to raise $740m
China Film Group’s long-mooted initial public offering is moving closer, with plans for a $740m listing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, according to the China Securities Regulatory Commission.
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NewsSerbia first non-EU country to sign Creative Europe agreement
Serbia has become the first non-European Union country to sign up and participate in the European Union’s new Creative Europe programme.
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NewsEC backs Berlinale, Rotterdam funds
Co-production funds run by the Berlin and Rotterdam film festivals and a new day-and-date initiative are among new projects by supported by the European Commission (EC).
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NewsScotland faces film funding challenge
Scottish agency’s £4m ($6.8m) “not enough” for national film production, claims CEO.
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NewsRelativity Media expands in China
Relativity Media has announced strategic alliances with China’s Jiangsu Broadcasting Corp (JSBC) and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) and has also been appointed international distribution partner by China Film Promotion International.
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NewsNørlum opens Copenhagen base
Fledgling animation company receives Copenhagen Film Fund investment for Longway North.