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Desire to kickstart Mannheim-Heidelberg
The International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg has announced its line-up for this year's event (November 9 -18), which opens with the premiere of Desire, a German-Canadian co-production, directed by Colleen Murphy. Among the titles in the International Competition are Rafi Pitts' Sanam (Iran), Alain de Halleux's Pleure Pas Germaine (Belgium), Arto Paragamian's ...
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Constantin strikes output deal with USA Films
Bernd Eichinger's Constantin Film has signed an output deal with USA Films giving it German-speaking theatrical, free TV and video rights to the company's product until 2003.Titles covered by the deal include One Night At McCool's, directed by Norway's Harald Zwart and starring Michael Douglas and Matt Dillon, and the ...
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Murphy, Bauer to head Euro production for RTL
RTL Group has appointed Mike Murphy and Wolf Bauer as joint chiefs of its continental European production activities. Murphy is currently CEO, European drama and CEO Asia for Pearson Television and Bauer is chairman of Ufa Film & TV Production.The two execs will oversee production companies belonging to the group ...
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Mojto, Kogel appointed KirchMedia deputy chairmen
Jan Mojto, who heads Kirch's Programme Division, and former SAT1 managing director Fred Kogel, have been appointed joint deputy chairmen of KirchMedia's management board.They replace Dieter Hahn who has been appointed deputy chairman of the board of KirchHolding with responsibility within the group for communications, sports, multimedia and pay-TV.Mojto will ...
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Germany's VCL buys Denmark's Scanbox
Datty Ruth's Munich-based media company VCL Film and Medien has acquired 100% of Danish distributor Scanbox Entertainment.The cost of the acquisition, around $2.5m, will be mostly paid in VCL stock, which was valued at $17 per share for the purpose of this deal. Although the deal is subject to the ...
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Kinowelt confirms submission for $200m loan
Germany's Kinowelt has confirmed that it has submitted plans for a $200m loan to the Frankfurt stock exchange.Kinowelt's head of finances Eduard Unzeitig said the loan would be used to reduce current commitments to banks and in the long run would help optimise company financing. A report in German newspaper ...
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Blair Witch kicks off Jugendfilm re-release drive
German distributorJugendfilm is to handle all re-releases of parent company Kinowelt, starting with another outing for The Blair Witch Project ahead of rivaldistributor Highlight's premiere of Blair Witch Project 2: Book of Shadows.The re-release of the horror phenomenon will open on October 19 on more than 150 prints three weeks ...
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TEAM to file counter suit against Germany's FFP
Los Angeles-based TEAM Communications Group is to file a counter suit today against German media company FFP Entertainment and its largest shareholders Datty Ruth and Michael Smeaton, alleging amongst other things breach of contract and fraud.The suit comes after FFP filed suit this month alleging that TEAM had failed to ...
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Splendid expands library with Polyband buy
Cologne-based rights trader Splendid Medien has acquired a 100% share of Bavarian record company and video label Polyband in order to further build up its library of video and DVD rights.The company, which distributes videos and DVDs in Germany and German-speaking countries, owns a 300-title library including 150 predominantly German ...
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FFA supports Princess, Dancer's German release
Tom Tykwer's The Princess And The Warrior and Lars von Trier's Dancer In The Dark are among eight titles to receive distribution funding from the German Federal Film Board (FFA). Dancer is being distributed by Constantin while Tykwer's film will be released by X Verleih.The other titles to receive support ...
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Kirch-backed regional channel refused licence
In an unprecedented move, German media authority Landesanstalt fur Rundfunk Nordrhein-Westfalen (LfR) has refused a licence to proposed German cable channel TV.NRW 1.LfR spokesperson Peter Widlock said the authority was concerned about the channel's budget, which was cut from $23-46m (DM50-100m) to $11.5m (DM25m) one day before its decision. Another ...
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Kosslick talks up Berlin in Babelsberg speech
Berlin-Brandenburg is currently dragging behind other German states as a production location, but will soon play catch-up, according to incoming Berlin festival chief Dieter Kosslick, who delivered the keynote speech at this week's Babelsberg 2000 producers' convention.Kosslick presented figures from a report by market research company FORMATT which showed that ...
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Weber takes top post at Bavaria Media
Michael Weber has been named managing director of Bavaria Film's rights handling division Bavaria Media. He was formerly head of the company's international sales arm, Bavaria Film International.During his tenure at the sales arm, Weber handled product such as Joseph Vilsmaier's Comedian Harmonists and Volker Schloendorff's Rita's Legends. He also ...
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Boll set to quit TaunusFilm International
Uwe Boll will leave his post as managing director of German production outfit TaunusFilm's international arm - TaunusFilm International - on September 1 to concentrate on his directing career. He will continue to serve as a consultant, while TaunusFilm CEO Wolfgang Grass will oversee the subsidiary.Boll, who used accumulated vacation ...
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Splendid acquires majority stake in Enteractive
Germany's Splendid Medien has acquired an 85% stake in newly-launched multimedia company Enteractive which specialises in developing content for DVD and internet distribution. The company was founded by Hans Henseleit who holds the remaining 15%. He previously worked for DVD mastering company K-Kontor. "Exploitation of content via DVD and internet ...
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Werner goes international with Platinum
German cartoon character, Werner, the star of three hugely successful feature films, is set to enjoy an international TV career.Achterbahn, the company behind the character and all three films, has struck a joint venture agreement with the US' Platinum Studios to produce 26 English-language episodes for broadcast and the internet. ...
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Germany's media[netCom] grabs Highlight titles
German video-on-demand (VoD) company media[netCom] has signed a deal with Swiss-based rights trader Highlight Communications giving it VoD rights to all Highlight-licensed pictures. The non-exclusive deal covers titles such as Scary Movie, U-571, Requiem For A Dream, The Way Of The Gun and Soldier.Media[netCom] expects to reach 70,000 German cable ...
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ProSieben shareholders approve SAT1 merger
German broadcaster ProSieben said today (August 22) that its two main shareholders - KirchMedia and retailer ReWe - have approved its merger with fellow broadcaster SAT1.KirchMedia has a 58.4% share in ProSieben while ReWe holds the remaining 41.6%. SAT1's shareholders - including KirchMedia and publisher Axel Springer - will vote ...
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German exhibs team for on-line ticketing venture
German exhibitors CinemaxX, UFA Theater and Kieft & Kieft Filmtheater are joining forces to launch what they claim will be Germany's first nationwide on-line ticketing service.The service will allow customers to use the internet to make reservations and pay for tickets at the three circuits' combined 1,000 theatres across Germany. ...
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Kinowelt first-half turnover soars by 63%
German mini-studio Kinowelt reported a 63% increase in turnover for the first six months of 2000 to $115.5m (DM247.3m) compared to $70.7m (DM151.5m) in the first half of last year.Interim net profit rose to $9.5m (DM20.3m) compared to $10.3m (DM22.1m) for the whole of 1999.Kinowelt's home entertainment division achieved the ...
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