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Two Spanish digital TV channels launch, reluctantly
Frustrated subscribers of Spain's failed digital terrestrial TV (DTT) pay platform Quiero TV are enjoying an unintended consolation. They are currently among the only consumers with the technology to view Spain's two new free-to-air DTT platforms, Net TV and Veo Television, which launched on Tuesday. After months of complaining about ...
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Chapman honoured for contribution to OZ film
Australian producer Jan Chapman will be awarded this year's prestigious Chauvel Award for her outstanding contribution to local filmmaking. The award will be presented as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival, which begins on July 9. "Her commitment to producing exceptional Australian drama has long been acknowledged in the ...
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Three Oz talent management companies merge
Three of Australia's talent management companies: Morrissey Management, WildCat Personal Management and the Artist & Entertainment Group, have merged to create new entity, Encompass Management..Morrissey has many actors and a limited number of writers and directors on its books, Wildcat is best known for its representation of cinematographers and other ...
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Irish government's new film policy considered out of place
Ireland is struggling to retain its attraction as a location for film producers thanks to increasing labour and service costs, growing competition from cheaper foreign locations and now, a new government arts department that seems oddly unenthusiastic about film.Although the country's 2002 production tally looks healthy enough - seven feature ...
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Austin, Gladstone promoted in business & legal affairs at Artisan
Erin Austin has been promoted to executive vice president, business and legal affairs, and Jim Gladstone has been promoted to senior vice president, business and legal affairs, at Artisan Entertainment.Austin is charged with overseeing the company's business and legal affairs for acquisition and production of theatrical, home entertainment and TV ...
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Publishers Springer and Bauer join KirchMedia bidders
German publishing empires Axel Springer Verlag and Heinrich Bauer Verlag have set up a consortium to acquire at least 51% of insolvent KirchMedia when it emerges from restructuring.This latest development comes just two days after the WAZ publishing group withdrew from the consortium including the Commerzbank and Sony's Columbia ...
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Sidney and De la Iglesia retrospectives open 17th Cinema Jove
The 17th youth-oriented Cinema Jove International Film Festival of Valencia, Spain (June 15-22) opened on Saturday night with retrospectives of recently deceased American director and producer George Sidney and popular Spanish filmmaker Alex de la Iglesia.De la Iglesia launched the festival on a joking note, comparing his relatively small body ...
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Endeavour finishes photography on biggest budget Russian picture since 1998
Major photography has just finished on new English language co-production, The St Petersburg Cannes Express, the biggest budget production to shoot in Russia since the 1998 financial crisis and the first in a slated series of new Russian projects being developed by Los Angeles-based Endeavour Productions. Directed and scripted by ...
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Avex enters adult animation market
Leading Japanese music company Avex, is launching into the animation business with a major new project that it expects will generate international sales of $806m (Y100bn) by 2003.The company is setting up a new subsidiary, Avex Mode to work with best selling author Yoshimi Ishikawa on the project, Son Goku ...
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Chinese drama scoops three awards at Shanghai festival
Life Show, a drama directed by China's Huo Jianqi, scooped three awards at the sixth Shanghai International Film Festival (June 8-16) on Sunday night, including best film, best actress for Tao Hong's performance and best cinematography for Sun Ming.Japanese feature, All About Lily Chou Chou, picked up the Special Jury ...
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Vivendi prepares to sell set-top box maker
Vivendi Universal is expected to put its Canal Plus Technologies (CPT) unit up for sale in the latest debt debt-reduction move.The business, which produces software for pay-TV encryption and interactive broadcasting and set-top boxes for Canal Plus' channels, is valued at between Euros500m and Euros1bn. That could mean Vivendi's debt ...
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Germany's TiME Group confronts insolvency
Germany's TiMe Group has filed for protection from creditors two months after it was forced to dramatically scale back distribution and licence trading arm TiMe Medienvertriebs. Although TiMe founder Wolfram Tichy described the filing as "a legally imperative precautionary measure," the likelihood of TiMe joining Germany's growing list of high-profile ...
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Germany, Luxembourg sign co-production treaty
Co-productions between film producers in Germany and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg were given a boost this week after the signing of a formal co-production treaty between the two countries.Co-productions made under the auspices of the new treaty will be regarded as national films in both states and therefore enjoy ...
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Spidey meets his match in UK soccer fever
Spider-Man met his match this weekend failing to live up to opening box office expectations in the UK as audiences stayed in with World Cup fever.After its record-breaking launch in the US was followed by a slew of records around the world, much was expected of the web-slinger in the ...
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Scooby-Doo takes $1m in three Asian territories
Scooby-Doo complemented its memorable bow in the US over the weekend by storming to the top of the box office in three Asian territories with a combined gross of $955,000 from Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia, according to estimates released yesterday (June 17). In the first international roll-outs for the Warners ...
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IEG pumps fresh blood into Jordan's $55m Borgia epic
Neil Jordan's European epic Borgia is back on its feet after partnering with Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group.The $55m production is set to star Ewan McGregor, Christina Ricci, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Antonio Banderas and John Malkovich. Initial will handle world sales, with 20th Century Fox retaining North American rights.The ...
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Vivendi liquidates environment assets
In another bid to cut its debt and raise its status with the financial community, Vivendi Universal is to sell 15% of Vivendi Environnement.The move should cut its stake to 40% and raise up to $1.9bn (Euros 2bn), but the company did not publish a timetable for the disposal saying ...
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Sutherland, Hunnam, Winstone join Cold Mountain cast
Anthony Minghella has rounded out the star-studded cast for his epic new film Cold Mountain and production is scheduled to begin in Romania on July 15. Donald Sutherland, Jena Malone, Kathy Baker, Ray Winstone, Ethan Suplee, James Gammon and Charlie Hunnam are the new additions to the cast which already ...
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Off-screen drama at Czech TV station
The fate of Czech private television station TV Nova, is once again in doubt, as an ongoing off-screen drama took another unexpected twist with the attempted removal of CEO Vladimir Zelezny According to reports, Zelezny has apparently been sacked by his former allies in his ongoing battle with original Nova ...