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India's Doordarshan, Hinduja reveal DTH plans
India's Hinduja group and state broadcaster Doordarshan have unveiled separate plans to follow rival Zee Telefilms into India's fledgling direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting sector.The Hinduja group is planning to launch a 100-channel bouquet of DTH services by December 2001. This will include at least 25 specialist channels, along with a host ...
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Angelopoulos to shoot historical trilogy
Despite announcing that 1998 Palme d'Or winner An Eternity And A Day would be his last feature, Greek director Theo Angelopoulos has revealed that he is developing a trilogy of films exploring the subject of Greek exiles throughout the 20th Century.The first film in the trilogy, The Weeping Field, is ...
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StudioCanal cinema revenues up 91%
StudioCanal has reported that turnover from cinema-related activities increased by 90.5% in the nine months to September 31 to Euros236.6m, compared to Euros124.2m during the same period last year. The growth was mainly due to German distribution arm Tobis which contributed Euros24.1m and French distribution subsidiary Bac Distribution, which contributed ...
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Lanzarote's Spanish Screenings unveils line-up
The Spanish Film Screenings for Europe, held on the Canary Island of Lanzarote, has unveiled the line-up of films set to premiere and screen at this year's second annual edition (Nov 29-Dec 1).Most of Spain's leading production outfits are represented in the 33 films confirmed for screening. This year, buyers ...
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Diplomat, Chunhyang triumph in Hawaii
The 20th edition of the Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) awarded the top prizes in its competition section to Im Kwon Taek's Chunhyang, which took the best feature award, and Tom Zubrycki's The Diplomat, which won best documentary.Chunghyang, based on a popular Korean folk song, premiered at Cannes this ...
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TelstraSaturn partners with TVNZ on digital TV
New Zealand telco and pay-TV operator TelstraSaturn is to partner with public broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ) on the delivery of satellite-based digital television to local audiences. Few details are available on the nature of the venture's programming although it will probably include acquired and commissioned material and be on ...
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Bedazzled lights up UK box office
20th Century Fox's Bedazzled found room to shine in the UK over the weekend, snagging the number one spot with $1.6m (£1.1m) including previews. Starring Brendan Fraser and local starlet Elizabeth Hurley, the comedy took a site average of $4,862 (£3,380). The result meant a one-two for Fox, with number ...
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BVI to handle own, UIP product in Venezuela
Buena Vista International (BVI) plans to set up its own theatrical distribution outfit in Venezuela from January 31, 2001, ending an eight-year sub-distribution deal with leading local distributor, Cines Unidos.In addition, the new outfit will handle titles from Universal, Paramount and DreamWorks following an agreement between The Walt Disney Company, ...
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Intermedia expands deal with Outlaw Productions
Indie giant Intermedia has reteamed with Bobby Newmyer and Jeff Silver's Outlaw Productions in a new multi-year output agreement calling for Outlaw to produce two to three major studio films a year. Intermedia will provide production financing and distribute the films internationally while brokering domestic deals on a picture-by-picture basis.The ...
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Fox, Sony Classics snap up Zhang Yimou's new film
20th Century Fox has acquired international distribution rights outside China, France and North America to Zhang Yimou's latest film, Happy Times which is the first production from Edward R Pressman and Terrence Malick's Sunflower Productions. Sony Pictures Classics, which handled the last two films from Yimou (Not One Less, The ...
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Fox teams with Svensk for distribution in Denmark
20th Century Fox International is teaming up with Svensk Filmindustri to form a joint venture for theatrical distribution in Denmark. Under the name Filmcompagniet, the new partnership takes effect from Jan 1, 2001 and will release films from both Fox and Svensk in the territory as well as exploring new ...
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Herod's Law wins top prize at Ajijic fest
Herod's Law (La Ley de Herodes), Luis Estrada's controversial political satire, added to its growing collection of prizes when it took home Best Feature at the Ajijic Festival Internacional de Cine 2000 in Mexico (November 8-12). The film won several Ariel awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor, ...
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AtomFilms, Schibsted sign wireless pact
AtomFilms has partnered with Scandinavian media company Schibsted to distribute almost 100 short films and animation titles on mobile and wireless devices.The content syndicated to Schibsted will be available for download to pocket PC's and Palm devices, as well as viewable on the internet. Distribution will take place over the ...
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Downtown buys Pandaemonium, Circle
UK indie distributor Downtown Pictures has finalised its acquisition of Julien Temple's Pandaemonium.Downtown struck the deal with BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the UK broadcaster which funded the film alongside features department BBC Films. Pandaemonium is scheduled for release spring next year.The film, which stars John Hannah, Linus Roache, ...
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Italian competition body to investigate Seat-TMC
Italy's Antitrust Authority has launched an official probe into publishing giant Seat Pagine Gialle's take-over of broadcaster Telemontecarlo.Seat, which is currently swallowing Telecom Italia's internet division Tin.it, agreed in August to purchase 75% of TMC from the Cecchi Gori Group, for L750bn ($335m), with an option to up its stake ...
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Kinowelt takes control of Village's German circuit
Proving that its taste for acquisitions has not yet been satiated, Kinowelt has taken control of Village Roadshow's German theatrical circuit.The widely-anticipated deal (ScreenDaily, Sept 27, Oct 31) sees Kinowelt purchase a 25.2% stake in Village Roadshow Exhibition, but obtain management control. Day-to-day operations will be handled by the management ...
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Helkon co-founder Werner Koenig dies in accident
Werner Koenig, co-founder of Germany's Helkon Media, died on Sunday after being caught in an avalanche near Verbier, Switzerland, whilst scouting locations for upcoming feature The Extremists.The film's director, Christian Duguay, and another crew member were also present when the accident happened but remained unharmed. Helkon said in a statement ...
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Rick Senat to leave Warner Bros after 24 years
Rick Senat, head of European business affairs for Warner Bros and a 24 year-old veteran of the studio, is to retire from the company at the end of the year to pursue independent entrepreneurial opportunities in the entertainment business. He will remain with Warner in an advisory capacity.Senat's departure was ...
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Charlie's Angels beat out Little Nicky
Columbia's Charlie's Angels remained atop the North American box office over the weekend with a huge $25m haul, bringing its total to $75.4m after ten days. The camp adventure spinoff from the TV series of the same name roundly defeated its competition which included Adam Sandler's latest film Little Nicky ...
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FTC delays decision on AOL-Time Warner
US anti-monopoly regulator, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), has taken the rare action of "stopping the clock" on its review of AOL's takeover of Time Warner. Having waited so long for the deal to be given the green light, another delay may not hurt anyone. But the latest hold-up seems ...