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Texas Instruments licenses DLP technology to Imax
Imax Corporation and electronics giant Texas Instruments (TI) have entered an agreement which will see the large-format entertainment company develop, manufacture and market projectors based on TI's (Digital Light Processing) DLP Cinema projection technology for large-format IMAX theatres.Texas previously licensed the technology to Imax-owned Digital Projection (UK) for standard (35mm) ...
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Arte, GMT team up for gender series
Franco-German broadcaster Arte is partnering with French drama producer GMT to produce 10 TV movies under the strand name Masculin/Feminin (Male/Female), which will examine issues of equality between men and women around the world.As with previous Arte drama series, Petites Cameras, Masculin/Feminin is to be shot using DV cameras.Two of ...
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Japan registers 60% increase in Internet users
The number of Internet users in Japan rose 59.7% to 27.6 million in 1999 according to a report by Japan's Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPT). The report also found that Internet penetration in Japan now stands at 21.4%, which ranks it 13th worldwide, and that subscribers to i-Mode and ...
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NTV wraps Japan's first 3D CGI feature
Japanese television network Nippon Televison (NTV) has completed production on Japan's first all 3D, all computer generated feature film, The Aurora. Based on an original script by Michiru Shimada and made over a period of nearly three years under director Yoshinori Kanno, The Aurora is an undersea adventure featuring a ...
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Oz exhibition giants partner for joint Sydney site
Australia's three largest exhibitors - Village Roadshow, Hoyts and Greater Union - are planning to replace their separate cinemas on George Street, Sydney with a site that will feature single management of both the ticket booth and the concessions area. The development will have over 15 screens and be the ...
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EC to investigate Pearson, CLT-Ufa merger
The European Commission (EC)'s competition regulators have decided to probe the proposed merger of Pearson Television and CLT-Ufa. The EC has used its merger regulation powers to open a preliminary, one-month review of the $19bn deal that was announced in April (Screendaily, Apr 07) . The companies were notified on ...
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Spanish gov't extends broadcast licence deadline
Spain's government has extended the application period for new radio and TV licences until July 3, reportedly in an attempt to motivate competitors to form joint consortia.The original filing period for the new five-year licences, due to be awarded by November 30, ended Friday, June 2. The entry of two ...
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Mana scores at emerging Malaga fest
Actress Laura Mana was the big winner at the increasingly high-profile Spanish Film Festival of Malaga on Saturday night, walking away with the best film award for her directorial debut Sexo Por Compasion.The film is a magic surrealist tale, also written by Mana, about a woman whose sexual favours transform ...
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Das Werk expands overseas with En Efecto merger
German facilities group Das Werk is to merge with En Efecto, a Barcelona-based post-production and animation group. En Efecto groups together four companies: post-production companies Video Efecto and Cinefecto, laboratory Image Film and Film & Tape, which distributes materials. The group recently joined the Max European Post-Production Alliance. Financial details ...
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Telefonica buys 25% of producer Media Park
Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica has acquired a 25% stake in Barcelona-based content producer and broker Media Park in a transaction worth a reported $60m (pts10,500m). The shares will be managed by Telefonica subsidiary Telefonica Media. Local reports suggest that Telefonica paid as much as five times what Media Park shares ...
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Martin Lawrence nearly dethrones M: I 2
20th Century Fox's Martin Lawrence-starrer Big Momma's House opened with a surprisingly strong $25.6m (estimated) over the weekend at the North American box office, giving Paramount's Mission: Impossible 2 a run for its money. However, the Tom Cruise action adventure clung to the top spot with $27m in its second ...
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Canada's Nelvana, Keystone hit IPO hurdles
Two Canadian entertainment companies have cut back or withdrawn public offerings as market volatility continues to unbalance North American stock exchanges. Toronto-based animation house Nelvana Ltd has trimmed back the number of shares in a US public offering from a proposed 3.75 million shares to 2.5 million. The shares, priced ...
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EM.TV completes Formula 1 offering
German TV and rights group EM.TV & Merchandising has completed the secondary share offering it launched in connection with the acqusition of a 50% interest in Formula 1 (F1).EM.TV completed the move by finalising a private placement of 2.5m shares. Florian Haffa, EM.TV's deputy chief execuive officer, said in a ...
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Star TV, HKT scrap pay-TV, Internet venture
Star TV, News Corp's Asian broadcast subsidiary, and Cable & Wireless HKT have called off their plans to set up a joint venture pay-TV and Internet service in Hong Kong.The two companies' only explanation for the "mutual and amicable" policy reversal was that they no longer shared the same ...
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Starry Hong Kong dot.com floats for $24m
Stareastnet.com, an entertainment portal formed by Hong Kong celebrities, rode a local market rally on its flotation yesterday to raise $24m (HK$200.6m).The company was listed for the first time on the Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), a tech-oriented listing. Chief executive officer Philip Wong said the cash raised could support operations ...
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Euro distribution forum launches at Locarno
European Film Promotion (EFP), the umbrella organisation for European promotional organisations, is holding a meeting of European distribution and sales companies during August's Locarno International Film Festival.The two-day forum joins the programme of EFP-run events held at leading festivals such as the Shooting Stars initiative in Berlin, Producers On The ...
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UK's Rank agrees theme park sale to US' Blackstone
UK leisure group Rank Group Plc has reached an initial agreement to sell its 50% stake in Florida's Universal Studios Escape to US private equity firm Blackstone Capital for $275 million, Rank said on Friday.Under the pact, Rank will also receive up to $75 million if Blackstone achieves a target ...
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Lupfer quits TPS for Canal Plus
Didier Lupfer, the former head of movie channels at French digital satellite service TPS, is moving to the platform's archrival Canal Plus, where he takes up the role of programme development chief.Lupfer will be responsible for the creation of channels destined for Canal Plus' future digital terrrestrial franchise - ...
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IMAX Oz franchise enters administration
Cinema Plus, the public company which holds the IMAX franchise for Australia and New Zealand, has been put in the hands of Sydney administrators Ferrier Hodgson, three-and-a-half years after listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Steve Sherman, who is in charge as a result ...
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UK, Italy strike new co-production pact
Producers can qualify as international co-production partners just by financial contributions instead of having to have a creative and technical input under a revised Anglo-Italian production pact, the UK government announced on Thursday.The move comes hard on the heels of a major shake-up in UK support for local productions and ...