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All Finance articles – Page 76
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NewsCreative Skillset launches fund to support UK film industry
A total of £132,000 ($212,000) is now available for organisations to develop skills and training in response to identified needs within the film industry.
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NewsSolar Entertainment Group launches investment bank
SEG has partnered with Hoffman Lloyd to create the specialised media and entertainment entity Solar Entertainment HLB.
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NewsAl Jazeera acquires Current TV in $500m deal
International news operator Al Jazeera has acquired Al Gore’s Current TV in a move that will give it significant access to the US market.
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NewsMEPs adopt Creative Europe report
Copyright reform in EC Commissioner Kroes’ digital “to-do” list for 2013/14.
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NewsEurimages supports Wenders, Virzi and Mundruczo
Co-production fund announces final selections for 2012 after board meeting in Dubai.
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FeaturesWill investors join EIS club?
The boosted Enterprise Investment Scheme was expected to be a big bonus for the UK film industry, but financiers say times are tougher than expected. Geoffrey Macnab talks to the experts.
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NewsIngenious responds to Commons questioning
Spokesperson says committee hearing was “completely unsatisfactory.”
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CommentFilm funding problems with HMRC
Draft guidance published by HMRC suggests that the advance assurance facility for the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) on which many film productions depend is much less, well, assured.
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NewsFrance set to boost film tax incentives
Ceiling on Tax Rebate for International Production (TRIP) could rise $12.9 m (€10m) from $5.1m (€4m).
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NewsUK film financiers grilled by Commons over tax
Two of the UK’s most prominent film financiers endured a fierce grilling at the hands of the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee exploring Tax Avoidance.
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NewsCineworld acquires Picturehouse for £47.3m
UPDATED: Cinema chain says it will not cut staff or change programming; “A lot of new jobs” in the next few years, Picturehouse MD tells Screen.
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NewsFrench film industry protests 3% VAT hike on cinema tickets
VAT on cinema tickets set to rise to 10% at the beginning of 2014.
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NewsVentana Sur: Brazil offers finance 'role model'
Brazil continues as a role model of film finance in Latin America, according to panellists during the second day of Ventana Sur (Dec 1), the fourth edition of which is underway in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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NewsTaken 2 takes EuropaCorp back to black
First half-year net profit of $15.5m (€12m) is highest company has recorded in a full fiscal year since flotation in 2007.
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NewsRussian government to save Lenfilm
Lenfilm, one of Russia’s oldest film studios, has been saved from bankruptcy by the Russian government.
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NewsMatador Pictures to focus on development as it launches separate film financing unit
EXCLUSIVE: UK independent film development and production company Matador Pictures has launched Gloucester Place Films in a move that will see the production and financing activities of the company split.
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NewsBaltic Event names top co-pro titles
Projects from Kazakhstan, Lithuania and Estonia were voted by sales agents, distributors and potential co-producers as the most promising at the Baltic Event’s 8th Co-Production Market.
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NewsTorinoFilmLab awards cash prizes
This year’s TorinoFilmLab saw professionals showcase projects and compete for production grants.
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NewsWarner Bros, Village Roadshow extend deal through 2017
The studio’s 15-year-old producer-financier partner has also increased its production facility to $1.125bn.
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NewsUK producers talk about 'downward pressure on budgets'
Stephen Evans, Paul Webster, Neil Thompson and Richard Holmes spoke at GlobeScreen conference in London.