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Pathe, FilmFour team for bigger budget films
The UK's FilmFour and Pathe have formed an initial two-year alliance to jointly acquire and distribute large-budget films in the UK. Under the terms of the collaboration, the companies aim to pick up at least two titles over the next twelve months, and will split profits equally. The companies will ...
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Veo announces CEO
In the first major announcement to come out of one of the two powerful consortia awarded Spain's new free-to-air digital terrestrial television licenses, Veo TV has named Andres Tejero as CEO.Tejero was previously director of corporate resources at Telefonica under former chairman and CEO Juan Villalonga.The appointment was followed by ...
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Odeon Film closes Filmstadt.de
Odeon Film's entertainment website www.filmstadt.de was closed down today after negotiations with various investors for a takeover or merger came to nothing The Filmstadt.de site had been operating since 1999 and had been relaunched last autumn as a subsidiary of Odeon's new Internet holding company OdeonNew Vision providing a mix ...
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EM.TV exercises its call option for Formula One
Hours before the deadline expired, EM.TV & Merchandising exercised its call option to purchase a further 25% stake in the Formula One holding company SLEC via its subsidiary Speed Investment Ltd. to bring its overall shareholding to 75%. Funding of $987.5m for the 25% was arranged by EM.TV with the ...
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Rai Trade deals with Brazil and Australia
Italy's Rai Trade has struck two multi-picture distribution deals with Brazil and Australia and has closed a score of sales on its new titles, including cult director Maurizio Nichetti's latest comedy Honolulu Baby. Under the output deal, the Rome-based sales agent sold eight films to Brazil's Top Tape and 10 ...
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MallBoy
Dir: Vincent Giarrusso. Australia. 2000. 85 mins.The overlit candy-coloured shopping mall where 14 year old Shaun and his aimless school-skipping friends spend a large part of their days is so shockingly familiar it might be anywhere in the developed or semi-developed world, which gives this small-scale Australian movie a genuinely ...
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Spain's private TV nets post blockbuster results
Spain's thriving television sector, set to grow exponentially in the next year, is proving its potential with recently published, landmark year-end financial results, which place private networks Telecinco and Antena 3 among Europe's most profitable.Calling itself "the most profitable commercial broadcaster in Europe" for the second year in a row, ...
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Stolen Summer wins Damon and Affleck's Greenlight
Dino De Laurentiis will be the chairman and keynote speaker at the Montreal World Film Festival's annual industry forum, the Film Market Conference.The producer of films ranging from Serpico and Barbarella to the ongoing Hannibal Lecter franchise is seen an apt speaker for the French-Canadian event due to his experience ...
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Film Council shines First Light on kids' scheme
UK film super-body the Film Council has partnered with Hi8us Projects for a new £1m scheme, which aims to give children the opportunity to make short films on digital video.Birmingham-based Hi8us Projects - a charity with a record in creating film and television projects with young people - will run ...
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Rios for Global Crossing
Latin American industry veteran Jose Antonio Rios has been named president for Latin America and the Caribbean of Global Crossing Ltd, a US firm dedicated to integrated telecommunications solutions.Rios has also been named senior vice president of the firm and will serve as a member of the company's management committee. ...
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ProSiebenSat.1 Media to raise up to Euros400m
ProSiebenSat.1 Media, which originated from the merger last year between ProSieben Media and SAT.1, is planning a Eurobond issue of fixed-rate notes with an intermediate maturity of up to Euros400m. Lehman Brothers and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein have been appointed joint bookrunners ofthe offering whose roadshow will be launched throughout Europe ...
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Brandt ends up at Endemol
Former Senator Entertainment board member Borris Brandt has been appointed the new general manager of Cologne-based Endemol Productions, while his predecessor Werner Schwaderlapp has been promoted to the post of president of the German holding of the Dutch entertainment concern which consists of the 100% subsidiary Endemol Productions, a 40% ...
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Village Cinemas Int'l appeals against ruling
Cinema operator Village Cinemas International (VCI) is facing a possible multi-million dollar payout to Charles Wesoky, former consultant for the company in Europe for breach of contract, according to the Australian Associated Press.After a ruling in the Australian Federal Court which found that VCI had breached its contract with Wesoky ...
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United Artists & Helkon to finance Igby Goes Down
MGM specialised label United Artists and Helkon International Pictures (HIP) have teamed up to co-finance and distribute Igby Goes Down, a comedy being produced by Atlantic Streamline and Apollo Media which started principal photography on Wednesday. It stars Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Ryan Philippe, Amanda Peet, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pulllman, ...
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TF1 broadcasts stunning figures
TF1, France largest free-TV broadcaster, has announced a 58% jump in net earnings for 2000 and remains optimistic for 2001, in spite of a predicted downturn in advertising expenditures this year.The broadcaster - which grabbed a 53.8% (up from 51.1% in 1999) of the French TV advertising pie last year, ...
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Stand By wins Cyril Collard prize
Roch Stephanik has been awarded the Cyril Collard prize for his first feature film, Stand By, which also recently won a Best actress Cesar award for its lead, Dominique Blanc.Stand By -- produced by Salome (Maurice Bernart) and Diaphana (Claude Saint-Jean) on a shoestring budget -- had been given a ...
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Ignorant Fairies
Screened at Berlin (Competition).Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek. Italy/France. 2000. 105mins.The clash between cultures has been the pivotal focus in Turkish-born - but who has lived in Rome since 1978 - director Ferzan Ozpetek's work. His first feature, Hamam - The Turkish Bath (Il Bagno Turco), about a Italian man's sexual ...
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Zucker upped to senior exec VP at Columbia TriStar
Mark Zucker has been promoted to senior executive vice president of distribution for Columbia TriStar Film Distributors Intl.The promotion was announced by Jeff Blake, worldwide president of marketing and distribution, to whom Zucker will report.Zucker, ,who has been with the studio for 11 years, will be responsible for all aspects ...
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Warner Bros. creates new position in marketing
Diane Nelson has been promoted to senior vice president of family entertainment for Warner Bros. corporate marketing and planning. In her newly created position, she will report to Sandy Reisenbach, executive vice president of marketing and planning.Nelson will be responsible for development and management of Warner Bros.' children's and family ...
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IN-motion acquires two US TV series
The German media company IN-motion, which was particularly active at this year's Amrican Film Market through its sales arms Myriad Pictures and J&M Entertainment, has further consolidated its position as a producer of internationally marketable TV formats by acquiring the rights to two TV series from US network CBS for ...