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RAI launches on-demand channels in Italy
RAI Click, the Italian joint venture TV on-demand service set up by RAI and multimedia publisher e.BisMedia has launched over broadband cable, according to a report in Cable Europe.RAI Click, which is 60%/40% owned by the two companies respectively, will see RAI programming transmitted over a fibre-optic IP network which ...
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Brazil and Germany revive co-production accord
It has been nearly two years since Brazil and Germany forged a co production agreement but nothing much has emerged from it. To revive the dormant accord, the Goethe Institute of Sao Paolo and production and sales company for Brazilian films, Levine Film have organized a co production workshop slated ...
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Mexico heats up as location choice for gringos
Mexico's film commission has revealed that it expects up to 40 foreign films to be shot in the country during 2001 - a gigantic leap from the mere six features shot there just five years ago.Leading the production frenzy is Miramax Films' Frida, a pet project of Mexican actress Salma ...
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Malaysia to ban street sale of video discs
Following a recent rise in sex-related crimes, the Malaysian government is considering a ban on the street sale of video discs in an attempt to eradicate the easy availability of pornography, according to a report from Reuters."It is a blanket ban which will include genuine CDs and VCDs," consumer affairs ...
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STAR Movies acquires Canal Plus output
News Corp's STAR Movies channel is to acquire output from Canal Plus group under a three-year deal whereby it will get exclusive pay-TV rights to new films from StudioCanal France and the UK's Working Title. French group StudioCanal is majority owned by Canal Plus, which is the pay-TV unit of ...
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Carlton America recruits NBC's Jody Brockway
Jody Brockway has been appointed vice president, development and production for Carlton America, the U.S.-based television development and production arm of Carlton International Media Group, it was announced by Stephen J. Davis, president and CEO of Carlton America, and Gary Goldberger, executive vice president of Carlton America. Brockway will join ...
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$30bn EchoStar bid for DirecTV challenges Murdoch
US satellite TV operatorDirecTV may end up costing far more than Rupert Murdoch had bargained for nowthat rival EchoStar Communications has weighed in with a surprise $30.4bncompeting bid.The news immediately tookits toll on shares of Murdoch's News Corp which fell by more than 3% inearly trading on the Australian stock ...
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Fallen Australian media baron Skase dies in exile
Christopher Skase, thebuccaneering Australian businessman who briefly acquired the MGM/UA studiobefore running into bankruptcy and becoming an international fugitive, died onSunday on the Spanish island of Majorca. He was 52."I can confirm he hasdied, it was a mixture of everything, emphysema, cancer, the works,"Majorca Daily Bulletin editor and family friend ...
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Rushes Soho Shorts announces winners
Rushes Postproduction has announced the following winning films at the Third Rushes Soho Shorts Festival 2001; The Artsworld Short Film Award:Winner: Talk - Dir. Matthew Parkhill, Winkle Films Runners up: Yoorinal - Dir. Mark Nunneley, RSA Sweet - Dir. James Pilkington, Velocity FilmsDiscreet Newcomer Award:Winner: The Cat With Hands - ...
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US Hispanic entertainment set to fly with Condor
Condor Media, a new home video and DVD distribution company of Spanish-language product in the US, is poised to launch this summer. Founded by Argentine-born film veteran Peter Marai, Condor Media will kick off in later this month with two films from Spain: Vicente Aranda's erotic thriller Jealousy (Celos) ...
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Corelli to open Dutch Film By The Sea
Working Title's Captain Corelli's Mandolin is set to open the third Film By The Sea international film festival in The Netherlands. The World War II romantic drama, set on the island of Cephalonia and starring Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz, has yet to open theatrically in any territories other than ...
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Spain's Cinebox joins Brazilian multiplex wave
After decades of steadily declining audiences, Brazil is suddenly witnessing something of a cinema renaissance, with new players entering the market and existing exhibitors expanding their circuits.The new money is being invested by major Spanish exhibitor Cinebox, which has revealed plans to open more than 100 screens in the territory ...
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Roadshow plots to become Bollywood powerhouse
Working with its Delhi-based exhibition partner, Australia's Village Roadshow is set not only tobecome India's first nationwide multiplex chain but is now looking to expand into local film production and distribution as well. The venture says it is already discussing deals with both Miramax Films and Intermedia to supply films ...
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Eisner still 'content obsessed' despite $5.3bn buy
Walt Disney chief MichaelEisner insists his entertainment empire continues to be 'contentobsessive', as opposed to newly fixated on distribution, despite yesterday's$5.3bn deal to acquire a collection of children's programming channelsfrom Rupert Murdoch and Haim Saban.The purchase of Fox FamilyWorldwide gives Disney access to more than 115 million new viewers across ...
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Chile warms to film censorship reversal
The Chilean government has voted almost unanimously to scrap film censorship in the country, with 125 votes in favour and eight abstentions. However, the senate has asked to delay the vote's implementation until the approval of a bill presented by the newly appointed members of the ratings/censorship board, the Consejo ...
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Arista adds script workshop to Oscar Moore Prize
Arista, the training initiative of the EU's Media II programme has joined forces with The Oscar Moore Foundation, the charity launched and run by Screen International in memory of its former editor-in-chief, to add an exclusive seven-day story editor workshop to the annual scriptwriting prize of £10,000.The annual Oscar Moore ...
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Argentina lacks support for local films
Argentine newspaper La Nacion has highlighted the relative dearth of admissions for local films despite the increasing number of releases, international festival awards and a general upsurge in film production. According to the paper's analysis of the last six months, while there were 10 more releases in the first half ...
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Global box office to grow 36% over next decade
Research conducted by the Informa Media Group reveals that global box office revenues are expected to climb by 36% - or $6bn - between 2001 and 2010 to $24bn. Over the same period, the global screen count is predicted to remain virtually static - at 149,000, as several territories shed ...
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Global box office to grow 36% over next decade
Research conducted by the Informa Media Group reveals that global box office revenues are expected to climb by 36% - or $6bn - between 2001 and 2010 to $24bn. Over the same period, the global screen count is predicted to remain virtually static - at 149,000, as several territories shed ...
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Eurimages supports 14 European co-productions
At its 73rd meeting, the Council of Europe Eurimages Fund Board of Management agreed to support 14 feature films for a total amount of Euros 4,665,000.The feature films are :Scheme 1 - Assistance awarded mainly on the basis of the project'scirculation potentialAfrodita, el sabor del amor - Fernando Pino ...