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Time Warner invests in CME

Cathy Meils Region 2009-03-23

Central European Media Enterprises (CME) announced on March 23 that international media and entertainment giant Time Warner will acquire a 31% stake in CME.

Sunny Side’s 6th documentary film co-production meeting is a success

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2009-03-23

After gatherings in New York, Toronto, Washington, Montreal and London, Sunny Side of the Doc held its 6th co-production Rendezvous in Sofia, Bulgaria, March 11 to 14, 2009.

Slovenian Film Fund director withdraws resignation

Matevz Rudolf Slovenia 2009-03-22

The Slovenian Film Fund director Jelka Stergel has recalled her resignation, which was announced on March 19.

First online premier in Estonia

Martin Aadamsoo Estonia 2009-03-22

Estonian producers Kuukulgur Film launched their short film Suits (Smoke) straight to YouTube on March 9, claiming it to be the first professional Estonian movie released online.

Pro TV wins NAB award

FNE Staff Romania 2009-03-22

CME's flagship Romanian station Pro TV will receive this year's NAB International Broadcasting Excellence Award, presented on April 20 in Las Vegas by the National Association of Broadcasters.

Malta film funding support announced

FNE Staff Malta 2009-03-19

Malta's new film fund has chosen four projects to receive 223,000 Euros in support.

A regional cinema chain launching in Poland

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-03-19

Małopolska Province will co-finance a digital cinema chain project with Cracow-based Apollo Film using existing local cinemas in the region.

Poligamy in preproduction

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-03-18

Denes Orosz begins filming his directorial debut Poligamy for production house Skyfilm on June 15.

Nellis to shoot Lidice in autumn

Irena Zemanova Czech Republic 2009-03-18

Director Alice Nellis's Lidice, a 1942 big-budget Czech war drama, will begin shooting in autumn.

Debt wraps first Hungarian shoot

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-03-17

Miramax's The Debt, directed by John Madden and starring Helen Mirren, completed the first of two filming sequences in Hungary.

Pre-MIPTV deals lining up

FNE Staff Region 2009-03-17

Polish and Czech TV stations are among those signing deals leading up to the MIPTV market in Cannes.

Polish market opens for DVB-H technology

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-03-17

Polish company INFO-TV-FM has won a tender to become the first Polish provider of television in the Digital Video Broadcasting - Handheld format.

Hungarian filmmaker Bacsó dies

FNE Staff Hungary 2009-03-17

Hungarian director and screenwriter Péter Bacsó died March 11 at age 81.

Bulgarian Film Industry Faces Threat of Major Funding Cuts

Anna Franklin Bulgaria 2009-03-17

The recent renaissance of Bulgarian film will grind to a halt if the government goes ahead with the planned cuts to subsidies of 59% in 2009.

New Mafilm studio construction underway

Gyorgy Karpati Hungary 2009-03-16

Construction of a new Mafilm studio in Fot, replacing a studio destroyed by fire two years ago, began in February.

FNE in Sofia: Sofia IFF brings industry and art together

Anna Franklin Bulgaria 2009-03-16

The 13th edition of the Sofia International Film Festival, 5-15 March, attracted local crowds as well as European industry professionals of both feature and documentary films from all over Europe…

New film complex launches in Poland

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-03-15

A new film studio complex under the direction of Stanisław Tyczyński has opened in Alwernia, near Cracow.

Bulgarian telecom sale to Austria on hold

FNE Staff Bulgaria 2009-03-12

The sale of the broadcasting division of Bulgarian Telecommunications Company (BTC) to Austria's Oesterreichischer Rundfunksender has been postponed.

CEE channels grow ProSeibenSat.1

FNE Staff Region 2009-03-12

Despite a drop in consolidated revenues for the ProSiebenSat.1 Media group, stations in Hungary and Romania accounted for a growing percentage of the corporations's revenues.

TV ARTE breaks off with TVP

Katarzyna Grynienko Poland 2009-03-12

The German-French cultural channel ARTE broke of co-operation with Polish public broadcaster TVP, citing the political leanings of TVP's new chairman.