Ad market recovery predicted

The ad market in Central and Eastern Europe will return to a growth stage in 2010, according to a July 6 report released by ZenithOptimedia.
06-07-2009

DISCOP weathers recession year

Despite a drop in the number of participants, 1,542 compared with 1,729 in 2008, DISCOP East managing director Patrick Jucaud put a positive spin on the business results.
28-06-2009

CFO Macmillan resigns from CME

Central European Media Enterprises (www.cetv-net.com) announced that Wallace Macmillan will step down as the company Chief Financial Officer effective July 1.
22-06-2009

LUX Prize nominees announced

Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Romania are among the countries fielding nominated films for the European Parliament's LUX Prize, with three finalists to be announced during the Venice Film Festival.
14-06-2009

HBO Central Europe signs format deal

HBO Central Europe has signed an agreement on format rights to the Israeli series that HBO produces in the US under the title In Treatment.
14-06-2009

Film Europe locks up sales going into DISCOP

Film Europe, the sister company of SPI International (www.spi-film.eu), has confirmed distribution agreements for five films following the Cannes market, and adds a slate of documentary films to its presence…
10-06-2009

Karpiński elected as member to EFP Board

Maciej Karpiński, Deputy Director and Head of International Relations at the Polish Film Institute, has been elected as the new representative on European Film Promotion's (EFP) Board of Directors.
10-06-2009

Poker Channel expands into Central Europe

The Poker Channel announced new distribution agreements in Poland, Cyprus, and Croatia.
08-06-2009

Eurimages funding announced

At its 115th meeting, held from May 30 to June 2, 2009, in Vilnius, the Board of Management of the Council of Europe's Eurimages Fund agreed to support the co-production…
07-06-2009

Bathory locks up Cannes sales

The Czech/Slovak box office hit Bathory signed sales agreements with Germany and Hong Kong during the Cannes film market.
27-05-2009

Disney rebrands CEE channels

The Walt Disney Company will re-brand its Jetix channels in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria as Disney Channel, increasing the channel's distribution to 12 million households in the…
27-05-2009

Hungarian and Romanian sports channels planned

Digi Communication and Broadcast Ltd. (www.digi.tv) will launch new sports channels in Hungary and Romania.
25-05-2009

FNE in Cannes: ScripTeast Announcers winner of the Prestigious Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize

(See Who's Partying At.. for awards photos)Romanian scriptwriter Ioan Antoci was awarded the prestigious ScripTeast Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize for his script The Japanese Day at a glamourous champagne beach party…
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FNE in Cannes: The Winners Are…

The winners of the main competition were announced Sunday evening as one of the most controversial Cannes line-ups in many years drew to a close. With top European auteurs on…
25-05-2009 m

FNE Cannes Screening Alert!!

Please remember that your FNE publishes insider party information. But this is NOT an invitation. To attend any of these events you MUST have an invitation from the party organizers…
21-05-2009

EC prepares new Media Mundus programme

The European Commission (ec.europa.eu) has released details on the new Media Mundus programme, which will launch in 2011.
21-05-2009

FNE at Festival De Cannes 2009: Competition White Ribbon

CANNES: Today's screening of Michael Haneke's What Ribbon was definitely the unveiling of one of the competition's most serious artistic achievements. Set in a small village in Northern Germany on…
20-05-2009 m

Vezér elected EFP president

Éva Vezér has been elected president of European Film Promotion, replacing Claudia Landsberger who stepped aside but stays on as vice president.
20-05-2009