Reding urges earlier digital transition
Viviane Reding, the EU Commissioner for media, has urged EU member states to push for faster transition from analog to digital TV.
New operational manager for MediaPro
Liviu Gheorghe is replacing Florin Alexandrescu as operational manager at MediaPro Romania.
Slovenian grants announced
The Slovenian Film Fund (www.film-sklad.si) has announce the slate of films and festivals which will receive support in 2009.
Welsh funding for Cyprus film
The Film Agency for Wales has granted £150,000 (€175,000) to the Cyprus-set film The Silk Man.
KVIFF Winners 2009
The festival juries have awarded the best films of the 44th Karlovy Vary IFF 2009 during the Official Closing on July 11.
FNE at KVIFF: Winner of Hungarian Film Week Plans New Project
KARLOVY VARY: The director producer team that made Lost Times which won the main prize at this year's Hungarian Film Week and had its international premier in the East of…
FNE at KVIFF: Winner of Hungarian Film Week Plans New Project
KARLOVY VARY: The director producer team that made Lost Times which won the main prize at this year's Hungarian Film Week and had its international premier in the East of…
FNE at KVIFF 2009: Hungarians Field Slate of Seven Films at KVIFF
KARLOVY VARY: The Hungarians make up the one of the largest national contingents in Karlovy Vary in 2009 with five films, -seven including coproductions,- screening in various official programmes and…
FNE at KVIFF: Hungarian Director Palfi with Three New Projects in the Pipeline
KARLOVY VARY: Prolific Hungarian director Gyorgy Palfi has three new projects in the pipeline together with producer Gabor Varadi helmer at Budapest based Eurofilm Studio (www.eurofilm.hu).
Chello Zone takes over Romantica TV
Chello Zone has fought off a competitor for control of the Romanian station Romantic TV.
FNE at KVIFF 2009: Glinska’s Piggies Scores Hit in Karlovy Vary
KARLOVY VARY: Polish director Robert Glinski's Piggies, a tough film about child prostitutes working on the Polish German border, has already had a strong impact at its world premier in…
Court of Audit Finds Faults at Slovenian Film Fund
The president of the Slovenian Court of Audit announced that the court has found several flaws in the implementation of the 2007 program of the Slovenian Film Fund.
Cinema Public Fund faces cut
The Romanian National Lottery and casinos wil be exempt from contributing to the Cinema Public Fund under a new ruling.
FNE Country Focus: Slovakia: Slovak Film Industry Poised for Renaissance
SLOVAKIA: The year 2009 is already being hailed as a major watershed for Slovakia's film industry with both the conversion to the Euro and the country's long awaited new film…
Production: Miss Christina in preproduction
Director Adrian Istria d'Elner is preparing a film adaptation of Mircea Eliade's novella, Miss Christina, a romantic drama set in the 30s.
CME gets $100 million investment
Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) announced that it has received a $100 million cash investment from Ukranian businessman Igor Kolomoisky.
