Slovak admissions see dramatic increase
Slovak cinemas attracted 1,022,890 viewers in the first quarter of 2009, a 44% rise in admissions comparing to the first quarter in the year 2008.
Rising box office trend for Estonian film
Over the past half decade, the share of Estonian films at domestic box office has grown nearly fivefold from 47,000 ticekts sold in 2004 to 223,000 tickets sold in 2007.
TV2 agrees to digital switchover
Antenna Hungaria Group (www.ahrt.hu) and commercial TV channel TV2 owner MTM-SBS Television (www.tv2.hu) signed a contract concerning digital terrestrial transmission the two companies announced in a common statement on May…
UPC Romania launches Da Vinci Learning channel
The educational TV channel Da Vinci Learning is now part of the digital offer of the Romanian cable operator UPC.
Lottery to fund Hungarian culture
Hungary's cultural tax will be dissolved on January 1, 2010, and the budget of the National Cultural Fund of Hungary (www.nka.hu) will be covered by 90% of the national lottery's…
Fee reduction petition fails
The Hungarian Board of the National Radio and Television Commission (ORTT, www.ortt.hu) rejected a final petition from the two leading Hungarian commercial TV channels seeking a reduction in their annual…
Production: Andrei Zincă preps Puzzle for a Blind Man
Romanian director Andrei Zincă is in preparation to film Puzzle for a Blind Man, an adaptation of Argentinian playwright Mario Diament's Blind Date for Castel Film Studios.
Decreasing Hungarian ad market
The Hungarian ad market could see a 20% decrease in 2009.
Production: Jodorowsky in Lynch-Kantor co-production
Cult-director Alejandro Jodorowsky (known for his 1970 midnight movie El Topo) is in pre-production to direct the American-French-Hungarian co-production King Shot, co-producer Laszlo Kantor told FNE.
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.
Kerekes lines up co-producers at EFP event
Slovak director and producer Peter Kerekes found co-producers for his film on cosmonauts while participating in European Film Promotion's Producers On the Move at Cannes.
ATM Grupa expands on Polish market
TV production company ATM Grupa has bought 100% of Baltmedia, one of the most successful Polish producing companies.
RTL Klub CEO claims media title
For the second year in a row Dirk Gerkens, CEO of the commercial TV channel RTL Klub (www.rtlklub.hu), has been named the most influential person in the Hungarian media by…
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…
Estonia’s CineExpress tours the Balkans
Estonia's rolling cinema exhibitor Cinema Bus is wrapping up its tour of the Balkan countries, trying to revitalise the failed cinema networks and bring moving pictures back to remote areas…
Endomol Polska commissioned to produce Dutch hit
Endemol Polska has been commissioned to produce a local Polish version of the Dutch TV hit series Roses and Vodka Lime for Polish commercial channel TVN.
New Polish media law enacted
The Polish parliament passed a media law on financing public media in Poland on May 22.
Slovaks organize media complex
The Slovak government has approved the construction of a new media complex in Bratislava, housing the three state-supported public media institutions.
Hungarian and Romanian sports channels planned
Digi Communication and Broadcast Ltd. (www.digi.tv) will launch new sports channels in Hungary and Romania.
FNE in Cannes: Antalya Fest set for October Date
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and the accompanying Eurasia International Film Festival and Market have set their dates for this year's edition.
