Multikino's stock exchange debut postponed

The financial crisis at ITI Group will suspend the stock exchange debut of one of the biggest Polish cinema chains, Multikino.
25-11-2008

Austrian TV looks for expansion in Central Europe

The Austrian Broadcasting Service (ORS), which controls the transmission towers of Austrian public broadcaster ORF, is bidding on expansions in Central European territories.
25-11-2008

Yugoslav co-productions a Slovenian specialty

Slovenia may be alone among Central European countries in reaching out in a big way to former Yugoslav countries to offer financial support through co-productions.
24-11-2008

Renc film opens in Prague

Filip Renc's remake of a 1937 film based on a Czech psychological suspense novel, Guard No. 47 opens November 27 in Czech cinemas in 25 prints.
24-11-2008

Central Europeans win Hot Bird Awards

Polish, Hungarian, and Romanian theme channels were among the winners of the annual Hot Bird TV Awards, announced on November 17.
24-11-2008

Ljubljana film fest drives local distribution

The impact of the Ljubljana film festival LIFFE (November 12-23) lingers far beyond closing night, with around 20 films from the festival going into Slovenian distribution each year.
23-11-2008

All star cast of The Mill And The Cross working in Poland

Charlotte Rampling, Michael York and Rutger Hauer came to Katowice to star in a new movie from Lech Majewski, inspired by a famous Pieter Breugel's painting.
23-11-2008

Hungarian Maiden lines up financing, cast

Los Angeles-based filmmaker and actor Endre Hules (Seven, Apollo 13) is returning to his homeland, Hungary to make his 1.4 million euro (HUF 375 million) directorial debut, The Maiden Danced…
23-11-2008

Pan-Baltic TV channel discussions

Prime ministers from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania meeting in Estonia held discussion on a potential pan-Baltic TV channel on November 21.
23-11-2008

Bulgarian chain to build more cinemas

The Arena chain of cinemas in Bulgaria plans to add 13-15 new cinemas in the next four years.
21-11-2008

Hungarian Film Week applicatants move to jury decision

Following the November 20 application deadline for Hungarian Film Week, filmmakers are now awaiting the decision of the programming jury, due on December 20.
21-11-2008

Hungarian state owned film studios for sale

The Hungarian National Trust Company (Magyar Nemzeti Vagyonkezelo Zrt., www.mnvzrt.hu) announced in a statement on November 19 a call for tender to sell three state-owned film studios.
21-11-2008

Tallinn Black Nights announces competition

The 12th Black Nights Film Festival has announced its competition programme, with 18 films selected for the EurAsia competition programme.
19-11-2008

SPI takes third spot on Slovak market

Independent film distributor SPI has moved into a solid third place slot in the Slovak market, the company announced.
19-11-2008

TV3 wins court decision

A Riga court has directed Baltkom TV to cease broadcasts of TV3 via digital land-line.
19-11-2008

Turkish 2007 box office champ strikes again

Cagan Irmak's romantic drama Alone - formerly Barren Man connected with Turkish audiences in its second week, topping the box office with 241,974 admissions.
19-11-2008

Hallmark begins filming in Riga

The Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film Miss Irena's Children began shooting on November 13 in Riga.
18-11-2008

Telefonica announces increase in Czech subscribers

Spanish pay-TV provider Telefonica announced that subscribers in the Czech Republic rose by more than 10% in the third quarter of 2008.
18-11-2008

Hungary's TV2 lays off staff, others plan streamlining

With the global economic downturn reaching Hungary's media sector, Hungary's commercial TV channel TV2 (www.tv2.hu) announced the start of wide-scale restructuring and corporate streamlining.
18-11-2008

EAVE Producers Workshop for the first time in Warsaw

Warsaw is hosting the prestigious international Eave Workshop for international film producers, a week long event on cinema marketing strategies that began November 17.
17-11-2008