Poland reacts to Polanski arrest

The Polish government and Polish filmmakers have reacted with outrage over the arrest of director Roman Polanski during the week-end.
29-09-2009

Katalin Varga to be distributed in France and GB

Peter Strickland's first feature Katalin Varga will have its French premiere on October 7, and will be released in the UK on October 9.
29-09-2009

Art Cinema opens in Vilnius

A new arthouse cinema, Theater Pasaka, opened in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius with a screening of the Lithuanian documentary Traukinys stovi penkias minutes directed by Janina Lapinskaitė.
28-09-2009

Cinema ticket prices drop Estonia

The largest commercial exhibitor in Estonia, Forum Cinemas, which held nearly 90% of domestic box office revenue, has dropped its premium ticket prices by 25% to 5.70 EUR.
28-09-2009

Magyar Telekom launches thematic channels

Origo Zrt. (www.origo.hu), part of the Magyar Telekom (www.telekom.hu) group, launches two thematic channels on September 28, Life Network and The Ozone Network, both available in analogue and digital cable…
27-09-2009

Protector gets Czech Oscar nod

Czech big-budget war movie Protector (www.protektor-film.cz ), has been selected to represent the Czech Republic for an Oscar nomination in the foreign language film category.
24-09-2009

Hungarian music channel to launch in Romania

Darido TV received a license from the National Audiovisual Council of Romania (www.cna.ro) on September 24 for a Hungarian language channel.
24-09-2009

Nation-wide cinema days have record success

Moziünnep (http://moziunnep.hu), an annual cinema promotion event in Hungary, saw a record success for the September 17-20 screenings.
24-09-2009

TeliaSonera moves forward in plan to acquire TEO LT

The board of TEO LT announced that it has determined that TeliaSonera presented a fair price in its purchase offer for the telecommunications company.
23-09-2009

KidsCo expands across Central Europe

Children's television platform KidsCo has added Slovenia to its growing list of broadcasters in the CEE territories.
23-09-2009

National Geographic expands in Poland

National Geographic is expanding in Poland with its announced launch of Nat Geo Wild HD on the N platform.
23-09-2009

AXN launhes in Slovenia

Sony Pictures Television's AXN has launched in Slovenia, Croatia, and three othe Balkan territories
22-09-2009

Miniseries heads to Malta

A miniseries based on the classic Moby Dick is due to begin filming in Malta within the month.
21-09-2009

Prima buys Cold Feet

Czech commercial station Prima TV has order 13 episodes of the 60-minute British drama Cold Feet.
21-09-2009

Polish TV Board dismissed

The board of public broadcaster Telewizja Polska (www.tvp.pl) has been dismissed.
21-09-2009

ScripTeast projects announced

Twelve film projects from nine CEE countries have been selected for the 4th edition of ScripTeast, which begins its first session in Poland September 26-October 2.
20-09-2009

CME looks at Bulgarian channel

News Corp is considering the sale of a 55% stake in its Bulgarian TV station bTV to Central European Media Enterprises (CME).
20-09-2009

Foreign releases slated for Shameless

Shameless, the 2008 film from acclaimed Czech director Jan Hřebejk will open in Polish cinemas September 18, and is scheduled for US distribution in February 2010.
17-09-2009

The Father's Acre competes for European Film Awards

The European Film Academy has announced that the debut film of Viktor Oszkár Nagy, Father's Acre (Apaföld) will represent Hungary in the European Film Awards.
17-09-2009

Janosik opens strong in Slovakia

The opening weekend of Janosik. The True Story in Slovakia drew more than 31,000 viewers -- a huge success in Slovak distribution.
16-09-2009