Controversial TVP chairman survives recall vote
A motion to recall Piotr Farfał as public broadcaster TVP's temporary chairman and the reinstatement of Andrzej Urbański, Sławomir Siwek and Marcin Bochenek failed by a one vote margin.
Bulgarian ad market in decline
The Association of Bulgarian Advertising Agencies (http://www.arabulgaria.org/) reports that the Bulgarian media market fell 20% during the first quarter of 2009.
Slovenian government discusses RTV funding
The Slovenian parliament will adress underfunding and organizational structure of public broadcaster RTV.
Production: Sports murder doc planned
A documentary about the tragic death of well-known handball player Marian Cozma is being filmed in Hungary, producer Gabor Kalomista told FNE.
East Silver doc submissions open
East Silver, the specialized Central and East European documentary market, has announced it will be accepting film submissions on a year round basis.
SPI distirbution agreement with Forum Film Hungary
Forum Film Hungary has picked up theatrical distribution rights to SPI International's stable of acquired films in Hungary.
Sequel breaks Recep Idevik record
Sahan Gokbaker starrer Recep Ivedik 2, with admissions totalling 4,320,320 in its eighth week, breaks the Turkish box office record set by the original Recep Ivedik.
Euro Media Group eyes Romania
The Euro Media Group executive director has met with the head of Romania's Communication and Information Society Ministry to discuss the company's entry into Romania.
Slovenian parliament will discuss about underfund public broadcaster
In culture committee meeting in Slovenian parliament participants agreed that there should be a wider discussion about public Broadcaster (http://www.rtv.si/) about underfund situation and its organizing structure.
Top spot for Little Robbers
The €1.1 million Latvian-Austrian co-production Little Robbers took first place at the box office in its opening week, but results reflected the economic turmoil confronting Latvians.
Austria funds two Hungarian films
The Austrian Film Commission announced grants for a pair of Hungarian co-productions in its latest round of funding.
Lelouch to film in Romania
Palme d'Or winner Claude Lelouch will be shooting his next film in Romania this summer.
PRODUCTION: Erdelyi’s Security in preproduction
Daniel Erdelyi's second feature film, Security, is in preproduction, the director told FNE, with filming planned for the first half of 2010.
ID channel expands into Central Europe
Discovery Networks EMEA, which oversees Discovery's European operations, will launch its Investigation Discovery (ID) channel in Romania, Hungary, and Poland, beginning in April.
LNT holds ratings lead in Latvia
Latvian commercial broadcaster LNT retained its leading market share slot, claiming 18.8% of TV viewers nationally.
Slovak psycho-thriller preps 2010 shoot
Slovak director Robert Sveda has signed on to direct Former People for Slovak Public Television's (STV) documentary series The Biggest Slovak Criminal Cases, produced by D.N.A. Production.
Reding meets with Hungary's Pataki on digital roll-out
EU Telecoms commissioner Viviane Reding met with Dániel Pataki, head of the Hungarian Regulatory Authority and chairman of the Radio Spectrum Policy Group, regarding EU policy on the switch-over from…
TVP acquires Uefa rights
Polish public broadcaster TVP has acquired rights to broadcast the 2012 Uefa football games in Poland.
Szomjas preps new film
Director Gyorgy Szomjas (The Sun Street Boys, Vagabond) is in preproduction with Against the Eastern Wind (Szemben a keleti szellel), for an October shoot, the director told FNE.
Telekom Slovenije IPTV lead continues
Telekom Slovenije (www.telekom.si) remained the largest provider of IPTV services in Slovenia in 2008, with a 52.7% share of the country's IPTV market.
