Slovenian government discusses RTV funding

The Slovenian parliament will adress underfunding and organizational structure of public broadcaster RTV.
14-04-2009

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.
14-04-2009

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.
14-04-2009

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.
13-04-2009

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.
13-04-2009

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.
13-04-2009

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.
13-04-2009

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.
09-04-2009

Austria funds two Hungarian films

The Austrian Film Commission announced grants for a pair of Hungarian co-productions in its latest round of funding.
09-04-2009

Lelouch to film in Romania

Palme d'Or winner Claude Lelouch will be shooting his next film in Romania this summer.
09-04-2009

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.
08-04-2009

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.
08-04-2009

LNT holds ratings lead in Latvia

Latvian commercial broadcaster LNT retained its leading market share slot, claiming 18.8% of TV viewers nationally.
08-04-2009

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.
07-04-2009

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…
07-04-2009

TVP acquires Uefa rights

Polish public broadcaster TVP has acquired rights to broadcast the 2012 Uefa football games in Poland.
07-04-2009

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.
06-04-2009

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.
06-04-2009

Grant for Slovene film museum

A proposed museum of Slovene film actors has received a grant of €1,234,845 from the EEA and Norway grants program.
06-04-2009

Latvian film funding announced

The National Film Centre of Latvia (NFC) has announced €1.64 million in funding for film production in 2009.
05-04-2009