Bratislavafilm a summer hit for Slovakia
After three weeks in Slovak distribution, the low-budget Slovak film Bratislavafilm (www.bratislavafilm.sk) has pulled in 35,667 admissions.
Romanian TV channels prepare to launch
Romania will see the launch of three local channels by the end of 2009 and satellite channel Vox News in February 2010.
Production: Polish slasher parody in the works
Polish independent director and producer Piotr Matwiejczyk is preparing a Polish parody of the American classic slasher film.
Production: Adrienn Pál in post-production
Director Ágnes Kocsis (Friss levegő/Fresh Air) has completed filming and is in post-production with her new film, Adrienn Pál.
SBS's Tellenbach moves to TVN
Markus Tellenbach, the former head of SBS Broadcasting and supervisory board chairman of Sky Deutschland, was appointed CEO and president of Poland's TVN Group.
Malta station sees drop in market share
Malta TV channel Net TV saw audience share drop by nearly half in the second quarter of of 2009.
Production: Hanta begins filming next week
Director Ioan Cărmăzan (The Wood Cutters, The Blue Sleigh) will begin shooting Hanta, a 100% Romanian production, on August 24.
Digital TV reaches 1 million mark
Digital TV households have crossed the 1 million mark, reaching 42.4% of Hungarian households.
Estonia debates cancelling TV fees
Estonia's governing coalition is moving toward cancelling $2.3 million in annual license taxes paid by Kanal2 and TV3,
Lithuania announces grants
The Lithuanian Cultural State Support Fund has announced its second stage of grants.
IPTV increases at cable's expense
IPTV growth doubled in 2008 and accounted for 35% of Slovenia's cable/IPTV subscriptions as of the end of Q1 2009,
Production: Child-Miner in pre-production
Director/screenwriter Alexandra Gulea is in pre-production with her first feature Child-Miner (Copil-miner), with plans to begin shooting in spring 2010.
Production: Russian Faust starts shooting in Prague
The Russian-German-Austrian-Czech coproduction Faust started shooting on August 17 at Točník castle in central Bohemia and in Prague's Barrandov ateliers, Barrandov Studios (www.barrandov.cz) announced.
Production: The Mill And The Cross wraps shoot
Lech Majewski has finished shooting The Mill And The Cross, one of the biggest Polish productions of the year with a cast including Charlotte Rampling, Michael York and Rutger Hauer.
Shooting of Wilhelm Tell: The Legend postponed
Bogdan Moncea, PR Manager at Castel Film Studios, told FNE that filming on Wilhelm Tell: The Legend has been postponed until 2010.
Lithuanian box office sets record
Lithuanian cinemas was 4.53 million Litas (€1.31 million) in box office in July, 2009, the country's biggest revenues in a one month period.
Darik Radio launches Bulgarian TV Channel
Bulgaria's Council for Electronic Media (www.cem.bg) has issued a license to the leading radio station, Darik (http://darikradio.bg) to establish a TV channel under the name Darik Radio and TV.
Latvian filmmakers support National Film Centre
Nearly 200 Latvian film professionals voiced their support for retaining the independent legal status of the National Film Centre of Latvia during demonstration on August 12.
Production concept premieres in Malta
Watermelon Media of Malta is piloting a new concept for the international game show Divided.
Latvian ad market shows steep decline
The Latvian Advertising Association announced a 42% decline in the media advertising market in the first half of 2009.
