Top TV channels report gains

Statistical agency TNC TV Plan reports that Bulgarian advertising income registered more than €404 million in 2008, a substantial gain over 2007's €283 million.
29-01-2009

Agreement on digital terrestrial television in Poland

The National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) has reached an agreement with the Polish Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), assuring that DTT will be broadly available in Poland this year.
28-01-2009

Fliegauf’s Womb in Preproduction

Berlin- and Locarno-Awarded Benedek Fliegauf's next film Womb will be shot in March, according to Andras Muhi, producer and head of Inforg Studio.
28-01-2009

Slovenian Girl at European Film Market

Damjan Kozole's third film in his "transition trilogy," Slovenian Girl, will be shown at the European Film Market in Berlin.
27-01-2009

Vasha arrives in cinemas

Vasha, an Estonian-German-Finnish-Irish co-production, was released in cinemas in Estonia on January 23.
27-01-2009

Archive marks 50th anniversary

The Bulgarian National Film Archive marks its 50th anniversary with a year long programme of selected films.
27-01-2009

Slovenian Culture Ministry Presents its Plans for 2009

Slovenian Culture Minister Majda Sirca said the Ministry will use its €213 million budget in 2009 to improve conditions for filmmakers and other artists with special cultural status.
26-01-2009

Government vs. RTV as tension builds

Tension is building in a stand-off between the new Slovenian Minister of Culture Majda Sirca and public broadcaster RTV.
26-01-2009

Trieste Film Festival threatened with loss of main festival venue

The Trieste Film Festival (www.triestefilmfestival.it) closed on a negative note as the festival's artistic director Annamaria Percavassi announced that the festival's main venue, the Excelsior Cinema, would close its doors…
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Bulgarian animator reaps Wall E success

Bulgarians are celebrating native son Anthony Christov, Art Director of the Disney owned Pixar Animation Studio, following the Golden Globe award and the six Oscar nominations for Wall E.
25-01-2009

Three replacements at Slovenian Film Fund supervisory board

Slovenia's new minister of culture, former film critic Majda Sirca, announced the dismissal of three members (Igor Prodnik, Stane Malcic and Joze Pogacnik) of the Slovenian Film Fund supervisory board.
25-01-2009

Record year for Polish cinema

The Polish Film Institute's (PFI) support for Polish cinema development made 2008 a record year in box office and one of the best for Polish production.
25-01-2009

2008 attendance up at Czech cinemas

Czech cinemas celebrated a record year in 2008. According to the Union of Film Distributors (www.ufd.cz), almost 13 milion people visited Czech cinemas last year, the highest number since 1995.
25-01-2009

EU raids Slovak Telekom for anti-trust activities

The European Commission announced on January 22 that it had raided Slovak Telekom on suspicion of abuse of its leading market position.
22-01-2009

Czech sound engineer competes for Oscar

Czech sound engineer Petr Forejt has received an Oscar nomination for sound mixing on the Hollywood box office hit Wanted.
22-01-2009

Bulgarian short distinguished at Sundance

The short film jury of the 25th Sundance Film Festival, composed of directorGerardo Naranjo, actor Lou Taylor Pucci and film journalist Sharon Swart awarded Nadejda Koseva's Omelette with an Honorable…
22-01-2009

Melita offers first mobile broadband via cable TV

Melita, a Malta telecom company, became the first firm to integrate mobile broadband with its cable TV network.
21-01-2009

Hungary buys Obama biography

Hungarian channel ATV picked up BIOGRAPHY: Barack Obama from AETN.
21-01-2009

First Baltic Channel back on air

Following a one week break, First Baltic Channel (PBK) resumed broadcasting in Estonia.
21-01-2009

Ratings Increase for Kino Polska TV

Kino Polska TV announced record ratings in the first week of 2009.
20-01-2009