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CentEast schedule of events and screenings

4th CentEast MARKET WARSAWVENUESRECEPTION / INFORMATIONHotel Sofitel Victoria, ul. Krolewska 11, 00-065 WarsawLobby, ground floor, opening hours: 09:00 - 19:00SCREENINGS AND PANELKinoteka 2, 5, 6, 8, The Palace of CulturePlac Defilad 1, entrance from Al. JerozolimskieVIDEO LIBRARYHotel Sofitel Victoria, ul. Krolewska 11, 00-065 WarsawRoom 626-627, 6th floor, 14-18 Oct., 10:00…
14-10-2008

CentEast programme in Warsaw October 15-19

CentEast Market Warsaw brings to the world the newest Eastern European films - many of them before world premiere Between 15 and 19 of October 2008, the 4th CentEast Market Warsaw will take place at Kinoteka, situated in the Warsaw's Palace of Culture. The event, organised by the Warsaw Film…
14-10-2008

Central European Media Enterprises and MTV Networks agreement

Central European Media Enterprises and MTV Networks International Sign Licensing Agreement for Czech Republic Last update: 5:00 a.m. EDT Sept. 18, 2008 LONDON and HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 18, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. ("CME") (Nasdaq/Prague Stock Exchange: CETV), a leading television broadcaster in Central and…
09-10-2008

KIT digital Acquires IPTV Solutions Provider Visual Connection

Acquisition of software, digitization services & content delivery network solidifies KIT digital's European leadership and extends global IPTV Capabilities Combined company is EBITDA-positive at more than US$40 million in annualized revenue Last update: 12:20 p.m. EDT Oct. 7, 2008 DUBAI and PRAGUE, Czech Republic, Oct 07, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/…
08-10-2008

The 1st stage of current, the 3rd edition of ScripTeast has finished.

ScripTeast Stationary Lab was concluded on Sunday, 5th of October in Ossolinski Palace, Sterdyn, Poland. During the 7-day workshops Authors of 12 selected projects representing 8 Central and Eastern European Countries (Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovenia) were having individual meetings with Creative Advisors, attended case…
07-10-2008

BIRTHDAY OF KINO POLSKA TELEVISION

On 20th December 2008, Kino Polska Television - the first and so far the only television channel broadcasting only Polish films - will celebrate its fifth birthday. Since the beginning of its existence, the station, following the principle that people praise what's foreign (i.e. foreign cinema), because they don't know…
07-10-2008

Barrandov Builds HD TV studios

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (IBC2008, Stand7.G20) - Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications andinformation technology company, has received an order spanning itshigh-definition (HD) product portfolio from the Czech Republic's BarrandovStudios. The Harris equipment will be used in the build-out of a new mastercontrol, ingest and central equipment…
03-10-2008

Slovakian and Czech operator of Skylink contracts second transponder

&nbspBetzdorf (Luxembourg), 29 September 2008. - SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today that the Slovakian telecommunications and TV operator Towercom has doubled its capacity on ASTRA and contracted one more transponder at the orbital position 23.5 degrees East. Towercom, which owns and…
01-10-2008

Cinamon Cinemas Spice Things Up

Cinamon Cinemas, Eastern Europe's rapidly-growing cinema chain, Mobiqa, world leaders in mobile cinema ticketing and Vista Entertainment Solutions, a global leader in entertainment software solutions have launched Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia's first mobile cinema ticketing service for film fans. Customers of Cinamon Cinemas can take advantage of this convenient new…
01-10-2008

Filmbox launches in Poland on n channel

BRAND NEW CHANNEL – FILMBOX FAMILY The Polish Filmbox channel has changed its position on the N digital platform, and has moved to the Film Hits package thus increasing its number of subscribers to over 1 million viewers. The Filmbox option will now be enriched with a brand new channel…
29-09-2008

FOUR DEBUT FILMS NOMINATED FOR EUROPEAN DISCOVERY 2008

As part of the European Film Awards, the European Film Academy annually presents the award EUROPEAN DISCOVERY to a young and upcoming director for a first full-length feature film. This year’s nominations were determined by a committee comprised of film journalists Dana Linssen (the Netherlands), Julia Teichmann (Germany) and Rui…
29-09-2008

The selection of projects to the 3rd edition of ScripTeast is closing!

Names of the authors of the 12 selected scripts will be announced in the beginning of next week.The third edition of ScripTeast is starting on the 29th of September. The Independent Film Foundation, organizer of ScripTeast, has received a so far record number of applications from all countries of the…
25-09-2008

SPI pick up The Wrestler

GOLDEN LION FOR THE WRESTLER -distributed by SPI International Central Europa:Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic "The Wrestler," directed by Darren Aronofsky with a brilliant performance by Mickey Rourke that critics regard as his best ever, won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice Film Festival.Due to a…
14-09-2008

Projects to the 3rd edition of ScripTeast have been selected!

It was a tough decision since all of the projects applying to the 3rd edition of ScripTeast represent high quality and though-provoking subjects. The organizers of the program received the record number of scripts, coming from all of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and would like to thank…
12-09-2008

RORY BUCKLEY JOINS SPI TEAM

It is our pleasure to inform you that Rory Buckley has joined the SPI team in London as SALES DIRECTOR and will be responsible for all TV sales in Central and Eastern Europe. For the last 7 years Buckley has been working for Disney, where he started as Sales Executive…
08-09-2008

Tudeo CEO keynote speaker at MIPCOM

TUDOU CHIEF TO REVEAL WEB ENTERTAINMENT FUTURE IN CHINA AT MIPCOM 2008 Gary Wang Paris, 5 September 2008 – Gary Wang, founder and CEO of Tudou, China’s leading video sharing platform, will deliver a keynote at MIPCOM 2008. The address will be given on Thursday 16 October within the framework…
05-09-2008

Films screening at the 33rd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia

The main competition 33rd PFFF: 1. 1 0_1_0 - reż. 0_1_0 - dir. Piotr Łazarkiewicz Peter Lazarkiewicz 2. 2 33 sceny z życia - reż. 33 scenes from the life - dir. Małgorzata Szumowska Malgorzata Szumowska 3. 3 Boisko bezdomnych - reż. Sports homeless - dir. Kasia Adamik Kasia Adamik…
04-09-2008

Gdynia Polish Film Festival

Musicals at the seasideGolden sand, sea waves and stars in the sky will create a wonderful atmosphere foran open air film scene “Film by the Sea”, organised already for the third time by AKuKu Art Association. This year’s theme is “Musicals” and at the opening night theband from Wroclaw Małe…
04-09-2008

MIPCOM KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED

CREATIVE KEYNOTES ANNOUNCED AT MIPCOM:INTERNET STAR ZE FRANK AND GARY CARTER, FREMANTLEMEDIA Ze Frank ;;;;;;;;;;;Gary Carter Paris, 29 August 2008 - Ze Frank, Internet legend and pioneer, comedian, presenter and lecturer, and Gary Carter, President, Creative Networks and Chief Creative Officer, FMX of FremantleMedia, will deliver a joint keynote on…
01-09-2008

Nickelodeon president to give keynote speech at MIPCOM Junior

Press Release NICKELODEON PRESIDENT CYMA ZARGHAMITO KEYNOTE AT MIPCOM JUNIOR 2008 Paris, 26 August 2008. Cyma Zarghami, President of Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group will present the MIPCOM Junior 2008 Keynote on Sunday 12 October. The 16th edition of MIPCOM Junior, the specialist international screening marketplace and conference for children’s…
26-08-2008