Ad market revenues drop in 2009
The TV advertising market has dropped by over 30% in Romania in the first half of 2009.
Bulgarian antitrust commission allows TV channel acquisition
The New Bulgarian Media Group Holding (NBMGH) owned by the former head of the Bulgarian State Lottery Irena Krusteva has been allowed to acquire cable operator Balkan Bulgarian Television (BBT)…
Production: Dan Chişu starts shooting The Bear
Writer/director Dan Chişu's film The Bear, winner of the Connecting Cottbus "Best Pitch Award," began filming August 3.
Production: Slovenian family movie begins filming
Slovenian director Miha Hočevar is nowadays shooting his fourth full-length movie, a teen film titled We Go Our Way.
Romanian box office on the rise
Due to multiplexes and 3D, local box-office projects growth of as much as 25% in 2009 compared to last year.
Zift wins at Bulgarian film awards
Javor Gardev's radical neo noir Zift was awarded "best film" of the year during an official ceremony on July 30 at the National Palace of Culture in Sofia.
Polish market is open for Sweden
The focus on Swedish cinema during this year's ERA New Horizons IFF has proven that Poland can be a significant market and production partner for Swedish cinema.
Bulgarian TV stations cope with ad market decline
A TNS/TV Plan survey shows the Bulgarian TV advertising market has decreased 8.6% in the first half of 2009, to 151 million Euros, compared with the same period in 2008.
Production: Constantin Popescu preps Principles of Life
Constantin Popescu (Tales from the Golden Age) has finished post-production of Portrait of the Fighter as a Young Man and started pre-production of Principles of Life.
Production: Nicolae Mărgineanu finishes doc about Securitate surveillance
Nicolae Mărgineanu is in post-production with his documentary film Surveilled by the Securitate between 1970-1980.
Production: Szasz launches new project
Janos Szasz has started pre-production on a new project, the adaptation of the novel of Agota Kristof titled Le Grand Cahier (The Big Notebook).
CME Announces second quarter losses
Central European Media Enterprises (CME, www.cetv-net.com) saw stocks drop by almost 8% on July 29, to 19.71 on NASDAQ, following release of its second quarter results.
Hungarian Audience Numbers Up But Indie Distribution Losing Ground
In the first five months of 2009 the income of Hungarian film distributors has increased by 12% compared to the same period in 2008, reaching HUF 3.99 billion (EUR 14.7…
Production Vortex prepares September release
Film studio Studija 2 is preparing the theatrical release of the Lithuanian feature film Vortex (Duburys) on September 4, 2009..
Production: Svěrák shooting Kuky Returns
Czech director Jan Svěrák, who received Oscar for Kolya in 1996, has started filming his new movie Kuky Returns (Kuky se vrací).
German distribution for Tricks
Andrzej Jakimowski's award-winning film Tricks has gone into theatrical distribution in Germany.
Production: Marian Crişan preps his first feature
Marian Crişan (Palme d'Or for the short Megatron in 2008) will shoot his first feature this autumn.
Guilt bows at international screenings
Guilt, the Cypriot-Greek coproduction directed by Vassilis Mazomenos has been chosen to screen at the next Montreal Film Festival before heading to Athens in a tribute to Cyprus film.
TV channels welcome state money to promote tourism
The Romanian Ministry of Tourism is spending €924,000 to promote local tourism on three Romanian television stations.
Production: Florin Iepan explores Odessa massacre
Documentary filmmaker Florin Iepan (The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan; Children of the Decree; Bela Lugosi - The Fallen Vampire) is tapping a difficult subject, the massacre committed by…
