News about audiovisual in BALKANS region (Albanie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Croatie, Serbie, Grèce, Macédoine, Roumanie, Slovénie)
The Greek government has announced plans to initiate licensing agreements for national private channels which broadcast in an unencoded, “free-to-air” format. An international call for offers was launched, with bidding open until July 4th. Only four high definition broadcast licenses will be allocated, although at present the country has eight private channels. So at least …
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The political turmoil now familiar in Croatia since the fall of the coalition government on June 16th, is not without consequences for the Croatian public broadcaster HRT. As of September the company could be without a Director-General. The Parliamentary Media Committee has failed to agree a candidate to succeed Siniša Kovačić, the current DG, whose …
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The 2017 Istanbul Discop market for television programmes has been officially cancelled by its organizer Basic Lead. In a statement on the event’s website, Basic Lead, head-quartered in Los Angeles, says the decision is due to the “constant geopolitical tensions” which, at the previous market in early March, had “a very negative impact on attendance”. …
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has managed to do a last-minute deal with the Bosnian public service broadcaster BHRT. As a reminder, BHRT had until June 8th to repay the EBU a debt of 6 million Swiss francs (€5.4 million). “In recent weeks talks with BHRT have been productive,” the EBU’s Director General, Ingrid Deltenre …
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After four award-winning short films, the Belgian-Kurdish director Sahim Omar Kalifa began shooting his first feature film, “Zagros” in early May. For Kalifa it’s a long-standing project: in late 2013 he received the prize for best pitch when he presented the story of “Zagros” at the Arras International Film Festival, giving him funding to develop …
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Agora, the professional section of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, has opened the 2016 application call for its three programmes: – The Agora Film Market, a place of exchange between producers, helping them promote their films being shown at the festival. The closing date is September 16th. – Crossroads, a co-production forum helping producers and …
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On April 23rd the European Broadcasting Union decided to exclude Romania from the Eurovision Song Contest. TVR will not broadcast either that event or the Euro Cup soccer matches from June 10th to July 10th, in which the Romanian team will be playing. The EBU and the Romanian government failed to reach a “satisfactory agreement” …
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