News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
In early July a brand new cultural event was born in Rome: the RomAfrica Film Festival (RAFF), held at the Casa del Cinema. The event, put on in collaboration with one of the largest African film festivals, the Pan African Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), wants to offer “a look at an …
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The Fédération des Industries du Cinéma, de l’Audiovisuel et du Multimédia (FICAM) announced in a press release the figures for French film production for the first half of this year. Between January and June, the production of French initiative feature films reached a record high of 92 projects put into production in 2015, against 57 …
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As part of the development fund for Franco-Greek co-productions set up by Frédérique Bredin in Cannes in May 2014, the Franco-Greek committee has continued its task of developing cinema co-productions between France and Greece: the films must be at least 60 minutes or longer, any genre (drama, animation, documentary), and aiming for a first release …
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Cinemas in Italy did really well in the first half 2015. Between January and June, there was a 5% increase in attendance with 51 million admissions against 49 million in the same period in 2014. Income amounted to 330 million euros against 302 million the previous year, an increase of 9.4%. The figures were announced …
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In a press release dated July 22nd, the TF1 Group announced the sale of its 49% stake in Eurosport to Discovery Communications for 491 million euros. At the same time, for 14.6 million euros, the TF1 Group acquires from Discovery its 20% stake in the pay channels TV Breizh, History, Ushuaia. Discovery and the TF1 …
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On July 9th the pan-European 24-hour news channel Euronews, created in 1993 by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), announced that Media Globe Networks, a company owned by the Sawiris family and run by Naguib Sawiris, now owned 53% of the Lyon-based television news channel. This majority stake was acquired through a capital increase of 35 …
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In a joint press release on July 10th, the telecommunications operator Telefónica and the Spanish Football League announced that the exclusive Spanish television rights for all La Liga matches during the 2015-2016 season have been bought for 600 million euros. But following its purchase of Canal Plus Spain, Telefónica will offer some rights to its …
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