News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
The European 24-hour news channel, Euronews, created in 1993 by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), should see its capital increase with the arrival of a private shareholder. On February 24th the decision was approved by the Supervisory Board. Exclusive negotiations about an injection of capital from one of Naguib Sawiris’ companies had been entrusted to …
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FC Barcelona, a soccer club, announced on its website it had sold its TV rights to Telefonica on February 18th, thus terminating its contract with Mediapro. “The financial offers of Telefonica and Mediapro were identical. Our decision was strategic: Telefonica is a company that wants to expand globally, taking a bet on innovation” announced vice-chairman …
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The Italian newspaper “Il Tempo” reports Rai News group will stop showing Islamic State videos on its channel (Rai News 24) and on its website (Rainews.it). A decision taken to avoid spreading the terrorist organization’s propaganda. Monica Maggioni, the channel director, explains: “We have taken this decision after months of discussion with all of the …
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La Maison Des Scénaristes is launching two calls for entries for the 4th International Screenwriters Pavilion at this year’s Cannes Festival. The first call is for “Feature films”. During the festival the selected authors will be invited to the International Screenwriters Pavilion to present their feature film projects to producers and/or distributors and discuss setting …
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The 37th Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film will take place from October 24th to 31st. It was founded in 1979 by the people behind Montpellier’s Ciné-club Jean-Vigo. First known as Rencontres avec le cinéma méditerranéen, in 1989 the event became the “Montpellier International Festival of Mediterranean Film” and introduced a competitive section. “The Montpellier …
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The call for entries for the 6th Cross Video Days has been open since February 2nd. Cross Video Days is an opportunity for producers and creators of digital and interactive programmes to present their projects in late-stage development to international backers. This year it will take place on June 11th and 12th with eight categories: …
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DocsBarcelona, a documentary film festival, will take place from May 25th to 31st 2015. This 18th edition will consist of several sections. An “Official Section” offering some of the most important and interesting recent documentaries produced world-wide. A “Special Session” – out of competition. “DOC-U” dedicated to documentary production in the various Catalan universities …
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