Traditional media strikes back
Cannes, France: Considered the most powerful media man in European TV, Gerhard Zeiler, the CEO of RTL Group, gave the opening keynote address at the MIPTV conference on Monday, 16 April.
Tri Continental Film Festival calls for entries
Tri Continental Film Festival is committed to promoting a human rights culture through film.
EuroNews now available on mobile phone and mobile TV
Cannes, France: EuroNews announced at MIPTV that it is now available on mobile phone and mobile television systems via the SESAT 1 satellite of Eutelsat Communications. Until now, mobile phone and mobile television operators had to encode the MPEG-2 signal.
Environment issues create a storm at MIPTV
Cannes, France: New distribution channels, mobile developments and broadband opportunities have been the big discussion issues at MIPTV over the past three years. Now environmental concerns are creating a debating storm under the Green theme launched by MIPTV this year.
Singh honoured in Palm Beach
On 23 April, South African film producer Anant Singh (Yesterday, Cry, The Beloved Country, Sarafina!) will be honoured at the 12th Annual Palm Beach International Film Festival (PBIFF) with the prestigious Career Achievement Award
SA filmmaker scoops award in Hollywood
On 24 March at a glittering ceremony held at the Beverly Hills Hilton hotel in Hollywood, independent South African filmmaker Bart Smithers walked away with the Brigitte Bardot award for Best Film or Television Production in the International category of the Genesis Awards.
Piracy on the increase
Studiobriefing.com reports that NBC Universal general counsel Rick Cotton has asked the White House to establish a Cabinet-level piracy czar to deal with the alarming increase in piracy. According to Cotton, billions of dollars have been lost due to copyright piracy.
Women in Film honoured
Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain, Miss Potter, Bridget Jones’ Diary) will receive the Crystal Award for excellence in film at the Women in Film Awards in Beverly Hills in June.
MGM movies sold on iTunes
Studiobriefing.com reports that MGM has become the fourth Hollywood studio to make its movies available for downloading on Apple’s iTunes Store.
A slice of Spanish life
The acclaimed talent of contemporary Spanish cinema, widely regarded as one of the world’s great filmmaking traditions, will be on display during The Spanish Film Festival which runs during April and May in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town at Cinema Nouveau screened by Jameson.
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