Bumper sales crop
In what was the most eye-catching deal closed at Madrid's first Spanish Film Screenings, Miami-based Venevision Intl. acquired U.S. TV rights to 25 movies from Spanish sales and distribution company…
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Breakout for Busta
Busta Rhymes has scored his first No. 1 with his seventh album, selling 209,000 copies of "The Big Bang" in the week ended Sunday, according to Nielsen Soundscan. The Gotham rapper's first disc in…
Exec clicks with Kodak d-cinema
Brian Kercher has been appointed general manager of Kodak's Digital Cinema operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Debut dramas get coin from funders
Public film funding bodies Filmstiftung NRW and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg have together lined up some E10 million ($12.6 million) for an array of new projects.
YLE sings Euro tune
Finnish broadcaster YLE will organize the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest, to be held May 12 at Helsinki's Areena.
Animax goes Gonzo
Japanese toon maker Gonzo has signed an output deal with Hong Kong-based Animax Asia, which operates a 24-hour cable and satellite TV channel specializing in Japanese toons and reaches 25 million in…
Pakistan lifts ban
Pakistan has lifted a decades-old ban on Indian actors working in domestic movies, two months after dropping its opposition to Bollywood movies being shown in local theaters.
New World for pic
Spanish distributor New World Films Intl. has picked up all Spanish rights to Luc Besson's live-action/animated family pic "Arthur and the Minimoys."
Channel 4 goes online with Web simulcast
Channel 4, Blighty's commercially funded pubcaster, is launching a simulcast version of its main TV channel via broadband. However, due to rights issues, acquisitions and movies will be excluded.
Spelling suffers stroke
In New York: Legendary TV producer Aaron Spelling, 83, suffered a stroke at his Holmby Hills estate over the weekend and is being treated at home.
