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TERRY GILLIAM, DESPITE TURNING 75 THIS MONTH AND RECENTLY publishing 'Gilliamesque: A Pre-posthumous Memoir,' has no intention of seeing the curtain fall on his career. He fizzes with ideas as [...]

TELE MUENCHEN GROUP, Which was founded 45 years ago, is one of Europe's few truly independent media congloms. The companies it controls or has a substantial stake in are active [...]

AT MIP TV IN CANNES, ITV chief executive Adam Crazier will receive Variety's Achievement in Intl. Television Award. It is an honor that is rooted in the recent past. Before [...]

AT MIP TV, Anke Schaeferkordt and Guillaume de Posch, co-CEOs of RTL Group, will be feted with Variety's Achievement in International TV Award, which recognizes creativity, leadership and business acumen [...]

When Lars Von Trier launched into Iris infamous tirade in Cannes, distributors who had the rights to his latest pic, 'Melancholia,' may have despaired--but ill fact, the film is doing [...]

TV creatives in Los Angeles have been seeking work at the broadcast and cable networks for year's, but there s now another source of jobs available for them: foreign production [...]

As distribs, sales execs and producers head for Cannes, along with their passports and business cards, they'll be packing a certain amount of anxiety. Despite the fact that some economists [...]

Every pioneer encounters challenges, and in the five years since Orange--part of telco giant France Telecom--set up its content division, it has had its fair share. Yet the company has [...]

Was it all just a bad dream? Last year saw declines in admissions from Madrid to Munich, leaving Euro exhibs scratching their heads, wondering how they could make all the [...]

Streaming services are increasingly dominating the international TV awards scene, with nominees like Prime Video's "Yosi, the Regretful Spy" and Disney+ Hotstar's "The Night Manager" competing for the 52nd International Emmys. Other contenders include Netflix's "Dear Child" and Paramount+'s "Anderson Spider Silva." The diverse lineup also features shows from Japan, Brazil, France, Turkey, and more, showcasing a wide range of storytelling and talent across different cultures and genres. The awards ceremony is set to take place on November 25 in New York. [Extracted from the article]

HBO'S announcement that the eighth season of 'Game of Thrones' will be its last didn't just sadden its legions of fans; groans of disappointment could also be heard across Europe [...]

J.K. Rowling's universe encompasses page, screen, stage, theme parks, and more. What's left to conquer? WITH 'HARRY POTTER and the Cursed Child,' J.K. Rowling's beloved wizarding world has been safely [...]

'CAFE SOCIETY,' which opened the Cannes Film Festival on May 11, marks the first time Woody Allen has worked alongside cinematographer Vittorio Storaro. It's also the first time either has [...]

Later this month, when Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's antitrust commissioner, sits down with representatives of the Big Six Hollywood studios and Europe's leading pay TV operator, Sky, the result [...]

Among nighttime soaps, Fox's 'Empire' may reign supreme, but E! offers a more literal version of palace intrigue--'The Royals,' a saga in which a fictitious British royal family, like its [...]

It's one of Tele Muenchen Group's strengths that the company has been able to adapt to changes in the German market--one of the biggest in the world --and cater to [...]

A Booker Prize-winning pair of novels about the middle-aged manager of Henry VIII's court doesn't sound like the next hit literary property for the stage and screen, but 'Wolf Hall' [...]

Simon Cowell's relationship with ITV is a long one. It started with 'Pop Idol,' on which he was a judge, and continued with 'The X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent,' [...]

RED ARROW INTL., which is the global distribution arm of Red Arrow Entertainment Group, is a mini-studio with major ambitions, which are reflected in its sales slate at the content [...]

RTL group's global production and distribution arm FremantleMedia is best known for its reality competition shows, such as 'The X Factor' and 'Got Talent' franchises, but there's much more to [...]

BRITISH TELEVISION is facing uncertain times, as U.K. broadcasters have become targets for foreign takeovers. The recent $14.6 billion deal that will see 21st Century Fox take over London-based European [...]

Britain's production sector is bursting at the seams, with movies and television shows being shot in every corner of the country. But can the infrastructure and workforce keep pace with [...]

France's pioneering Lumiere brothers, arguably the founders of the movie industry at the end of the 19th century, shot on location in Morocco. What better fact to underscore the key [...]

U.K. BUYERS AT the American Film Market, which starts Nov. 2 in Santa Monica, may be in for a nasty shock. In the time since Cannes, the last major film [...]

On JUNE 23, the U.K. will hold a referendum to decide if it remains a member of the European Union. Polls show the result is too close to call. Those [...]

Steven Spielberg describes Mark Rylance in one word: 'extraordinary' Following his Oscar-winning portrayal of a stoic Russian operative in Spielberg's 'Bridge of Spies,' Rylance stars as the titular titan in [...]

Pay TV operator Sky is focused on meeting the needs of customers now, as well as anticipating what they will be looking for in the future. With that in mind, [...]

Five years ago saw the U.K. launch of Sky Atlantic, pay TV operator Sky's home for upscale drama series and feature documentaries, which started life based around an exclusive partnership [...]

CLAIM TO FAME Danish actor Pilou Asbaek made his name as the villainous spin-doctor Kasper Juul in political drama series 'Borgen,' and in three films directed by Tobias Lindholm, the [...]

Amanda Berry, chief executive of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, is finalizing preparations for the BAFTA film awards on Feb. 14. Hollywood stars are welcome; the typical [...]

A LOT IS SAID ABOUT nurturing up-and-coming talent, but what that means in practice varies a great deal, as can be seen by looking at the backstories of the BAFTA [...]

HAVE BRITISH CRITICS gone soft for local films? On Dec. 8, the U.K. film biz gathers at the British Independent Film Awards to toast the year's achievements, and Blighty's film [...]

ON Nov. 25, at a gala ceremony in New York, Anke Schaferkordt, co-CEO of RTL Group and CEO of RTL Germany, will receive the Intl. Emmy Directorate Award from the [...]

Entrusted with delivering both an eight-hour TV miniseries and a feature film in '1864,' the most expensive Danish production ever, one can forgive director Ole Bornedal for wishing at the [...]

The showbiz infrastructure is well-developed in the Czech Republic, which has the highest GDP per capita of the former Soviet Bloc states. Facilities like Barrandov Studios and film school FAMU [...]

Blighty chancellor resorts to Force; Spaniards salivate over food shows; France debates mobile tax 1 CHINA Django Eventually Unchained Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained returned to Chinese multiplexes May 12 after [...]

IN THE 10 YEARS since Hungary introduced its production incentives, it has emerged as the leading country in Central and Eastern Europe in the race to pursue Hollywood blockbusters and [...]

Europe resists U.S. inclusion; pols pressure biz in Russia and India; local pics buoy booming Brazil B.O. (1) INDIA President Pressures Biz President Pranab Mukherjee is urging the film industry [...]

India gets digital, China gets partners, Danes get zany (1) RUSSIA Cat People in Spotlight In Moscow, the world's only cat theater has reopened following a year-long closure for renovation. [...]

The country is ready for its closeup with a bright new identity, after centuries of sending mixed signals to the world. The name conjured up images of Vlad the Impaler, [...]

Luxury living in Dubai, India film awards in Vancouver (1) Dubai The world's first Paramount-branded hotel is set for construction in Dubai, part of a $1 billion five-star facility, sold [...]

BUENOS AIRES is a city with a passion for cinema: It has 12,000 film students, for example, and the Buenos Aires Intl. Independent Film Festival--Bafici for short--attracted 350,000 people last [...]

Whenever there's a sensational crime at home or abroad, the British media look for evidence that the consumption of violent entertainment led to the killer's actions. That trend continued with [...]

The rebooted Rome Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of 59 world preems comprising a wide range of arthouse, genre and edgy fare peppered with more mainstream titles and a [...]

Mipcom will see the launch of the latest wave of high-end serialized drama series, many with stellar thesping talent attached. For the buyers seeking out the next 'Breaking Bad' or [...]

This fall the world's oldest film festival, Venice, takes a pioneering step into cyber-space one of several sprocket operas to move toward creating a mirror image of itself in the [...]

LONDON George Entwistle, the director of BBC Vision, has been tapped as director general of the BBC, the most powerful job in U.K. broadcasting. He nabbed the post after a [...]

European films have been raising their game at the box office recently, with their market share in the continent climbing from 25.2% to 28.5% last year, whereas the share for [...]

The coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953, a year after she became queen, was the first mass audience for a live TV event in the U.K., attracting 20 million viewers, [...]

The Jan. 11 death of Gilles Jacquier, reporter for Gaul's France 2 channel, underscores the dangers faced by journalists in areas of political unrest --and in particular the unique perils [...]