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LONDON In the run-up to next week's TV mart Mipcom in Cannes, ITV Studios Global Entertainment has closed a number of deals on its British crime and medical dramas. Latin [...]

LONDON U.K. media regulator Ofcom has ruled that satcaster BSkyB is 'fit and proper' to hold a broadcast license, despite the phone-hacking scandal that has engulfed its principal shareholder, News [...]

Disney is set to launch a local version of 'Private Practice' in Turkey, the first localized take in the ABC Studio's medical skein. The series, 'Merhaba hayat,' co-produced by local [...]

LONDON Two high-profile local pics top the box office in Norway and Denmark, and Nordisk Film is the happy distrib. 'Kon-Tiki,' a dramatization of explorer Thor Heyerdahl's journey on a [...]

Christian Slater has joined the cast of Lars von Trier's erotic drama 'Nymphomaniac,' which is shooting in Cologne, Germany. The pic focuses on a woman's erotic journey from birth to [...]

LONDON Orgs repping scribes, helmers and composers in Europe have welcomed proposals that would beef up their contractual rights. A report submitted to the European Parliament on Tuesday by French [...]

Sony Pictures Television has taken a majority stake in U.K. production company Left Bank Pictures, its first move into scripted production in Blighty. Under the deal, which was anticipated (Variety, [...]

LONDON Dag Johan Haugerud's 'l Belong' won the Nordic film prize at the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund on Wednesday. The helmer shares the award of NOK 75,000 ($12,700) with [...]

With the U.K. government set to introduce in April what's likely to be a generous tax incentive for big-budget TV productions, it appears that the sector, given a shot in [...]

LONDON British commercial net ITV has been kicking the tires of Golden Globe producer Dick Clark Prods., according to U.K. sources. ITV reps declined to comment on the speculation after [...]

Multihyphenate Michael Cimino will be honored with the Venice Film Festival's Persol Award, which recognizes the contribution of filmmakers, at a ceremony on Aug. 30. It will be followed by [...]

Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master' will world preem at the Venice Film Festival in competition on Sept. 1. It's one of four titles the fest has added to its lineup. [...]

LONDON The Abu Dhabi Film Festival has tapped Ali Al Jabri as director. This follows the departure of Peter Scarlet, as first reported on Variety. com on Aug. 2. Al [...]

LONDON Helmer-scribe Martin Lund's 'The Almost Man,' which won the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival last month, will close the main program of the Norwegian Film Festival [...]

Franco-German broadcaster Arta is working with Paris City Hall to develop a smart-phone app, called Cinema City that will help tourism interact with movie locations. Paris' tourism office, which is [...]

Sony Pictures Television is in talks to buy U.K. production shingle Left Bank Pictures, according to press reports in Blighty. Neither side would comment on the speculation but insiders believe [...]

New U.K. free IPTV service, YouView--backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and telcos Arqiva, BT and TalkTalk--is finally ready for launch after a string of delays. The [...]

LONDON The Rome Film Festival is upping the ante. New artistic director Marco Mueller said Tuesday the event will world preem 60 pies in a new-look Official Selection as the [...]

LONDON Vivendi chief exec Jean-Bernard Levy is set to step down after a disagreement with the board of the French media and telco conglom over strategy. Jean-Francois Dubos, Vivendi's general [...]

LONDON Jana Bennett, a top BBC exec for 10 years who's credited with steering the pubcaster into the digital age, is leaving amid restructuring. Bennett, who is prexy of Worldwide [...]

LONDON Spanish helmer Juan Antonio Bayona is set to be feted at European exhibitors confab CineEurope, which kicks off today in Barcelona. Bayona, who will receive the international director's prize, [...]

INT'L DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR Paul Higginson and Todd Huntley Intl. Distributor of the Year goes to 20th Century Fox Intl.'s Paul Higginson and , who are, respectively, exec VP [...]

CineEurope, the annual convention for the European exhibition sector, is moving its venue from Amsterdam to Barcelona, where it will run June 18-21. It was time for a change of [...]

LONDON Sony Pictures Television is to buy a further 32% stake in Indian TV channels operator Multi Screen Media, bringing its holding to 94%. The deal with Grandway Global Holdings [...]

'Austerity' has been a watchword among European governments. So when Ireland finance minister Michael Noonan announced a review of the country's film and TV tax incentives last week, it's easy [...]

Magnolia Pictures has nabbed U.S. rights to Thomas Vinterberg's Cannes competish pic 'The Hunt.' Star Mads Mikkelsen won the fest's actor award for his perf as a kindergarten teacher who [...]

Protagonist Pictures, the international sales and financing comparty whose shareholders include Film4, Vertigo Films and Ingenious Media, has tapped Mike Goodridge as CEO. Goodridge, who is editor of Screen Intl., [...]

U.K. distrib Arrow Films has picked up Susanne Bier's romantic comedy 'Love Is All You Need,' which is now sold out worldwide. Set in Sorrento, Italy, the pic centers on [...]

Norway, which produces nearly 30 feature films a year, provides $92 million annually in funding for the local film biz, administered by the Norwegian Film Institute. As well as beefing [...]

In 1999, location manager Jamie Lengyel spent a good couple of months scouting locations in Northern France for a low-budget TV adaptation of 'Madame Bovary.' But online tools have made [...]

Sony Pictures Classics has picked up North American rights to Susanne Bier's 'Love Is All You Need.' The romantic comedy, which stars Pierce Brosnan, Trine Dyrholm and Paprika Steen, is [...]

LONDON MBC Group has acquired the format of talent show 'The Voice' for delivery over multiple platforms in the Middle East and North Africa. The deal was inked with rights-holder [...]

LONDON NBCUniversal Intl. has acquired a controlling 51% stake in international children's channel KidsCo. Move was made in partnership with existing shareholder and content supplier Corus Entertainment, which has increased [...]

First-timer helmer Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis' WWII drama 'Hvidstengruppen' ('This Life') has become the second highest-grossing Danish film in the past 35 years on home turf, earning DKR54 million ($9.4 million) [...]

Five years ago, Chris Meledandri moved from Fox, where he had helped forge the 'Ice Age' franchise, to Universal. The following year his shingle, Illumination Entertainment, was unveiled and Janet [...]

U.K. shingle Corona Pictures has nabbed TV and film rights to three books by bestselling scribe Wilbur Smith. Action-adventure novels 'Birds of Prey,' 'Monsoon' and 'Blue Horizon' tell the story [...]

LONDON -- Sony Pictures Television has sold hit crime drama skein 'Unforgettable' to broadcasters in the Asia-Pacific region. Among the webs taking the show are Wowow in Japan, Star in [...]

Sony Pictures Television has taken a majority stake in Blighty's Silver River Prods. and is set to make further acquisitions in the territory. It's one of the first major deals [...]

European digital cinema company Arts Alliance Media and Belgian digital projector manufacturer Barco have launched a l00 million [euro] ($133 million) digital cinema leasing program. The program, which is supported [...]

A TV drama about midwives, nuns and moms-to-be set in 1950s London has proved the surprise hit of the season in Blighty. The first season of 'Call the Midwife,' which [...]

Today, playwright-screenwriter John Logan will receive the Oscar Wilde Award--which recognizes the achievements of Irish-Americans in Hollywood--at a ceremony in Santa Monica hosted by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance. Logan has had [...]

Receiving Oscar Wilde Awards alongside John Logan will be thesps Melissa McCarthy and Michelle Williams. Both actresses have been nommed for Academy Awards this season: McCarthy for her supporting role [...]

Germany's NFP and the U.K.'s Metrodome have picked up distribution rights to action-comedy 'Jackpot' at the European Film Market, where Magnus Martens' film made its market preem. Based on an [...]

TrustNordisk has inked several distribution deals for Nikolaj Arcel's 'A Royal Affair,' which world preemed Thursday in competish at the Berlin Film Festival. The latest distrib pacts take the total [...]

LONDON -- News Corp.'s Fox Intl. Channels has acquired Finnish free-to-air family entertainment channel Suomi TV as part of its drive to expand in the Nordic region. FIC will add [...]

FremantleMedia is shuffling its exec pack, moving worldwide entertainment prexy Rob Clark to the newly created role of director of global entertainment development and giving his old title to acting [...]

Dominic Cooper will star in period love-triangle drama 'Summer in February,' skedded to start lensing next month. Thesp plays artist Alfred Munnings, who was a member of the bohemian Lamorna [...]

Paris-based visual effects and post-production company Mikros Image is expanding, both because its toppers want it to, and because they feel it has to. 'We are into a more global [...]

Lars von Trier's end-of-the-world drama 'Melancholia' nabbed the best film prize at the European Film Awards in Berlin on Saturday. Pic, which topped the noms with eight mentions, also went [...]

What: 3D Stereo Media When: Dec. 7-9 Where: Liege, Belgium Web: www.3Dstereomedia.eu The 3D Stereo Media confab spans all aspects of 3D, from scientific applications to entertainment. It has grown [...]