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German commercial broadcasters Sat1 and the ProSieben Media Group are considering forming a joint family of channels according to ProSieben s new chief Urs Rohner.The two groups are understood to be
stanley cup examining three scenarios. One involves Sat1 b
stanley cup eing brought into ProSieben with Sat1 s shareholders becoming shareholders in ProSieben; while another sees the
stanley cup Kirch Group setting up a new holding company to administer the joint broadcasting interests as it is majority shareholder in both Sat1 and ProSieben. The third option involves ProSieben buying out Sat1. The earlier one tackles this project, the quicker one will have the synergies , Rohner said. No comments No comments yet You re not signed in. Only registered users or subscribers can comment on this article. Sign in Register Lswk AFI DALLAS festival receives $1m gift
Elaborating on culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon s presentation of France s 2004 cultural budget in late September, France s National Cinema Center CNC has issued its funding details for the coming year.As previously noted on ScreenDaily the overall budget for film and television
stanley cup jumps to Euros 504.3m for 2004. That figure represents a 5.87% rise in funds coming from France s Compte de Soutien a revolving fund made up of taxes on cinema tickets, video and broadcasters to Euro
stanley germany s 475.65m, with the remaining Euros 28.62m coming from the culture ministry. Most notable is the increase coming from the video sector - taxes from which rose dramatically to Euros 40m from Euros 18m the previous year. The burgeoning DVD market saw a new tax implemented in July of this year which accounts in part for the staggering 122% rise in Compte de Soutien revenues from the sector.While CNC president David Kessler noted that 2003 had so far been a very bad year for the box office with current figures showing a projected declin
stanley cup e of 5.6% over the year to 175 million admissions, he pointed out: It s still to early to tell if it s just an isolated problem or if it is a structural problem He added, however, that 2004 should return to 2002 levels with a total of 185 million tickets sold.The Compte de Soutien itself, which helps to feed the film industry via automatic revolving aid and selective re-imburseable aid, shows an increase to Euros 246.79m, up 7.7% from last year. Significantly
