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Entertainment Press Releases & News distributed via EuropaWire

Nordisk Film Interactive is ready for the PlayStation 4

5-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Sony has now announced the video game console PlayStation 4, which will give fans worldwide a whole new gaming experience. Nordisk Film Interactive is ready to handle sales. At midnight of Thursday, February 21 (UK time), Sony … Read the full press release

The only way is Olly Murs as the pop sensation comes to Wembley Arena, report LondonTown.com

Popular X-Factor runner-up invites fans to dance with him at Wembley Arena   5-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — He may not have won ITV’s popular reality TV show, the X-Factor, but Olly Murs has certainly kept a nation entertained since. In front of … Read the full press release

Technicolor et Tata Sky renforcent à nouveau leur collaboration

Paris (France), 5-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Technicolor (Euronext Paris : TCH) annonce aujourd’hui deux extensions de contrat avec Tata Sky, leader des opérateurs satellite en Inde avec 8 millions d’abonnés. Dans la prolongation de la relation de longue date entre les deux sociétés, et … Read the full press release

Mercury Filmworks et Technicolor finalisent un accord avec TELETOON Canada pour le développement de la série d’animation « Atomic Puppet »

Ottawa, Canada & Paris, France, 5-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Mercury Filmworks et  Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH), leader technologique mondial dans le secteur du Media & Entertainment, annoncent avoir signé un accord avec TELETOON Canada pour le développement d’Atomic Puppet, une série d’animation humoristique pour … Read the full press release

Ο νεαρός Κύπριος τενόρος Γιώργος Ιωάννου προσκλήθηκε να λάβει μέρος στην Τελετή απονομής των Βραβείων Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς της ΕΕ στην Αθήνα

Βρυξέλλες, 1-3-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Κατόπιν πρωτοβουλίας της Επιτρόπου κυρίας Ανδρούλλας Βασιλείου, ο νεαρός τενόρος και μαθητής Γιώργος Ιωάννου είχε ακρόαση με τον παγκοσμίου φήμης Ισπανό τενόρο και συνθέτη Plácido Domingo στη Βιέννη την περασμένη εβδομάδα. Σε συνέχεια της ακρόασης και αφού … Read the full press release

Video Makers from Lithuania, Portugal and Estonia shortlisted for an EU award

Amateur video makers from Lithuania, Portugal and Estonia have been shortlisted for the 2013 Europe Past Forward awards that aim to reward videos on the meaning of European citizenship. The award ceremony will take place in Brussels on 20 March … Read the full press release

Loewe presents home entertainment in all its new-found diversity at ISE 2013

Amsterdam/Kronach, 27-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Introduced as a world premiere at the ISE 2013, the Loewe 3D Orchestra IS, an integrated wireless 3D home theatre, represents Loewe’s core brand values minimalist design, meaningful innovation, and exclusive individuality once again in a … Read the full press release

Loewe launches the first integrated wireless 3D home cinema speaker system worldwide

Kronach, 25-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Introduced as a world premiere at the ISE 2013, the Loewe 3D Orchestra IS, an integrated wireless 3D home cinema speaker system, represents Loewe’s core brand values minimalist design, meaningful innovation, and exclusive individuality once again … Read the full press release

Oscar triumph for MEDIA-backed films Amour and Searching for Sugar Man

Brussels, 25-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — European Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has paid tribute to the makers of EU-backed films Amour and Searching for Sugar Man after their success at last night’s 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood. Austrian director Michael Haneke scooped the Oscar for Best Foreign … Read the full press release

BERLINALE 2013: CRYSTAL BEARS AND DEUTSCHES KINDERHILFSWERK AWARDS IN GENERATION KPLUS

19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The members of the Children’s Jury in Generation Kplus Hannah Bulling Matthias Caspari Rosa Elina Ehrlich Rocco Görhardt Lenius Jung Felix Katulski Magdalena Kollmann Ada Maria Nardi Lonja Emily Louise Siebenmann Maja Tischmann Fabian Welke give the following … Read the full press release

Bertelsmann Welcomes Antitrust Clearance of Penguin Random House by the U.S. Department Of Justice

DOJ has unconditionally cleared the formation of Penguin Random House Transaction will close after all other necessary clearances are secured 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Media companies Bertelsmann and Pearson welcome the clearance of the planned combination of their book-publishing companies into … Read the full press release

THE 63RD BERLIN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TO COME TO A SPLENDID CLOSE

19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, on Saturday, February 16, the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival will come to a splendid close with the presentation of the awards. 1,600 guests are expected to attend the gala, beginning at 7.00 pm in the … Read the full press release

Bertelsmann is considering reducing its shareholding in RTL Group while retaining a qualified majority

Bertelsmann announces preliminary figures for 2012 19-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The international media company Bertelsmann has informed the Board of Directors of RTL Group that it is considering reducing its shareholding in RTL Group through a capital market transaction. Potential proceeds … Read the full press release

Merger update: US Department Of Justice clears Penguin Random House combination

18-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Pearson and Bertelsmann today (February 14, 2013) announce that they have been notified by the US Department of Justice that it has closed its investigation into the proposed merger of Penguin and Random House, without conditions. The two … Read the full press release

Publication, 6 February, of Cinquante nuances plus claires, by E. L. James

Paris, 18-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — After selling a million copies of volume 1 and 650,000 copies of volume 2*, Lattès Editions are now releasing the third and final volume of the “Fifty Shades” trilogy in French entitledCinquante nuances plus claires (English title: Fifty … Read the full press release

Lagardère Active: Success for Be

Paris, 18-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — With 224,727 copies sold as of the last quarter of 2012 (2012 officially declared single-issue sales), the magazine Be has positioned itself, since the change in its frequency of publication last October, as the second-ranking monthly targeted at the thirty-something … Read the full press release

PERSPEKTIVE DEUTSCHES KINO: TWO MOTHERS BY ANNE ZOHRA BERRACHED WINS THE “FGYO-PRIZE DIALOGUE EN PERSPECTIVE”

18-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On Saturday, February 16 at the award ceremony of the independent juries, the young French-German-Portuguese jury awarded the “FGYO-Prize Dialogue en perspective” for the first time endowed with 5.000€. This year, the prize goes to Anne Zohra … Read the full press release

A stronger organization for Lagardère Active

15-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Denis Olivennes has announced the following appointments to strengthen Lagardère Active’s organization as part of its accelerated move to digital technology: Richard Lenormand has been appointed general manager of the Radio/Television division (including Europe 1, Virgin, RFM, Gulli, … Read the full press release

PASSION, AUTHENTICITY, INSTINCT: THE ART OF SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENT AT THE 11TH EDITION OF THE BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS

15-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Thursday evening, the eleventh edition of the Berlinale Talent Campus, part of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival, came to a successful close at the HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Headed by the theme “Some Like It Hot – … Read the full press release

International media coverage for the Orange Africa Cup of Nations, SOUTH AFRICA 2013

Followed by more than 6 billion TV viewers worldwide1, the Orange Africa Cup of Nations is the major sport event in Africa. 15-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — SABC, Host Broadcaster of the Competition, provide the event TV production with the highest international … Read the full press release