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China relaxes laws for talent industry
Investors from Hong Kong and Macau can now launch their own artist management companies in mainland China. They can also, under the China State Council's new relaxed regulations, set up mainland branches. Foreign investors, not from Hong Kong or Macau,…
Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2007-2011
PricewaterhouseCoopers publishes a regular outlook report covering the global entertainment and media sector. This industry forecast covers the US, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America, and Canada. It provides In-depth global analyses and five-year growth projections for 14…
German Federal Film Fund gets extension
The German Government is to extend the DFFF (German Federal Film Fund ) for a further three years from 2010 to 2012. It will have an annual budget of EUR60m. The fund was launched at the beginning of last year…
Filming the Beijing Olympics
There is much consensus among local industry experts that the Beijing Olympics have already had an impact on the work rate of local production and service companies. Industry professionals from across the world have become more focused on China as…
New Alaska transferable incentive signed
The new Alaska transferable incentive was signed on June 4th and takes effect from September 1st, 2008. It will provide a tax credit of 30% for all Alaska expenses on qualified Alaska spend, 30% for cast and crew and further…
New New Zealand incentive fund
From July 1st, the NZ government is pledging to give 40% of the NZ spend for Feature Films with significant NZ content. Spend must exceed NZ$ 5 million inorder to qualify for this new SPIF ( Screen Production Incentive Fund…
Michigan - new film incentive package signed
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today signed into law legislation designed to grow the film industry in Michigan, setting the stage for hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment that will create jobs in the state. The legislation was proposed…
Alaska Senate pass incentive
SB230 passed the Alaska Senate on Tuesday, March 4th. The new bill, which now goes to the Alaska House, will provide a 30% tax credit for all labor (with a proposed $2M hire cap), an additional 10% for Alaska labor,…
South Africa announces new incentive programme
The Department of Trade and Industry (the dti) just announced new incentive programmes for the film industry, which will be effective from the 1st February 2008. The new film and television production incentive comprises of the Location Film and Television…
Italian production incentives on track
Incentives in the form of tax credits have been introduced for FYs 2008 and 2009 to strengthen the Italian movie production in favor of investors not belonging to the movie business and the industry players. The proposal provides for different…