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New York City crows about record year for TV production

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-newyork-film-20120516,0,334594.story By Richard Verrier As California lawmakers mull whether to extend funding for the state’s film tax credit program, rival New York City is crowing about having another record year for TV production. New York City Film Commissioner Katherine Oliver said the city was on track to have its busiest year yet for television production, [...]

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Licences to help build booming film industry

http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=201344 Tevita Vuibau THE licensing of audio visual agents is making a cleaner service for local film service providers and incoming productions alike. The Audio Visual Agents Licences were introduced earlier this year to ensure services provided were of international standard. They also monitor the activities of licensed audio visual agents and eliminate those operating [...]

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Tax incentive for film-making introduced for South Africa

http://www.moneywebtax.co.za/moneywebtax/view/moneywebtax/en/page259?oid=67927&sn=Detail&pid=1 Emma Kingdon and Andrew Lewis A new incentive for film-making was introduced in January this year with the coming into force of section 12O of the Income Tax Act, No 58 of 1962, which provides an attractive tax exemption for filmmakers in respect of all income tax on film profits for a ten year [...]

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British film industry to benefit from lottery funding under five year plan

http://www.metro.co.uk/film/899036-british-film-industry-to-benefit-from-lottery-funding-under-five-year-plan The British film industry is set to receive millions of pounds worth of extra Lottery money under a new five-year plan unveiled today. The funding is one of a raft of measures revealed by the British Film Institute in a government-backed plan which is focused on developing homegrown film production. Other measures in the [...]

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TN boosts film incentives

http://www.wbir.com/news/article/219829/2/TN-boosts-film-incentives By Duane Marsteller | The Tennessean It has a good opening sequence and the potential to become a sleeper hit, but certainly not the makings of a summer blockbuster. That’s the Middle Tennessee film industry’s initial review of the state’s latest effort to attract more movie projects to Tennessee. Several in the industry say [...]

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Film production company hopes to put Las Vegas on the moviemaking map

http://www.vegasinc.com/news/2012/may/14/film-production-company-hopes-put-las-vegas-moviem/ By Conor Shine They have the lights. They have the cameras. Now, all that the crew at Silver State Production Services needs is some action. A Las Vegas-based film production company, Silver State is positioning itself as a local resource for moviemakers, providing services ranging from booking hotel rooms and arranging catering to scouting [...]

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Film-tax-incentive bill goes down

http://azstarnet.com/news/local/film-tax-incentive-bill-goes-down/article_7623e4c7-830c-5fae-9259-f8702b4bf329.html Phil Villarreal Arizona Daily Star Any short-term hopes for Arizona becoming relevant in the national movie scene are dead for now. When Gov. Jan Brewer signed the budget for the 2012-2013 fiscal year that begins July 1, HB 2127 – dubbed “Multimedia Production Incentives” – was left out. Even though the bill had the [...]

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Bollywood cashes in on foreign subsidies, cut production cost

http://business-standard.com/india/news/bollywood-cashes-inforeign-subsidies-cut-production-cost/474252/ Countries offer discounts on filming in their land to promote tourism, attract more foreign tourist Varada Bhat & Aneesh Phadnis / Mumbai You might have been mesmerised by Prague after watching it in Bollywood flick Rockstar or by the bylanes of Berlin in Don 2. Most tourism boards are increasingly pitching for locations to [...]

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TV series pulls plug on filming here

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/tv-radio/tv-series-pulls-plug-on-filming-here-635575/ By Rob Owen / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Expectations that Pittsburgh would soon be home to a locally produced, one-hour drama series evaporated this week when financing issues led the 13-episode Netflix streaming series “Hemlock Grove” to pull up stakes and move to Toronto. The production was slated to employ 150 film industry workers, some of [...]

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Minister inept with film issue

http://www.thestarphoenix.com/opinion/Minister+inept+with+film+issue/6610320/story.html THE STARPHOENIX The Friday afternoon timing the provincial government used to announce a replacement for a film tax credit whose cancellation raised a bigger fuss than it likely had counted upon, says a good deal about the politics driving this issue. Late Fridays usually are seen by governments as a good time to announce [...]

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