Austria's ORF bags 'Potter' pic
Pubcaster buys WB package of 60 movies, series
COLOGNE -- Warner Bros. has signed a licensing pact with Austrian pubcaster ORF covering the broadcast rights for 60 movies and TV series.
ORF's package includes "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," "Ocean's Eleven" and "I Am Sam," which it will air in 2005.
Other recent releases secured will hit Oz TV screens in the fall, among them "The Perfect Storm" and "Space Cowboys." Half the package consists of titles from Warner's back catalog. "It's the best film package presently on the market," said ORF's Andrea Bogad-Radatz, head of the purchasing department.
TV series include "Six Feet Under" and "Without a Trace."
ORF signed a similar deal with MGM in spring.
