Web and Java for hire
Last week marked the opening of an "Internet Cafe" on the first floor of the EMPIK book and record store on ul. Marszalkowska in downtown Warsaw.
The site, opened by Internet Technologies and Apple Computer IMC Polska, consists of one computer terminal that patrons can use to surf the Web.
Until Christmas, wannabe Net surfers can hang ten on the Internet for free for 30 minutes. After the holiday season they will have to pay, most likely zl. 15 ($6) for a half-hour session.
Last Sunday afternoon, all tables in the cafe were filled - save the Internet table, hidden by the back wall. Previously there were two computers, but one had to be removed for servicing.
Rafal Plutecki, president of Internet Technologies, said the firm does not expect to get many subscribers as a result of the cafe. He said the firm plans to install four or five more computers within days and plans to stage promotional events and sell computer equipment at the store.
"This is a risk-free Internet ride," he said.
Dutch Treat
Two pay-television channels belonging to the Dutch-based NetHold group are teaming up to produce a $600,000 film to be shot entirely in Poland.
FilmNet, a pay-television channel currently broadcast via satellite into Poland by MultiChoice Polska, will fund 60% of the film. The rest of the funding will come from Telewizja Polska and M-Net, NetHold's South African pay-television station.
While the film will be shown first in Polish cinemas, eventually it may be shown on NetHold networks in Poland and throughout the world, said James Buklarewicz, managing director of MultiChoice Polska.
Access Films in Warsaw will produce the film, scheduled to start shooting by the end of February or early March.
The feature film focuses on the life of a 14-year-old car thief and the lives of the people from whom he steals. The story is set in Wroclaw, home of the 26-year-old screen writer, Piotr Weresniak.
Weresniak's script was chosen from 400 entries submitted in a nationwide contest. Weresniak, a student at the Katowice Film School, has already spent his $5,000 prize money on a car and a computer.
Production is scheduled to end in early 1996, and executives hope to submit the film to next year's Gdynia film festival.
The site, opened by Internet Technologies and Apple Computer IMC Polska, consists of one computer terminal that patrons can use to surf the Web.
Until Christmas, wannabe Net surfers can hang ten on the Internet for free for 30 minutes. After the holiday season they will have to pay, most likely zl. 15 ($6) for a half-hour session.
Last Sunday afternoon, all tables in the cafe were filled - save the Internet table, hidden by the back wall. Previously there were two computers, but one had to be removed for servicing.
Rafal Plutecki, president of Internet Technologies, said the firm does not expect to get many subscribers as a result of the cafe. He said the firm plans to install four or five more computers within days and plans to stage promotional events and sell computer equipment at the store.
"This is a risk-free Internet ride," he said.
Dutch Treat
Two pay-television channels belonging to the Dutch-based NetHold group are teaming up to produce a $600,000 film to be shot entirely in Poland.
FilmNet, a pay-television channel currently broadcast via satellite into Poland by MultiChoice Polska, will fund 60% of the film. The rest of the funding will come from Telewizja Polska and M-Net, NetHold's South African pay-television station.
While the film will be shown first in Polish cinemas, eventually it may be shown on NetHold networks in Poland and throughout the world, said James Buklarewicz, managing director of MultiChoice Polska.
Access Films in Warsaw will produce the film, scheduled to start shooting by the end of February or early March.
The feature film focuses on the life of a 14-year-old car thief and the lives of the people from whom he steals. The story is set in Wroclaw, home of the 26-year-old screen writer, Piotr Weresniak.
Weresniak's script was chosen from 400 entries submitted in a nationwide contest. Weresniak, a student at the Katowice Film School, has already spent his $5,000 prize money on a car and a computer.
Production is scheduled to end in early 1996, and executives hope to submit the film to next year's Gdynia film festival.
