C EU Soon: Screen International and MIA Film partner on a new award

11 Aug 2020

It is with great pleasure that we announce our partnership with Screen International on the inaugural Screen International Buyers’ Choice Award at the third edition of C EU Soon, MIA Film’s work in progress dedicated to first and second features by European directors....

Decreto Agosto: new measures to support Italian cinema

10 Aug 2020

The Council of Ministers has recently approved the “Decreto Agosto”, a series of measures to support the tourism and culture sectors, for a value of three billion euros. “A truly impressive intervention with many measures: from contributions to commercial...

ViacomCBS to launch the new video advertising platform ViacomCBS EyeQ

7 Aug 2020

  After some previews in May, the media company revealed that the new service will be active in the fall all over the world and will offer original content from the ViacomCBS catalog: among these, new Showtime titles, original CBS All Access products such as...

Disney to launch “Star”, a new international streaming service

6 Aug 2020

Disney celebrates the results achieved with Disney + by launching a new international streaming service, Star, aimed at a more adult target. Disney CEO Bob Chapek revealed the news on a recent quarterly earnings call. “Mirroring the strategy we successfully...

Ofcom: The growth of streaming giants in U.K. during the lockdown

5 Aug 2020

In the UK, the lockdown period was a significant source of income for the biggest US streamers, according to a study released by media regulator Ofcom. In particular, it appears that Netflix has about 13m subscribers with a growth of 13% from 2019, while Amazon has...

The distribution of revenues in the online advertising chain according to AGCOM

4 Aug 2020

In its “Online Focus Pubblicità”, a special edition of the Communications Markets dedicated to analyzing the evolution of the internet in the media sector, Communications Regulatory Authority (AGCOM) revealed the overtaking of online advertising, for the...

Lotus Factory, the new project by Leone Film Group and Lotus Production

3 Aug 2020

Leone Film Group and Lotus Production launch the “Lotus Factory” project, a new department specialized in the creation of genre projects for cinema and TV. Marco Belardi, Lotus chief, has in fact told Variety: “We are planning to make films of...

European Commission and EIF: new measures have been announced to support the creative and cultural industry

31 Jul 2020

The European Commission and European Investment Fund have announced new actions to support the cultural and creative industry. Among others, audiovisual companies will also be able to benefit from several financial terms: among these, for example, extensions in terms...

The desire to return to cinemas according to the survey of DCA Digital Cinema Advertising and QMI

30 Jul 2020

As emerged from the survey conducted by DCA Digital Cinema Advertising and the entertainment marketing agency QMI, a large part of the public is keen to return to the cinemas. The survey was administered to 6.556 film fans during the week of July 3rd to 10th. To one...

Giants of the audiovisual sector hunting for new digital solutions to set industry events

29 Jul 2020

Players of the British audiovisual industry BBC Studios, Itv Studios and Fremantle will organize virtual events to meet their interlocutors. Despite the difficulties caused by the pandemic, the major players in the audiovisual market had managed to find an alternative...

Venice International Film Festival, Out of Competition “Assandira” (Co-production Market 2016); Orizzonti for “Mele” (C EU Soon 2019) and “The Predators” (What’s Next Italy 2019)

28 Jul 2020

The 77th Venice International Film Festival line-up has been announced. “The heart of the exhibition is safe and the Italian selection, in line with past editions, is of great quality: a good sign for our cinema that is experiencing a moment of great vitality...

“The Rossellinis” (MIA Doc Pitching Forum 2018) closes the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week

24 Jul 2020

The documentary The Rossellinis by Alessandro Rossellini is the closing event of the Venice Film Festival’s Critics’ Week, an independent and parallel section of the Venice International Film Festival. The film is a portrait of the Rossellini family, produced by...