Disney to launch “Star”, a new international streaming service
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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...
The Stonebreaker (MIA|What’s Next Italy 2019) at Venice Days – Giornate degli Autori
The film The Stonebreaker by Gianluca and Massimiliano De Serio is in the 17th edition of Venice Days (Giornate degli Autori – September 2 to 12) line-up. Among the ten films of the official selection, the Italy-France-Belgium co-production shot in Puglia by the De...
Nielsen’s new privacy-centric digital measurement approach
Nielsen is going to implement a new digital measurement methodology based on a privacy-centric approach. From the first months of 2021, measurements will focus on privacy, offering comparable and cross-platform metrics to brands and publishers. As noted on Nielsen...
