The future of Italian cinema: encouraging previsions by Anica
ANICA confirms its support for the audiovisual sector and provides an encouraging view of the post-Coronavirus film industry. ANICA’s forecasts are positive, as evidenced by the conference call held in recent days, between the president of ANICA Francesco...
Coronavirus, towards government support for TV
Economic contributions to support TV are coming, both for Rai and for local broadcasters, to face the losses caused by Coronavirus. The draft of the new law decree dedicated to economic measures to deal with the Coronavirus emergency is on the agenda and should...
TV schedules in progress for a “smart watching” public
Television programming responds to the on going health emergency with the real time information domain and a record of TV ratings. The public TV scenario returns to its premises, expressed by the famous motto “educate, inform and entertain”: the...
RTL Group is expanding to streaming: buys 50 percent stake of Bedrock
The European giant RTL Group buys 50 percent stake in SVOD platform Bedrock. The CEO Thomas Rabe’s forecast sees growing revenues for the group. According to the year-end figures recently published by RTL, there is a 37 percent year-on-year increase in paying...
The audiovisual sector at the time of Coronavirus
How are the sectors of the audiovisual industry reacting to the on going Coronavirus emergency? All the details about online and rescheduled events. On the one hand, the awareness of the situation pushes the audiovisual operators to reschedule their participation to...
2019 Theme Reports MPA: The global entertainment over $100billion
The 2019 Theme Report, reported by Motion Pictures Association shows record data for the entertainment market: over 100billion dollars for the first time ever. The breaking record is reported by the annual Theme Report, signed by the CEO of Motion Pictures Assocation....
MEDIASET, STATEMENT 2019: GROWING NET WORTH
The ebit and net cash flows of Mediaset Group exceeded the company evaluations. It is however still impossible to determine the consequential costs of the Coronavirus emergency. The net revenues of 2019 of Mediaset Group amount to 2,92billion euros, with operating...
New Tv schedules and on demand offering during coronavirus emergency
TV schedules and on demand platforms change protocol. During the coronavirus emergency they will offer new free contents and change their programmes for the next couple of weeks. The new admnistrative order applies the restrictions for the red zones to the whole of...
Nicola Borrelli back at DG Cinema
According to PrimaComunicazione, Nicola Borrelli is in charge as general manager of cinema and audiovisual at Mibact. He will replace Mario Turetta, who has covered the role since February 2019. Borrelli had previously been in charge as general manager for almost ten...
Co-Production agreement for Mamacruz (MIA 2019)
We are extremely happy to announce that a co-production agreement has been signed between Olmo Figueredo’s La Claqueta and Patricia Ortega’s Mandragora Films for Ortega’s next feature film Mamacruz. The Venezuelan project has been presented at the latest edition of...
Coronavirus: associations ask for help to MiBACT
The trade associations ANICA, ANEC and APA meet the Minister of Cultural Heritage and Tourism Dario Franceschini to address the negative consequences for the audiovisual sector due to the Coronavirus. ANICA President Francesco Rutelli said: “Before the outbreak...
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