Box office crisis in USA and China due to coronavirus
USA and Asian box office experience a great crisis due to coronavirus pandemic, which caused the closing of theatres worldwide. The unprecedented situation regarding the spreading of coronavirus has hit the global economy. Cinemas are not out of the picture: the box...
Publitalia ’80 buys Beintoo
Publitalia ’80 buys Beintoo, a data driven specialised Italian company. The aim is to enhance the adtech strategy and the all addressable offer of Mediaset’s dealership. Following the acquisition of Beintoo by Publitalia ’80, the two companies will...
On Demand service grows by 5% during coronavirus pandemic
On Demand service grows by 5% due to social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. Nonetheless, results could vary depending on the economic consequences of the pandemic. According to Strategy Analytics, to quarantine and social distancing have significanty...
Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality: the 5th edition
Biennale di Venezia confirms the 5th edition of Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality project. The contest is supported by MiBACT-DG Cinema. The project is reserved for Italian creatives and concerns the development and realisation of virtual reality works....
BFI and Film & TV Charity create Covid-19 Film & TV Emergency Relief Fund
The British Film Institute (BFI) and the Film & TV Charity have partnered to create a Covid-19 Film & TV Emergency Relief Fund. Netflix has contributed to the fund with a donation of £1 million. The fund will provide short-term support to workers in the...
Mediaset buys shares in ProSiebenSat.1
Mediaset buys shares in ProSiebenSat.1, the German media giant, expanding its influence in the media group. Mediaset España Comunicacion, the subsidiary company of Mediaset Group, buys shares for 4,25% in ProSiebenSat. The part amounts to 9.902.500 in shares and to...
Coronavirus, extension to DG Cinema MiBACT competition notices
Due to coronavirus, DG Cinema MiBACT announces an extension to three competition notices in order to assist the audiovisual sector. While coronavirus has caused a heavy crisis in all aspects of society, DG Cinema MiBACT announces an extension of the deadlines to the...
Netflix supports the creative community with a $100 mln fund
Netflix sets up a $100 mln fund to help workers in the most affected film and television productions, due to Covid-19 emergency. Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, shared the news through the company official website, focusing on Netflix’s due...
How European TVs change schedules during coronavirus emergency
With the spreading of coronavirus and most european countries in self-isolation, European TVs change their programming and schedules. European TVs seem not to be immune to coronavirus either, as they change thei tv schedules to facilitate life during self-isolation....
“Cura Italia” decree: the audiovisual fund amounts to 130mln
The “Cura Italia” decree faces the Coronavirus emergency and establishes a 130 million fund dedicated to entertainment, cinema and audiovisual. MiBACT takes action supporting and contributing economically to the recovery of the audiovisual sector, through...
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...
