Amazon Prime, the expansion in Italy
Amazon Prime, the streaming platform of Jeff Bezos, is committed to having an increasing weight in the Italian market. This maneuver, explained Nicole Morganti (Head of Amazon Originals, Italy | Amazon Italy) during MIA 2020, had already started this year, but in the...
France Channel, the streaming service for French content
France Channel, the SvoD broadcasting original French content, will be launched in 2021 In USA. The offer will include TV series, animation programs and documentaries. France Channel aims to become the leading provider in this field. The target audience for the...
Il Mio Corpo (Italians Doc it Better, Film Co-production Market ) wins the Raffaella Fioretta Award at Alice nella Città
Michele Pennetta’s documentary was awarded as best Italian film among the first works during the 18th edition of Alice nella Città. Il Mio Corpo was also presented at MIA 2020 during Italians Doc it Better the showcase dedicated to Italian documentaries not yet...
Netflix, the change of pace after the lockdown
In the third quarter Netflix slowed its growth compared to the first two, marked by the extraordinary situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the first quarters of 2020 Netflix recorded an increase of 28.1 mln subscribers, an average of 3 new mln per month,...
Rai Com and Titanus, agreement for digital conversion
The production company Titanus has reached an agreement with Rai Com that will guarantee the digitization of its library of 400 films. The main functions of the agreement are conservation, modernization and distribution: Titanus will restore the films in its...
ViacomCBS, Pluto TV is arriving to Italy
The free streaming platform of ViacomCBS will be available in Italy from 2021. Born in 2013, it was purchased by Viacom last year. Pluto TV is already available in Austria, Germany and Great Britain, and will be released at the end of October in Spain and then...
China becomes the first cinematographic market
The cinema balance is shifting: China has reached the position of the first cinema market in the world, taking the USA out of first place. Analysts had already been predicting an overtaking in the sector for months, and this occurred in recent days, when the box...
Audiovisual, MiBACT’s new measures and funds
The new budgetary manoeuvre provides for the strengthening of support for the audiovisual sector. This will ensure that the permanence of the extraordinary increase in tax credit. To guarantee this permanence, 240 million euros per year have been allocated to the...
MIA 2020 award winners
The award ceremony of MIA|MERCATO INTERNAZIONALE AUDIOVISIVO took place yesterday. During the cerimony, the prizes of this sixth edition were distributed on the eve of the closing. To introduce the awards Lucia Milazzotto, Market Director, together with Chiara...
MIA 2020, the showcase Italians Doc it Better presents its contents
It was held today at MIA 2020 “Italians Doc it Better”, the showcase of the most interesting Italian documentaries produced in the last year and not distributed internationally yet. During the showcase, now at its third edition, each producer had 5 minutes...
MIA 2020, GREENLit showcases its titles
It was held today at MIA 2020 GREENLit, the showcase of the Drama section dedicated to the preview presentation of the titles of the next TV season. As usual, the session was reserved to those projects produced by Italian companies through international co-productions...
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