Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion
New balances in the pay tv field in Europe. M7 and its 3 million subscribers move into Canal+ (Vivendi Group). Canal+ announces the acquisition of M7, owned by Astorg, a French private equity firm. The purchase price would be slightly over 1 billion euros and, in any...
EAO: here how films are financed in Europe
A report by EAO explains how films in Europe are financed. Direct public funding (29%) and broadcaster investments (25%) are the main sources. For the 445 sample films considered by the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO), the median budget of a single theatrical...
The Traitor lands all over the world
After the Cannes Film Festival, great success in international sales for the drama film The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio. The Match Factory has sold The Traitor (Il traditore) in 24 countries. The film was presented at the 72nd edition of the Cannes Film Festival,...#MiaBoxOffice May 23-26: The Traitor’s success
Aladdin is in first place. Second place for The Traitor, while Pain and Glory is third. Discover the whole ranking of the weekend from 23rd to the 26th of May, 2019. During its first week-end in Italian cinemas, Aladdin, directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Will...
Streaming TV: subscribers’ habits worry industry companies
Young people tend to limit the subscription to streaming services to the period of broadcasting of single TV series and to share accounts. Here the data provided by Axios. My favorite series is over, I do not renew the subscription to the streaming platform. This is...
Apulia Film Forum’s tenth edition
Apulia Film Commission Foundation presents Apulia Film Forum’s tenth edition aimed to promote co-production audiovisual projects shot in Apulia. The Forum will take place in Brindisi from 10 to 12 October, 2019. Apulia Film Forum aims to foster producers’ meeting, to...
Roma Lazio Film Commission promotes local co-productions in Cannes
Roma Lazio Film Commission attended the 72th Cannes Film Festival in order to promote the territory and international co-production. The Italian Pavillion, dedicated to the promotion of Italian cinema, has in the past few days hosted meetings aimed at promoting the...
Revenue Agency: there is no general limit to the tax credit for cinema sector
The Agenzia delle Entrate (the Italian Revenue Agency) said that the tax credit for the cinema industry, as subsidized tax incentive, is not subject to the general compensation limit of € 700 thousand per year. With the replies 152 and 153 of 22 May 2019, the Agenzia...
Piedmont: boost in productions, launch of the Development Film TV Fund
In the first quarter of 2019 56 productions were shot in Piedmont: 5 feature length films (including 2 foreign productions), 2 TV series, 8 documentaries, 8 short films, 5 digital projects, 12 TV formats and 16 commercials. The announcement was made by Film Commission...TV ratings: how smartphones are changing Italians’ habits
Italians’ habits are changing: TV audience is decreasing. Every Italian watching TV, there are 3 Italians looking at a smartphone, tablet or pc, yet advertising doesn’t reach this new type of audience. Auditel has reported a 4% decrease for TV ratings in 2019 first...
Cinema: the power of international co-productions
According to the European Audiovisual Observatory (EAO), international co-productions have a wider distribution and generate more admissions than national films. Even if the number of majority co-productions produced rose from 297 in 2007 to 425 in 2016, still today...
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