Comcast: new deadline for Sky to bid
Comcast is still waiting for further relaunches and is setting a new deadline for Sky’s shareholders to participate in the offer. Comcast has decided to extend the acceptance period for the UK operator Sky’s £25.9 billion cash offer until 12 September. The...
The New Pope: the TV series production begins
The Oscar-winning Paolo Sorrentino is now working on season two of the TV series The New Pope. Jude Law confirmed in the cast of the Italian director with the new entry John Malkovich. The TV show is an original production of Sky – HBO, produced by Wildside and...
‘Diavoli’ (Demons): the new TV series by Sky and Lux Vide with an international cast
Sky Italia and Lux Vide announced the shooting beginning of the new financial thriller with Patrick Dempsey and Alessandro Borghi. The first take of the new Diavoli series is scheduled for the end of September in London. Diavoli is produced in collaboration with...
Story of Yanxi Palace, the new Chinese record TV series
The success of the streaming market in the Orient continues. Over 5 billion views were registered for the new Chinese historical drama. Story of Yanxi Palace, the new TV series produced and distributed by iQiyi, Netflix’s local clone, will beat the records of...
C EU Soon, deadline extended!
Attention Filmmakers! Europeans and currently in post-production with your first or second feature? Then you cannot miss the new exciting program of the MIA|Cinema, the C EU Soon! The good news is that you’re still in time! the deadline to submit your project has been...
My Big Fat Greek Wedding: from cinema to reality
After the success of My Big Fat Greek Wedding there are many Chinese couples who choose Greece and the Hellenic Tourist Board has thought to promote the phenomenon with an ad-hoc initiative. It’s appropriate to say: that’s the power of cinema! It is...
Film Commission Torino Piemonte: the first call of the “Piemonte Tv Film Fund” is open
From July 27th 2018 on the website of the Piedmont Region the first call for proposals of the “Piedmont Film TV Fund” in support of audiovisual productions is open. The amount of the Fund that the Film Commission Torino Piemonte has made available to...
Selective funding: updates on the Italian legislation
What are the new changes for granting and allocating selective funding? The latest legislation on the subject introduces several innovations. Following, are the details that will impact the audiovisual sector. The new legislation that controls the public funding in...
Keynote Speech: Paul Green, Producer at Anonymous Content
Anonymous Content founded in 1999 by CEO Steve Golin, is the production and management company where talent comes first. The company has in fact developed an International reputation for cultivating artistic freedom while also maintaining a commercial...
Everything you always wanted to know about Distribution but were afraid to ask: Blockchain and its application to the distribution of films
Presented by a few observers and early adopters as the technology that will soon revolutionize practices in all types of businesses, blockchain has also made its entry in the current debates within the film industry sector, notably as part of the discussions organized...
International Expert Bob Schultz as New Pitching Coach of MIA 2018
MIA is proud to announce the new collaboration with Bob Schultz, who will be the official coach of the Cinema, Doc and Drama Series Pitching Forum 2018. For the past 15 years Bob has been a working writer, director, and producer, teaching writers about story structure...
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