Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion

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...
Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion

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...
Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion

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...
Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion

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...
Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion

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...
Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion

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...
Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion

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...
Pay TV, Canal+ acquires M7 for € 1 Billion

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...

Game of Thrones: parents are naming their babies after its characters

From fiction to reality: Arya and Khaleesi, heroines from Game of Thrones, are among the most widespread names among the newborns in 2018. Everybody knows that Game of Thrones, whose eighth season arrived at its end last night, is the record series: by budget,...