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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...