EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

EU rejects the controversial copyright reform that generated great debate among Internet giants and content creators. The proposed draft law, known as the Copyright Directive, was aimed at rising responsibility from websites on copyright infringements and stablish a...
EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

Rai Fiction All the TV series in program for the Next Season

Rai Fiction has presented a preview of its new programming. Among the most awaited TV series, Medici, I bastardi di Pizzofalcone and The Name of the Rose. Rai Fiction, the Public Service’s seal of quality, presented its program for the next season, marked with a...
EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

ITMedia Report: The Match Against Netflix in Europe Has Already Begun

A bright future for video on demand. This is the result of the ITMedia Report for the period 2018-2021, which predicted an average annual growth rate of 12%. In the UK, 43% of households have at least one subscription to streaming video on demand services. Although it...
EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

Patrick Süskind’s ‘Perfume’ to Become a TV Series

Patrick Süskind’s bestseller Perfume: The Story of a Murderer has inspired a new series directed by Philipp Kadelbach that will be accessible on Netflix. Patrick Süskind’s sublime novel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, published in 1985 and brought to...
EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

Endemol Shine Calls in Banks to Evaluate Possible Sales

According to from the foreign press, Endemol Shine, the TV production giant jointly owned by 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management, has commissioned entities like Deutsche Bank and LionTree to evaluate a possible sale. The co-owners have agreed to sell the...
EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

Comcast: The Endless Challenge

Disney is willing to purchase 21st Century Fox at all costs, and yesterday raised its bid to $71.3 billion (in cash and stock), which comes down to $38 a share. The giant led by Bob Iger has raised its bet for the assets sold by Fox, namely the British Sky, Star...
EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

We Want Cinema: Women in Italian Cinema at Pesaro

The Pesaro Film Festival (16-23 June 2018) focuses this year on “Women in Italian Cinema”, with its special section We Want Cinema. For its 54th edition, the Pesaro Film Festival proposes in its programme a section entirely devoted to women in Italian...
EU Rejects the Controversial Copyright Reform

Italian Cinema Law, the New Minister Alberto Bonisoli’s Statements

The new Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MiBACT) Alberto Bonisoli issued statements on the Cinema Law. Here are the details. The new calls for the allocation of contributions to films and audiovisual works for 2018 have been published on the...