‘In Dolce Attesa’, a series project born from ‘Un Posto al Sole’
A spin-off from the Italian soap opera Un Posto al Sole is being born. The new series, under the title In Dolce Attesa, will feature some of the most beloved faces of the long-lasting Neapolitan soap opera, as Patrizio Rispo (the goalkeeper Raffaele Giordano), Claudia...
Apulia Film Commission triples its funds
The Film Commission of the southern Italian region of Puglia, presided over by the filmmaker Maurizio Sciarra has tripled its funds for the next three years. The sum that the Apulia Film Fund will make available to those shooting their projects in the southern region...
Notorious Pictures Purchases Seven New Films at the Cannes Film Festival
The society Notorious Pictures has purchased seven new cinematographic works at the 2018 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Notorious Pictures, the Roman society headed by Guglielmo Marchetti (CEO & Chairman Investor Relator) has gone shopping in Cannes. The...
CBS Sues Shari Redstone and National Amusements to Block Viacom Merger
CBS Corp. filed a lawsuit accusing majority shareholder Shari Redstone of breaking her fiduciary duty to CBS shareholders. CBS filed suit on Monday May 14 in Delaware Court of Chancery against Shari Redstone (president of National Amusements and vice chair of CBS and...
‘L’estate Infinita’, Edoardo Nesi’s Novel for a New TV Series
After Lazzaro Felice, the film by Alice Rohrwacher in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Timvision and Tempesta team up again for a new project: a TV series based on the novel L’estate Infinita by Edoardo Nesi. From the pages of a book to the small screen....
Focus, the new theme channel from Discovery comes to Mediaset
In two days Focus, a new free theme channel from Discovery, will arrive at Mediaset. Born from the synergy between Mondadori and Mediaset, and inspired by the homonymous science and cultural popularization magazine, the channel (which will be available in the number...
BAFTA 2018: the winners of the British television
The BAFTA Awards (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) have crowned the protagonists and the best British TV series. Unexpectedly in the top category of the BAFTA Awards, Best Drama Series, BBC’s Peaky Blinders took a surprise win, passing ahead of the...
Germany taxes on Netflix and other OTTs
Germany recently decided to establish a new tax for video on demand suppliers to finance the national cinema industry. A provision that has already received the support of the European Union. How to protect the local audiovisual productions? The new measures are quite...‘The Weekly’ partnership between The New York Times and FX
The New York Times has teamed up with FX and Hulu on a new documentary series called “The Weekly”. The American cable channel announced on Wednesday their distribution deals of a new weekly documentary series narrating stories that appear in The Times and the...
‘My Body Will Bury You’ (MIA 2015): agreement for its international distribution with UDI
After being presented at the New Cinema Network of MIA 2015, Giovanni La Parola’s My Body Will Bury You has captured the interest of Urban Distribution International. Here are all the details of the distribution agreement. Giovanni La Parola’s My body will bury is set...
Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association
MIA is defining its identity as a well-established hub for the audiovisual market, and it has gained an increasingly stronger positioning among the international events of its kind. To what extent have the worldwide success and the promotion of Italian TV...
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