New rumors on the Microsoft-Netflix partnership
The famous and influential Wall Street media and entertainment analyst Porter Bibb, dropped the bombshell on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”: the upcoming ‘wedding’ between Microsoft and Netflix. According to Bibb, the two giants would have been...
Gains and losses of the largest Italian broadcasting companies in 2017
Viacom rose by 20.6%, while Fox and La7 TV dropped. Rai and Mediaset closed in equal numbers, and Sky Italia positioned themselves at the top of the revenues league. The 2017 accounts are closed and it is, therefore, possible to compare the results of the different...
The cursed journey of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
The “curse” that seems to follow The Man Who Killed Don Quixote still goes on. The director, Terry Gilliam, who just suffered a stroke, will not be able to make it to Cannes. After two decades of attempts, the director finally managed to finish his film and The Man...
Comcast re-launches its bid for Fox
Comcast is ready to ruin the marriage Disney-21st Century Fox with a $60 billion counter-offer. Comcast, the largest broadband company in the U.S., seems to be willing to re-launch its bid to acquire the Fox group. The owner of NBC-Universal assembled as much as $60b...
Two Italian winners at the Hot Docs Festival
Hot Docs, the largest documentary festival in North America, announced its winner list. This year’s edition featured a noteworthy Italian presence, which proved their success with two awards. The first TIE! Special Jury Prize went to Vento Soave by Corrado...
Positive turnover for Rai’s 2017 financial statements
Rai has closed its 2017 financial statements with a positive turnover. The austerity policy has rewarded the company’s accounts, which ended the year with a profit of €14.3m. The Board of Directors of the Rai Group, headed by Monica Maggioni, unanimously...
Sky Italia among the co-producers of the new series ‘Catch-22’
Paramount Television, Anonymous Content, and Smokehouse Pictures will produce the new Catch-22 TV series, and Sky Italia is among its co-producers. The shooting of the series will begin in May and they will take place in Italy, between Rome and Sardinia, while it is...
The selection for Misp has started: Master in International Screenwriting and Production
The selection process to take part in the Misp (Master in International Screenwriting and Production) organized by the Catholic University of Milan, has begun. Writing for cinema and TV, creating, conceiving ideas, producing, and giving life to an original project....
Veneto Film Commission to be launched
5 million funds have been approved to launch the Veneto Film Commission. The announcement was released on the occasion of the “Stati Generali del Cinema Veneto”. The official presentation of the long-awaited Film Commission will take place during the 75th Venice Film...
“Fare cinema”: Italian crafts brought to the world
“Fare cinema” is an initiative aimed at promoting quality Italian film productions: 100 artists will bring their stories from 21 to 27 May 2018. One hundred ambassadors for Italian cinema. There will be a hundred testimonials bringing the professionalism...
Rai, France Télévisions and Zdf team up for fiction
Rai, France Télévisions and Zdf team up for fiction. An alliance for the co-production of content for the three public television services of Italy, France, and Germany. Here are all the details of the partnership. Under the name “The Alliance”, the...
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