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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lux Vide Profits Double Thanks to its Great TV Successes

The profits of Lux Vide have doubled, with a €1.2 million coupon for its partners and revenues of €58 million for 2017. This has been a golden year for the Lux Vide. The Italian production company founded by Ettore Bernabei has gathered countless achievements, as...
ITMedia Report: The Match Against Netflix in Europe Has Already Begun

Netflix Unaffected by the Agreement Between AT&T and Time Warner

Netflix shares in Wall Street do not seem to be affected by the merger between AT&T and Time Warner, the telecommunications giant that will revolutionize the competitive scenario of online film distribution, TV series, and other entertainment content. Goldman...
ITMedia Report: The Match Against Netflix in Europe Has Already Begun

Globi d’Oro Awards 2018: The Winners of the Foreign Press in Italy

The Foreign Press Association in Italy has awarded one more year the best of the Italian cinema in the 58th edition of the Globi d’Oro (Italian Golden Globes Awards). Here is the winner list. In the wonderful setting of Villa Medici in Rome, the Foreign Press...