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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Cattleya Increases Investments for TV Series

Cattleya is betting on TV. After the important success of some TV series, the production company has started working on new projects like Gomorra 5, Django, and Suspiria de profundis. In recent years Cattleya has produced some true successes, among which Gomorrah is...
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Sunny Side of the Doc: the 29th edition on “Culture in Motion”

The 29th edition of the Sunny Side of the Doc will take place in La Rochelle, on the French Atlantic coast, from 25-28 June 2018. Over 2,000 industry professionals are expected to attend this event on documentaries. “Culture in Motion” will be this year’s...
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The international future of Mediaset for free-to-air TV

Pier Silvio Berlusconi has unveiled the plans of Mediaset for the future. A major focus on free-to-air TV and possible international cooperations are expected. During the presentation of the Fifa World Cup by Mediaset, Pier Silvio Berlusconi made some comments on the...
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The Two Companies of Italian TV Producer Bibi Ballandi Join Forces

After 2 years the companies Ballandi Multimedia and Ballandi Arts have been reunified. Entertainment and cultural production team up again thanks to a management buy-out operation. A few months after the death of the TV Lord Bibi Ballandi, the producer Mario Paloschi...