TV: music beats the decreasing summer ratings
Tomorrow “Il Paradiso delle Signore” (that reached almost 5.5 million viewers in 2016) and “Grande Fratello Vip” (more than 4.2 million viewers) will usher in the season of mainstream TVs. This concludes the summer season. There has been a fall...
Discovery expands: new programmes and commercials increasing by almost 10%
The TV network Discovery, with a daily rating of 7.2%, heightens its presence in the Italian market, by focusing on its TV channels: Nove, Real Time, DMax and Giallo. This would ensure a net advertising revenue including nearly 225 million euros this year, increased...
“Gatta Cenerentola”: the excellence of the Italian animation conquers Venice
“Gatta Cenerentola” by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri and Dario Sansone lands in the Orizzonti section of the 74th Venice Film Festival. The excellence of the Italian animation conquers the lagoon with a standing ovation. The story of...
Roberto Saviano to debut on Discovery Italia with “Kings of Crime”, a factual series on Mafia and drug trafficking
After being on Rai Tre and La7, Roberto Saviano lands on Discovery (Nove, Focus, Eurosport, Realtime, DMax) with a new TV programme. From 4 October, the Neapolitan writer will be on Nove with “Kings of Crime”, a factual series (investigative-documentary) about Mafia...
Brutti e Cattivi: Claudio Santamaria and his gang of thieves at Venice 74.
It’s clear that Claudio Santamaria is the undisputed masked hero of the silver screen. After They Call Me Jeeg(Lo ChiamavanoJeeg Robot), he turns into a peculiar superhero again: crippled, bald and battered. Directed by Cosimo Gomez (winner of the Solinas Award in...
Cinema Law: the Mibact presents the implementing decrees
General Director of Cinema at Mibact Nicola Borrelli has presented the content of the implementing decrees of the Cinema Law at Venice. Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism Dario Franceschini has signed 19 of the total 21 decrees so far: the...
Jim & Andy: the new documentary at Venice 74.
One, no one and one hundred thousand Jim Carreys. No one knows how to take off a mask and wear another one better than him, baring himself. The documentary on the backstage of Milos Forman’s Man On The Moon was presented at Venice 24 (out of competition). The...
Venice, the audio-visual sector acts in defence of the cultural and creative industry.
Last Sunday, the Representatives of the Italian audio-visual sector gathered at the seminar on the Proposed Sat Cab Regulation (Satellite and Cable Directive), by calling upon the Members of the European Parliament to delete Article 2 of that Proposal. ANICA and...
Frederick Wiseman in the running for the Leone d’Oro with the documentary “Ex Libris – The New York Public Library”
Almost in his nineties director Frederick Wiseman in the running for the Leone d’Oro with the documentary Ex Libris – The New York Public Library. A three hours and a half documentary inside the New York Public Library that will be released in early 2018 with I Wonder...
Focus launches Cosmos, a science docuseries investigating the depths of the universe
Science is popular. After the recent literary successes of physicist Carlo Rovelli, which reached the top of the sales charts, the dissemination of scientific knowledge comes into the public eye on TV too. Focus has launched the late-night show Cosmos: A Spacetime...
The new life of Palazzo del Cinema di Milano
It took an investment of five millions and almost eight months of construction work to complete the renovation of Anteo as the Palazzo del Cinema di Milano. The inauguration, set for the 8th of September at 5pm, will offer a 2.5 euros entry to every screening and will...
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