The historic agreement between Tim and Vision Distribution
An important agreement between Tim and Vision Distribution for the distribution and co-production of films has been reached. For the first time, the films will arrive on the small screens just 4 months after their release in the movie theatres. It has been a historic...
Farewell to Milos Forman
Milos Forman has left us at age 86 after a brief period of recovery from an illness. The film writer won two Oscar’s awards for his movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1976 and Amadeus in 1985. The first film brought to light the remarkable young talent...
Discovery and the new TV channels: how the free-to-air television is changing
The Discovery business is extended, continuing with the launch of new channels. A positive trend that until today has brought well 10% of share in the 24 hours. Discovery Italia launches Motor Trend that will occupy Channel 56, taking the place of Focus that Mediaset...
Wild wild country documentary Netflix dedicated to Osho
The documentary dedicated to Osho, the famous Indian guru, arrives on Netflix. The series of 6 episodes is called Wild Wild Country, which tells everything we do not yet know about this character. Wild Wild Country produced by Netflix is a documentary that shows the...
Also 4 Oscar Awards in the letter of the Siae against Sky for copyright protection
The diatribe between Sky and Siae continues. A thousand authors and artists, including 4 Oscar Awards, have signed a letter to support the copyright law. A letter of complaint. A letter to affirm the importance of copyright, as it is still regulated in Italy. So there...
Lucky Red will be the first to walk on Cannes red carpet
This year, Lucky Red will have the honor to open the 71tst Cannes Film Festival with a highly anticipated film: Todos Lo Saben, directed by the Iranian Asghar Farhadi. Among the cast of the film, there will be the famous couple of Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem. The...
The Italians at Cannes
Italy has made its return to this year’s Cannes Film Festival with two of the country’s best directors: Matteo Garrone and Alice Rohrwacher. Some years ago both filmmakers had already participated and obtained the Grand Prix of the jury at the French festival: Garrone...
Viacom revenues increase mainly thanks to free TV
The accounts of Viacom Italia increased in 2017, with a total turnover of 67.9 million euros, + 20.6% compared to the previous year. A success mainly due to the excellent results of free TV. The television group led by Andrea Castellari sees a moment of strong growth...
Del Brocco announces a €70m investment for Rai Cinema
Paolo Del Brocco announced a raise of their investment for Rai Cinema to €70m. The productions have been distributed into several big categories. Paolo Del Brocco, Rai Cinema’s CEO, still recovering from the big celebration of Rome’s victory over Barcelona, made a...
New rules at Cannes Film Festival
New rules have been established at the Cannes Film Festival. Selfies on the red carpet and previews for journalists have been banned to avoid prejudices on official projections. Thierry Frémaux, director of the Cannes Film Festival, set some new rules for this...
Great success of the Italian Social Film Fund initiative Con il Sud.
98 are the projects for new films that have been sent to the “Social Film Fund – Con il Sud”. The Apulia Film Commission and Fondazione Con il Sud are celebrating the success of the initiative. The announcement, released last April 3rd, was born from the...
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