Quanto basta (MIA|Cinema Co-Production Market 2015) first days in the Italian theatres
Quanto basta is a comedy directed by Francesco Falaschi which was presented in the 2015 edition of Mia | Cinema Co-Production Market, and was released in theaters last April 5th. The premiere, held in the Aurelia Antica theatres of Grosseto, registered a very high...
The battle between Sky and Siae
The battle for the copyrights between Sky and Siae has been going on for about one year, and it has recently intensified with the exchange of threats and accusations from both sides, which have come into the public domain. The situation between both companies turns...
Scandal in Bbc: manipulated the documentary series Human Planet
Manipulation of information even in British documentaries. The shocking case of the Human Planet series, realized by BBC. The BBC after 7 years confesses: some of the most important scenes in the doc Human Planet series have been manipulated. The documentaries aired...
TaoFilmFest: all the previews for the 64th edition of the Film Festival
The TaoFilmFest returns to Taormina from 14th to 21st July, with updates on location and organization. Here are all the previews on the Festival. News on the horizon for the TaoFilmFest. The Sicilian film exhibition that this year will come to its 64th edition could...
New agreement between Rai and Amazon
Rai does not wish to be a passive observer of the big international agreements that are changing the TV market, as was the recent case between Mediaset and Sky. For this reason, yesterday the Italian company announced a new partnership with Amazon to launch their...
Viacom rejects CBS acquisition offer
The latest updates from American press sources have revealed that Viacom has finally rejected CBS’s acquisition offer, an all-stock deal that valued Viacom below its current market value of $12.3 billion. The Viacom group is in charge of MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount...
Titta Fiore, president of the Campania Film Commission
Titta Fiore will be the new president of the Campania Film Commission Foundation. Yesterday, April 3rd, the region, a 100% shareholder of the Foundation, announced the new resolution, in which the whole board of directors and the new scientific committee has been...
The Impact of Brexit on the Audiovisual Market: Opportunities and Challenges Open up in Both Sides of the Channel. Part 3
On our last week’s Focus we had a look at the potential reduction of funding on behalf of the European Union, and, more precisely, Creative Europe (and its MEDIA program) after the Brexit. This question highlighted the importance of securing funding in order to...
The first season of Canneseries
As previously announced, the first “season” of the Cannes International Series Festival, also known as Canneseries, has officially started today, and it is the new section of the Cannes Film Festival devoted to TV series. Ten TV productions will be...
Some of the nominees to the Copenhagen International Documentary Festival
The Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, held this year from March 15th to the 25th, is one of the most important and successful events in the field of documentaries. The festival puts together different product types and formats, from journalistic reports...
Sky-Mediaset: a historic deal
On March 30th a historic agreement between Sky and Mediaset was announced. After years of never-ending legal and commercial disputes, the two biggest players in the TV market have come to terms in order to achieve a stronger position on the pay-TV market. The main...
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