Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association

New rumors on the Microsoft-Netflix partnership

The famous and influential Wall Street media and entertainment analyst Porter Bibb, dropped the bombshell on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”: the upcoming ‘wedding’ between Microsoft and Netflix. According to Bibb, the two giants would have been...
Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association

The cursed journey of The Man Who Killed Don Quixote

The “curse” that seems to follow The Man Who Killed Don Quixote still goes on. The director, Terry Gilliam, who just suffered a stroke, will not be able to make it to Cannes. After two decades of attempts, the director finally managed to finish his film and The Man...
Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association

Comcast re-launches its bid for Fox

Comcast is ready to ruin the marriage Disney-21st Century Fox with a $60 billion counter-offer. Comcast, the largest broadband company in the U.S., seems to be willing to re-launch its bid to acquire the Fox group. The owner of NBC-Universal assembled as much as $60b...
Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association

Two Italian winners at the Hot Docs Festival

Hot Docs, the largest documentary festival in North America, announced its winner list. This year’s edition featured a noteworthy Italian presence, which proved their success with two awards. The first TIE! Special Jury Prize went to Vento Soave by Corrado...
Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association

Positive turnover for Rai’s 2017 financial statements

Rai has closed its 2017 financial statements with a positive turnover. The austerity policy has rewarded the company’s accounts, which ended the year with a profit of €14.3m. The Board of Directors of the Rai Group, headed by Monica Maggioni, unanimously...
Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association

Sky Italia among the co-producers of the new series ‘Catch-22’

Paramount Television, Anonymous Content, and Smokehouse Pictures will produce the new Catch-22 TV series, and Sky Italia is among its co-producers. The shooting of the series will begin in May and they will take place in Italy, between Rome and Sardinia, while it is...
Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association

Veneto Film Commission to be launched

5 million funds have been approved to launch the Veneto Film Commission. The announcement was released on the occasion of the “Stati Generali del Cinema Veneto”. The official presentation of the long-awaited Film Commission will take place during the 75th Venice Film...
Interview to Giancarlo Leone, president of the APT – Television Producers Association

“Fare cinema”: Italian crafts brought to the world

“Fare cinema” is an initiative aimed at promoting quality Italian film productions: 100 artists will bring their stories from 21 to 27 May 2018. One hundred ambassadors for Italian cinema. There will be a hundred testimonials bringing the professionalism...