ACE, an alliance of major to combat online piracy
Many companies decided to combat the rampant phenomenon of piracy, after what happened with Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean and the new season of Netflix’s Orange is the New Black: they were held ‘hostage’ by a group of hackers who asked for a substantial ransom....
Franceschini: “Implementing decrees will be ready by summer”
“2017 is a year of transition and we must accept that”. During the “Where does Italian cinema go?” convention organized by ANICA, Dario Franceschini has been very clear about the situation of the implementing decrees on the law on the cinema. As the Minister says,...
Federer as audiovisual experience. A report from Chimenz at the “Where does Italian cinema go?” convention.
“We’re in the right business”. Marco Chimenz insisted on repeating this sentence more the once to the audience of insiders who today were at the meeting room in Via Alibert (Rome) during his warmly welcomed speech at the “Where does Italian cinema go?” convention,...
Facebook and Mtv join together for a TV series?
It seems that Facebook is ready to take a step forward regarding the TV series production: according to Hollywood Reporter, the social network should be one step closer to making a deal with Mtv to bring Loosely Exactly Nicole back to life: Mtv produced the sit-com,...
Ligabue and Accorsi work together again for Made in Italy, produced by Fandango.
Luciano Ligabue goes back to being a director after 15 years with Made in Italy, a film based on his latest concept album. Filming has just begun. Made in Italy is produced by Fandango’s Domenico Procacci (who owns the rights for international sale); it is distributed...
Locarno Film Festival – Comencini’s Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to this World, presented at What’s Next Italy 2016.
On Sunday 6 August Stories of Love that Cannot Belong to this World by Francesca Comencini will be premiered in the Piazza Grande programme of the Locarno Film Festival. The film is produced by Fandango and Rai Cinema and it is based on the director’s book by the same...
Call for Entries for MIA | Cinema, Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum and MIA | TV, Drama Series Pitching Forum.
What will be films and TV series of the future? Call for Entries for MIA | Cinema, Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum and MIA | TV, Drama Series Pitching Forum, which will take place on 19-23 October in Rome, are now on-line. MIA | Cinema, Co-Production Market...
Oscar Mammì, godfather of the first organic law on the broadcasting sector, dies.
Oscar Mammì, godfather of the first organic law on the radio and television broadcasting, died yesterday after a long illness at the age of 90. He was born in Rome, graduated in economics and business studies and was employed in a bank where he started to get...
Auditel, SuperPanel to be launched from 30 July: TV ratings basis to be tripled.
Starting from 30 July 2017, Auditel will publish the first TV ratings collected through SuperPanel, which adds 10.400 new units to the initial ratings of 5.700 families: this is an unprecedented operation at international level. All over the world, people try to find...
Italian Episcopal Conference broadcaster Tv2000 breaks TV viewership records in springtime
Great success for Tv2000. The Italian Episcopal Conference broadcaster has closed the spring season with a 12,3 share in comparison with the same period last year. It has become the seventh national channel in the early morning with a 2,31 share, an increase of 40%...
Rai, Mario Orfeo is the new CEO
Director of Tg1 Mario Orfeo is officially the new CEO of Rai. The decision has been taken by the Board at Viale Mazzini and the next step is to wait for the general assembly to formalize this decision with the partners of the company. The decision seems to be obvious...
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