Nielsen, enhanced Social Content Ratings: social official channels will be measurable
Nielsen, an American multinational company dealing with market surveys has announced a new function of Social Content Ratings for Social TVs, an application that will allow to monitor the social profiles of broadcasters, production companies and TV stars separately...
Break Media judgement, the American group sentenced: full responsibility for the web operators
The Court of Appeal of Rome, with judgment 29 April 2017 has passed a sentence against Break Media, one of the leading American web providers for “culpable cooperation by omission in the illegal distribution of Mediaset TV programs”. Break Media belongs to...
Zelda Stewart is the new VP of Distribution in Italy for Sony Pictures Television.
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has named Zelda Stewart, who left her post as Head of Acquisitions in Mediaset last January, as new Vice President of Distribution for SPT in Italy. The company will rely on Stewart’s experience – she has worked in Mediaset...
Festival della TV e dei Nuovi Media, a Dogliani incontri sul tema delle Frontiere.
Twitter aims at live streaming, deals with publishing companies. Sky Italia will be official dealer.
Following the example of such pioneers as Netflix and Amazons and other platforms such as Facebook or YouTube, also Twitter bets on live streaming, thus confirming that today this service is essential for a media company’s survival. That is why the Californian...
Scripps launches Food Network, the objective being 0.5% share by next autumn.
Starting from next May 8, Scripps Network Interactive will have a new channel, Food Network Italia, adding to the already existing Fine Living. Food Network will start off with an original production, Italiani a Tavola (Italians at Table), produced by Stand By Me,...
The documentary Cori in esilio, winner of the Prix Farel at Sala Trevi di Roma
“Truth is always in exile”, said Cioran, the exile par excellence, the Romanian thinker who lived exiled from his homeland but also from his adoptive country. And this is perfectly illustrated in the documentary Cori in esilio, winner of Prix Farel 2016 of Neuchatel,...
Germany: Discovery and ProSiebenSat.1 in a joint venture to develop a new Over the top service
The aim of the newly formed joint venture (50/50) between Discovery Communications and the German group ProSiebenSat.1 is that of strengthening the video and ott mobile market in Germany. The streaming service, starting from the second half of the year, will offer the...
Bif&st 2017: Aronadio, Serraiocco and Marinelli win first and second works sections.
The winners of the First and Second Works and International Panorama sections of the Bari Bif&st have been announced. Among the winners also films screened at MIA past editions. The winners are: Ettore Scola Award for the best direction:: Alessandro Aronadio for...
Mr Mercedes, a New TV Series Based on the Novel by Stephen King
A new series is on the way for next year, adapted from Stephen King novel Mr Mercedes. The TV series will have ten episodes and leading actors are Brendan Gleeson (known as the scary one-eyed Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter saga) and Harry Treadway (the mad...
