Sony has announced Pop, starting form May 4 also Italy will have the kids channel which has been a great hit in the UK
Pictures Television Networks (SPTN) has announced the Italian launch of Pop, their first free-to-air channel in our country. It will be on air starting from May 4 and will replace Neko TV, which has been acquired by Television Broadcasting System. Pop has already been...
Cannes, No Italian films in the competion for the Golden Palm. Castellitto and Zambrano will be present in Un Certain Regard
No Italian films will compete for the Golden Palm at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, whose official selections were announced earlier today (with the exception of the Semaine de la Critique and the Quinziane des Réalisateurs, whose selected films will be announced...
Giancarlo Leone is the new president of Associazione Produttori Televisivi
Giancarlo Leone was unanimously elected by Apt members as the new president of the Association. The appointment has been confirmed after the official nomination of 28 March. Leone is 61, and has been previously Rai Cinema General Manager, vice Director General of Rai...
The Turkish soap opera has seduced Italy: Luca Rochira, Fox Life:” perfect fiction for our audience”
As confirmed by the latest edition of MipTV at Cannes, despite the difficult political situation, Turkey has become a giant in the audivisual production: its TV products have reached an excellent level and, most importantly, they are ‘western’ enough to...
Five finalists for each category. Also some documentaries screened at MIA were present
The five finalists have been announced for the 7th edition of Doc/it Professional Award, offered to the best Italian documentary of the year organised by the Associazione Documentaristi Italiani, this year in collaboration with Roma Lazio Film Commission. This year...
Lisa Nishimura revolution: “On Netflix documentary is second only to TV series”
The Perugia Journalism Festival was attended by Lisa Nishimura, Netflix vice-president of documentary and comedy programming since 2007. Miss Nishimura was previously General Manager at Palm Pictures. A successful career that brought her to lead a big revolution: On...
Sembra mio figlio (MIA 2015) by Costanza Quadriglio, filming in Iran due to start on April 15
Sembra mio figlio, the film by Costanza Quadriglio presented at MIA | Cinema 2015, will be filmed in Iran from April 15. An Iran-Italy coproduction, the film is produced by Ascent film of Andrea Paris and Matteo Rovere with Rai Cinema, in coproduction with Cavia Film...
Vodafone TV broadens its offer: ten new partnership agreements
Vodafone TV, a service offered by Vodafone Italia which gathers traditional, on demand, and internet TV programs, has added new contents thanks to ten new agreements signed with Sony Pictures Television, 20th Century Fox, Lionsgate, BBC Worldwide, National Geographic,...
Online advertising surpasses linear TV ad in USA for the first time
The overtaking had already been announced and it is now confirmed by official data: last year, digital ad sales surpassed linear TV ad for the first time, and by a wide margin: 70 billion US dollars against 67 invested by the advertising industry on national and local...
Sky and 21st Century Fox, European authorities give the deal the green light: the UK stance is still pending
The European Commission Competition Authority has approved unconditionally Sky’s acquisition by 21st Century Fox. The proposed transaction aims at combining Sky plc (Sky), the UK’s most popular paid-TV operator in Germany, Austria, Ireland, Italy and the UK and...
Cartoons on the Bay, the Italian-French “Iqbal: Tale of Fearless Child” wins the 21st edition
The 21st edition of Cartoons on the Bay has come to an end in Turin, promoted by Rai and organized by Rai Com, in collaboration with the Piedmont Region, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, and FIP Film Investments Piemonte. The Festival showcased as well as 500 projects...
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