Sky: commercials are increasing
“After July has grown 5% compared to the same month in 2016, net of the European Football Championship, we estimate we close the tax year with a positive sign” states Advertising Director Daniele Ottier during the press conference for the presentation of the schedules...
A record-breaking “Grande Fratello VIP” (“Celebrity Big Brother”)
Director of Canale 5 Giancarlo Schieri commented on the record-breaking TV ratings of Grande Fratello VIP (Celebrity Big Brother): “This is the second year and it’s another huge achievement. There was a great expectation and the record numbers collected yesterday on...
Netflix and the investigative journalism
Netflix strikes back. After Amanda Knox, the documentary film on the murder of Meredith Kercher, after Making a Murderer, on the assassination of Teresa Halbach, and The Keepers, on the unsolved homicide of the nun Sister Cathy Cesnik, the streaming giant announces it...
“The Music of Silence” (“La Musica del Silenzio”): the biopic on Andrea Bocelli
The world wants the truth and the television and cinematographic storytelling fits to this new trend. The successful docu-series Ignoto 1, on the hunt for Yara Gambirasio’s killer, followed by the sought-after Mafia Capitale, reconstructing the Roman crime network led...
Emmy Awards: the 69th edition
This year again, the long-awaited event awarding the world of television has come. The Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles will host the 69th edition of the Emmy Awards on September 17, 2017. The event will be hosted by Stephen Colbert and broadcasted on live TV by...
TV: music beats the decreasing summer ratings
Tomorrow “Il Paradiso delle Signore” (that reached almost 5.5 million viewers in 2016) and “Grande Fratello Vip” (more than 4.2 million viewers) will usher in the season of mainstream TVs. This concludes the summer season. There has been a fall...
Discovery expands: new programmes and commercials increasing by almost 10%
The TV network Discovery, with a daily rating of 7.2%, heightens its presence in the Italian market, by focusing on its TV channels: Nove, Real Time, DMax and Giallo. This would ensure a net advertising revenue including nearly 225 million euros this year, increased...
“Gatta Cenerentola”: the excellence of the Italian animation conquers Venice
“Gatta Cenerentola” by Alessandro Rak, Ivan Cappiello, Marino Guarnieri and Dario Sansone lands in the Orizzonti section of the 74th Venice Film Festival. The excellence of the Italian animation conquers the lagoon with a standing ovation. The story of...
Roberto Saviano to debut on Discovery Italia with “Kings of Crime”, a factual series on Mafia and drug trafficking
After being on Rai Tre and La7, Roberto Saviano lands on Discovery (Nove, Focus, Eurosport, Realtime, DMax) with a new TV programme. From 4 October, the Neapolitan writer will be on Nove with “Kings of Crime”, a factual series (investigative-documentary) about Mafia...
Brutti e Cattivi: Claudio Santamaria and his gang of thieves at Venice 74.
It’s clear that Claudio Santamaria is the undisputed masked hero of the silver screen. After They Call Me Jeeg(Lo ChiamavanoJeeg Robot), he turns into a peculiar superhero again: crippled, bald and battered. Directed by Cosimo Gomez (winner of the Solinas Award in...
Cinema Law: the Mibact presents the implementing decrees
General Director of Cinema at Mibact Nicola Borrelli has presented the content of the implementing decrees of the Cinema Law at Venice. Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism Dario Franceschini has signed 19 of the total 21 decrees so far: the...
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