Suburra, the prequel TV series to 2015 film on Netflix and Rai1 this fall.
Set the date in fall 2017 for one of the most anticipated Netflix titles of the year: based on the novel by Bonini and De Cataldo and prequel to the 2015 film by Stefano Sollima, Suburra (Cattleya, Rai Fiction) will be distributed on the streaming platform and then on...
Facebook becomes a TV: Teen shows coming up by the end of the summer.
The objective is two fold: to grow a video-related business which it is interesting in for a while, and to have a portion of the TV advertising spending (about tens of billions of dollars). Facebook has entered the audiovisual market too. After Netflix (House of...
APT objects to the extension of split payment
Split payment is the new VAT payment method introduced by the Italian financial act of 2015. This method applies in relations between private companies and public administration. This type of payment was used to reduce VAT evasion by ensuring that the public entity...
Netflix launches interactive storytelling to let baby spectators rewrite the plot
On-demand stories are the newest provocation by Netflix. From now on, users will be able to rewrite both the end and the actions of characters and Puss in Boots will be the first interactive story, maybe as a homage to the historic headquarters of Los Gatos in...
Netpitch Television: a project by APT and WGI
The TV one-to-one pitch session Netpitch Television took place on 22 June 2017 at Villa Blanc; the project was created by APT (Television Producers Association) and WGI (Writers Guild Italia). Sponsored by RAI Fiction, Mediaset, Fox Networks Group, 100Autori, Anac and...
2016 show business data collected by SIAE
The Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (SIAE) has released show business data from the previous year and presented its usual yearbook. The analysis of data on box office confirms the increase of entertainment activity in Italy. Both the number of shows (+...
IDM: 14 films selected for the 2017 second call, 9 of them are Italian projects
Fourteen new projects have been selected for a total appropriation of 2,2 million Euros during the 2017 second call of IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige Film Fund &Commission (BLS). These projects will bring a total of 172 days of shooting in the Alto Adige region. Nine...
CineEurope, exhibitors create Global Cinema Federation to represent the interests of cinema operators.
The creation of Global Cinema Federation has been announced at CineEurope in Barcelona: a union of eleven exhibitor chains and two international associations representing commercial interests of the entire sector. Mexican group Cinépolisis leading the federation and...
Co-production agreement between Rai and France Télévisions
An important agreement for the development of co-production projects between Rai and France Télévisions has been presented this morning at Rai headquarters in Viale Mazzini. The agreement has been signed by the highest levels of the public broadcasters (Italian...
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Alpha, the De Agostini Editore group’s new man’s interest channel.
The De Agostini Editore group, owner of satellite channels DeAKids and DeAJunior (on Sky channel 601 and 623) and the free-to-air teen channel Super! (on DTT channel 47), has announced that its new free-to-air channel Alpha will be launched next fall. The man’s...
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