Agcom: one year time for Vivendi to reduce his share and chose either Mediaset or Telecom
After having established that the massive presence of the French group in both companies is against Italian antitrust rules as provided for by the Gasparri Law, Agcom has given Vivendi one year time to reduce its share to only one company, Mediaset or Telecom More...
Sorrento focuses on Comedy for the new edition of Incontri Internazionali del Cinema
Sorrento will host the 39th edition of Incontri Internazionali del Cinema, April 26 to 30. This year’s focus will be on Comedy. The event, directed by Remigio Truocchio, will be opened by Vincenzo Salemme. The program is very rich: on 27 the conference...
FNCF against Netflix: According to the Federation, Netflix participation at Cannes is unfair
The Fédération Nationale des Cinémas Français (FNCF) criticised the selection of Okia by Bong Joon-ho and The Meyerowitz Stories by Noah Baunbach for Cannes Film Festival. The two films’ sales have been secured by Netflix, who will broadcast them on its Svod...
Del Brocco: possible productions with China. Few films at Cannes, but it is not a tragedy
Paolo Del Brocco, GM of Rai Cinema, is at Beijing as member of the jury of the Beijing International Film Festival, where Italy presents Caffè by Cristiano Bortone (Orisa Produzioni, Rai Cinema, with the contribution of MiBACT, Savage Film, Road Pictures, China Blue...
Approval of Rai budget. The wage ceiling has been confirmed. Rai Ragazzi will be directed by Luca Milano
Rai Boards of Directors met yesterday in a stormy meeting: for the first time, the budget’s approval has not reached a unanimous consent: two out of the nine voting members gave a contrary opinion (Giancarlo Mazzucca of the Centre Right and Arturo Diaconal,...
BIF Market, first one in Europe for fantasy genre. Romain Roll:” a necessary market”
Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), which has hosted for three years the co-production market Frontières, will inaugurate this year (13 to 15 April) a new co-production market, the BIF market, the first one in Europe exclusively devoted to fantasy...
Dogman by Matteo Garrone, HanWay Film has bought world distribution rights
HanWay Film has bought the world distribution rights for the next film by Matteo Garrone, Dogman. The English company, who has already distributed Tale of Tales, is already committed with the project Pinocchio, always by Garrone, presently suspended until February...
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...
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