


Box Office Semptember 11-17. A Haunting in Venice, a stellar second place
Oppenheimer, for the fourth consecutive week, is still at the top of the chart, with a gain of €2,185,522. Nolan’s film is followed by A Haunting in Venice, released on 14 September in cinemas, which grossed €2,029,066. The film, a screen adaptation of the 1969...
Japan, New Incentives for International Audiovisual Productions
Japan launches a new series of aids for audiovisual productions in the country: guaranteed reimbursements of up to 50% of the costs incurred. This is the new initiative launched by METI, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and two of the main audiovisual agencies...
Hulu is going to be sold to Disney+
Hulu, popular U.S. VoD platform, is on its way to being permanently sold to The Walt Disney Company. However, the official amount for the platform’s handover will not be revealed until Sept. 30. This is according to a statement signed by Comcast and Disney...
AI and Audiovisual. Opportunities and risks – Part 3 of 4 – Copyright
On copyright law, the enormous opportunities presented by artificial intelligence raise great challenges to legal systems. And if they fail to engage in an active effort to keep up with the latest technological developments, the road to harmonizing the law with...
MIA 2023 first speakers unveiled
The first speakers of MIA 2023 were unveiled, among them 3 women featured in 3 key sessions: Nicole Clemens, Sara Bernstein and Marge Dean. Nicole Clemens, President of Paramount Television Studios (PTVS) and Paramount+ Original Scripted Series who oversees a robust...
UK, Pact’s prediction for 2023 turnover
U.K. television industry turnover may experience an hard setback in 2023, after well over £3 million in 2022. Such as emerges from data of the annual census of Pact, U.K. industry association for independent producers of feature film, television, animation,...
Italian Ministry of Culture, Borgonzoni: Pnrr’s 155-million plan closed
“On schedule, the 155-million-euro Pnrr plan for the Italian Ministry of Culture is concluded. The response to the last two public notices gives us another positive result, sealing a path started last autumn and aimed at giving new impetus to cultural and...
Digital TV Research, $215 billion revenues for OTT by 2029
OTT episode and TV film sales will reach a total of $215bn revenues by 2029, up 33% from the 2023 figure of $162m. This is predicted by the Global OTT TV and Video Forecasts compiled by Digital TV Research, the company founded in 2011 by Simon Murray that provides...
Telfaz11 leads the expansion of Saudi cinema
As soon as Saudi Arabia decided to reopen cinemas at the end of 2017, the production studio Telfaz11, led by Fadan, Al Khairallah, and Ali Kalthami, took the helm of cinema expansion. Suffice it to say that the comedy “Sattar”, in which a depressed man...
Box Office September 4-10. Oppenheimer still on top of podium
Another first place for Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Oppenheimer, which does not hint at leaving the top of the chart for the third week in a row, earning €4,604,346. In second place is The Nun 2, the latest installment in James Wan’s highly successful...