Ampere Analysis, European OTT subscriptions overtake American by 2024

Ampere Analysis, European OTT subscriptions overtake American by 2024

Western Europe will become the second continent by number of OTT subscribers by 2024, surpassing the North American figure. Asia will remain firmly in first place. This is reported by Ampere Analysis, the analysis company that follows the audiovisual, video game and...
Japan, New Incentives for International Audiovisual Productions

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 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...
MIA 2023 first speakers unveiled

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

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,...
Digital TV Research, $215 billion revenues for OTT by 2029

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

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

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...
Venezia 80, double win for the movie El Paraiso

Venezia 80, double win for the movie El Paraiso

The film El Paraiso by Enrico Maria Artale wins two awards in the Orizzonti section, the second section of the 2023 Venice Film Festival dedicated to new cinema trends. Enrico Maria Artale wins the Orizzonti Award for Best Screenplay while the Orizzonti Award for Best...