With Tahir family Netflix bets on Saudi Arabia
The Saudi Tahir family has a fish market on the verge of bankruptcy in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah: will they be able to turn it into a profitable business? On this question unfolds the events of “Bait Tahir,” or “Tahir’s House,”...
The first selection of Feature films shortlisted for the European Film Awards 2023
In anticipation of the European Film Awards ceremony on December 9, 2023, the nineteen nominated productions have been shortlisted by the Council of the European Film Academy for the first part of the feature film selection for 2023. Further titles will be announced...
Jonathan Schneider named Invisible Universe Studio president
Animation studio Invisible Universe, also famous for developing Jennifer Aniston’s schnauzer character Clyde, a supporter of the project along with Serena Williams, has appointed Jonathan Schneider, a former Skydance and Disney executive, as its new president....
Stepne and Animal in the prize list of the Locarno Film Festival
The 76th Locarno Film Festival closes with a decidedly positive balance sheet, thanks to a 14.3% increase in screening attendance over the previous year, which translated into numbers is 146.930 spectators. Attendance by industry professionals also grew by 31% and...
Growing number of SVOD subscriptions in Africa. Netflix in the lead
Svod subscriptions, which stands for Subscription video on demand, in English-speaking Africa are growing rapidly, so much so that they are estimated to reach 18 million subscribers by 2029, up from 8 million at the end of 2023. Digital TV Research, the U.K.-based...
Canada’s MarbleMedia and Blue Ant Media merge into one internationally competitive studio
Something is happening on the Canadian audiovisual scene, and it is of enormous dimensions. Canadian production and distribution company Blue Ant Media, a leader in factual and unscripted content, has acquired MarbleMedia. The former has been in business since 2011...
Subscription with advertising is coming to Disney+
Disney+, as happened a few months ago with Netflix, is also about to launch a subscription plan with advertising in Italy, raising the prices of other subscriptions. As of November 1, 2023, in fact, in Italy, the UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Norway, Sweden...
Announced the program of the 80th Venice International Film Festival
From August 30, the 80th Venice International Film Festival 2023, scheduled to run until September 9, will begin. Tickets for screenings will be available only from August 11, but in the meantime it is best to study the program for the public, which has just been...
Artificial intelligence, innovative collaborations in the world of media and communications
The topic of artificial intelligence is now more divisive than ever: while calls are coming in to place restrictions on its use, as intimated by the Hollywood actors’ strike, news from the world of media and communications is talking instead about innovative...
New opportunities for Swiss Film Industry
In order to create new opportunities for Swiss independent cinema, a law that required local TV companies to invest 4 percent of their revenues generated in Switzerland in this sector will be amended, extending this obligation to streamers such as Prime Video and...
The agreement between Paramount global and KKR for the sale of Simon & Schuster
The agreement between Paramount Global and KKR to purchase the Simon & Schuster publishing house has been signed. Jonathan Karp, head of the publishing house, said in the press release announcing the news: “With KKR’s support, we look forward to...
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