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...
Green Screen, the first podcast for the green transition of festivals
The issue of sustainability is increasingly felt in the festival system, so much so that AFIC – Associazione Festival Italiani di Cinema, in March 2022, had drafted together with its members the “Green Festival Guide,” a document to orient this type...
Paramount+ aims to become a leading global streamer
Streaming platform Paramount+ has announced the global launch of internationally produced original content. Series titles produced outside the United States will be available globally as early as September: this is the case with the British drama The Gold, which will...
Mother Vera wins Creativity Media First Look at Locarno
Mother Vera, the documentary directed by Cécile Embleton and Alys Tomlinson won the prestigious Creativity Media First Look Award at the Locarno Film Festival. “From the very first moments of this film, we were immediately attracted by the raw and...
Box office 31 July – 06 August. Barbie breaks through the $1 billion box office mark
Barbie topped the charts again this week and brought home a brilliant new result. The live action based on Mattel’s famous doll, released just three weeks ago, has broken through the $1 billion mark in worldwide box office. The record also concerns the...
Amazon invests over $7 billion in Israel to launch its Amazon Web Services
Tech giant Amazon is planning an investment of about $7.2 billion by 2037 in Israel and has launched its Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centers, cloud platforms capable of sending applications running and storing data directly in the country’s infrastructure....
Agreement is reached at the Anica table on the contract for voice actors
An agreement was reached at the Anica table between the unions and employers on the contract for voice actors, which provides for wage increases in the range of 15-18 percent, within an overall increase of 30 percent. “The parties have come to the signing of an...
Amazon Studios extends Nicole Morganti’s role to southern Europe
Nicole Morganti, Head of Amazon Originals – scripted and unscripted – for Italy, will continue to lead Amazon Studios, extending her role to the Southern European region, spanning Italy, France, and Spain. Morganti had joined the Amazon Studios team in...
