Netflix Italy, €617 million in revenues in 2022
Revenues boom for Netflix Italy: the Italian branch of the streaming giant recorded revenues of €617 million in 2022 compared to €59 million in 2021. This jump is linked to the birth in 2021 of Netflix services Italy srl, which for the past two years has moved the...
AI and Audiovisual. Opportunities and risks – Part 2 of 4
The launch of ChatGpt (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) in November 2022 was the turning point around which the enormous opportunities associated with the development of AI have become entwined. Machine learning has become the free zone where geopolitics meets...
€1 million to French-Italian audiovisual productions
Today, 7 September, opens the second session to participate in the call for applications set up by the Italian Ministry of Culture together with the French National Film Centre to support film and television initiatives between Italy and France. The €1,000,000 budget...
Second Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days at AJB DOC coming soon
From 9 to 11 September 2023, the second edition of Al Jazeera Documentary Industry Days at AJB DOC will take place, the event that promotes the dissemination and development of the documentary genre by bringing together the main players in the field. The festival will...
Investment firm Liberty Strategic Capital acquires 5.5 percent of Lionsgate
A package of shares in Lionsgate, the U.S.-based studios group that owns the pay channel Starz, have been acquired by Liberty Strategic Capital, the Washington, D.C.-based firm that invests in technology companies. The investment, amounting to about $30.8 million,...
Regione Piemonte, €1.5 million for audiovisual productions
The second session of the Piemonte Film Tv Fund, the fund set up by Regione Piemonte to support the audiovisual sector, opened on Monday 4 September 2023 with an endowment of €1,500,000. Only small and medium-sized film and audiovisual companies based in Piedmont can...
AI and Audiovisual. Opportunities and risks – Part 1 of 4
From the 25th birthday, celebrated this month, of the US giant Google, to the birth of ChatGpt: artificial intelligence (AI), in the last quarter of a century, has moved on the high-speed tracks, building a new and much more complex world around us. Technological...
New trend. None of the 3 highest grossing movies are sequel
There are some news in the Box Office worldwide this year, none of the top 3 global highest-grossing movies till today are sequel, this is the first time this has happened since 2001. Despite Barbie and Super Mario Bros. Movie are movies that derive from well-known...
Animation in Italy, €200 million turnover
The Italian animation sector is experiencing a moment of growth, with a total turnover of €200 million and a 30% increase in employment compared to 2018. This is what the data presented during the panel NEXT GENERATION MOVIE CREATIVES: FROM SCHOOL TO SHOWBIZ. A...
Box Office 28 August – 3 September. Oppenheimer stays on top
Christopher Nolan’s latest success Oppenheimer remains stable at the top of the standings with a collection of 8,938,233 euros, definitively ousting Barbie by Greta Gerwig which takes in 881,915 euros, leaving first place behind her but not abandoning the...
Fremantle and IBI investment House launch a €150m fund
Fremantle and Israeli financier IBI investment House begin partnership to launch a €150m (USD160m) fund to finance international film and scripted TV projects. During a four-year deal Fremantle and IBI Fund will work closely creating a funding model to fast-track the...
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