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...
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...
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