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ITALY / Mediaset: net income increase

The Mediaset Group ended the fiscal year 2014 with a net profit of €23.7 million, an increase of €8.9 million over 2013. Consolidated revenue remains almost unchanged: €3,414.4 billion against €3,414.7 billion in 2013. The group will donate a dividend of €0.02 per share. Debt declined from €1.4 billion to €861.4 million. Despite the recovery …

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ITALY / Partnerships needed for Alessandro Di Rienzo and Luca Manunza’s new documentary: “Il sindaco”

Alessandro Di Rienzo (director of “Ist’imariyah”, prize-winner at the 2006 PriMed) and Luca Manunza (media activist who has worked on environmental issues in Campania, and social movements in Turkey) are wrapped up in a documentary subject set in the luminous, yet darkly threatening south of Italy. The focus is an elderly former mayor, Mario Luise. …

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ITALY / Rai News stops broadcasting IS videos

The Italian newspaper “Il Tempo” reports Rai News group will stop showing Islamic State videos on its channel (Rai News 24) and on its website (Rainews.it). A decision taken to avoid spreading the terrorist organization’s propaganda. Monica Maggioni, the channel director, explains: “We have taken this decision after months of discussion with all of the …

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ITALY / Fininvest: Transfer of 7,8% of Mediaset

On February 12th the Berlusconi family holding company, Fininvest, announced it had sold 7.8% of Mediaset’s capital for €377.2 million, reducing its share from 41.28% to 33.4%. “The operation took place through an accelerated bookbuild to institutional investors at a price of €4.1 a share,” according to the statement. Sources: boursier.com et ansa.it  

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ITALY / Death of film-maker Francesco Rosi

Francesco Rosi, Italian film-maker, author of “Le Mani sulla città” winner of the Golden Lion at the 1963 Venice Film Festival, and “Il caso Mattei” winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1972, died on Saturday, January 10th at the age of 92. Born November 15th 1922 in Naples, he started in the world …

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ITALY / Funding from the Italian Ministry of Culture

On December 19th Italy’s Commissione per la Cinematografia, the film sub-commission of the Ministry of Culture, decided to give funding for feature-film projects and for first and second films. 10 feature films were recognized as having cultural interest and will share a total of 4.5 million euros. Among the films chosen are productions by Bellocchio, …

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