The Qatari beIN Media Group, a subsidiary of Al Jazeera, announced the imminent launch in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) of 24 new HD channels on its pay-TV platform, showing films, entertainment and youth programmes. Four of the channels have been available since November 1st : two beIN Movies channels and two beIN …
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On October 28th the Washington-based NGO, Freedom House, published its annual report on internet freedom in the world. Presented as a map, it gives an overview of the state of internet freedoms in the Mediterranean, assigning scores of 0 (total freedom) to 100 (no freedom) for each State. Syria (87) and Egypt (61) are rated …
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At its 140th meeting, last October in Tbilisi, the Executive Committee of the Council of Europe’s Eurimages Fund voted to support 14 feature film co-production projects, 2 animation films and 1 documentary for a total amount of €5,116,469. Among the supported feature films projects there is “Dita ze fill” (Daybreak) by Albanian director Gentian Koci …
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Dario Franceschini, the Italian Minister of Culture, presented the principal measures in the stability law passed by the cabinet and sent to the European Commission. It shows that “the Ministry of Culture’s budget will increase by 8% in 2016 and by 10% in 2017”. “Tax credits to support film and broadcasting will be strengthened: the …
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In a press release on October 5th, the video-on-demand service Netflix announced its first Italian co-production, “Suburra”, in partnership with the production company Cattleya and in collaboration with Rai. Cattleya is already busy with successful series such as “Gomorra” and “Romanzo Criminale”. “Suburra” is an adaptation of Stefano Sollima’s film of the same name released …
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Italy-Spain-Portugal / Netflix arrives The giant American video-on-demand provider, available since September 2014 in France and in more than 50 countries including 13 in Europe, is expanding its services to three new countries. In Spain Netflix will launch its platform on October 20th, in Portugal on October 21st and in Italy on October 22nd. An …
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The 27th URTI International Radio Grand Prix received a large number of entries from 28 countries on the theme “Multiculturalism”. The jury was made up of ten people from broadcasting, chaired by Mihaela Schefer, Head of International Projects at Radio Rai. They met in Turin (Italy) from September 20th to 22nd at the invitation of …
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