All articles by Michelle Hough
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Italian cinema admissions crash
Cinemaattendances plummeted in Italy by 18.05% in the first half of 2005 with a17.84% slump in box office, according to figures released by monitoring body,Cinetel. A grim-lookinggroup of Italian operators met in the centre of Rome to reflect on the firsthalf of the business year and promote their films for ...
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MGM takes legal action against Cecchi Gori
MGM is taking Italian film and TV giant Cecchi Gori Communications to court over non-payment on an output deal covering 200 films and television programmes currently being broadcast on Cecchi Gori-owned TV channel TeleMonteCarlo (TMC).MGM is claiming that it is still owed $10m (L20bn) from a $20m (L40bn) deal with ...
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Italian film suffers domestic box office decline
Admissions to Italian films dropped by almost 50% to 9 million in the eight months from August 1999 to March 2000, according to local trade body Cinetel, compared to 16 million the previous year.Total admissions fell by 1.5 million over the eight-month period, according to Cinetel which monitors 75% of ...
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Piracy stunting growth of Italian video market
Italy''s sell-through video market was worth (lira708bn) in 1999 - more than the beer and ice-cream markets - according to a report from trade organisation Univideo. The rental market in 1999 was worth (lira300bn). However the report also found that market growth is being restricted by piracy and the reluctance ...