Screen
Michelle Hough
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Italian cinema admissions crash
21-Jun-2005
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. -
MGM takes legal action against Cecchi Gori
24-Mar-2000
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). -
Italian film suffers domestic box office decline
22-Mar-2000
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. -
Piracy stunting growth of Italian video market
17-Mar-2000
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).
