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Sky Italia
Fox names new Italian chief
Fox International Channels has named Fabrizio Salini as the new managing director of its Italian…
Commission starts TV rights probe
Formal antitrust proceedings to examine programming agreements between US studios and European pay TV broadcasters…
News brief: Banijay launches Italian producer
Banijay Group has launched an Italian production company with local producer Filipo Cipriano. Banijay will…
News brief: Starz making US version of Italian mob series
US cable net Starz has greenlit a local version of Italian mob drama Romanzo Criminale….
Raft of post-MIPCOM sales and new shows for DQ Entertainment
DQ Entertainment has concluded a raft of programme sales and is working on a slate…
UK, Dutch vendors acquire Beta’s mafia series
Distribution companies in the UK and the Netherlands have acquired local all-rights packages to Gomorrah,…
Beta Film takes on the Mafia
Italian crime writer Roberto Saviano, whose mafia exposé Gomorrah lead to death threats, tells Jesse…
Sky Deutschland, HBO buy mafia series Gomorrah
Beta Film has confirmed a deal with HBO Nordic for its Italian crime series Gomorrah….
Sky Italia channels boss leaves for Tata
Paolo Agostinelli, a senior channels executive at Sky Italia, is leaving the Italian pay TV…
Rai loses legal battle with Sky Italia
Italian public broadcaster RAI has lost its appeal against a court ruling that it should…