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Format

Italian–French–British–French Again: The Format Game Across Borders

Italian–French–British–French Again: The Format Game Across Borders

It all began with Campanile Sera , an Italian game show that was broadcast on Programma Nazionale — the only one at the time — from 1959 to 1962. It was a comedic game in which contestants from towns ...

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Scripted

ZDF Studios Vampire Drama Love Sucks to Premiere on France Télévisions

ZDF Studios Vampire Drama Love Sucks to Premiere on France Télévisions

French viewers are in for a blood-curdling treat as France Télévisions snaps up ZDF Studios’ vampire drama Love Sucks (8 x 30’). Winner of the Bernd Burgemeister TV Production Award in Germany for BEST ...

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Factual

Spirit Studios, Hearst Networks EMEA, BossaNova Media Team Up to Co-Produce Docudrama Ed Gein: Original Psycho for Crime+Investigation (UK)

Spirit Studios, Hearst Networks EMEA, BossaNova Media Team Up to Co-Produce Docudrama Ed Gein: Original Psycho for Crime+Investigation (UK)

Spirit Studios, Hearst Networks EMEA and BossaNova Media announced a new true crime docudrama exploring the twisted mind of the killer who inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence ...

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Kids

MIFA 2025 - A New Season For Edmond And Lucy With A Format Designed To aBoost Event Programming And Strengthen The IP

MIFA 2025 - A New Season For Edmond And Lucy With A Format Designed To aBoost Event Programming And Strengthen The IP

During its press conference at the Annecy International Animation Festival, France Télévisions announced the greenlight of Season 2 of Edmond And Lucy , the preschool series produced by MIAM! animation. ...

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News in Pictures

ZDF Studios Vampire Drama Love Sucks to Premiere on France TélévisionsSpirit Studios, Hearst Networks EMEA, BossaNova Media Team Up to Co-Produce Docudrama Ed Gein: Original Psycho for Crime+Investigation (UK)Chicco Toma Appointed New Head of Sales at Hub4BrandItalian TOP 10 (Jun 9-15, 2025): Football match Italia VS Moldavia dominates the chart (#1) followed by music event TIM Summer Hits (#2); double presence for Turkish dramas (#4, #5); game Avanti un Altro! in prime time closed (#8)Taormina Film Festival 2025 Closed with a  Triumphant 71st EditionThat’s (AI) Entertainment! Monte-Carlo Panel Unpacks the Creative Revolution and Disruption Brought by Artificial IntelligenceSat, Jun 14, 2025: Rai 1Fri, Jun 13, 2025: On Rai 1 debuted Season 4 of music event TIM Summer Hits (18%); Turkish drama Tradimento (15.3%)Virginia Mouseler at Rio2C: Global Eyes with a Local Heart – A Vision for the Future of Audiovisual Storytelling
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People

Chicco Toma Appointed New Head of Sales at Hub4Brand

Chicco Toma Appointed New Head of Sales at Hub4Brand

Chicco Toma , former Commercial Director at Sky Media, has been appointed Head of Sales at Hub4Brand, a company owned by MNcomm that specializes in communication projects connecting brands, talent, and ...

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Industry

Taormina Film Festival 2025 Closed with a  Triumphant 71st Edition

Taormina Film Festival 2025 Closed with a Triumphant 71st Edition

The curtain has fallen on the 71st edition of the Taormina Film Festival (June 10-14, 2025), a landmark event in Italy’s cultural calendar that returned in full force under the artistic direction of Tiziana ...

Markets

That’s (AI) Entertainment! Monte-Carlo Panel Unpacks the Creative Revolution and Disruption Brought by Artificial Intelligence

That’s (AI) Entertainment! Monte-Carlo Panel Unpacks the Creative Revolution and Disruption Brought by Artificial Intelligence

On the opening day of the business program of the 64th Monte-Carlo TV Festival, one panel at the Grimaldi Forum stood out and at the same time embodied the transformation of the TV industry: the panel ...