US cable net SundanceTV has acquired the first two seasons of Italian crime drama Gomorrah. The first season, which comprises twelve episodes, will premiere on the AMC Networks-owned channel this summer. SundanceTV acquired the drama from The Weinstein Company, which has rights in North America. Germany’s Beta Films sells the show in most international territories, […]
Distribution companies in the UK and the Netherlands have acquired local all-rights packages to Gomorrah, the Beta Films-sold remake of the Italian mafia expose novel of the same name. Arrow Films in the UK and Holland’s Luminere, both best know as film distributors, have acquired the 12-part series. The deals both include pay TV sales […]
Beta Film has confirmed a deal with HBO Nordic for its Italian crime series Gomorrah. TBI first reported HBO had picked up the mafia drama, which is from Roberto Saviano, the journalist behind the book and feature of the same name. Beta Film distributes Gomorrah the series and officially announced the HBO deal at MIPCOM […]
Telecom Italia has said it is in exclusive negotiations with Italian media firm Cairo Communications over the sale of its free-to-air station La7. The telco has rejected an approach from luxury goods tycoon Diego Della Valle and a bid from Clessidra, the finance house that, with Mediaset, made a move for Endemol last year. Cairo […]
Italian entrepreneur and Diego Della Valle has expressed a serious interest in La7, the Italian free-to-air station owned by Telecom Italia. Della Valle, who has publicly expressed his opposition to media baron and politician Silvio Berlusconi, said he wanted to preserve the independence of La7 and his move for the channel should be considered a […]
