June/July 2023 6 season of Imma Tataranni. The second season of this series was licensed to Finland, while France’s Canal+ licensed the third season with an option on the fourth. Spain’s RTVE licensed 220 episodes of The Ladies’ Paradise and The Ladies’ Paradise Daily.” He went on to say that “buyers are awaiting the fourth season of My Brilliant Friend, which is currently filming in Naples and distributed by Rai Com for its second window in the CIS and CEE territories, in collaboration with Fremantle. [The first window is for coproducer HBO]” RTVE’s Acquisitions executive Milagros Mayi gave her own assessment: “Since I joined RTVE in 2016 I have attended the Screenings each year. RTVE always buys RAI content. We share the culture of public broadcasters. The first two seasons of The Ladies’ Paradise, which aired on our national channel, performed very well. Therefore, The Ladies’ Paradise Daily was added to our daytime programming. We will license the following seasons for both shows. Plus, Imma Tataranni is a success in Spain, and we are planning to re-broadcast the episodes in the summer and looking into its third season, as well as the third season of The Bastards of Pizzofalcone.” Eva Kamin, director of Acquisitions and Co-productions for Germany’s ZDF Studios, added: “The event was wonderfully framed by the beautiful city of Naples, which was a marvelous backdrop and unforgettable with the celebration of the home team win of football’s [soccer] Serie A national tournament.” Concluded Morad Koufane, head of International Scripted Series at France Télévisions: “I don’t know how you will do next year since you raised the bar so high this year with Rai Com Screenings in Naples: a magical location, a crazy historical moment for the city and, as always, efficient operational screenings for us buyers from all around the world.” Last month, Rai Com, the commercial division of RAI, Italy’s public broadcaster, welcomed over 50 buyers to its 30th annual Screenings. Held in the historic center of Naples May 3-5, 2023, at the Grand Hotel Oriente, the event attracted buyers from 17 countries, including executives from Australia and the U.S. Alessandro Ravani, Rai Com’s commercial director, offered an overview of the showcase: “The crime genre maintained its popularity and consolidated the results obtained by other popular Italian series, first among them Detective Montalbano, which delivers high ratings in Italy and in the rest of the world. Rai Com has been at the forefront of this trend from the 1980s with La Piovra. In addition, Inspector Ricciardi, Lolita’s Investigations, Hearts, and The Good Apprentice are among the various titles licensed in the U.K., the U.S., and by the Australian networks aggregator GSN.” He continued: “Similarly, MHZ Networks, which is the distributor of Montalbano in the U.S., is now picking up RAI’s TV movies, including Once Upon a Time in Vigata, based on Andrea Camilleri’s novel, and Vincenzo Malinconico - Italian Lawyer; plus the fourth season of The Bastards of Pizzofalcone. In addition, MHZ licensed the third Rai Com Screenings Light Up Naples World (Continued from Page 4) Detective Montalbano VideoAge’s Int’l TV Distribution Hall of Fame Fascinating Stories Honoring 10 Additional Executives Who Built An Industry Volume 2 By Dom Serafini Available in Print and e-Book
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