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The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday will release its plan for reversing rules that require internet service providers to treat all content equally.

Sorgente: FCC Plans to Gut Net Neutrality, Allow Internet ‘Fast Lanes’

Ampere Analysis has found a strong willingness to pay for sports content and of those 42% that enjoy watching sport, the vast majority would be willing to pay

Sorgente: Vast majority of fans willing to pay regularly for sports

Disney Animation and Pixar chief John Lasseter is taking a leave of absence for six months after admitting “missteps,” following allegations of misconduct levelled against him.

Sorgente: Lasseter steps back at Disney, Pixar

Brazilian hospital drama Bajo Presión (Under Pressure) takes the medical genre to new levels of authenticity, using real-life stories and filming at a disused hospital. DQ hears from creator Jorge Furtado and artistic director Andrucha Waddington about producing this ‘genuinely Brazilian’ series.
For all the talk that nobody watches linear television these days, ignoring traditional schedules to catch up in their own time, one series has proven beyond doubt it is still possible for a family – heck, a nation – to share the experience of watching a drama series together.

When it first aired in July, Brazilian medical drama Bajo Presión (Under Pressure) attracted an astonishing 44 million viewers. At a time when there are more ways to watch television and more shows to watch than ever before, five out of 10 households across the country tuned in to Globo’s fast-paced series, set in a run-down hospital in the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro.

Coproduced by Globo and Conspiração and distributed by Globo International, the nine-part series follows a team of doctors torn between their personal conflicts, the difficulties of their profession and the surprising dramas behind each patient as they attempt to save lives.

Here, creator Jorge Furtado and artistic director Andrucha Waddington, who also directed a movie that preceded the series, tell DQ about the origins and production of the show.

tagged in: Andrucha Waddington, Bajo Presión (Under Pressure), Conspiração, Globo, Globo International, Jorge Furtado

Sorgente: Medical marvel

Lorenzo the Magnificent takes centre stage in the second chapter of Renaissance drama Medici: Masters of Florence. As filming continues apace in Tuscany, DQ speaks to the star and producers of the Rai series, which has built a worldwide audience on Netflix.

The life of Lorenzo de Medici is widely associated with the golden age of the Renaissance. Politician, diplomat, magnate, he was also a patron of scholars, artists and poets. Who better, then, than Lorenzo the Magnificent, as he was known, to be at the centre of the next season of Medici: Masters of Florence.

The series – Medici: Masters of Florence – The Magnificent to give it its full title – begins in Florence in 1469, when an attempt on Piero de Medici’s life forces his son, Lorenzo, to assume leadership of the family-run bank.

Once in power, young Lorenzo resolves to do things differently. With his brother Giuliano and young artist Sandro Botticelli at his side he abandons the cynical politics of the past to usher in a new era of creative and political revolution. This sparks conflict with the head of Florence’s other powerful banking family, Jacopo Pazzi, leading to one of the most notorious political intrigues in history: the infamous Pazzi conspiracy.

tagged in: Big Light Productions, Daniel Sharman, Dustin Hoffman, Fear The Walking Dead, Frank Spotnitz, Luca Bernabei, Lux Vide, Medici: Masters of Florence, Medici: Masters of Florence – The Magnificent, Rai, Richard Madden

Sorgente: Simply Magnificent

These global gems were honored at the 2017 Epica Awards

There’s certainly no shortage of stellar storytelling and wry humor in today’s advertising world, but few have time to sift through the internet sludge each day to find those nuggets of quality.

Luckily, the Epica Awards, selected by a jury of international advertising journalists (including myself), offers a nice chance near the end of each year to recognize ads that you might have overlooked when they debuted in their home markets.

You can check out all of this year’s winners here, but we’ve collected a few of the funniest spots below, representing work from 11 nations.

More than two-thirds of those specialising in advertising operations would reinvent the process of video campaign activation from scratch if given the opportunity, according to a study from Extreme Reach.

Sorgente: Research reveals major inefficiencies in video ad ops

In a further ramping up of its current momentum that has bolstered its bouquet, Amazon Prime Video is to become the exclusive home to select AMC Studios series to customers in Germany, Italy, Japan, India, Australia, New Zealand and 22 other territories.

Sorgente: Amazon Prime Video inks exclusive international output agreement with AMC Studios

tagged in: Alexander Kessel, Better Than Us, Channel One, Sputnik Vostok, Yellow Black and White

Sorgente: Robot wars

Indiana Jones can direct traffic and save a woman from a car wreck.

Sorgente: Harrison Ford Plays Hero Once More

‘The steel beast is dead, peasants! I’ve set you all free!’

Sorgente: 17 Things You Never Knew About Disney’s ‘Enchanted’

Looking for a burst of motivation when the going gets tough? These inspirational quotes will help you keep pursuing your dreams.

Sorgente: 40 Top Motivational Quotes to Inspire You to Greater Determination and Perseverance

We’ve got a couple new TV spots for Star Wars: The Last Jedi for you to watch, and I have no doubt that they won’t be the last. The first spot mostly puts the focus on John Boyega’s Finn waking up for the first time since Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren slashed him up in battle with his Lightsaber. He obviou

Sorgente: Finn Wakes Up in New Promo Spot For STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI – “I Was Raised to Fight”