Sky Studios Forges Production Pact With Italy’s The Apartment – Variety

Six inmates protesting against coronavirus containment measures at a northern Italian prison have died after they broke into the infirmary and overdosed on methadone, police have said.

The Walt Disney Company and Italy’s Telecom Italia Mobile have announced a multi-year bundling deal under which the Disney Plus streaming service will be carried exclusively by the telecom’s TIMVision platform.

Walt Disney has signed a nonexclusive distribution deal for its streaming service Disney+ with Comcast-owned European pay TV giant Sky as part of a new multi-partnership between the companies. The fact that it is not exclusive means that other U.K.

Italy’s Fabio and Damiano D’Innocenzo, who just scooped screenwriting honors at the Berlin Film Festival for their dark drama “Bad Tales,” are set for their first TV series that will also mark the first Italian original produced in-house under the Sky Studios banner.

As concerns over the coronavirus outbreak grow, so has the number of TV and film productions impacted amid travel restrictions and health advisories. More than 90,000 cases have been reported so far in over 66 countries including China, Iran, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

As coronavirus continues its deadly march across the globe, the outbreak is wreaking havoc with Hollywood’s efforts to launch major movies and shows. In the process, companies are asking employees to delay work trips to countries such as China, Japan, Italy and South Korea, the regions that have been the most affected by the disease, and they are scuttling promotional campaigns for several upcoming blockbusters.

A 'small number' of pupils and staff at a Stockport school are self-isolating at home after returning from a trip to the Italian Alps.

Parents at a Highlands school have been issued with a coronavirus advice letter urging them to watch out for symptoms.