8 subsidiary. Note that while Sky Group has agreed to buy ITV, the deal does not include ITV Studios. In the early months of 2026, VD sent nine films to Italian movie theaters, with one, Due Cuori e Una Capanna (Two Hearts and a Hut), generating €2.2 million at the box office. The nine films generated a combined boxoffice total of €4.71 million. Throughout the remainder of the year, VD released seven additional films. In 2025, VD produced and released 11 films, generating a total box office of €31.3 million and netting €12.6 million. Factoring in other revenue streams, such as broadcast and streaming rights, VD generated total revenue of €50.1 million in 2025, resulting in a profit of €3.3 million (U.S. $3.8 million). This marks a significant turnaround from 2024, when losses of €29.3 million prompted Sky Italia to inject €7.6 million into VD. According to published reports, as of August 2026, VD is searching for a new CEO after Massimo Proietti left the company in March to join Comcast’s Universal Pictures International Italy. VD’s toplevel structure currently consists of three executives of equal importance (pictured from l. to r.): Daniela Mauri, who joined VD in January as CFO; Simone D’Amelio Bonelli, who joined in May as COO; and Laura Mirabella, who joined VD in April 2017 and serves as CMO. Rome, Italy-based Vision Distribution (VD) isn’t ready to give VideoAge an interview and, according to a company official, is not planning to attend MIPCOM. However, based on published figures, some of them from financial daily ItaliaOggi, VD has become one of Italy’s largest film and TV production companies. It helps that VD is 68 percent controlled by Sky Italia, which in turn is owned by U.S.- based Comcast through its U.K.-based Sky Group. It also helps that VD has four additional partners, each owning eight percent of the company, who are among Italy’s major film producers: Cattleya, IIF, Palomar, and Wildside. Cattleya’s majority owner is the U.K.’s ITV Studios; IIF is a public company founded by the late Fulvio Lucisano; Palomar’s majority owner is France’s Mediawan; and Wildside’s majority owner is Germany’s Fremantle, which operates as a British An Italian Film Company Story With An American Ending (Continued from Page 6) cal tension, smaller TV groups would suffer, while large pan-European operators could strengthen, and mergers and partnerships to share infrastructure and costs would increase,” reported the EIB. A Russian Threat to the E.U. TV Sector VIDEOAGE October 2026 World Do you want distribution at MIP Cancun and ATF?
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