Former Italian Pubcaster RAI Chief Fabrizio Salini Joins Expanding Minerva Pictures (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Former RAI CEO Fabrizio Salini – who prior to running the Italian pubcaster held top posts at Sky, Fox International Channels, and Discovery Italy – has joined Italy’s Minerva Pictures, which is stepping up its expansion from film into the realms of TV and streaming content.
The veteran TV exec will become a board member at Rome-based Minerva, the production, digital publishing and distribution company headed by Gianluca Curti.
Minerva has been branching out into TV since 2019 when Santo Versace, who is the older brother of Gianni and Donatella Versace, decided to invest in the company, becoming chairman of its board.
Salini, besides joining the Minerva board, will be in charge of the company’s “business activities with broadcasters and streamers,” said Curti, who added that the exec has a mandate to explore opportunities that go beyond film, TV series and docs. “Historically we’ve never entered the field of premium TV shows and formats,” Curti told Variety. “With Fabrizio we will now have the opportunity to explore those fields, and will be able to do this across the entire spectrum of broadcasters and streamers.” “Another aspect of Fabrizio’s vast expertise that could open up new avenues for us is knowledge of the digital field, in which we have always been pioneers,” Curti said.
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