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Italy’s RAI Appoints Maria Pia Ammirati New Head of Drama, Ending Power Void
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentItalian state broadcaster RAI has announced the appointment of writer, journalist and top media industry executive Maria Pia Ammirati as its head of drama, ending the bureaucratic impasse hampering the local industry since her predecessor Eleonora Andreatta left to become vice president of Italian Original series at Netflix in June.RAI’s board has officially announced that Ammirati will replace Andreatta as head of RAI Fiction, the unit that produces roughly 70% of Italy’s scripted content, churning out about 500 hours of TV drama annually for RAI’s three main channels and, more recently, also its RAI Play streaming platform.Ammirati, similarly to Andreatta, represents a rare case of a woman who