ISAN ITALIA Encoding

ISAN (International Standard Audiovisual Number) is an ISO standard numbering system which enables the identification, management and cataloguing of film and audiovisual works through a unique, internationally recognized and permanent reference number. Italian agency ISAN ITALIA SRL ‒ a result of the synergy between ANICA Servizi SRL (Associazione Nazionale delle Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive e Multimediali ‒ National Association of Cinematographic, Audiovisual and Multimedia Industries) and APT Servizi SRL (Associazione Produttori Televisivi ‒ Association of Television Producers), with the collaboration of SIAE (Società Italiana degli Autori ed Editori ‒ Italian Society of Authors and Publishers) ‒ was established with the aim of implementing the ISAN system in .

The ISAN Italia agency is delighted to announce the support of the FILM COMMISSION Foundation of ROME, the PROVINCES and in the promotion of ISAN system registration for all film and audiovisual content produced within the Lazio region, with an invitation to productions operating at regional level to register their work titles with the ISAN system.

Each work title registered on the system (ISAN) costs 12 euros, followed by 6 euros for each subsequent version or secondary distribution format of the same work (V‐ISAN).

The FILM COMMISSION Foundation of ROME, the PROVINCES and LAZIO, was founded in February 2007, brought about by Lazio Region, Municipality of Rome, , Province of , Province of and with its goal to “ encourage national and foreign companies in the film and audiovisual sector to invest and produce in the Rome region, to jointly promote the image of Rome and Lazio,...to increase awareness of its natural and cultural heritage and tourism, and to foster greater competitiveness in the region...” (Founding statement of the Rome and Lazio Film Commission).

Thanks to the invaluable support provided by the Film Commission Foundation of Rome, the Provinces and Lazio in encouraging producers to introduce ISAN codes, even the specific content produced in the Lazio region will gain additional benefit from the overall advantages brought by a standard international numbering system, useful in all resulting respects (for example cataloguing, international identification, recognition of legal benefits, self‐ certification).

ISAN Italia SRL Capital stock € 50,000 fully paid up Viale Regina Margherita 286, 00198 Roma Tel. +39 06 4425961 VAT Registration and Tax Code No. 10096141006 Economic and Administrative Index No. 1209599