''Popcorn'' was an Italian pop music show which ran 1980–1985 on
Canale 5
Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a ...
produced by Berlusconi's
Fininvest
Finanziaria d'investimento Fininvest S.p.A., also known as Fininvest, is an Italian holding company controlled by the Berlusconi family and managed by Silvio Berlusconi's eldest daughter Marina Berlusconi.
Structure
The Fininvest group is com ...
. Hosts included
Sammy Barbot, Tiziana Fiorveluti,
Claudio Cecchetto,
Augusto Martelli
Augusto Martelli (15 March 1940 – 3 November 2014) was an Italian composer, conductor, arranger and television personality.
Born in Genoa, the son of conductor and composer Giordano Bruno Martelli, Martelli is probably best known for the song ...
, Italy-based US singer
Ronnie Jones and English actress
Karina Huff.
[Gianni Sibilla ''Musica da vedere: il videoclip nella televisione italiana'' 1999 p.184 "Sulle reti Mediaset va registrato Pop Corn (Canale 5), inizialmente presentato da Claudio Cecchetto. Altro spazio non specificatamente videomusicale ma con spazi per i clip è Superclassifica Show, presente ancora oggi con il nome Super."]
References
Pop music television series
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