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New French media regulator Arcom begins work
French media regulator the CSA and anti-piracy watchdog the Hadopi have now officially combined to…
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France’s CSA serves notice on 20% content commitment with top streamers
France’s audiovisual media regulator the CSA has begun implementing the EU’s Audiovisual Media Services Directive…
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Iliad Telecom appealing to EC on TF1-M6 merger
French and international service provider Iliad Telecom, parent of Free, is appealing for the European…
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French media regulator CSA to absorb HADOPI to become ARCOM
French media regulator the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) is to change its name to…
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CSA launches consultation on interactive DTT as cable channels protest new obligations
French media regulator the CSA has launched a new public consultation on the development of…
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Canal+ news channel hit by Zemmour ban
In a move that will primarily impact Canal+’s CNews channel, French media regulator the CSA…
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European Commission takes issue with planned French SVOD rules
The European Commission has expressed reservations about France’s plans to implement in national law new…
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Canal+ at odds with regulator over hate speech fine
French pay TV operator Canal+ has hit out with claims that media regulator the CSA…
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Canal+ to stay on digital-terrestrial in France
French pay TV operator Canal+ has secured agreement from media regulator the Conseil Supérieur de…
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Canal+ apples for new DTT licence despite reservations
French pay TV operator Canal+ has applied to renew its digital-terrestrial licence when it expires…
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French watchdog consults on spectrum as France Ô heads for closure
France’s ministry of culture has officially asked media regulator the CSA to withdraw the digital-terrestrial…
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Delphine Ernotte secures second term as France Télévisions chief
French media regulator the CSA has given Delphine Ernotte-Cunci a new five-year term as director-general…
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France Télévisions chief candidates set out their stall
French media regulator the CSA has shortlisted eight candidates for the post of the next…
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Altice France gets green light for more local TV acquisitions
French media regulator the CSA has given the green light for service provider and media…
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CSA intervenes in Canal+ dispute over sale of movie to Amazon Prime
French media regulator the CSA has intervened to secure the amicable resolution of a dispute…
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Coronavirus: CSA chief says regulator will extend tolerance on production obligations
French media regulator the CSA has said it will extend an element of tolerance and…
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Conseil d’État confirms Altice France was wrong to air Champions League final on BFMTV
France’s Conseil d’État has confirmed that Altice France-owned BFMTV broke the terms of its convention…
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New French media law to oblige Netflix to invest in local production
French minister of culture Franck Riester has presented his plans for a new media law…
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Nationally produced fiction dominates top 10 across western Europe markets
Nationally produced fiction series continue to dominate the top 10 by audience in Germany, the…
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Watchdog rules in Free’s favour in channel carriage dispute with Altice France
French media watchdog the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has ruled that service provider Free…
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France completes 700MHz switchover
France has completed the transfer of the 700MHz frequency band from broadcasting to mobile applications….
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BFMTV basks in ratings success despite Champions League controversy
Altice France-owned news channel BFMTV has been basking in rating success following its broadcast of…
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IPTV reception passes DTT in France
IPTV reception surpassed digital-terrestrial TV in France last. year, according to the latest figures released…
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Work still needed on OTT TV quality of service, says French watchdog
The quality of service available on unmanaged OTT TV services has improved markedly in recent…
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TDF welcomes report on future of DTT
French transmission services provider TDF has welcomed plans for the modernisation of the country’s digital-terrestrial…
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New CSA chief outlines priorities
Roch-Olivier Maistre, named as French president Emmanuel Macron’s favoured candidate to replace Oliver Schrameck as…
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TDF to expand digital-terrestrial UHD trial
French media regulator the CSA has authorised transmission services provider TDF to use a third…
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Belgian regulators lay out plans for open fibre and cable networks
Belgian network operators including Proximus and cable operators Telenet and Brutélé will be forced to…
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French regulations responsible for CanalPlay collapse, says Saada
Restrictive rules governing the distribution of content will kill off French fiction in the international…
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CSA Lab: digital-terrestrial vital to future of audiovisual business
The modernisation of France’s digital-terrestrial TV platform is necessary and a revamped platform could be…