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France Televisions
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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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France 4 wins one-year reprieve, France Ô to close
Public broadcaster France Télévisions’ channel for children and young people, France 4, has been granted…
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FranceTV Publicité deals with Orange, Bouygues set stage for targeted advertising
France Télévisions’ advertising arm FranceTV Publicité has struck separate targeted advertising partnerships with service providers…
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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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Salto begins test phase ahead of autumn launch
Salto, the French commercial and public broadcasters’ answer to Netflix, has begun closed user-group tests…
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Salto chief unveils launch plan for streaming service
Salto, the long-delayed French streaming offering from broadcasters France Télévisions, TF1 and M6, is to…
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France Télévisions chief outlines regionalisation plan for France 3
France Télévisions director-general Delphine Ernotte plans to develop 13 French regional and local channels to…
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England-France attracts 6 million viewers
England’s Six Nations opener to France drew an average of 5.9 million viewers on BBC…
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Ernotte: direct relationship with viewers an ‘existential issue’ for pubcaster
France’s new audiovisual law does not go far enough to enable public service media to…
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France Télévisions’ Ernotte to seek extension of mandate
France Télévisions director-general Delphine Ernotte has indicated that she will seek a two-year extension to…
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France Télévisions to launch new kids platform Okoo
France Télévisions will launch a new kids digital platform, Okoo, on Monday in a major…
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France Télévisions looking to add movies to catch-up
French public broadcaster France Télévisions is looking to extend its catch-up TV service to encompass…
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Free signals strong opposition to Salto streaming plan
homepInternet service provider Free has communicated its vehement opposition to parts of the French broadcasters’…
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French broadcasters making concessions to secure Salto green light
The major French broadcasters involved in the Salto subscription video-on-demand project have proposed significant concessions…
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French authors and producers’ groups slam France 4 closure plan
French minister of culture Franck Riester has confirmed plans to close down France Télévisions youth…
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France Télévisions secures victory in PlayMédia case
French public broadcaster France Télévisions has won a victory in an ongoing legal battle with…
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Long-delayed Salto reaches French competition watchdog
After months of delay, French subscription video-on-demand joint venture Salto is finally in the hands…
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Orange and France Télévisions providing 8K TV on 5G at Roland Garros
Orange has teamed up with French public broadcaster France Télévisions to air the first live…
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Discovery sub-licences 2022/2024 Olympic rights to France Televisions
Discovery, via its Eurosport subsidiary, and France Télévisions have announced a partnership that will see the…
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France Télévisions chief slams Salto delays as Netflix gains subscribers
France Télévisions director-general Delphine Ernotte used an appearance at the Series Mania event in Lille…
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France Télévisions ups digital docs to strengthen online portal
French public broadcaster France Télévisions is to devote 5% of its documentaries budget to content…
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Molotov reportedly facing likely sale after failing to raise funds
French OTT linear TV service Molotov has failed to raise new funding and its shareholders…
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France Télévisions teams up with TDF for targeted advertising over DTT
France Télévisions’ advertising arm, France TV Publicité, has teamed up with transmission services provider TDF…
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France Télévsions deal with producers opens way to retention of exclusive rights
France Télévisions has struck an agreement with producers that will enable it to exploit content…
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Canal+ seals deal for new windowing regime
Canal+ and other French television broadcasters signed a new windowing agreement with organisations representing the…
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France Télévisions reportedly in talks with Molotov
French linear OTT TV service Molotov has ended talks about a possible sale to Orange…
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Meo adds French channels to programming line-up
Altice Europe-owned Portuguese service provider Meo has added French public broadcaster France Télévisions’ main domestic…
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French broadcasters slam YouTube campaign against Article 13
French broadcasters and organisations representing rightsholders have banded together to condemn what they describe as…
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France Télévisions to cease putting shows on YouTube as Canal+ reveals new VOD plan
France Télévisions is going to stop distributing complete programmes on YouTube, following director-general Delphine Ernotte’s…