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France Televisions
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France Télévisions chief highlights Netflix rival SVOD project’s progress
France Télévisions’ plans for a new SVOD service are progressing well, with agreements in principle…
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France Télévisions’ plans for Netflix rival take shape
France Télévisions has been in touch with about 10 major producers about securing content for…
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France Télévisions chief outlines plan for French alternative to Netflix
France Télévisions hopes to move forward with plans to create a new SVOD platform to…
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Former France Télévisions chief Pflimlin dies aged 62
Former France Télévisions director-general Rémy Pflimlin has died at the age of 62. Pflimlin died…
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France Télévisions taps Net Insight for DOM-TOM distribution
France Télévisions Réseau Outre-Mer, the network of TV and radio stations operating in France’s overseas…
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France Télévisions hires Couture as Got takes over at France 2
France Télévisions has appointed former TF1, Canal+ and Orange content boss Xavier Couture as deputy…
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France Télévisions chief fires France 2 boss Meslet
Vincent Meslet, France 2’s executive director since August 2015 was abruptly fired yesterday by France…
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TF1 takes issue with France Info after watchdog slams cross-promotion
French broadcaster TF1 has responded to being censured by regulator the CSA for cross-promoting its…
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Watchdog greenlights France Télévisions news channel
French media regulator the CSA has authorised the launch of a news service by public…
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France Télévisions taps Globecast for Tour de France
French public broadcaster France Télévisions and media services group Globecast have signed a five-year deal…
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France Télévisions ups Eutelsat capacity for HD regional channels
France Télévisions has agreed a new capacity deal for the Eutelsat 5 West A satellite,…
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Conseil d’État rejects claims of partiality in CSA pubcaster chief choice
France’s highest court, the Conseil d’État, has rejected a set of complaints by two unions,…
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France Télévisions using OpenHeadend for catch-up
France Télévisions has chosen ingest, processing and stream delivery software specialist OpenHeadend to provide the…
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Details emerge of new France Télévisions new service
France Télévisions’ planned new digital news channel will employ 75 people and will comprise linear…
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Canal+ secures French League Cup rights for four seasons
Canal+ Group has secured rights to the country Coupe de la Ligue football tournament for…
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CSA confirms plans for public channels in HD after MPEG-4 switch
French media regulator the CSA has confirmed that public broadcaster France Télévisions’ France 3, France…
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Canal+ to close Planète+ Thalassa
Canal+ and France Télévisions plan to close their joint marine life-focused factual channel Planète+ Thalassa…
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TV France International appoints new president
France Télévisions executive Hervé Michel has been elected president of TV France International and will…
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Furious France Télévisions suspends Newen work
TF1’s potential acquisition of production and sales group Newen has sparked a furious reaction from…
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France Télévisions chief outlines digital news channel plan
France Télévisions plans to launch a digital news channel on the web initially that will…
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Former Canal+ chief Belmer joining France Televisions
Rodolphe Belmer, dismissed as Canal+ chief executive, has been hired by the new director-general of…
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TF1’s Got to join France Télévisions as strategy and programme chief
Caroline Got, the managing director of TF1’s thematic channels TMC and NT1, is to move…
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French operators abandon Netflix rival plan
French broadcasters TF1, M6 and France Télévisions and service provider Orange have abandoned recently revived…
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Numericable-SFR extends Restart service
French service provider Numericable-SFR has added the five channels from public broadcaster France Télévisions to…
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France Télévisions extends ultra HD experiment
French public broadcaster France Télévisions is extending its 4K trial beyond its coverage of the…
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France Télévisions launches Zoom mobile TV app
France Télévisions has launched FranceTV Zoom, a major mobile initiative allowing users to build personalised…
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France Télévisions partners with Arkena on OTT
France Télévisions has partnered with media services group Arkena to optimise the management of its…
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New France Télévisions boss sets out her stall
France Télévisions president-to-be Delphine Ernotte-Cunci intends to focus on enabling the broadcaster to adapt to…
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Orange France head named as new France Televisions chief
French media regulator the CSA has named the current executive director of Orange France, Delphine…
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CSA tells France Télévisions to make services available to OTT provider
French media regulator the CSA has ordered public broadcaster France Télévisions to make its channels…