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Free adds Disney+ to TV offering
French service provider Free has added Disney+ to its TV offering, bring the latter’s originals…
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SVOD outfit Benshi taps Wiztivi for Samsung and Android TV
Benshi, the French SVOD platform for children aged 3 to 11, has teamed up with…
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TF1 extends partnership with Orange to cover targeted ads and premium ad-free on-demand
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has extended its partnership with Orange through two new agreements covering…
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Salto strikes agreement with copyright societies
French streaming outfit Salto has struck a key agreement with copyright collecting societies the SACD…
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Molotov taps Unified Streaming for ad insertion
French OTT provider Molotov has extended its relationship with Unified Streaming, the specialist in smart…
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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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France’s Hadopi counts cost of piracy: 12m users, €1bn loss of earnings
Close to 12 million French internet users consumed pirated content last year, representing a loss…
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Salto close to Bouygues Telecom deal
French Netflix rival Salto is on the verge of striking its first ISP distribution deal…
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Thema launches +D’Afrique VOD offering on Orange
Thema, the Canal+ Group-owned specialist in the edition and distribution of multicultural pay TV offerings,…
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Salto passes 100,000 mark with wide base of users
French broadcaster-backed streaming service Salto has attracted around 100,000 subscribers in its first three weeks,…
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SFR launches voice-activated speaker targeting Box+TV customers
Altice France/SFR is launching a voice-activated connected speaker follow up from its SFR Box 8…
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French MMA broadcast ban lifted
France’s ban on the broadcast of mixed martial arts (MMA) events has been lifted. The…
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Mediapro’s Roures claims 600k subs for Téléfoot as talks with league restart
Mediapro chief Jaume Roures has claimed that troubled French premium football service Téléfoot has about…
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Canal+ grows revenue and subs but hit by currency movements
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ recorded strong revenue growth from its international operations in the…
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Netgem launches Super WiFi on Videofutur
TV and broadband technology company Netgem has launched Super WiFi, a new service designed to…
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Canal+ takes legal action against Mediapro over Téléfoot terms
Pay TV operator Canal+ is taking legal action over what it alleges is discriminatory treatment…
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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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Canal+ edges towards greater streaming focus with MyCanal move
French pay TV operator Canal+ is to give greater weight to streaming by offering the…
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France Televisions’ Ernotte names 33 year-old chief of staff as number two
France Télévisions director-general Delphine Ernotte has appointed her 33 year-old chief of staff Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez…
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Free records strongest fixed-line growth in seven years
French service provider Free appears to have weathered the COVID-19 storm well, becoming the leading…
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Bouygues Telecom weathers COVID-19 storm
A strong uplift in mobile subscribers post-lockdown has helped France’s Bouygues Telecom weather the COVID-19…
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Mediapro strikes deal with Free for Téléfoot
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has secured carriage for its French premium sports channel Téléfoot…
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Thema launches revamped Turkish bouquet and premium VOD in France with Free
Canal+-owned distributor Thema has launched two new Turkish offers in France with service provider Free….
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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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Mediapro unveils Téléfoot as Free launches football highlights app
Mediapro’s new French football offering, Téléfoot, is set to go live on Monday with three…
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Mediapro secures Téléfoot deal with Bouygues Telecom
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has followed up the deal it struck with Altice France…
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Mediapro makes first payment for top-tier French football
Mediapro has made its first tranche of payment of top-tier French football rights, paying €172…
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Mediaset edges towards Vivendi talks as merger hits roadblock
Mediaset has abandoned its existing plan to merge its Italian and Spanish arms under a…
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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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TF1 revamps 4K UHD channel
French broadcaster TF1 is to revamp 4K UHD channel on August 23 and has said…