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Canal+ may pull out of French digital-terrestrial platform at end of year
Canal+ may pull out of France’s digital-terrestrial TV platform when its licence expires at the…
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Canal+ rebounds with strong international growth and Disney+ deal
Vivendi-owned Canal+’s international expansion has begun to pay significant dividends, with the pay TV operator…
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Ateme to acquire Anevia
French video distribution infrastructure provider Ateme has entered into exclusive talks to acquire fellow French…
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Altice confirms guidance after solid Q2 despite media decline
Altice Europe has managed to confirm its financial guidance for the full year after turning…
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Mediapro’s Téléfoot set for partnership with Netflix
Mediapro’s forthcoming premium French football channel Téléfoot is set to strike a partnership with Netflix…
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Orange TV growth slows but base passes 10 million
Orange saw its TV customer base pass the 10 million mark in the second quarter,…
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TF1 and M6 feel the impact of COVID-19
French broadcaster TF1 has withdrawn its objectives for the 2021 financial year and has definitively…
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Mediapro moves to boost French football channel with RMC Sport Champions League deal
Altice France-owned sports broadcaster RMC Sport is set to strike an agreement to share next…
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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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Altice’s BFMTV debuts new ‘automated vertical’ live mobile video
Altice France-owned news channel BFMTV has launched a new ‘vertical’ smartphone video experience that automatically…
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M6 to exit home shopping business
French broadcaster M6 Group is to sell its home shopping business, facilitating consolidation of that…
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Orange hits out at ARCEP chief criticism
Orange has reacted angrily to criticism levelled against it publicly by the president of French…
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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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Orange ‘resilient’ in face of COVID-19
Orange’s performance has been “impressively resilient” in the French and Polish markets and the company…
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Free launches new box as SFR adds Amazon Alexa
French service provider Free has launched the latest variant on its line-up of TV boxes,…
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Canal+ hails anti-piracy victory in Rennes
Five individuals responsible for creating and maintaining around 20 pirate sites in France have been…
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New minister of culture for France
French president Emmanuel Macron has appointed Roselyne Bachelot as the country’s new minister of culture…
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ViacomCBS extends deal with Orange in France
ViacomCBS Networks International has struck a new distribution deal with Orange that will extend the…
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France’s Molotov launches B2B solutions arm for OTT providers
French OTT TV service provider Molotov is branching out to offer its technology to third…
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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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Canal+ makes peace with French rugby league
French pay TV provider Canal+ has struck an agreement with the country’s Ligue Nationale de…
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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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SFR and Bouygues Telecom launch box-free TV with Samsung smart TVs
French service providers SFR and Bouygues Telecom have simultaneously launched box-free TV offers with TV…
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Altice Europe turns in solid Q1 performance
Altice Europe has turned in what founder Patrick Drahi was able to describe as “a…
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TF1 reportedly planning to shut down TVOD service
French commercial broadcaster TF1 plans to shut down its transactional VOD service MYTF1VOD by the…
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Altice’s NextRadioTV axes sports news channel, downsizing pay TV operation
Altice Europe’s French media arm NextRadioTV is to axe its sports news channel and has…
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Bolloré and Vivendi help Lagardère see off activist investor
Arnaud Lagardère, the boss of the French media group of the same name, has seen…
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French watchdog rejects Molotov complaint against broadcasters
The French competition watchdog, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has rejected a complaint by OTT…
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Orange VOD sales ‘double’ during coronavirus lockdown
Orange has seen its video-on-demand sales in France double during the coronavirus lockdown, according to…
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Thema launches new Arabic VOD offering on Free
Canal+-owned international channel distributor Thema has launched a new Arabic-language video-on-demand package as part of…