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France
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Mediawan boosted by production but channels business stays flat
French production and distribution outfit and channels operator Mediawan saw a sharp rise in revenues…
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M6 digital chief to head up streaming service Salto
TF1 CEO Gilles Péllisson is to take the role of president of the board of…
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Canal+ renews distribution deal with OCS
Canal+ and Orange’s OCS have renewed their multi-year distribution agreement that allows subscribers to Canal+’s…
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Free signs new channels deal with Altice but sues over Virgin Mobile acquisition
Altice France/SFR has signed a new agreement with Iliad Telecom/Free for the continued carriage of…
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Salto ‘will not be on ISP boxes’, says M6 chief
Salto, the streaming JV between French broadcasters France Télévisions, TF1 and M6 will not appear…
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Altice France’s Weill concedes defeat in battle with Orange
Altice France CEO Alain Weill has admitted defeat and will make the group’s TV channels…
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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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Free posts mixed results, moves towards fibre partnership
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free lost 77,000 mobile and 15,000 fixed broadband customers in France…
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Canal+ ‘finalising’ distribution deal with Netflix
Canal+ is in advanced talks about a deal to distribute Netflix on its platform, according…
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Bouygues Telecom turns in solid Q2
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has posted solid Q2 numbers, with growth in both its…
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Futuresource: Netflix driving SVOD in France, but multi-subscriptions lag
Netflix is driving growth of subscription video-on-demand in France, but multiple SVOD subscriptions, which have…
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SFR to be first French operator to integrate Amazon Prime Video
Altice Europe has signed up to a partnership deal with Amazon Prime Video to make…
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Vivendi takes legal action to preserve right to vote against MediaForEurope plan
Vivendi has confirmed that it plans to vote against the planned merger of Mediaset into…
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Altice France launches SFR Box 8 for €5 a month
Altice France/SFR has launched its latest box, the SFR Box 8, commercially for €5 a…
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Mediapro names Discovery exec as head of new French football channel
Spanish producer and broadcaster Mediapro has named Discovery France chief Julien Bergeaud as director-general of…
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Free poised to drop Altice France channels
French service provider Free is poised to cease distributing Altice France’s channels as the carriage…
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Salto, the ‘French Netflix’, gets green light but with conditions
Salto, the French video-on-demand JV between the country’s main terrestrial broadcasters, has secured a green…
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Altice France looking to expand local TV network with Grand Lille TV stake
Altice France has entered into exclusive talks to take an indirect stake in local TV…
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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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M6 makes ad-sales progress, TF1 sees digital revenues jump
French commercial broadcaster M6 posted respectable results for the six months to June, with revenues…
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Canal+ ‘confident’ it will continue to air Ligue 1
Canal+ remains confident that it will still be able to distribute top-tier French football from…
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Canal+ domestic losses contribute to revenue decline
Canal+ continued to lose domestic subscribers in the quarter to June, weighing on its revenues….
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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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SFR takes on Free with new box, rollout in other markets to follow
French service provider Altice France/SFR has unveiled its latest set-top box, the AFR Box 8,…
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RTL steps up international exclusive content drive with new formats unit
RTL Group is stepping up its efforts to build exclusive content with the launch of…
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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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TF1 takes majority stakes in Play Two and Canada’s Reel One
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has taken a majority stake in musical production outfit Play Two,…
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Canal+ confirms restructuring plan
Canal+ has confirmed that it is to reduce its headcount by 492 people as part…
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Canal+ to cut French workforce by 20%
Canal+ is to reduce its workforce by 20% in France as it struggles to regain…