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France
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France completes 700MHz switchover
France has completed the transfer of the 700MHz frequency band from broadcasting to mobile applications….
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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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Alchimie to provide VOD content to SFR
Content aggregator and distributor Alchimiehas signed a three-year agreement with Altice France/ SFR to provide…
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TF1 signs partner to commercialise ad inventory in Belgium
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has struck a deal with Belgian advertising sales outfit IP Belgium…
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French police arrest beinsport-streaming.com piracy ring
French police have broken up a Rennes-based piracy ring that was operating about 20 sites…
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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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French Olympics Committee launches new FTA sports channel
The French Olympic Sports Committee (CNOSF) has launched its planned free-to-air sports channel Sport en…
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Amazon Channels to launch in France
Amazon Channels is to launch in France at the end of the month, according to…
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TF1 names new advertising and production chiefs
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has named François Pellissier as chief executive of its advertising sales…
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Canal+ and Altice France strike Premier League deal
Canal+ and Altice France have struck an agreement whereby Altice France’s RMC Sport customers will…
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IPTV reception passes DTT in France
IPTV reception surpassed digital-terrestrial TV in France last. year, according to the latest figures released…
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Eutelsat sees revenues rise as broadcast holds steady
Satellite operator Eutelsat saw its overall revenues rise by 0.7% in its fiscal Q3 to…
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Xavier Niel reportedly looking at investment in Molotov as Altice stumbles
Free founder Xavier Niel may step into the breach if French OTT TV player Molotov’s…
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Altice Europe bounces back with solid Q1
Multinational quad-play provider Altice Europe bounced back in the first quarter, with the company’s consumer…
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Bouygues Telecom teams with iFeelSmart for new Android TV launcher
French operator Bouygues Telecom has announced a deal to bring iFeelSmart’s Centaurus Android TV Operator…
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Lagardère sees dip in TV revenues
French media outfit Lagardère’s TV channels saw a 6% dip in revenues in the first…
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Free sees modest bounce back
French service provider Free experienced a modest bounce back in the first quarter, with 150,000…
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Orange sees solid growth in subs, but revenues stay flat
Orange saw solid growth in TV, mobile and fixed broadband in the quarter to March,…
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TF1 delivers on promise as growth continues
French broadcaster TF1 has posted an operating margin of 11.4% for the first quarter meaning…
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Bouygues Telecom taps AirTies for WiFi
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has tapped technology outfit AirTies to provide its WiFi software…
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Arte planning VOD platform
Franco-German culture channel Arte is planning to launch a video-on-demand platform in partnership with Arte…
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Bolloré replaces Bolloré on Vivendi board
Vivendi’s annual shareholders’ meeting has appointed Cyrille Bolloré as a member of its supervisory board…
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Canal+ revenues slide despite international growth
Canal+ Group saw its revenues slide from €1.298 billion to €1.252 billion year-on-year in the…
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Berenberg: Eutelsat’s stock undervalued despite lack of growth
Satellite operator Eutelsat’s stock is undervalued despite a lack of growth potential, particularly in relation…
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TF1 completes sale of teleshopping unit
French broadcaster TF1 has completed the sale of its tele-shopping interests, including the sourcing of…
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Altice France battles it out with Free in channel dispute
Altice France and telecom operator Free continue to be engaged in a stand-off over the…
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TDF to provide HbbTV targeted ad tech internationally with Enensys
French transmission service provider TDF has teamed up with technology outfit Enensys to further the…
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French content groups slam minister’s licence fee abolition plan
Groups representing French content creators have united to condemn the possible abolition of the TV…
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TDF highlights investment plans
French transmission services and telecom infrastructure provider TDF has posted revenues of €671.9 million and…
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Altice sees strong subscriber recovery but revenues dip
Altice Europe has seen a strong recovery in subscriber numbers in France and growth in…