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France
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Canal+ ‘close to deal’ to resell Premier League rights to RMC Sport
French pay TV operator Canal+ is close to agreeing the resale of part of its…
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France Télévsions deal with producers opens way to retention of exclusive rights
France Télévisions has struck an agreement with producers that will enable it to exploit content…
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Canal+ ‘planning relaunch’ of CanalPlay SVOD service
Canal+ plans to relaunch its subscription video-on-demand service CanalPlay in the spring with a €10…
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Canal+ seals deal for new windowing regime
Canal+ and other French television broadcasters signed a new windowing agreement with organisations representing the…
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France Télévisions reportedly in talks with Molotov
French linear OTT TV service Molotov has ended talks about a possible sale to Orange…
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TDF to expand digital-terrestrial UHD trial
French media regulator the CSA has authorised transmission services provider TDF to use a third…
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French broadcasters slam YouTube campaign against Article 13
French broadcasters and organisations representing rightsholders have banded together to condemn what they describe as…
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Mediapro ramps up French campaign with second division rights
Spanish broadcaster and producer Mediapro has ramped up its effort to carve out a significant…
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Free unveils next-generation box with Netflix at no extra cost
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has unveiled its long-awaited next-generation box, the Freebox Delta, alongside…
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Netflix set to ramp up European production
Netflix is set to increase the number of European titles it produces by a third…
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France Télévisions to cease putting shows on YouTube as Canal+ reveals new VOD plan
France Télévisions is going to stop distributing complete programmes on YouTube, following director-general Delphine Ernotte’s…
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TF1 secures handball deal with BeIN Media
French broadcaster TF1 has struck a deal with pay TV outfit BeIN Sports to acquire…
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Altice sees subscriber recovery but revenue and earnings tumble
Altice Europe saw a recovery in its subscriber numbers in France in the quarter to…
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Mediapro: no plans to sub-license Ligue 1 rights
Spanish broadcaster Mediapro wants to exploit its rights to French Ligue 1 football on its…
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French viewers turning to online TV
Five million French viewers aged four and over watch live or catch-up TV programmes online…
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Canal+ reduces rate of subscriber loss in France
Vivendi’s pay TV unit Canal+ managed to reduce the rate at which it is losing…
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Canal+ and TF1 finally bury the hatchet with new deal
Vivendi-owned French pay TV outfit Canal+ and commercial broadcaster TF1 have finally buried the hatchet…
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Free holds back on box as subscriber losses continue
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has held back on unveiling its much-hyped new TV and…
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TF1 takes majority stake in programmatic specialist
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has taken a majority stake in programmatic media specialist Gamned! as…
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Canal+ cinema deal opens way to reform of windows
French pay TV operator Canal+ has struck an agreement with France’s cinema industry to continue…
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Canal+ regains English Premier League from RMC Sport
Canal+ has secured the rights to English Premier League football in France for three seasons…
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Eutelsat looks to telcos’ expanding TV reach after disappointing Q1
Satellite operator Eutelsat turned in disappointing first quarter results, with total revenues slipping by 2.7%…
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World Cup provides major boost for TF1
Coverage of the FIFA World Cup has helped lift French commercial broadcaster TF1’s performance for…
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Eurosport claims French ‘home of tennis’ status after new ATP deal
Discovery-owned Eurosport has struck a new five-year deal with the ATP World Tour and ATP…
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Orange sees solid TV growth
Orange had 9.374 million IPTV and satellite TV customers at the end of the third…
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SACD: Salto has ‘no chance’ against Netflix
Salto, the project to create a French OTT service championed by France Télévisions chief Delphine…
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Médiamétrie: 30% of web users in France now watch SVOD
More than 30% of French internet users watched a subscription video-on-demand service in the past…
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Viacom launches Comedy Central in France
Viacom is launching Comedy Central in France, effective October 4th. The entertainment-themed channel will be…
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Sky Deutschland launches Ryder Cup pop-up channel
Sky Deutschland is launching a pop-up Ryder Cup channel that will kick off tomorrow and…
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All Flamenco launches internationally with Orange France
All Flamenco, the first UHD TV channel dedicated to the Spanish Flamenco, has launched internationally with a distribution agreement …