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France
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French government mixes messages on future of TV licence
French culture minister Françoise Nyssen used an appearance at the La Rochelle fiction festival to…
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Lescure quits Lagardère for ‘enhanced role’ with audiovisual sector player
Former Canal+ chief Pierre Lescure has resigned as president of the supervisory board of media…
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Canal+ secures exclusive MotoGP rights
Pay TV operator Canal+ has secured exclusive rights to MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 motorsports from…
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Altice ‘planning to sell’ stake in fibre business
Cable and telecom group Altice Europe plans to sell a stake in its fibre infrastructure…
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Free preparing new box as it seeks to revive struggling fixed business
French service provider Free has announced a series of measures to improve its performance in…
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IHS: linear TV viewing down as online time increases
Linear TV viewing time declined year-on-year across the top five European markets in 2017 as…
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Starzplay to launch in France, Italy and Spain
Lionsgate-owned subscription video-on-demand service Starzplay has struck agreements to launch branded channels in France, Italy…
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Altice Europe sees subscriber growth, but revenues fall
Altice Europe confirmed an improving subscriber trend in the second quarter, adding 13,000 net new…
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Vivendi sticking to plan for Canal+, says CEO
Vivendi plans to stick with its existing strategy to secure the future of Canal+, despite…
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Canal+ sees signs of turnaround as Vivendi unveils plan for Universal Music
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ has reported a modest turnaround in the first half of…
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Canal+ boosting VOD offering with dedicated thematic channels
French pay TV operator Canal+ is launching two new movies on-demand channels – Ciné+ Horreur…
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Orange stays committed to football in Spain following Vodafone withdrawal
Orange does not expect an expected rise in football-related costs in Spain to be particularly…
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Orange grows TV base
Orange grew its TV base by 6.3% year-on-year to end June with 9.209 million TV…
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TF1 sees boost from World Cup and Premium but costs take toll
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has posted strong first-half revenues on the back of a successful…
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Médiamétrie includes MyCanal in four-screen audience measurement
French audience research outfit Médiamétrie has broadened the scope of its ‘four-screen TV’ audience measurement…
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French SVOD project Salto ‘will work’, says Ernotte
Salto, France’s planned joint Netflix rival to be created by public broadcaster France Télévisions and…
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Vivendi to shut down Studio+
Vivendi is to shut down Studio+, the mobile-focused short-form content platform it launched with much…
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Mediawan strikes deal with TF1 to rebrand AB Moteurs as Automoto
French media group Mediawan, owner of AB Group’s channels, has struck a deal with TF1…
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TF1 in exclusive talks to buy Lagardère e-health portal
TF1 Group has entered into exclusive negotiations with Lagardère Group to take control of the…
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Molotov reportedly looking for buyer
French OTT TV service Molotov is looking for a buyer, according to local reports, with…
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French viewers still value digital-terrestrial, says TDF
Almost seven in 10 French people – 68% – of the population use digital-terrestrial TV,…
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Altice’s Weill calls ‘opening of debate’ on net neutrality
Europe must “stop being naïve” in the face of aggressive competition from US and Chinese…
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TF1 taps Harmonic for Ultra HD
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has tapped video technology outfit Harmonic to deploy an Ultra HD…
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Parrot Analytics: Spanish drama tops French digital original in-demand list
Spanish heist drama La Casa de Papel, which was originally shown on Antena 3 in…
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French regulations responsible for CanalPlay collapse, says Saada
Restrictive rules governing the distribution of content will kill off French fiction in the international…
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Canal+ France chief takes sideswipe at Salto plan
Canal+ France chief Franck Cadoret has said he is “sceptical” about the prospects of the…
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CSA Lab: digital-terrestrial vital to future of audiovisual business
The modernisation of France’s digital-terrestrial TV platform is necessary and a revamped platform could be…
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Globecast names new French sales chief
Media services provider Globecast has named François-Regis Grenot as sales director for France. Grenot, who…
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Altice Europe unveils TowerCo agreements
Telecom, cable and media giant Altice Europe’s French and Portuguese untis have agreed the sale…
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Ligue 1 chief ‘not worried’ by Mediapro’s Italian woes
Didier Quillot, the director-general of the French professional football league, has said he is “not…