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France
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Amazon launches Alexa and Amazon Prime Music in France
Amazon has launched its Alexa and Echo voice-enabled assistants in France, with TV technology provider…
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France Télévisions to merge channels and focus on digital as Nyssen outlines reform
French culture minister Françoise Nyssen has outlined a series of economy measures and changes to…
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Mediapro outlines plans in wake of French football coup
Folllowing its surprise win of rights to top-tier French football earlier this week, Spanish broadcaster…
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Orange and SFR ‘close to deal’ to combine OCS and Altice Studio
Orange and Altice France/SFR are close to a deal to merge their premium series and…
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Altice France unveils RMC Sport offering
While Canal+ struggles to handle the fallout from its loss of Ligue 1 rights to…
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Canal+ loses Ligue 1 football to Mediapro in major upset
In a major blow to pay TV leader Canal+ Spanish broadcasters and producer Mediapro has…
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Filmstruck launches in France and Spain
Turner and Warner Bros are launching their joint-venture subscription film streaming service, Filmstruck, in France…
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IPTV penetration in France equals terrestrial TV for first time
Penetration of IPTV in France equaled that of terrestrial TV for the first time in…
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Canal+ launching new low-cost offering to target under-26s
Canal+ is to launch a new low-cost offering aimed at under-26 year-olds as part of…
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Africa and wholesale market provide boost for Canal+
Strong growth in Africa and a slowing rate of attrition among subscribers in metropolitan France…
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Altice bounces back with subscriber gains
Altice France bounced back in operational terms in Q1, growing its base for the first…
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French SVOD market still underdeveloped despite fast growth
The French subscription video-on-demand market remains underdeveloped compared with other European countries, both in its…
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French SVOD suffering from ‘lack of local content’
A lack of local content has dampened the uptake of subscription video-on-demand services in France…
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New management for Iliad Telecom/Free as fixed base dips
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has named chief financial officer Thomas Reynaud as its new…
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Canal+ to use Apple TV 4K as its set-top box
Canal+ has struck a partnership with Apple to enable its subscribers to rent the Apple…
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Kagan: SVOD supplementary to pay TV
TV households in Europe are primarily adopting online subscription video-on-demand services as a supplementary form…
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TF1 management shuffle puts emphasis on digital and innovation
French broadcaster TF1 has announced a series of management appointments, including giving Christine Bellin, director…
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France Télévisions forges programming alliance with ZDF
France Télévisions and Rai are to forge an alliance with ZDF that will encompass co-production,…
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French overseas territories viewers adding digital to TV habit
Inhabitants of France’s overseas territories and departments are increasingly turning to digital media alongside TV…
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TF1 completes Aufeminin acquisition
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has completed the acquisition of female lifestyle digital media provider Aufeminin…
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Canal+ teams up with sister company for classical music channel
French pay TV provider Canal+ has teamed up with Vivendi sister-company Universal Music to launch…
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TF1 secures carriage deal with Free
France’s TF1 Group has put the final piece in place to secure universal fixed-line IPTV…
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Bolloré held in custody in relation to Africa corruption case
Vincent Bolloré has been held in custody by French police in relation to a corruption…
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France Télévisions looking to divest football competitions
French public broadcaster France Télévisions wants to sell off the rights it holds to air…
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Vincent Bolloré hands Vivendi reins over to his son
Vincent Bolloré is stepping down as Vivendi chairman and handing over the reins to his…
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Netflix unveils raft of European originals
Netflix is set to launch a new string of European originals including a Julian Fellowes…
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Bouygues plays down speculation on report of possible Altice France move
French construction-to-telecoms conglomerate Bouygues has played down a press report that it in talks to…
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French viewers turning to online and catch-up TV
Some 9.5 million French viewers now watch online or catch-up TV daily, according to the…
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Kagan: Amazon Prime leads Netflix in Germany and Austria
Amazon Prime Video is the leading SVOD provider in Germany and Austria, the only markets…
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TF1 takes 100% control of Newen, names new CEO
French commercial broadcaster TF1 Group is acquiring the 30% in production outfit Newen Studios that…