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Altice looking to buy out and de-list SFR
Altice now has 95.9% of SFR’s shares and is to file a buyout offer with…
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Kids SVOD service launches in France
A new subscription VOD service has launched in France. Okidoki has been available through Samsung…
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SFR adds premium Chinese bouquet to offering
Altice-owned French service provider SFR has added a new package of Chinese channels to its…
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Italian government calls for probe into Vivendi’s control of Telecom Italia
The Italian government has called for a probe into Vivendi’s increasing control over Telecom Italia…
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TF1 pulls services from SFR in major escalation of retrans dispute
TF1 has withdrawn its catch-up TV service MYTF1 from distribution by Numericable-SFR and has demanded…
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Orange will not compete in premium sports, says Richard
Orange will not compete in premium sports by launching a new sports channel and will…
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Canal+ secures top-tier Turkish football for African channel
French pay TV operator Canal+’s international arm has secured the exclusive rights to distribute coverage…
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French watchdog mulls new DTT multiplex for UHD TV services
France’s media regulator the CSA has opened a public consultation on the future of the…
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SFR boosted by media unit
Altice-owned French telco and cable operator SFR said that the revenue of its media unit…
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Orange sees strong TV growth in Spain
Orange had 8.7 million TV customers as of the end of June, up 7% year-on-year,…
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Advertising strength and cost-cutting helps nudge M6 upwards
French broadcaster M6 saw its revenues for the first half nudge upwards by 2.6% to…
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IHS Markit: linear TV viewing down in Europe last year
Linear TV viewing declined in the biggest European markets in 2016 as more TV watching moved…
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Reduced costs and digital channels boost TF1
Reduced costs thanks to be absence of the Euro 2016 football championship helped boost TF1’s…
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CSA relaxes ad restrictions for TF1
The French media regulator, the CSA, has relaxed advertising restrictions placed on leading commercial broadcaster…
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Orange ups stakes in retrans dispute with TF1
Orange has filed a legal complaint against leading French commercial broadcaster TF1 over the ongoing…
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Game of Thrones goes underground in Russia
Series 7 of HBO’s flagship series Game of Thrones has now been released globally, with…
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Parrot Analytics: Netflix dominates in-demand digital originals in France
Netflix shows, led by Orange is the New Black, completely dominated the list of most…
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Altice promises to fibre France without public funds
Altice’s French unit SFR is to roll out fibre across the whole of France, promising…
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Altice to launch new premium series and movies channel next month
Cable and telecom group Altice is to launch its new French premium channel dedicated to…
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Canal+ defends rights payment freeze as collecting societies take action
Canal+ has defended its refusal to pay rights fees demanded by French collecting societies following…
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CSA highlights French sports market growth
France’s sports rights market grew by 25% between 2011 and 2016, reaching €1.45 billion at…
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Vivendi acquires Bolloré stake in Havas
Vivendi has acquired Bolloré Group’s majority stake in advertising outfit Havas, following a deal struck…
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Saragosse reappointed as France Médias Monde plans Spanish France 24
French media regulator the CSA has reappointed Marie-Christine Saragosse as president of France’s international media…
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Fox secures Irish green light for Sky deal as UK decision time approaches
21st Century Fox has secured approval for its acquisition of Sky from the Irish regulatory…
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Fox debuts on-demand service in France
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has today launched its authenticated on-demand service in France….
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MCN Studio71 to launch in France
Multichannel network (MCN) Studio71 is to launch in France in September. The move follows the…
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Canal+ gains freedom to strike exclusive deals
France’s competition watchdog has removed the majority of restrictions placed on pay TV operator Canal+…
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Free extends fibre reach with Axione deal
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has signed a deal with deliver services over public fibre…
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Vivendi unveils new Dailymotion
Vivendi has unveiled a new look, strategic focus and content partnerships for its YouTube rival…
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SFR shareholder tackles Altice on gun-jumping fine and name change
SFR minority shareholder Charity & Investment Arbitrage (CIMA) has filed a complaint with the Paris…