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Altice names new marketing chief
Cable and telecoms group Altice has named Nicolas Petit as its new group chief marketing…
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Proximus hires Canal+ marketing chief
Belgian service provider Proximus has named Guillaume Boutin as chief consumer market officer and a…
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Altice agrees global partnership with Netflix
Altice has agreed a multi-year partnership with Netflix to make the SVOD giant’s content available…
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ProSiebenSat.1, TF1 Group, Mediaset found video ad exchange
Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1, France’s TF1 Group and Mediaset in Italy and Spain have jointly established the…
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France’s Mediawan makes production play
Emerging French content group Mediawan has entered into exclusive acquisition talks with the production company…
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Free first operator to add LaCinetek movies on-demand offering
French service provider Free has added movies on-demand service LaCinetek to its Freebox offering –…
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Vivendi units team up with Red Bull production outfit
Vivendi’s production arm Studiocanal and sister company Universal Music Group has formed a co-development partnership…
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RTL and M6 boards agree new price for French radio assets
RTL Group’s board and the board of RTL-backed French broadcaster M6 have agreed a price…
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France Télévisions news chief resigns as crisis envelops broadcaster
France Télévisions director of news Michel Field has resigned amid a crisis enveloping the French…
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SFR to launch new movies and series service
Altice-owned French service provider SFR is planning to launch a new premium service dedicated to…
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TF1 firm debuts €50m UK fund
France’s Newen Group is created a €50 million drama investment fund. TF1 Group-owned Newen will…
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SFR’s rivals react to Champions League blow
French service provider SFR’s pay TV rivals have reacted with surprise to the award of…
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SFR Champions League win could deal blow to pay TV rivals
Altice-owned French service provider SFR has reportedly secured the rights to Champions League and Europa…
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France Télévisions replaces Pluzz with France.tv
France Télévisions has launched a new online video portal combining all live, catch-up and paid…
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Vivendi CEO takes secondary role as Recchi confirmed as TIM chairman
Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine will not, after all, serve as chairman of Telecom Italia…
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Vivendi secures majority on Telecom Italia board
Vivendi has secured a two-thirds majority on the board of Telecom Italia (TIM). The French…
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France Télévisions appoints pay TV veteran Verley as commercial chief
France Télévisions has appointed pay TV veteran Julien Verley as its new director of commercial…
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Canal+ brings Showtime to France
Pay TV giant Canal+ is to bring the Showtime channel brand to France for the…
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Virgin Media adds French, Polish and Russian networks
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has bolstered its offer by securing distribution of channels…
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Orange partners with Facebook on startup accelerator
Orange has partnered with Facebook to launch a startup accelerator focused on network infrastructure innovation….
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Orange chief rejects TF1 retrans demand
Orange CEO Stéphane Richard has indicated his company is unwilling to pay a retransmission fee…
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Vivendi taps Streamroot for OTT TV
Vivendi has tapped OTT TV specialist Streamroot to provide technology to deliver its streaming video…
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Vivendi chief tops list of Telecom Italia board nominees
Vivendi has placed its CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine, CFO Hervé Philippe and general counsel Frédéric…
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Europe waves through Fox’s Sky takeover
21st Century Fox’s takeover of pay TV giant Sky is one step closer after the…
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Altice boss Drahi reportedly preparing US IPO registration
Altice boss Patrick Drahi is preparing to kick of the process of floating a minority…
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Altice launches new multi-platform cooking channel with added Jamie Oliver
Altice is launching a new cooking brand with a TV channel, print magazine and digital…
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Molotov passes one million users
French live and catch-up TV steaming service, Molotov, has passed the one million user mark,…
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Four-screen audience measurement highlights new viewing patterns
Eurodata TV Worldwide has used the MIPTV event in France to reveal some of the…
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France Télévisions chief highlights Netflix rival SVOD project’s progress
France Télévisions’ plans for a new SVOD service are progressing well, with agreements in principle…
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Free teams up with Huawei to launch Chinese pack
French service provider Free has launched a new package of Chinese channels in partnership with…