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Eutelsat 8 West B arrives in Kourou
Satellite operator Eutelsat’s latest satellite, Eutelsat 8 West B, has arrived at the Kourou spaceport…
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French operators abandon Netflix rival plan
French broadcasters TF1, M6 and France Télévisions and service provider Orange have abandoned recently revived…
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Numericable-SFR extends Restart service
French service provider Numericable-SFR has added the five channels from public broadcaster France Télévisions to…
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Canalsat upgrades to all-HD with Thomson Video Networks
Canal+ Group has tapped Thomson Video Networks to supply encoders for the transition of the…
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Bouygues top in France in latest Netflix ISP Speed Index
Bouygues Telecom overtook Numericable in June to become the fastest internet service provider in France,…
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Rules set for French 700MHz auction
The French government has finalised the conditions for the sale of frequencies in the 700MHz…
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Havas chief tipped to replace Méheut at Canal+
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré plans to install long-term confidant and Havas Média CEO Dominique Delport…
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Numericable-SFR seeks urgent meeting in dispute with Paris city
French service provider Numericable-SFR has sought an urgent meeting with Paris city council officials after…
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Vivendi acquires 80% of Dailymotion
Vivendi has acquired an 80% stake in French video site Dailymotion for €217 million. Vivendi…
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Orange strikes new deal with Partner Communications
Orange has signed a new partnership agreement with Israel-based mobile operator Partner Communications that is…
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Altice interested in acquiring KPN
Undaunted by last week’s rejection of its €10 billion offer by France’s Bouygues for its…
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Netflix expected to add 10m international subs this year
Netflix’s international subscriber base is expected to grow by almost 10 million in 2015 to…
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Archos launching £79 HDMI PC on a stick
France-based consumer electronics supplier Archos is throwing its hat into the growing HDMI dongle market…
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Altice hits out at Bouygues rejection
Cable and telecom investor Altice has hit out at Bouygues’ rejection of its €10 billion…
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French regulator looking to ease pay TV channels’ content burden
French media regulator the CSA is looking to ease the content creation obligations imposed on…
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Vivendi confirms Telecom Italia acquisition
Vivendi has acquired 14.9% of Telecom Italia, replacing Telefónica as the Italian telcos’s largest shareholder….
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Canal+ denies plan for post-Meheut era
Canal+ Group has denied reports that Bertrand Meheut is preparing to quit his role as…
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Bouygues rejects €10bn Numericable-SFR bid
The board of French conglomerate Bouygues has rejected the €10 billion offer placed by Numericable-SFR…
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Vivendi expected to strike Telecom Italia deal
Vivendi is expected to announce a deal to take a stake in Telecom Italia this…
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Telco Lebara makes European OTT play
Lebara, a telecoms company that offers low-cost international calls, has moved into the over-the-top (OTT)…
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Ultra HD, high dynamic range demo staged in France
A demonstration of an Ultra High Definition, high dynamic range broadcast at 50 frames per-second…
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KPN takes stake in Internet of Things specialist
Dutch telco KPN’s investment arm is taking a stake in France-based Internet of Things specialist…
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French watchdog approves Outremer Telecom sale
French telecom watchdog ARCEP has approved the sale of Numericable-SFR’s Réunion and Mayotte operator Outremer…
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French operators await 700MHz allocation
French telecom regulator ARCEP is expected to unveil details of its plant to allocate UHF…
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Numericable-SFR adds MYTF1
French service provider Numericable-SFR has added commercial broadcaster TF1’s catch-up service to its platforms, according…
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Altice makes senior appointments
Cable and telecom investor Altice has made a number of senior appointments. The group, which…
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Canal+ partners with Technicolor for hybrid Cube S set-top box
Canal+ is partnering with set-top box maker Technicolor on Cube S, a new hybrid terrestrial…
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CSA calls for HD services as France prepares for 700MHz, MPEG-4 transitions
French media regulator the CSA has said it will issue a call for candidates to…
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Orange names new French chief
Orange has named Fabienne Dulac as executive vice-president, Orange France, replacing Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, who was…
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Lagardère acquires Spanish production outfit
Lagardère has acquired Spanish producer Boomerang TV for an undisclosed sum. The French conglomerates TV…