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Vivendi mergers chief to leave
Vivendi’s senior vice-president for mergers and acquisitions, Régis Turrini, is to leave the group to…
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French regulator rejects move by three to free-to-air DTT
French media regulator the CSA has rejected moves to take TF1-owned news channel LCI, M6-owned…
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Orange grows TV subscriber numbers by 10%
Orange reported 6.77 million IPTV and satellite customers in the first quarter of the year,…
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Eurosport sale boost for TF1, but ad market still uncertain
French broadcaster TF1 Group received a boost of €293.8 million from the sale of Eurosport…
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Altice ups stake in Numericable to 74.6%
Altice has bought a 34.6% stake in Numericable from investment firms Carlyle and Cinven, increasing its…
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Netflix signs French content creator pact
Netflix’s winding path to launch in France has taken a new turn, with the SVoD…
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Netflix grows international numbers by 78%, plans further expansion
Netflix grew its international member base by 78% year-on-year in Q2 and has outlined plans…
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France may reduce SVoD window to boost local Netflix competitors
French culture minister Aurélie Filippetti has said she wants to reduce the delay before films…
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French news channels in employment offer to head off LCI decision
French free-to-air news channels BFM TV and Canal+-backed i>Télé have reportedly sent a letter to…
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Canal+ taps Hubee for Canalplay Kids app
Canal+ Group has tapped French on-demand TV and video distribution specialist Hubee to develop its…
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Netflix to have capacity for 1Tbps in France
Netflix will have internet capacity to deliver one Terabit per second of traffic ready for…
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French site Play TV adds 17 channels
Play TV, a French website that broadcasts live TV channels, has added 17 new general…
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Global IPTV subscriptions to double over seven years
Global IPTV subscriptions will more than double from 90 million at the end of 2013…
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Canalplay adds mobile app for kids
Canal+ has launched a new Canalplay Kids app for mobile devices. The app, available now,…
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French Minister: media groups should unite in face of Anglo-Saxon invasion
French economy minister Arnaud Montebourg has called on the country’s audiovisual and digital industries to…
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SFR first in France with offline VoD, adds OCS Go
French service provider SFR has introduced download-based video-on-demand for multiscreen and offline viewing, including offering…
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Lobby group calls on EU to protect cultural diversity
French-led industry lobby group the European Coalition for Cultural Diversity (CEDC) has called on the…
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Orange planning Chromecast rival to take on Netflix
Orange is preparing to take on the imminent threat of Netflix’s arrival in France by…
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Trace channel secures US carriage
The Trace Sports Stars channel has struck a carriage deal with US pay TV operator…
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Free offering full range of AB HD channels
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free is now offering the full range of conent provider AB…
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Orange drops plan to acquire Bouygues Telecom
Orange has dropped its ambition to acquire smaller rival French service provider Bouygues Telecom following…
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France’s Leclerc launches OTT service
Ahead of Netflix’s planned launch in France this autumn, French supermarket chain Leclerc is launching…
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French quad-play war heats up
Orange France has reacted to rival Bouygues Telecom’s introduction of a low-cost fibre offering by…
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Two in five French homes now take IPTV services
Over two in five French households – 40.7% – received TV via ADSL or fibre…
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Bouygues Telecom launches low-cost FTTH, looks to Google for next TV box
French service provider Bouygues Telecom, which lost out to cable operator Numericable in its attempt…
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MTG completes Trace deal
Modern Times Group (MTG) has completed its 75% buyout of youth-orientated, Europe-based channel group, Trace,…
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Wuaki.tv plans French, German and Italian expansion
Movie and TV streaming service Wuaki.tv is expanding its European footprint to a total of…
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Warner Bros France partners with Civolution on second screen app
Warner Bros France has partnered with Civolution, which will provide automatic content recognition for the…
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Vivendi and Altice-Numericable sign definitive SFR agreement
Vivendi has signed a definitive agreement with Altice-Numericable relating to its sale of French telco…
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Canal+ adds new comedy channels to Canal Factory
French pay TV provider Canal+ has added two new comedy channels to its YouTube multi-channel…