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France
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Warner Bros. Discovery to launch ‘Warner Pass’ streaming offering with Amazon in France
Warner Bros. Discovery has teamed up with Amazon Prime Video to launch a new offer…
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TF1 to sub-license Rugby World Cup matches to rivals
France’s TF1 Group has entered into a sub-licensing deal with pubcaster France Télévisions and commercial…
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Canal+ France drops Warner TV channel in carriage dispute
French pay TV platform Canal+ has dropped Warner Bros Discovery channel Warner TV from its…
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Canal+ Group signs MOU to take control of Orange TV assets
Orange and the Canal+ Group today announced a memorandum of understanding that anticipates the acquisition…
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beIN Sports secures Coupe de France
beIN Media Group has struck a deal with the French Football Federation (FFF) to broadcast…
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Eutelsat agrees to drop Russian channels after watchdog rules
Eutelsat has agreed to stop broadcasting three Russian channels after regulator Arcom responded to a…
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Conseil d’État forces watchdog to look again at Eutelsat’s Russian business
France’s highest court, the Conseil d’État, has rejected media regulator Arcom’s contention that it is…
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England vs France reaps record audiences on both sides of channel
On Saturday, the England vs France FIFA World Cup quarter final match was watched by…
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ARCOM sets tight deadline for French DTT applications
French media regulator ARCOM has given companies until January 23 to submit an application for…
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Bouygues adds NBCU channels, with catch-up to follow
French service provider Bouygues Telecom has added a raft of channels from NBCUniversal International Networks…
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TF1 deploys Irdeto Control during FIFA World Cup 2022
Cybersecurity firm Irdeto has revealed that it is currently supplying its multi-DRM solution Irdeto Control…
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FFF signs up France Televisions and Bein Sports for Coupe de France
France Télévisions and BeIn Sports have secured domestic rights to French cup competition the Coupe…
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Xavier Niel outfit asks for ‘more time’ to prepare DTT proposal
French telecom and media entrepreneur Xavier Niel’s NJJ Médias unit has asked media regulator ARCOM…
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French competition authority rejects Canal+ and beIN complaints
French competition body, the Autorité de la Concurrence, has rejected discrimination complaints from pay TV…
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Paramount+ launches in France with Canal+ and Orange
Paramount+ will launch in France tomorrow, integrated in pay TV platform Canal+’s new Ciné-Séries and…
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Amazon reportedly interested in acquiring Salto
Amazon could be interested in acquiring troubled French streaming platform Salto, according to a report…
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Xavier Niel circles France’s DTT platform ahead of frequency renewals
Speculation is bubbling up in France around the possibility that telecom tycoon Xavier Niel, owner…
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Salto on the brink as TF1 and M6 announce plans to pull out
After months of uncertainty, the future is looking bleak for French SVOD platform Salto. Over…
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French reports suggest Canal+ is poised to acquire pay TV rival OCS
After a protracted period of courting, French media giant Canal+ is on the verge of…
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TF1 forges smart TV streaming partnership with Samsung
TF1 in France has unveiled a partnership with Samsung that will see its premium and…
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Iliad Group posts strong customer growth
France’s Iliad Group has posted strong Q3 results, with solid subscriber growth in its home…
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Shareholders gear up for meeting to discuss next steps for French SVOD Salto
The next few weeks should provide some guidance on the future for French SVOD platform…
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TF1 and Canal+ resolve two-month channel carriage dispute
After a protracted dispute, including two trips to the law courts, French media heavyweights TF1…
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FuboTV reports increased revenues, hails aggregration model
Sports-first streaming platform FuboTV has unveiled increased revenues and subscribers for Q3, 2022. In North…
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New leadership structure for Canal+ France as Cadoret leaves
Canal+ Group deputy CEO and Canal+ France boss Frank Cadoret is to leave the group…
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French broadcaster TF1 buoyed up by performance of Newen
TF1 revenues for the first nine months of 2022 hit €1.74bn, up 5.4% year on…
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M6 hit by falling ad revenues
French broadcaster M6 Group saw its revenues drop in the third quarter, pushed down by…
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M6 renews deal with Canal+ as TF1 finds TNTSat alternative
French broadcaster M6 has renewed its multi-year carriage deal with pay TV operator Canal+ for…
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Canal+ revenues buoyed up by aggressive international expansion
French media giant Vivendi has just released robust results for Q3 2021. Looking specifically at…
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Canal+ wins appeal court judgement in TF1-TNTSat dispute
The Paris appeals court has confirmed an earlier ruling in favour of Canal+ in its…