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France
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Green light for Canal+ Overseas Mediaserv acquisition
France’s competition regulator has given a green light to Canal+ Overseas’ acquisition of a 51%…
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France’s ARCEP launches FttDP consultation
French telecom regulator ARCEP has launched a consultation on Fibre to the Distribution Point (FttDP)…
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Numericable passes five million high-speed homes
French cable operator Numericable has passed five million home with its fibre-based very high-speed internet…
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Numericable teams up with IBM for cloud
French cable operator Numericable has teamed up with IBM to launch a cloud-based service targeted…
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France Télévisions taps Hubee for Pluzz.fr on Free
Broadcaster France Télévisions has tapped existing on-demand TV partner Hubee to provide its video-on-demand and…
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SFR could launch IPO in July, says Vivendi CEO
Vivendi-owned French service provider SFR could launch its IPO as early as July, according to…
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Numericable to offer 4G free to subs for one year
French cable operator Numericable is making its 4G mobile service free of charge to existing…
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Numericable owner Altice launches IPO
Altice, the investment vehicle of Patrick Drahi and main shareholder of French cable operator Numericable,…
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Eurosport hails record digital month
Pan-European sports channel Eurosport, currently celebrating its 25th year, has aid it achieved its best-ever…
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Numericable to launch social TV service, restart and 4G
French cable operator Numericable has launched two new connected TV initiatives and has confirmed plans…
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Netflix must support French content creation, says minister
Netflix will have to sign up to France’s content creation support regime if it launches…
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Orange names new innovation chief
Orange has named Mari-Noëlle Jégo-Laveissière as head of its innovation, marketing and technologies division. Jégo-Laveissière,…
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Dailymotion launches new version of Android app
French video site Dailymotion has launched a new version of its Android app that it…
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Green light for Altice’s Numericable acquisition
The French competition authority has given the green light for the acquisition of cable operator…
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Netflix gears up for “substantial European expansion”
Netflix is set to “embark on a substantial European expansion” later this year, as it…
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Vodkaster and Riplay plan French “Netflix alternative”
French movie-interest social network provider Vodkaster is to merge with DVD digitisation specialist Riplay with…
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Canal+ files complaint against TF1 on advertising dominance
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has filed a complaint against commercial broadcaster TF1 with the French competition authority,…
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Visiware Millionaire game on Bouygues Bbox
TV games specialist Visiware has released a version of its Who Wants to be a…
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Discovery takes majority control of Eurosport
Discovery Communications has acquired a controlling stake in Eurosport a year ahead of the schedule…
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Vivendi makes fresh commitments to secure free-to-air channels deal
Vivendi has made a series of fresh commitments to secure regulatory approval for its acquisition…
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TDF merges media services units to form Arkena
French transmission provider TDF has merged its media services subsidiaries into a single company, Arkena….
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CTAM Europe launches management course at INSEAD
Cable marketing organisation CTAM Europe is launching an executive management course with the INSEAD business…
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Canal+ extends YouTube offering after December ratings success
Pay TV operator Canal+ has hailed the success of its multichannel YouTube offering one month…
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Fox International Channels extends presence in France and Ireland
Fox International Channels has extended its presence in France and Ireland with launches on the…
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Microsoft in talks with French video site Dailymotion
Microsoft is in talks with Orange about taking a stake in its video site Dailymotion,…
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SFR launches Google-equipped hybrid STB
French service provider SFR has launched a hybrid set-top box for linear broadcasts and online…
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FIC makes European media sales hire
Fox International Channels has appointed Jean-Philippe Amos as its vice-president of media sales and partnerships,…
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Canal+ to pay less for content creation
Canal+ Group will be required to pay less to the French Centre National du Cinéma…
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Numericable ordered to pay damages to Free
A Paris court has ordered cable operator Numericable to pay €6 million in damages to…
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Orange close to US deal for Dailymotion
French video sharing site Dailymotion is close to securing a partnership with a major US…