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Lagardère sells Canal+ stake to Vivendi for €1 billion
French media company Lagardère Group has sold its 20% stake in Canal+ to Vivendi for…
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Numericable targets €652 million through IPO
French cable operator Numericable is seeking to raise around €652 million by listing on the…
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Lagardère in ‘ongoing’ talks with Vivendi over Canal+
French media company Lagardère has said that it is in “ongoing discussions with Vivendi” to…
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Visiware launches smart TV Who Wants to be a Millionaire game
Interactive TV game publisher Visiware is partnering with Samsung to launch a new adaptation of…
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Orange sees strong TV and FTTH growth in France
Orange reported 5.463 million IPTV and satellite customers in France at the end of the…
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TDF examining offers for sale of French assets
Transmission services provider TDF is looking at two offers for the sale of its French…
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Canal+ fails to secure reduced VAT rate
An amendment that would have seen the implementation of a reduced VAT rate charged to…
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Altice to increase Numericable stake
Patrick Drahi’s Altice investment vehicle plans to increase its stake in French cable operator Numericable…
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Europe leads the way in broadband speed growth
Global average internet speeds increased by about 5.2% in the second quarter of this year,…
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Dailymotion opens Japan office
France-based video site Dailymotion has opened a new Japanese office to tap in on local…
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Le Lay replaces Hollinger at TF1 Publicité
Martine Hollinger, the president of French broadcaster TF1’s advertising arm, TF1 Publicité, is to leave…
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Orange Cinéma Séries launches ‘new generation’ with OCS City and Go
France’s Orange Cinéma Séries has launched its ‘new generation’ offering, including two entirely new services…
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Sundance Channel gets new Euro launches
AMC Networks-owned Sundance Channel has found new carriage in France, Belgium and Hungary. The AMC/Sundance…
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Numericable adds J-One to programming line-up
French cable operator Numericable is adding Japanese general interest and anime channel J-One to its…
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Free launches 1Gbps internet for Freebox Révolution
French ISP Free has launched a 1Gbps internet service for Freebox Révolution subscribers. Free is…
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Eurosport nets Women’s Champions League
International sports broadcaster Eurosport has taken rights to key games in the Women’s Champions League…
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Du Laz named as TF1 Vidéo acqusitions chief
French broadcaster TF1 has given Tristan du Laz, deputy CEO of TF1 Vidéo, the additional…
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Free to offer Canal+ channels for free in promotion
French ISP Free is to offer Canal+’s channels free to its ADSL and fibre customers…
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Canal+ Overseas to acquire Caribbean ISP group
Canal+ Overseas, Canal+ Group’s operation for Africa and France’s overseas territories, has notified the French…
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SFR names human resources and organisation chief
French service provider SFR has named François Rubichon as executive director for human resources, general…
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Canal+ Séries launches, faces competition from OCS City
Canal+ has launched Canal+ Séries, the sixth channel in its premium offering, Chaines Canal+. The…
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SFR adds D8 and D17 to catch-up offering
French service provider SFR has added catch-up TV from Canal+’s free-to-air channels D8 and D17…
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Numericable launches IPO process
French cable operator Numericable has launched the process of seeking a public listing by publishing…
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Vivendi hit by legal delay to Activision Blizzard sale
Vivendi has been hit by a delay in its sale of video games subsidiary Activision…
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TF1 gives diversification chief additional responsibility
French broadcaster TF1 has given Régis Ravanas, managing director, diversification, responsibility for group development in…
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Bouygues Telecom goes OTT
France’s Bouygues Telecom is set to launch a complete OTT service that will give viewers…
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Orange and HBO to launch new French network OCS City
Orange in France is launching a new channel next month in partnership with HBO, called…
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Numericable picks Envivio for HD TV service
French cable operator Numericable has selected Envivio software-based headend solutions for the SD and HD…
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Vivendi to assess splitting the business
French media and telecoms giant Vivendi is launching a study into whether to split the…
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French Senate mulls changes to media regulation
The French Senate is currently considering wide-ranging changes to the regulatory regime for audiovisual media…