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CSA to consult on status of scripted reality shows
French media regulator the CSA has said it will hold meetings with content creation professionals…
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Canal Plus must make movie channels available to ISPs
Pay TV operator Canal Plus has lost the latest stage of its battle to overturn…
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Canal Plus’s Belmer speaks against change to SVOD window
Canal Plus chief Rodolphe Belmer has spoken out against any significant changes to the ordering…
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French filmmakers denounce EC’s lack of support
French filmmakers have denounced the refusal of the European Commission to accept the principle of…
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Enlarged role for Belmer at Canal Plus
Rodolphe Belmer has been named as director-general of Canal Plus Group and a member of…
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TV Numeric in receivership
French digital-terrestrial pay TV service provider TV Numeric has been placed in receivership. The company…
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M6 chief says French advertising market is in trouble
France’s TV advertising market will likely hit a new low next year, according to M6…
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Hadopi faces budget cut
France’s Hadopi commission, the body tasked with implementing the country’s controversial anti-piracy regime, has had…
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M6 looking for compensation for loss of bonus channel
French commercial broadcaster M6 is planning to make a claim for €100 million from the…
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Vincent Bolloré joins Vivendi board
Vincent Bolloré is to join the supervisory board of Vivendi following his company’s crossing of…
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Management changes for TF1
French commercial broadcaster TF1’s CEO Nonce Paolini has made a series of management changes. Jean-Pierre…
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Vivendi mulling SFR Numericable merger
Vivendi is mulling a number of options for the future of SFR including a merger…
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Lagardère Active launches Europe 1 app with added video
Lagardère Active’s Europe 1 radio station is to include a video service as part of…
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Court rejects Canal Plus case against competition watchdog
France’s constitutional court has rejected Canal Plus’s claims that the country’s competition regulator acted unconstitutionally…
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ARCEP says regulatory framework should depend on goals
French communications regulator the ARCEP has published its reflections on the reform of audiovisual sector…
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Canal Plus chief: Amazon will launch French SVOD service in March
Canal Plus CEO Bertrand Meheut has claimed that Amazon will likely launch a subscription video-on-demand…
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iConcerts to air Marley and Hendrix following Universal deal
Music channel iConcerts has signed a deal with Universal Music France that will bring programmes…
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France’s richest man Arnault set to invest in DTT channel
Bernard Arnault, France’s richest man, is one of a group of shareholders set to invest…
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Three in five French DSL lines now bundled with TV
Some 12.8 million of France’s 21.5 million DSL lines installed were coupled with a TV…
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CSA cracks down on interruption of programme credits
French media regulator the CSA has established a framework agreement setting out rules about the…
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Canal Plus presents case against competition watchdog
Canal Plus yesterday presented its case against the ruling by the French competition authority on…
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SACD condemns EC ‘procrastination’ over content creation tax
French content creators group SACD has expressed strong concern at what it sees as procrastination…
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Canal Plus names D8 director
Canal Plus has appointed Xavier Gandon as director of programming at channels D8 and D17….
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Netgem creates connected home division
Set-top and interactive TV technology supplier Netgem has created a new connected home product division…
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French government provisions for telecom tax ruling
The French government has made a budget provision of €1.3 billion pending a final ruling…
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France 24 launches Google TV service
France 24 has launched a multilingual TV service for the French Google TV platform. Google’s…
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Orange launches cloud-based gaming for TV customers
Orange is to launch a cloud-based video gaming service as part of its Orange TV…
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French local channels call for suspension of DTT reordering
Almost 40 French local TV channels have completed the first stage of an appeal to…
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Free comes out on top in French ISP survey
French service provider Free has been voted best ISP in a customer satisfaction survey of…
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Pflimlin says he may extend France Télévisions redundancies plan
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has said it may be necessary to extend a voluntary…