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France
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France’s external media group joins ASBU
Audiovisuel Extérieur de la France (AEF), France’s external media arm, which operates channels and France…
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Levy leaves Vivendi
Jean-Bernard Levy has left his role as CEO of Vivendi, the media giant that owns…
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Audiovisuel Extérieur de la France joins ASBU
Audiovisuel Extérieur de la France (AEF), the umbrella organisation for France24, RFI and Monte Carlo…
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Al Jazeera, Eurosport share Ligue 2, beIN Sport reportedly close to CanalSat deal
Al Jazeera’s French sports channel beIN Sport and Eurosport have secured rights to broadcast Ligue…
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Orange and SFR unveil joint fibre plans for Marseille
Orange and SFR have unveiled plans to roll out fibre networks across Marseille and the…
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Canal Plus offering limited concessions for Bolloré channels
Canal Plus has outlined fresh concessions it is willing to make to secure approval for…
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Six new French DTT channels launching before end-2012
Six new DTT channels will launch in France on December 12, the country’s communications regulator…
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Jewish News 1 launching in French
Jewish News 1 (JN1), the 24-hour news channel launched last year, is launching a French-language…
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Technicolor factory in receivership
Technicolor’s set-top box facility in Angers in France has been placed in receivership, according to…
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Lagardère names kids programming chief
Lagardère Group has named Sebastien Liefferinckx as director of programmes at kids channel Gulli. Liefferinckx,…
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CSA authorises DVB-T2 trial
France’s media regulator the CSA has authorised Image & Réseaux to begin trial transmissions in…
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TF1 loses YouTube court case
TF1 has lost its case against Google, which a French court ruled was not responsible…
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Eurosport signs TV app deal with Panasonic
Eurosport has launched an app for Panasonic Viera Connect TVs in time for Roland Garros….
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Technicolor board to recommend JP Morgan offer
The board of TV technology provider Technicolor has decided to recommend an offer by JP…
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Al Jazeera French offices raided following Canal Plus complaint
Charles Biétry, the head of Al Jazeera’s French sports channels beIN Sport, has revealed that…
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Euronews names broadcasting and marketing chief
Euronews has appointed Grégory Samak world director of broadcasting and programme marketing. The news channel…
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French competition regulator outlines possible Canal Plus remedies
France’s competition authority has published a series of remedies to what it sees as Canal…
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Numericable offers iPhone service to LaBox subscribers
French cable operator Numericable will extend its new LaBox offering from June 11 to include…
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Endemol appoints French managing director
Production and distribution group Endemol has hired Nicholas Coppermann as the managing director of Endemol…
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Al Jazeera to launch at 13° East and 5° West, expects to profitable in “four to five years”
Al Jazeera Networks has chosen Eutelsat’s Hot Bird platform at 13° East and Eutelsat 5…
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Broussard named as programming chief for TMC-NT1
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has named Vincent Broussard as vice-president, broadcasting and programming at its…
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Lescure to look again at Hadopi law
Former Canal Plus chief Pierre Lescure has been given the task of looking again at…
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CSA could push separation of Canal Plus FTA as condition for Bolloré acquisition
French media regulator the CSA could recommend the effective separation of Canal Plus’s free and…
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French connected TV universe growing rapidly
Some three million French homes, or 10.7% of the total, were equipped with connected TVs…
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Al Jazeera to launch sports channels in US
Al Jazeera has said it will launch two new sports channels in the US in…
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ARCEP launches consultation on net neutrality
French telecom regulator ARCEP has launched a public consultation on net neutrality following a request…
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CSA pulls plug on mobile TV, withdraws TPS Star frequency
French media regulator the CSA has confirmed that it has withdrawn approval it earlier granted…
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Growth for Canal Plus France
Canal Plus France, with pay TV operations in mainland France, overseas territories and Africa, attracted…
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Profit and ad revenues down, programming costs up at TF1
TF1 has posted a year-on-year decline in operating profit and ad revenues in the first…
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Iliad Telecom passes five million broadband customer mark
French ISP Iliad Telecom had 5.04 million broadband subscribers at the end of March, up…