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France
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Trace Sports HD launches on Numericable
French broadcaster Trace has signed a carriage deal with Numericable for its new sports channel…
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France starts in-depth investigation into TPS/CanalSatellite merger
France’s competition commission has opened a detailed examination of the 2006 merger of DTH operators…
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France names six new HD channels for DTT network
French regulator the CSA has unveiled six new channels on the country’s digital terrestrial television…
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Al Jazeera names French sports channels
Al Jazeera has confirmed that its French sports channels will be named Be In Sport…
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Bouygues unveils 4G plan
French quad-play provider Bouygues Telecom has unveiled plans to roll out a 4G mobile network…
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Al Jazeera to charge €11 for French sport channels
Al Jazeera is to charge a subscription price of €11 a month for its Sport…
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Studiocanal promotes Smith to UK CEO
Studiocanal, the French production company operated by pay TV platform Canal+, has promoted Robb Smith…
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Orange migrates TV subs to new Viaccess-Orca platform
Orange has begun migrating its IPTV subscriber base to a new, next-generation platform, La Nouvelle…
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French politicians at odds over timing of digital-terrestrial decision
A political row has broken out in France over the timing of the award by…
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Vidéofutur says hybrid DVD and on-demand offering is on track
French video-on-demand and DVD rental specialist Vidéofutur says it is on target to sign up…
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Fall of MegaUpload saw rise of catch-up TV and VOD, says Hadopi
Use of catch-up services and legal pay VOD services in France grew by over a…
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Free looks to fixed-line growth after successful year
French quad-play ISP Free has said that it intends to capture a 25% of the…
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Discovery buys stake in French pay TV broadcaster
Discovery Networks International has acquired a 20% stake in French pay broadcaster Televista. The move…
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France’s content regime under threat from Google and Al Jazeera, says Canal Plus chief
The entry into TV of global internet companies including Google-YouTube and Qatari state-funded broadcaster Al…
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Canalsat to carry Orange film channels from early April
French pay TV operator Canalsat will start offering Orange’s five channel Cinéma Séries bouquet…
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France’s connected TV commission sets to work
Following last month’s creation of a commission to study the impact and need for regulation…
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Two French DTT candidates drop out
Two of the candidates for the six new HD digital-terrestrial slots on offer in France…
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Canal Plus and SFR see TV growth
Canal Plus France added 158,000 subscriptions to services in 2011 to take its total to…
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Al Jazeera to undercut Canal Plus with sports channels
Al Jazeera is to make its two new sports channels in France available for €13…
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Disney deal for CanalPlay Infinity, Bbox and iPad launches imminent
Canal Plus has signed a deal with The Walt Disney Company to include Disney content…
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Free launches Angry Birds on Révolution
French IPTV provider Free has launched the popular Angry Birds game on its Freebox Révolution…
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New blow for Canal Plus as Al Jazeera and M6 share Europa League
Al Jazeera has continued its assault on football rights in France by acquiring the rights…
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CSA to launch commission on connected TV in France
French media regulator the CSA is to create a commission to study the development of…
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Eutelsat sees record backlog
Eutelsat’s order backlog has increased almost 10% to a record €5.3 billion, the satellite operator…
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French external media boosted by France 24 Arabic launch
The channels run by France’s external media organisation, Audiovisuel Extérieur de la France (AEF), have…
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Lagardère names Micoleau as programming chief
Lagardère has named Laurent Micoleau as programming chief at its Lagardère Active media arm. In…
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NDS supplying next-generation platform for Bbox
Bouygues Telecom is working with NDS to provide the technology platform for the next generation…
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TF1 revenues remain stable
TF1 said it expects revenues will remain flat this year, despite economic uncertainties. The Bouygues-owned…
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Eurosport extends skiing deal
Sports broadcaster Eurosport has extended its rights deal with the International Ski Federation (FIS) for…
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TV Numeric mulls options as French pay DTT stumbles
The future of pay TV on the French digital-terrestrial platform has been thrown into further…