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Watchdog rules in Free’s favour in channel carriage dispute with Altice France
French media watchdog the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has ruled that service provider Free…
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Free signals strong opposition to Salto streaming plan
homepInternet service provider Free has communicated its vehement opposition to parts of the French broadcasters’…
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SFR takes on Free with new box, rollout in other markets to follow
French service provider Altice France/SFR has unveiled its latest set-top box, the AFR Box 8,…
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Xavier Niel reportedly looking at investment in Molotov as Altice stumbles
Free founder Xavier Niel may step into the breach if French OTT TV player Molotov’s…
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Free sees modest bounce back
French service provider Free experienced a modest bounce back in the first quarter, with 150,000…
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Altice France battles it out with Free in channel dispute
Altice France and telecom operator Free continue to be engaged in a stand-off over the…
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Altice France and Free in stand-off over channels
Altice France and Iliad Telecom/Free are engaged in a stand-off over the carriage of the…
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Altice accepts CSA mediation in Free dispute
Altice France has accepted mediation from audiovisual media regulator the CSA in its dispute with…
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Free digests fixed-line losses after tough year
French service provider Free lost 32,000 fixed-line subscribers in the fourth quarter, an acceleration of…
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Freebox Delta passes 100k customer milestone
French service provider Free has passed the 100,000 subscriber milestone for its recently launched high-end…
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Altice France and Free in battle over TV carriage terms
Altice France and Iliad Telecom/Free are engaged in a battle of wills over carriage terms…
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Free unveils next-generation box with Netflix at no extra cost
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has unveiled its long-awaited next-generation box, the Freebox Delta, alongside…
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Free holds back on box as subscriber losses continue
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has held back on unveiling its much-hyped new TV and…
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Free preparing new box as it seeks to revive struggling fixed business
French service provider Free has announced a series of measures to improve its performance in…
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Canal+ loses Ligue 1 football to Mediapro in major upset
In a major blow to pay TV leader Canal+ Spanish broadcasters and producer Mediapro has…
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New management for Iliad Telecom/Free as fixed base dips
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has named chief financial officer Thomas Reynaud as its new…
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TF1 secures carriage deal with Free
France’s TF1 Group has put the final piece in place to secure universal fixed-line IPTV…
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M6 breaks new ground in distribution deal with Free
French broadcaster M6 Group has struck a distribution agreement with IPTV operator Free/Iliad Telecom to…
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Altice’s NextRadioTV joins retransmission fee battle
Altice-owned broadcast outfit NextRadioTV is planning to follow in the footsteps of commercial broadcaster TF1…
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Orange and TF1 sign distribution deal as Canal+ resumes broadcasts
Orange and TF1 have signed a distribution deal following the pair’s spectacular falling out that…
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Canal+ drops TF1 channels as pair fail to strike deal
Canal+ has ceased broadcasting TF1’s channels and digital services after failing to strike a deal…
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Richard: Orange will not take part in future French consolidation
Orange will not participate in any future consolidation of the French multi-play telco business, according…
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TF1 chief remains optimistic on Orange resolution
TF1 chief Gilles Pélisson has reiterated that he is hopeful of striking a deal with…
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Pélisson hopeful of Orange deal as TF1 posts strong results
TF1 is “hopeful” that it can strike a deal for the carriage of its channels…
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CSA steps in as TF1’s dispute with operators deepens
French media regulator the Conseil Supéreiur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has volunteered to mediate in the…
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Canal+ and Free threaten to drop TF1 as services are cut from Orange
Canal+ and Free have threatened to cut ties with TF1 over the latter’s demands for…
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Xavier Niel ‘close’ to taking majority control of Eir
Xavier Niel, the French telecom entrepreneur and owner of multi-play service provider Iliad Telecom/Free, is…
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Free and Bouygues rise as SFR falls
French multi-play service providers Iliad Telecom/Free and Bouygues Telecom have both turned in solid numbers…
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Iliad’s Niel promises new Freebox as competition bites
Iliad Telecom/Free founder Xavier Niel has promised to bring forward the launch of a new…
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Report: Free now has 20% stake in Canalplay
French service provider Free has acquired a 20% stake in Canal+’s subscription video-on-demand service Canalplay…