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Canal+ teams up with Bouygues Telecom for new offering
Vivendi-owned French pay TV operator Canal+ has teamed up with service provider Bouygues Telecom to…
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Free extends fibre reach with Axione deal
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has signed a deal with deliver services over public fibre…
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Free first operator to add LaCinetek movies on-demand offering
French service provider Free has added movies on-demand service LaCinetek to its Freebox offering –…
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Free teams up with Huawei to launch Chinese pack
French service provider Free has launched a new package of Chinese channels in partnership with…
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Bouygues denies it is in talks with Orange
French construction-to-telecoms conglomerate Bouygues has categorically denied that it is in talks with other French…
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France’s Free sees revenue boost from Canal+ deal
Iliad Telecom-owned French service provider Free received a boost to fixed-line ARPU last year from…
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Free launches Arabic and Vietnamese bouquets
French service provider Free has added two new à la carte bouquets targeted at Arabic…
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Mediawan to acquire AB Group as first step in Euro-content strategy
Mediawan, the media investment consortium set up by producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, Iliad Telecom founder Xavier…
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French operators reportedly lining up to claim reparations in ‘gun-jumping’ case
French service providers Orange, Bouygues Telecom and Free are likely to seek reparations from Altice…
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Free adds Canal+ multiscreen offering to bundle
French service provider Free has added Canal+’s multiscreen TV service myCanal to its offering, complementing…
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Canal+ revamps pay TV proposition and drops Canalsat brand
Canal+ Group is revamping its domestic French pay TV offering, retiring the Canalsat brand used…
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Free now second-placed in French fixed-line market
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has taken second place in the country’s broadband internet market…
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French government ‘ready to approve’ Orange-Bouygues deal
The French government is ready to approve Orange’s planned acquisition of Bouygues Telecom under a…
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Orange-Bouygues deal faces delay as French state seeks to protect its position
Orange’s acquisition of Bouygues Telecom has run into a hurdle in the shape of the…
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Free raises fresh debt
French service provider Iliad Telecom/Free has raised fresh funds totaling €650 million in the form…
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DJAZZ.tv HD joins Free line-up
A French version of Dutch music channel DJAZZ.tv will broadcast in HD via French pay…
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ARCEP closes bidding for 700MHz spectrum
French telecom regulator ARCEP secured €2.8 billion from this week’s auction of 700MHz spectrum, currently…
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SFR to launch new Ultra HD box and SVoD service
French pay TV operator SFR is due to launch a new 4K Ultra HD gateway,…
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Free launches first 4K TV channel Festival 4K
French service provider Free has staked its claim to be the first in the country…
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French operators file documents for 700MHz
France’s four leading mobile operators – Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR – have…
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Rules set for French 700MHz auction
The French government has finalised the conditions for the sale of frequencies in the 700MHz…
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Numericable-SFR adds MYTF1
French service provider Numericable-SFR has added commercial broadcaster TF1’s catch-up service to its platforms, according…
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France’s Free launches entry-level 4K set-top
French service provider Free has launched a new entry-level 4K small form factor set-top box,…
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Thema launches Le Bouquet Espagnol on Free
Channel distributor Thema last week struck an agreement with French service provider Free to carry…
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SFR-Numericable reportedly renewing interest in Bouygues
French quad-play service provider SFR-Numericable has indicated to analysts that it is willing to pay…
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Cable operators top Netflix Euro-rankings
Netflix has published its second assessment of internet service providers’ performance in Europe since it…
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English Club TV gains carriage with Free
Educational channel English Club TV has secured carriage with Free in France. English Club TV…
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Free says no to Netflix for now
French service provider Free will not follow its peers amongst the country’s ISPs and give…
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France’s Free reportedly eyeing Android set-top
French internet service provider Free is reportedly planning to launch an Android TV-powered set-top box…
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Netflix fails to secure Free deal, sets out goals for France
French telco Iliad Telecom/Free has joined Orange in declining to distribute Netflix when it launches…