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TF1 and M6 appeal against Canal Plus FTA acquisitions
French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have filed an appeal against the competition authority’s approval 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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Dailymotion to pay TF1 but not responsible for postings
Online video site Dailymotion has been ordered by a Paris court to pay €270,000 in…
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French HD channels to extend reach
HD channels offered by TF1, France Télévisions and M6 are expected to extend their reach…
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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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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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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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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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Canal Plus condemns reported CSA proposals as threat to European content creation
Canal Plus has reacted angrily to a report in Le Point magazine that revealed regulator…
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TF1 to sell advertising for Al Jazeera sports channels
Al Jazeera has chosen commercial broadcaster TF1 to sell advertising for its new French sports…
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UEFA decides on French media rights for Euro 2012 and 2016
UEFA has granted French media rights to the Euro 2012 and 2016 tournaments to TF1,…
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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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TFI to release Fox’s Alcatraz day after the US
Leading French commercial broadcaster TF1 is making JJ Abrams’ latest scripted series Alcatraz available a…
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CSA receives 31 DTT proposals, Canal Plus pulls out
French media regulator the CSA has received 31 proposals to launch services on six new…
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French DTT candidates to submit proposals tomorrow
Candidates have until tomorrow to submit proposals for six new HD digital-terrestrial TV frequencies on…
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LCI wins IPTV carriage deals
TF1-owned news and information channel LCI has agreed carriage deals with IPTV providers Bouygues Telecom,…
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TF1 re-enters pay TV world with Lib’Télé
French broadcaster TF1 is set to re-enter the pay TV world five years after the…
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TF1, M6 decline to play ball on Euro 2012 rights
French commercial channels TF1 and M6 have declined to make a new, higher offer for…
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Bouygues Telecom and Orange strike deal for TF1 channels
French service provider Bouygues Telecom and Orange/France Telecom have struck deals with French commercial broadcaster…
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France to annul bonus channels law
The French government is preparing a law that will formally withdraw the allocation of so-called…
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TF1 lowers guidance as ad market suffers
France’s leading commercial broadcaster TF1 has lowered its revenue guidance for 2011 as a result…
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Paolini: LCI likely to remain pay TV service
French news and information channel LCI, whose owner TF1 has been seeking a free-to-air slot…
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TF1 using Elemental for multiscreen delivery
Multiscreen content delivery specialist Elemental Technologies has announced that French broadcast group TF1 Group is…
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CSA to launch appeal for DTT channels on Monday
French media regulator the CSA is to issue its appeal for candidates to launch six…
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French government abandons bonus channels plan
The French government has abandoned plans to award so-called bonus channels on the digital-terrestrial platform…
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French government mulls expansion of free DTT offering
The French government wants to authorise the launch of six new channels on the country’s…
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TF1 reportedly ready to abandon free-to-air plan for LCI
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has abandoned its attempt to migrate its information channel LCI from…
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MyTF1VOD offering US shows via Facebook
French broadcaster TF1’s video-on-demand service MyTF1VOD is making US series available via Facebook for the…
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L’Equipe TV looking to go free-to-air
Following TF1’s request for information channel LCI to be moved to free-to-air on France’s digital-terrestrial…
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Walt Disney strikes download deals for France
The Walt Disney Company is to make a raft of its hit US series available…