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TF1
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TF1’s Auféminin acquisition and telco deals fuel growth
French broadcaster TF1’s new Unify digital unit centred around its acquisition of Auféminin, together with…
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TF1 brings digital activities together under Abecassis
French broadcaster TF1 is bringing its digital activities together in a new division, Unify, under…
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TF1 in negotiations for sale of tele-shopping unit
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has entered into exclusive negotiations with former Teleshopping CEO Jérôme Dillard…
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TF1 strikes distribution deal with Videofutur
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has struck a new distribution deal with Videofutur, the Netgem-backed outfit…
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Mediaset reportedly looking to Spain as first step in European strategy
Mediaset may move to consolidate its Spanish operation as the first step of a strategy…
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Canal+ seals deal for new windowing regime
Canal+ and other French television broadcasters signed a new windowing agreement with organisations representing the…
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French broadcasters slam YouTube campaign against Article 13
French broadcasters and organisations representing rightsholders have banded together to condemn what they describe as…
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France Télévisions to cease putting shows on YouTube as Canal+ reveals new VOD plan
France Télévisions is going to stop distributing complete programmes on YouTube, following director-general Delphine Ernotte’s…
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TF1 secures handball deal with BeIN Media
French broadcaster TF1 has struck a deal with pay TV outfit BeIN Sports to acquire…
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Canal+ and TF1 finally bury the hatchet with new deal
Vivendi-owned French pay TV outfit Canal+ and commercial broadcaster TF1 have finally buried the hatchet…
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TF1 takes majority stake in programmatic specialist
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has taken a majority stake in programmatic media specialist Gamned! as…
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World Cup provides major boost for TF1
Coverage of the FIFA World Cup has helped lift French commercial broadcaster TF1’s performance for…
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Histoire chief Buisson resigns
Patrick Buisson, the controversial head of TF1 Group-owned history channel Histoire, has resigned. In a…
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Sky Deutschland launches Ryder Cup pop-up channel
Sky Deutschland is launching a pop-up Ryder Cup channel that will kick off tomorrow and…
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TF1 sees boost from World Cup and Premium but costs take toll
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has posted strong first-half revenues on the back of a successful…
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TF1 in exclusive talks to buy Lagardère e-health portal
TF1 Group has entered into exclusive negotiations with Lagardère Group to take control of the…
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Molotov reportedly looking for buyer
French OTT TV service Molotov is looking for a buyer, according to local reports, with…
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TF1 completes acquisition of Newen
TF1 has completed the acquisition of the shares in Newen Studios it did not already…
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TF1 taps Harmonic for Ultra HD
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has tapped video technology outfit Harmonic to deploy an Ultra HD…
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French broadcasters combine forces in major OTT TV plan
French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 Group and public broadcaster France Televisions have teamed up…
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Free signs up for TF1 4K ahead of World Cup
French broadcaster TF1 will make 28 matches from the FIFA World Cup in Russia available…
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TF1 management shuffle puts emphasis on digital and innovation
French broadcaster TF1 has announced a series of management appointments, including giving Christine Bellin, director…
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TF1 completes Aufeminin acquisition
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has completed the acquisition of female lifestyle digital media provider Aufeminin…
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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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TF1 takes 100% control of Newen, names new CEO
French commercial broadcaster TF1 Group is acquiring the 30% in production outfit Newen Studios that…
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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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France Télévisions putting SVOD plan ‘on hold’ as it seeks partners
France Télévisions has put its plan to launch a subscription video-on-demand service on hold as…
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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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Canal+ softens on payment for TF1 enhanced TV services
Canal+ has confirmed that it is “progressively” renewing the distribution of TF1’s free-to-air channels. The…
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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…