Arcep Director-General, Cécile Dubarry, will be leaving the French media regulator on August 19th, and will take up the role Director-General of the Institut Mines-Télécom on the same date. Dubarry began her career in 1994 at the Directorate-General of Posts and Telecommunications then, from 1997 to 2002, at the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority. In 2002, she […]
France’s TF1 group has announced an aggregation strategy by adding contents from sports media brand L’Équipe, daily newspaper Le Figaro, and music-streaming platform Deezer to its to its TF1+ free-to-view streaming platform. “These first agreements mark a step change in our digital acceleration strategy, with the aggregation of appealing third-party content that complements nicely our […]
Arcep, the French regulatory body, has presenting the 2024 edition of its report on the state of the internet in France. This is Volume 3 of the annual report that the Authority submits to the country’s Parliament each year. The report provides an account of the actions that Arcep has taken to safeguard the smooth […]
The BBC has acquired Sambre – Anatomy of a Crime, a French crime thriller based on true events, for BBC iPlayer and TV channels, from Federation Studios. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind docuseries The Staircase and the drama Laetitia, recounts the extraordinary legal case of a serial rapist who attacked women across three […]
Having failed to yet close any TV rights deal in France, French football professional league LFP has outlined the in house Ligue 1 channel it is preparing for the 2024-2025 season kicking off on August 16th. The new dedicated channel would be available at €30 per month over a ten month period and is expected […]
The English Club TV Group has announced the launch of three educational channels – TinyTeen TV, LingoToons TV, and LangLab TV – on SFR in France. The channel aims to make learning English fun and accessible, with a variety of shows that cover topics relevant to teenagers’ interests and academic needs. TinyTeen TV is designed […]
French animation distributor Folivari International today announces it has acquired international rights to The Baker Street Four (12 x 26’), an original animated series co-produced by European animation powerhouses Folivari and Blue Spirit, with the support of French broadcaster Canal+. It has also acquired international rights to Guitar and Drum, co-produced by Hype Animation and […]
Max is now live and available to watch in France and Poland, completing Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) first wave of European launches that began in May. Following these latest launches, Max is available in 25 countries in Europe, spanning Iberia, France, Benelux, Nordics, and Central and Eastern Europe and 65 countries and territories in total […]
Grass Valley, a provider of live production solutions, has announced that French National Public TV Broadcaster, france tv, has selected its next-generation Kaleido KIP-X240 IP Multiviewer as part of an enterprise wide transition from SDI to SMPTE-2110 (ST-2110). The france tv group, which includes five national, 24 regional channels and nine overseas channels, has taken […]
Bedrock, the leading European streaming tech company, is powering M6+, the new supercharged AVoD streaming platform by Groupe M6, now available for free across all devices in France. Following the unveiling of M6’s revamped streaming ambition in early March, Bedrock promptly delivered M6+ to the French public, with new branding and outstanding user-centric features on […]