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Pro7 and ITV likely M&A targets

Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of French broadcaster M6 (backed by RTL Grp), has reiterated his view that a major change of European regulation is needed regarding broadcaster consolidation as he believes the headlines will be dominated by the theme over the next years. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, de Tavernost put forward […]

September 8, 2020

Quortex raises €2.5m

Quortex, a provider of a video streaming solution over the Internet, has raised €2.5 million in seed capital, in a funding round led by Elaia and Go Capital, with the participation of Unexo and Business Angels. The Quortex software solution is already used by customers such as M6 and Red Bee Media. Quortex says this […]

June 22, 2020

France: Salto goes beta before autumn launch

French VoD/SVoD platform Salto – a joint venture between TF1, M6 and France Télévisions – has begun its first test phase, a few months before its planned commercial launch later this year. “We’re in the starting blocks, the test phase has started on Wednesday” managing director Thomas Folin told AFP. Initially scheduled for Q1 of […]

June 3, 2020From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris