France Télévisions will be providing coverage of the pre- and post-competition activities of the surfing event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. In partnership with Haivision, a specialist in live video contribution over any network, and Obvios, developers of software-based private 5G network solutions, France Télévisions will produce UHD exclusive content during the Olympic surfing […]
Fremantle has announced a production deal with France TV for Zelensky (w/t), following on from a BBC commission of the three-part docuseries from 72 Films (a Fremantle company) and The Open University. Zelensky (w/t) takes an unfiltered and personal look at the astounding transformation of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky from comedian to iconic war hero. […]
France Télévisions CEO Delphine Ernotte Cunci has been re-elected as the President of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), whilst wedish Radio (SR) Director General Cilla Benkö has been re-elected as the Vice-President. They were both re-elected to the roles by an absolute majority at the EBU’s General Assembly held in Cyprus and will continue in […]
During the Sunnyside of the Docs Festival in La Rochelle, France, BBC Studios and France Télévisions announced that they have agreed a new long-term strategic partnership to develop and co-produce factual content. The multi-year agreement commenced in April 2024 and includes a co-production first look across BBC Studios unscripted content pipeline. This is a natural […]
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 […]
The Kollective (6 x 60’) has begun production and today announces its cast. Produced by Submarine (Undone; Apollo 10 ½, Bellingcat: Truth in a Post-Truth World) and created by Leonardo Fasoli (Gomorrah, ZeroZeroZero), Maddalena Ravagli (Gomorrah) and Submarine’s Femke Wolting, the series is commissioned by The European Alliance and will be distributed worldwide by A+E Media Group. Taking audiences around the world from Budapest […]
French commercial broadcaster TF1 group has filed a complaint with the European Commission for “illegal state aid” against PSB group France Télévisions. The abolition of the TV licence fee, to be replaced by the allocation of a portion of VAT, is at the heart of TF1’s argument, according to Le Figaro. “This change in financing […]
As official TV host to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, France Télévisions is aiming to give higher visibility to its digital platform france.tv. On May 8th, the day when the Olympic Torch is set to arrive in Marseille, the French PSB group will launch The Olympic Channel. While linear channels France 2 and France 3 […]
The schedules of France 2 and France 3, French PSB group France Télévisions’ main networks, are set to be dominated by Olympic Games coverage during July and August 2024. With the exception of news bulletins and Sunday morning religious programmes, the Games will take up all broadcast slots of both channels, the official TV hosts […]
UK indie Impossible Factual announces it has completed production on two history documentaries for UK and international broadcasters. The Lost Scrolls of Vesuvius (60’) has been picked up by Channel 5. The Cambridgeshire Crucifixion (60’) which has delivered to PBS, Arte and SBS and has been picked up by BBC4 and is set to TX […]