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New French indie group ‘circles Cattleya’

New France-based TV consolidator Mediawan is reportedly in the market to buy Gomorrah producer Cattleya. Following a €270 million (US$285 million) deal to acquire the AB Groupe and proclamations of further deals to come, Mediawan has turned its attention to Italy-based Cattleya, according to several French-language sites. Another French conglom, Vivendi, is also said to […]

Mediawan plans ‘leading content platform in Europe’

Mediawan plans to use its acquisition of AB Groupe to build “the leading premium content platform in Europe”, combining production and channel distribution, according to Lazard France CEO Matthieu Pigasse, one of the three principals behind the creation of the publicly-listed investment outfit. Speaking on a conference call after the AB deal was announced yesterday, […]

Mediawan buying France’s AB Groupe

Mediawan, the media investment consortium set up by producer Pierre-Antoine Capton, Iliad Telecom founder Xavier Niel and Lazard France chief Matthieu Pigasse, is buying French production, channels and distribution player AB Groupe for €270 million (US$288 million). The investment group, which said that the acquisition would be a “first step towards building a leading independent […]

AB launching kids pay channel and SVOD

France’s AB Group will launch a kids educational channel and associated subscription video-on-demand service in February. Mon Science et Vie Junior is being created in partnership with Italian publishing outfit Mondadori, and is based on a magazine of the same name, which sells about 170,000 copies a month in France. The service, aimed at 12-15 […]

TF1 remaking Israeli comedy Little Mom

French commercial broadcaster TF1 has acquired remake rights to Israeli comedy Little Mom. Scarlett Production has gone into production on a French version, which will likely broadcast on TF1 next year. This comes after French broadcaster AB Groupe collaborated with Scarlett on a French-language pilot. ABC Groupe has international distribution rights to the French show. […]

Raft of post-MIPCOM sales and new shows for DQ Entertainment

DQ Entertainment has concluded a raft of programme sales and is working on a slate of four new shows. The India-based, UK-listed kids producer and distributor has sold its animated Robin Hood animated series to Discovery Asia, two seasons of The Jungle Book (pictured) to Nickelodeon India, which has also picked up Suraj, The Rising […]