Delphine Ernotte-Cunci


Is France’s answer to Netflix too little too late?

France’s local answer to Netflix, Salto, may have received the greenlight from the competition watchdog, but producers warn that without a hefty originals investment and clarity on rights, the platform could struggle to compete with players that are “years ahead” in France. The Autorité de la Concurrence ushered through the beleaguered joint-SVOD between commercial broadcasters […]

Netflix’s Sarandos, Amazon’s Brown set for Series Mania

Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos and Amazon Studios’ European originals boss Georgia Brown are heading to Series Mania as part of the French festival’s ‘Lille Transatlantic Dialogues’ programme. The day-long 27 March event is billed as a bilateral summit between the European Union and the US, uniting political decision makers with leading industry execs […]

French national SVOD plans take shape

France Télévisions has been in touch with key producers about securing content for its forthcoming SVOD service to rival Netflix in the French market, with a possible revenue-share arrangement – and potential equity participation by the producers – in mind, according to French financial daily Les Echos. France Télévisions director-general Delphine Ernotte-Cunci revealed at a […]

France Télévisions preps Netflix alternative

France Televisions hopes to move forward with plans to create a new SVOD platform to distribute French content and offer a counterweight in France to the likes of Netflix and Amazon by autumn next year, according to France Télévisions director-general Delphine Ernotte-Cunci. Addressing a French parliamentary hearing, Ernotte-Cunci said that it was crucially important to […]

Former France Télévisions boss dies at 62

Former France Télévisions director-general Rémy Pflimlin has died at the age of 62. Pflimlin died on Saturday. According to French press reports, he was hospitalised a month ago at the Pitié Salpêtrière hospital for cancer treatment. “It is with great sadness that Delphine Ernotte -Cunci, director-general of France Télévisions, the management and employees have learned […]

Pflimlin out as France Télévisions gets new boss

French media regulator the CSA has named the current executive director of Orange France, Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, as the new president of public broadcaster France Télévisions, replacing Rémy Pflimlin when his current term ends. Ernotte-Cunci, 48, who will take up her new role on August 22 and will serve for a five-year term, is the first […]