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Vivendi-Mediaset rapprochement expected ‘within days’
Vivendi could strike a deal in the next few days to end its legal dispute…
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Vivendi’s mobile SVOD net Studio+ set for US
France’s Vivendi is launching its smartphone-targeted SVOD service Studio+ to the US. The service, which…
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Canal+ formalises Telecom Italia JV
Canal+ has created its planned joint venture with Telecom Italia (TIM), focusing on the acquisition…
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AMC promotes Hajós in Europe
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has promoted Balázs Hajós to vice president of affiliate sales for Central…
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Telecom Italia gets new CEO & okays Canal+ JV
Telecom Italia (TIM) has confirmed the widely anticipated appointment of Vivendi exec Amos Genish as…
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Gov’t set to test Vivendi’s grip on Telecom Italia
Italian government officials are reportedly moving forwards with the process of determining whether Vivendi exercises…
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Vivendi chief confirms Telecom Italia-Canal+ JV plan
Plans to create a pay TV joint venture between Canal+ and Telecom Italia (TIM) are…
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Studiocanal’s Neylon exits as Campos becomes sales head
Studiocanal executive VP of sales and marketing Katrina Neylon has departed the company, TBI has learned,…
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Canal + orders Joann Sfar drama Monsters’ Shrink
Canal + has commissioned Red Production Company to produce Joann Sfar’s live action drama Monsters’…
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Vivendi ‘set to launch’ Italian version of Canal+
Locked in an epic legal battle with its original preferred partner in the Italian market,…
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Netflix & Canal+ co-order Safe drama
Streaming service Netflix and French paycaster Canal+ have co-commissioned an eight-part drama, Safe, which was…
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Canal+ defends rights payment freeze
Canal+ has defended its refusal to pay rights fees demanded by French collecting societies following…
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Fox debuts on-demand service in France
Fox Networks Group Europe & Africa has today launched its authenticated on-demand service in France….
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Canal+ drama Belfer tops Polish demand list
A local Canal+ drama is the most in-demand series in Poland, according to exclusive new…
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Canal+ gains freedom to strike exclusive deals
France’s competition watchdog has removed the majority of restrictions placed on pay TV operator Canal+…
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Canal+ reverses subs drops, eyes earnings gains
Canal+ subscriber additions outnumbered cancellations for the first time in many quarters in the three…
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Canal+ becomes French Showtime home
Pay TV giant Canal+ is to bring the Showtime channel brand to France for the…
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TF1 threatens to cut signal in retrans row
French broadcaster TF1 has warned telecom operators and pay TV operator Canal+ that it will…
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Ex-Canal+, HBO exec joins Discovery Sweden as GM
Discovery Networks Sweden has hired a former Canal+ and HBO Nordic exec as its general…
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Second Swedish-French drama copro on horizon
Following on from SVT and Canal+ thriller Midnight Sun, a second Swedish-French scripted coproduction is…
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Another French TV drama festival set for launch
France will get another scripted TV festival next year with a government-backed event launching and…
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Canal+’s Pujol promoted to C8 programme chief
France’s Canal+ has put Vincent Pujol in charge of free-to-air channel C8. Pujol is promoted…
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Ex-HBO Lat Am execs joins Canal+ Hispanic net
Former HBO Latin America Luis Fonseca has joined Canal+’s US Hispanic channel operator Thema America….
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Fresh blow to Canal+ as Orange secures HBO deal
Orange’s OCS service is to become the exclusive home of HBO shows in France, dealing…
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Molotov streaming service preps Euro expansion
Molotov, the French streaming service founded by Canal+ founder Pierre Lescure and other Gallic TV veterans,…
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Cannes TV Festival confirmed, Reed Midem, Canal+ on board
The inaugural Cannes TV festival will take place next year and run in parallel with…
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Netflix claims $1.75bn Europe spend
Netflix has launched a European charm offensive, claiming a to-date spend of US$1.75 billion in…
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Canal+ backs Cannes int’l TV series festival
Canal+ has signed up as a partner with the Cannes mayor’s office to further the…
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Canal+ rebrands Lat Am channels distributor
Alterna’TV, the channel distribution business for set up by Eutelsat Americas to distribute Latin American…
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Orange France ‘definitely’ interested in Canal+
Telco and pay TV operator Orange would consider buying Canal+ if Vivendi put it up…