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French net orders Vivendi Entertainment format
Vivendi’s formats and entertainment division has shopped a couple format to C8, the free-to-air DTT…
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France’s D8 hires new entertainment chief
Julien Lalande has been appointed head of entertainment at Canal+’s DTT service D8. He replaces…
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Bolloré indicates end of Canal+ free-to-air
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré has given the strongest indication yet that he plans to reduce…
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Canal+ shedding French subs
Canal+ France lost 183,000 subscriptions in the first quarter, taking its domestic total to 8.3…
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Canal+ hands FTA ents chief wider role
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ has given free-to-air channel D8’s director of live and entertainment…
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Broadcasters buy Back to the Future special
Several broadcasters including History in the US have acquired Back to the Present, the pop-science…
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Vivendi buys Can’t Stop, Flab Lab and Studio+
French media powerhouse Vivendi has made three prodco acquisitions in its ongoing content drive, including…
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Delport tipped to replace Méheut at Canal+
Vivendi chairman Vincent Bolloré plans to install long-term confidant and Havas Média CEO Dominique Delport…
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Lebanon’s MTV says It’s Only TV
Lebanese broadcaster MTV has licensed a local version of a French TV-themed comedy panel show….
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International and SVOD drive Canal+
International growth and subscription video-on-demand in France lifted pay TV operator Canal+’s third quarter performance,…
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Undercover Leader rises with Can’t Stop
Matthieu Porte’s boutique distributor Can’t Stop Media has bagged spaces rights to Undercover Leader, a…
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Mum of the Week lined up in four more territories
French format Mum of the Week is being remade for four international broadcasters in territories…
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Canal+ adds new YouTube comedy channels
French pay TV provider Canal+ has added two new comedy channels to its YouTube multi-channel…
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Canal+ makes competition complaint against TF1
Vivendi-owned Canal+ has filed a complaint against commercial broadcaster TF1 with the French competition authority,…
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Canal+ launching raft of YouTube channels
French premium channel operator Canal+ is launching several new channels on YouTube based on its…
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French network orders Popstars
Canal+’s French digital network D8 has ordered a local version of the Popstars singing…
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Canal+ pays top dollar for Canadian cop drama Cracked
Canal+ and 13ème Rue Universal have acquired Cracked, the Canadian cop series from the creators…