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France’s TF1 revives ‘Plus Belle La Vie’ with social ‘tie-ins’ following France 3 cancellation
France’s TF1 is reviving former France TV daily drama Plus Belle La Vie. The show…
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Saffron Cherry Productions to adapt Julia Chapman’s ‘The Dales Detective’ series
UK-based Saffron Cherry Productions has optioned the rights to adapt Julia Chapman’s The Dales Detective series for…
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France set to abolish TV licence fee later this year
France’s TV landscape could soon be transformed after it emerged that plans to scrap the…
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France 3 dives into ‘The Silence Of Water’
French broadcaster France 3 has picked up Italian thriller Il Silenzio Dell’Acqua (The Silence of…
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Show of the week: ‘The Curse Of The Vologne’
Documentary series The Curse Of The Vologne (4 x 45 minutes) centres on one of…
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France 3 director Dana Hastier departs, prompts reorganisation
France 3 director Dana Hastier is set to depart the company after over a decade…
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France Télévisions SVOD service delayed
France Télévisions remains committed to the launch of a new SVOD platform to take on…
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Virgin Media adds France 2, TVN & Russian nets
UK pay TV operator Virgin Media has bolstered its offer by securing distribution of channels…
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France 3 detective drama collection revealed
France TV Distribution, the sales arm of France Télévisions, is launching a collection of detective…
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France Télévisions hires TF1 thematic nets boss
Caroline Got, the managing director of TF1’s thematic channels TMC and NT1, is to move…
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Dutch, French nets have Pointless plan
A Dutch public broadcaster has commissioned a local version of game show Pointless, which is…
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Nat Geo buys France 3 Hitler doc
National Geographic Channels International has acquired worldwide rights to Hitler’s Death Army: Das Reich. The…
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MHz Networks buys French drama
US channel MHz Networks has begun broadcasting French World War II drama series The Line,…
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Ex-France 3 boss named Canal+ thematic channels chief
French pay TV operator Canal+ has named former France Télévisions executive Thierry Langlois as head…
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News brief: Extreme Football scores broadcast deals
New broadcasters have acquired Zodiak Kids’ animated series Extreme Football as the FIFA World Cup…
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SVT the latest to buy kids series Nina Patalo
Swedish public broadcaster SVT has picked up 78x7mins kids series Nina Patalo. The series is…
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News brief: Broadcasters prep royal baby programming
International broadcasters have lined up a raft of programming focused on the British royal baby….
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PBS, BBC, France 3 partner for civil rights march doc
Pubcasters PBS, BBC Three and France 3 are all onboard a new documentary honoring the…
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French documentaries singled out
Despite European public channels closing documentary slots and growing competition from hosted factual and reality…
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France’s new wave
With shortform content, event TV and international copros, a new wave of French producers are…
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France Télévisions’ Pflimlin calls for review of ad rules
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has called for a fresh look at the rules governing…
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Broadcasters sign up for more Miss Fisher
Several international broadcasters have signed on for the second series of Australian period crime drama…
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French media regulator the CSA appoints new boss
French president François Hollande has named Olivier Schramek as the new president of media regulator…
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Pflimlin may extend France Télévisions redundancies plan
France Télévisions president Rémy Pflimlin has said it may be necessary to extend a voluntary…