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France Télévisions Distribution
Amazon buys first local French dramas
Amazon Prime Video is going a step further in the French market, with its first…
Nordic World signs first post-merger distribution deal
Oslo’s Nordic World has secured its first distribution agreement since joining forces with Digital Content…
Gaumont hires France TV exec for sales
France Télévisions Distribution exec Laura Laas is joining Gaumont as VP of international TV sales…
Zed replaces exiting sales chief with Persyn
Chloé Persyn is to become director of international distribution at French production and sales outfit…
Michel replacing Recayte at TV France Int’l
France Télévisions executive Hervé Michel has been elected president of TV France International and will…
Turner EMEA swoops for Owl & Co.
Turner Broadcasting System EMEA has acquired Owl & Co., which France Télévisions Distribution is bringing…
French on-demand site launches with US movies
French operator Numericable-SFR has launched its download-to-own store, VideoStore by Numericable, giving users access to…
The public purse
Public broadcasters around the world are squeezed tighter than ever in today’s post global recession…
Terranoa poaches sales boss from FTD
French distributor Terranoa has recruited Bertrand Lossignol as its head of French sales. Lossignol joins…
Tera Mater and francetv distribution cut doc output deal
Factual producer Tera Mater Factual Studios and francetvdistribution, have agreed an output deal. Under the…
Nat Geo’s Cosmos the most popular show MIPDoc
National Geographic’s space series Cosmos – A Spacetime Odyssey was the most-screened programme at this…
France Televisions peers through Black Mirror
France Télévisions has acquired Charlie Brooker’s dystopian drama satire Black Mirror from Endemol Worldwide Distribution….
Orange expands video-on-demand with studio deals
Orange France is expanding its video-on-demand service and launching a ‘buy to keep’ and download-to-own…
Silvergate Media hires Marsh to launch sales arm
Octonauts brand owner Silvergate Media has hired former Chorion and France Televisions exec Geraint Marsh…
French documentaries singled out
Despite European public channels closing documentary slots and growing competition from hosted factual and reality…