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France Televisions
French broadcasters combine forces in major OTT TV plan
French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 Group and public broadcaster France Televisions have teamed up…
France Télévisions, Rai, ZDF drama pact takes on Netflix
European public broadcasters France Télévisions, Rai and ZDF have unveiled the first projects to be…
France Télévisions forges programming pact with ZDF
France Télévisions and Rai are to forge an alliance with ZDF that will encompass co-production,…
France Télévisions’ appoints director for national fiction
France Télévisions has appointed Anne Holmes as its new director for national ficition. Holmes will…
France Télévisions should drop SVOD plan, says ex-programing chief
France Télévisions should abandon its plan for a new subscription video-on-demand platform and transform existing…
Banijay scripted chief Candilis moves to France Télévisions
France Télévisions has confirmed the appointment of Banijay Group’s head of scripted, Takis Candilis, as…
Turner EMEA rejigs with France Télévisions exec joining
Turner EMEA has put a new management structure in place for Southern Europe and Africa,…
France Télévisions SVOD service delayed
France Télévisions remains committed to the launch of a new SVOD platform to take on…
Programming chief to leave France Télévisions
France Télévisions’ programming chief Xavier Couture is to leave the group early next year to…
France Télévisions budget woes deepen
French parliamentarians have withdrawn support for a move to ameliorate an additional €50 million (US$58.8…
Pubcasters pact to combat Netflix, Amazon threat
Two of Europe’s primary public broadcasters are strategically combining their arsenals to combat the growing…
France Télévisions, Super RTL welcome Mike
Pubcaster France Télévisions and Germany’s Super RTL have pre-bought TeamTO’s latest animated series, Take it…
France Télévisions names Recayte successor
France Télévisions has appointed pay TV veteran Julien Verley as its new director of commercial…
Laetitia Recayte leaving France Télévisions
Laetitia Recayte is exiting France Télévisions this summer. The former Newen Group exec joined the…
Leroux to lead UK base for Newen
Julien Leroux will lead a London office for French production and distribution firm Newen Group….
France 5 orders The Real War of Thrones
French pubcaster France Télévisions has greenlit The Real War of Thrones: A History of Europe,…
BBC announces Blue Planet II
The BBC has officially unveiled its latest blue-chip natural history series, Blue Planet II, and…
France Télévisions falls for Love, Divina
France Télévisions has acquired teen novella series Love, Divina. The French pubcaster will air the…
Canadian LGBT net buys The Collection
Canadian specialty net Out TV has acquired The Collection, Amazon and France Télévisions’ period fashion…
Buyers queue up for Grizzy and the Lemmings
The first free TV sales of French CGI toon Grizzy and the Lemmings have been…
Buyers line up for Tootuff
French producer and distributor Go-N has sealed a raft of deals for the new season…
French national SVOD plans take shape
France Télévisions has been in touch with key producers about securing content for its forthcoming…
Former France Télévisions boss dies at 62
Former France Télévisions director-general Rémy Pflimlin has died at the age of 62. Pflimlin died…
Nine to visit Planet Earth II
Australian commercial channel Nine Network has acquired local premiere rights to Planet Earth II, which…
Couture and Got get top France Télévisions jobs
France Télévisions has appointed former TF1, Canal+ and Orange content boss Xavier Couture as deputy…
Ernotte fires France 2 boss Meslet
Vincent Meslet, France 2’s executive director since August 2015 was abruptly fired yesterday by France…
Hulu snaps up Cyber’s Zorro series
Hulu has picked up the rights to Zorro the Chronicles and will launch the French-produced…
France TV delves into science, history with ZDF
France Télévisions has acquired a package of docs from ZDF Enterprises, the commercial arm of…
Discovery Kids to cultivate Lilybuds
Discovery Kids Latin America will coproduce an original preschool series with Zodiak Kids Studios and…
French networks reposition, switch models
France Télévisions has confirmed it will reposition DTT network France 4 as a kids and family channel…