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France Televisions
Annecy 2016 report
In a global animation market, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival reflected changes in the…
France 3 detective drama collection revealed
France TV Distribution, the sales arm of France Télévisions, is launching a collection of detective…
Lagardère prodco brings in Gaston
Lagardère has recruited Bruno Gaston to run its prodco Maximal. He has been running Lagardère’s…
BBC snaps up French drama
The BBC has acquired French drama series The Disappearance for its BBC Four channel. The…
France Télévisions buys Brazilian drama
France Ô has acquired Brazilian ‘super-production’ Trail of Lies from Globo. The France Télévisions-owned channel…
New deals for The Night Manager
The Night Manager will be on free TV in France and on a Chinese streaming…
France Televisions, Newen resolve TF1 spat
France Télévisions has resolved its spat with local producer Newen following an agreement over daily…
Euro nets buy Planet Earth follow-up
Scandinavian pubcasters SVT and DR and Italy’s Mediaset have bought Planet Earth II as the…
France Télévisions plants Lilybuds
France Télévisions has commissioned Zodiak Kids Studios to create 52x11mins animated preschool series Lilybuds. Zodiak’s…
TF1 completes Newen deal
TF1 has completed its controversial 70% buyout of French producer and distributor Newen Group. In…
Major increase in Europe 4K TV appeal
Some 54% of Western European shoppers who plan to buy a new flatscreen TV in…
France Télévisions shakes up quotas, rights deals
France Télévisions has agreed new production quotas and secondary rights agreements with industry groups representing…
France Télévisions confirms plan to axe Newen
France Télévisions has reportedly confirmed it will no longer create new projects with Newen Group…
Canal+ to close Planète+ Thalassa
Canal+ and France Télévisions plan to close their joint marine life-focused factual channel Planète+ Thalassa…
Adele special hits the right note for buyers
A raft of broadcasters have acquired a concert special featuring multi-million album selling pop star…
Michel replacing Recayte at TV France Int’l
France Télévisions executive Hervé Michel has been elected president of TV France International and will…
Controversial TF1-Newen deal agreed
TF1’s deal for French production group Newen has been agreed. The agreement will see 70%…
Newen expelled from indies group over TF1 talks
French producers association USPA has unanimously decided to exclude Newen Group and its subsidiaries Telfrance,…
Henson, France Television team for dino shorts
The Jim Henson Company is teaming with France Télévisions to make a series of Dinosaur…
Furious France Télévisions suspends Newen work
TF1’s potential acquisition of production and sales group Newen has sparked a furious reaction from…
Cartoon Network buys new Peanuts show
The commercial arm of French pubcaster France Télévisions has sold its animated Peanuts series to…
Channels join Canal+ founder’s OTT service
Molotov, the upcoming French OTT service being launched by former Canal+ boss Pierre Lescure, has…
MIPCOM deals roll in for Terra Mater
Vienna-based doc producer and distributor Terra Mater Factual Studio has announced a raft of deals…
France Télévisions takes No Offence
Public broadcaster France Télévisions has acquired Britihs cop comedy-drama No Offence from FremantleMedia International. The…
France Télévisions buys Aussie kids doc series
France Télévisions has acquired MY:24, an upbeat social media-inspired show from Australia. The show will…
Turtles, Dora spread in Lat Am, Europe
Viacom International Media Networks properties Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dora the Explorer: Into the…
France Télévisions hires TF1 thematic nets boss
Caroline Got, the managing director of TF1’s thematic channels TMC and NT1, is to move…
Alessandri’s indie scores France Télévisions deal
Philippe Alessandri’s new Paris-based indie Watch Next Media has scored its first major programming deal….
Discovery wins US$1.45bn Olympics
The International Olympic Committee has awarded all TV and multiplatform broadcasting rights across Europe to…
Korean toon trio at Cartoon Forum
European animation coproduction event Cartoon Forum will this year feature a trio of toons from…