Jean-David Blanc


Sky buys into French OTT service

Sky has invested €4 million (US$4.5 million) in French over-the-top video platform Molotov, which launched publically in France in July. Announcing its investment on Friday, Sky said that thefunding was part of a larger Molotov financing round and is the latest in aseries of Sky investments in start-up companies. The ‘freemium’ Molotov service was unveiled […]

Lescure’s French streaming service goes live

French over-the-top service Molotov has launched publicly across the country on a freemium basis, a year after it was first unveiled. The cross-platform TV service lets users watch 33 channels, including 25 French digital terrestrial TV channels, and access 10 hours of ‘bookmarked’ content for free. A €3.99 (US$4.41) per-month option offers 100 hours of […]

Channels join Canal+ founder’s OTT service

Molotov, the upcoming French OTT service being launched by former Canal+ boss Pierre Lescure, has secured distribution deals with a raft of free and pay TV channels ahead of launch. In June Canal+ cofounder Lescure and and Jean-David Blanc (pictured above), the founder of AlloCiné, said they were launching Molotov, a new OTT service that […]