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Lagardère
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Canal+ owner Vivendi acquires 10% stake in Lagardère
Canal+ owner Vivendi has taken a 10.6% stake in troubled French media conglomerate Lagardère. The…
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The vast Arctic Circle: a copro set to put Finland on the drama map
It is in the icy wilderness of Finland’s Ivalo, with its endless stretches of white…
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Takis Candilis resurfaces at Banijay
Takis Candilis has resurfaced at Banijay a week after exiting Lagardère. The seasoned French TV…
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Lagardère confirms replacement for Candilis
Lagardère has confirmed the exit of its TV chief, Takis Candilis, and the appointment of…
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Lagardère creates female-focused network
French media group Lagardère is to launch a new female-focused channel, Elle Girl. The entertainment…
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Discovery Kids to cultivate Lilybuds
Discovery Kids Latin America will coproduce an original preschool series with Zodiak Kids Studios and…
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Lagardère prodco brings in Gaston
Lagardère has recruited Bruno Gaston to run its prodco Maximal. He has been running Lagardère’s…
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Danger Mouse spied in Oz, France
FremantleMedia’s new version of spy toon Danger Mouse has made its way to broadcasters in…
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Canal+ hires channels veteran from Lagardère
French pay TV firm Canal+ has hired Gérald-Brice Viret as its managing director of channels,…
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Wuaki launches kids SVOD in France
Japanese-owned streaming and download service Wuaki is teaming with French media group Lagardère and launching…
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Lagardère buys Spanish prodco Boomerang
Lagardère has acquired Spanish producer Boomerang TV for an undisclosed sum. The French conglomerate’s TV…
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Busan Contents Market: 2015 report
TBI speaks to the international content companies that attended the ninth edition of the Busan…
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Transporter drives Lagardère Active
The delivery of new shows – notably, season two of Transporter: The Series – helped…
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Lagardère buys The Box Distribution
The international content arm of Lagardère has acquired The Box Distribution. Lagardère Entertainment’s LE Rights…
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France: kids TV at a crossroads
With the Annecy animation festival beginning today, Pascale Paoli-Lebailly hears from leading players about the…
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Fall in TV production impacts Lagardère’s numbers
A sharp drop in TV production pushed down revenues for Lagardère Active, French conglomerate Lagardère’s…
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James Ross’ Lightning hires distribution director
Lightning International has recruited Julien Dutronc as director of TV distribution Lightning is the Hong…
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Vivendi pays $1.4bn for Lagardère’s Canal+ stake
French media company Lagardère Group has sold its 20% stake in Canal+ to Vivendi for…
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French broadcasters buy Pac-Man
Allen Bohbot’s 41 Entertainment has sealed free and pay TV deals for its Pac-Man and…
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VRT-Ketnet buys trio of kids’ shows
Belgian children’s channel VRT-Ketnet has acquired three series from Canadian content distributor DHX Media. The…
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Canal+ subs up but profit slides
Additions from Africa and Vietnam gave a boost to Canal+ Group’s overall subscriber base in…
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Lagardere boss moots Canal Plus acquisition
Lagardère boss Arnaud Lagardère has said he could be prepared to buy the 80% of…
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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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Viacom cuts content deals with French broadcasters
Viacom international Media Networks has cut a raft of programming deals with French channels in…
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Vivendi and Lagardère square up in €1.6b legal battle
Lagardère and Vivendi are engaged in a bitter legal dispute over claims that the latter…
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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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Pflimlin outlines goals for French pubcaster
New digital offerings for kids and a strengthening of France 3’s regional remit are among…
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Lagardère hit by production delays and ad downturn
Lagardère Active, the arm of the French conglomerate responsible for TV, radio and magazines, continued…
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Konami’s 4K Media sells Yu-Gi-Oh! to France, Italy
Video game company Konami’s TV distribution and brand management unit 4KMedia has sold the latest…
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Lagardère rebrands Europe Images
French conglomerate Lagardère has rebranded its international distribution arm Europe Images to Lagardère Entertainment Rights…