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TBI In Conversation: Lining up nostalgia with ‘Domino Challenge’
Banijay’s James Townley and Endemol Shine France’s Jean-Louis Blot tell TBI deputy editor Mark Layton how they’ve…
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French duo M6 & TF1 unveil merger plans
France’s two leading commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have unveiled plans to merge. The pair,…
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Korea’s ‘I Can See Your Voice’ format heads to France & Belgium
French broadcaster M6 and VTM in Belgium have commissioned local adaptations of the I Can…
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News round-up: France builds ‘Lego Masters’; ITV’s ‘Professor T’ travels to Nordics; ZDF snags ‘Bank Hacker’ & ‘The Weekly’
France’s M6 builds Lego Masters deal M6 in France has become the eighth broadcaster to…
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Story Lab adds French cooking format to global menu
Global content creator and distributor The Story Lab has acquired international rights to French cooking…
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French streamer Salto ‘on starting blocks’ for autumn as test phase starts
Salto, the French commercial and public broadcasters’ answer to Netflix, has begun closed user-group tests…
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Salto chief reveals launch plans for streamer
Salto, the long-delayed French streaming offering from broadcasters France Télévisions, TF1 and M6, is to…
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France’s M6 snags CBS drama ‘Why Women Kill’
M6 in France has extended its licensing deal with CBS Studios International, picking up exclusive…
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Is France’s answer to Netflix too little too late?
France’s local answer to Netflix, Salto, may have received the greenlight from the competition watchdog,…
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French regulators give broadcasters’ joint SVOD the greenlight
French regulators have cleared Salto – also referred to as the ‘French Netflix’ – to…
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CBS drama FBI heads to M6 in France
CBS Studios International has struck a licensing agreement with French channel M6 for its FBI…
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M6 picks up The Bridge from Endemol Shine
Endemol Shine Group has licensed adventure entertainment format The Bridge to M6 France. Originally created…
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ABC Studios Int’l & M6 France team up on Poppy Montgomery series
ABC Studios International and French broadcaster M6 are developing a “sexy, action-packed, one-hour blue-sky crime show” starring Poppy Montgomery (Without A…
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M6 brings new services to distribution deal with Altice
French commercial broadcaster M6 has struck a distribution deal with SFR that closely mirrors the…
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Creating the dream team
Endemol Shine Group’s French prodcos merged on May 1, as the production and distribution giant…
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Taking Bull by the horns
Mark Goffman runs the top-rated freshman drama of the 2016/17 season in Bull. In this…
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Drive picks up ITV & HBO’s Diana doc
As the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death approaches, a new HBO and ITV doc…
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M6 to Redesign Norwegian format
French broadcaster M6 is to localise Norwegian makeover format Redesign. The show originally aired on…
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M6 names new entertainment exec
French broadcaster M6 has named Stéphane Sallé de Chou as head of acquired light entertainment…
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Revenue and profit fall at Fremantle
Turnover and profit decreased at FremantleMedia through the first nine months of the year, with…
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Married at First Sight heads to France
French free-to-air broadcaster M6 has ordered a local version of edgy marriage format Married at…
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Kabo’s Cops to patrol the MIPCOM Block
Kabo International will be putting Cops on the Block at MIPCOM, with the French comedy…
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Programming costs weigh on TF1
French commercial broadcaster M6 overtook larger rival TF1 at the end of last week in…
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TF1 channel can go free, Canal+ refused
French media regulator the CSA has given a green light for TF1-owned news channel LCI…
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Newen hires former M6 exec as content chief
Newen, which soon becomes part of the TF1 Group, has hired former M6 programming director…
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Controversial TF1-Newen deal agreed
TF1’s deal for French production group Newen has been agreed. The agreement will see 70%…
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Newen expelled from indies group over TF1 talks
French producers association USPA has unanimously decided to exclude Newen Group and its subsidiaries Telfrance,…
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Channels join Canal+ founder’s OTT service
Molotov, the upcoming French OTT service being launched by former Canal+ boss Pierre Lescure, has…
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TF1, M6 lose bid for French channel slot
French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have expressed disappointment that their proposed joint teleshopping channel has…
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truTV, M6 engage in Skin Wars
The UK’s truTV and France’s M6 are among buyers of Passion Distribution-sold Skin Wars. For…