NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-to-Consumer has launched 24-hour kids and family channel DreamWorks for the first time in France on SFR, with content available on linear and on-demand. The launch follows 2022 launches in Mexico, Chile and Brazil. DreamWorks also recently launched the channel with operators in Africa, Australia and India, while extending its reach […]
Altice France has launched a new TV channel based on its technology news website 01net. The channel, 01TV, is available on the TV service of Altice-owned SFR and also on Orange’s service. It enables viewers to follow reports by the 01net editorial team live and also on catch-up. The channel started airing at 20:00 CET […]
Orange and Altice France/SFR are close to a deal to merge their premium series and movies offerings, OCS and Altice Studio, according to a French press report. According to Le Figaro, the pair are looking to merger their premium channel offerings to better take on the likes of Netfliix. The paper said that Orange and SFR […]
French commercial broadcaster M6 has struck a distribution deal with SFR that closely mirrors the agreement between the Altice-owned service provider and TF1 struck late last year. Under the terms of the deal between the RTL Group-owned broadcaster and the service provider, SFR will carry generalist channels M6, W9 and 6ter and thematic channels Paris […]
Over one in five French internet users over the age of six subscribed to a subscription video-on-demand offering this year, up from 15% in 2016, according to figures released by audience research outfit Médiamétrie. According to Médiamétrie, 21% took an SVOD service of some sort this year, led primarily by Netflix. Canalplay and SFR Play […]
French broadcaster TF1 has warned telecom operators and pay TV operator Canal+ that it will pull its signal from their services unless they agree to pay retransmission fees, according to French press reports. According to financial daily Les Echos, TF1 has threatened to withdraw its flagship channel and digital services TMC, NT1, HD1 and LCI, […]
Altice is launching a new cooking brand with a TV channel, print magazine and digital site, and in tandem has closed a deal for Jamie Oliver programming. My Cuisine will encompass a new TV channel to be distributed in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland and French-speaking Africa, a print magazine and digital properties including a mobile […]
Orange is considering launching a free TV channel in France that would sit alongside its existing OCS pay TV offering. It has also created a new content unit and said it will plough more money into programming. Orange has just renewed and extended its deal with HBO and at a press conference in Paris. “All […]
Altice-owned French service provider SFR is making its subscription video-on-demand service SFR Play available as a pure OTT TV offering, available to users in metropolitan France irrespective of which broadband service they take. The SVOD service will be available from €9.99 (US$10.80) a month without an ongoing subscription commitment, offering TV series, movies and kids […]
Altice Group-owned French service provider SFR has filed a plan with media regulator the CSA to take exclusive control of NextRadioTV. SFR said that the move represented a new stage in its strategic partnership with NextRadioTV, following its deal with the TV and radio channel provider in 2015. The operator said the decision to move […]
