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TF1
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News round-up: TF1, Globo take Beta drama; BBCS extends in Russia; Two Rivers gets ‘Top Dog’; MTV’s Gobstopper deal
BBCS extends Russian deal with Friday! Russian free-to-air channel Friday! has extended its deal for…
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France’s TF1 prepares for “significant” Covid-19 impact, as ads & production hit
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has said that its performance this year will be significantly impacted…
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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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TF1 remakes ‘Keeping Faith’ as APC picks up sales rights to third season
Keeping Faith, the hit drama produced for the BBC and Welsh-language broadcaster S4C, is to…
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Sales round-up: TF1 claims CBS dramas; CBC returns to Coroner; Plex deals with Warner Bros.
TF1 claims CBS dramas French broadcaster TF1 Group has acquired a raft of programming from…
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Vivendi swoops for global rights to TF1’s ‘Celebrity Song Challenge’
France’s Vivendi Entertainment has picked up global rights to TF1 and DMLS TV’s shiny-floor format…
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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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Exclusive: TF1 lines up for ITV thriller ‘Deep Water’
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has picked up ITV drama Deep Water, marking the UK thriller’s…
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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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Sales round-up: Euro nets take TVF titles; Foxtel claims ‘Deadly Deception’; Starzplay reels in ‘Ramy’
Arte, France TV takes TVF series European broadcasters including Arte, France TV and cablenet Planete+…
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Vive la France: Adapting to a new normal
Driven by a high volume of content – 4,873 hours in all – produced in…
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Exclusive: Amazon taps TF1 exec to head up unscripted in France
Amazon has hired TF1’s non-scripted development manager Thomas Dubois to head up unscripted in France….
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Exclusive: TF1 drama commissioner resurfaces at Netflix
Longtime TF1 commissioner Julie Anthony has resurfaced at Netflix. Anthony, a 10-year exec with TF1,…
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Federation Entertainment launches docs arm
Federation Entertainment has created a documentary arm overseen by former Canal+ and Black Pills exec…
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Newen acquires Spain’s The Room
TF1’s Newen Distribution has acquired Spanish series The Room, written by Víctor García, Eduardo Villanueva…
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Hulu picks up French CGI series Monchhichi
Hulu has picked up French CGI series Monchhichi, which has been greenlit for a second…
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Histoire chief Buisson resigns
Patrick Buisson (pictured), the controversial head of TF1 Group-owned channel Histoire, has resigned. In a…
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Newen acquires stakes in Dutch and Danish prodcos
TF1-owned Newen is acquiring equity stakes in two production companies: Pupkin, from the Netherlands and…
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TF1 France orders Endemol Shine’s Big Bounce Battle
Endemol Shine France has been commissioned by TF1 France to create a local version of Endemol Shine’s…
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TF1’s international content studio Newen unveils top team
Earlier this week, TF1 secured clearance from the French competition authorities for its acquisition of…
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French broadcasters combine forces in major OTT TV plan
French commercial broadcasters TF1 and M6 Group and public broadcaster France Televisions have teamed up…
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Doctor Foster gets French treatment in TF1 remake
BBC Studios has sold the Doctor Foster format to TF1 for a French remake, turning…
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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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Programming chief to leave France Télévisions
France Télévisions’ programming chief Xavier Couture is to leave the group early next year to…
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Electus launches 6/26 int’l copro model
US producer-distributor Electus has created a new international coproduction model for unscripted programmes dubbed ‘6/26’….
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New UK & scripted chiefs for Studio71
Multichannel operator Studio71 has expanded its UK business by hiring a local managing director and…
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Reduced costs boost TF1
Reduced costs thanks to be absence of the Euro 2016 football championship helped boost TF1’s…
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ProSieben’s Studio71 set for France launch
Multichannel network (MCN) Studio71 is to launch in France in September. The move follows the…
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Laetitia Recayte leaving France Télévisions
Laetitia Recayte is exiting France Télévisions this summer. The former Newen Group exec joined the…
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TF1 threatens to cut signal in retrans row
French broadcaster TF1 has warned telecom operators and pay TV operator Canal+ that it will…