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TF1
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TF1 revenues remain stable
TF1 Group has maintained stable revenues for the full year for 2014 despite a continued…
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EuropaCorp TV revenues edge up
TV series revenues at Luc Besson’s production and distribution company EuropaCorp inched up in the…
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My Restaurant Rocks with Sky Italia
Sky Italia has ordered a version of Red Arrow International format My Restaurant Rocks for…
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Robin Hood completes Euro roll-out
Toon series Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood has now secured 100% carriage on free TV…
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DHX sells thousands of hours to SVOD
DHX Media has shopped 5,000 half hours to various international SVOD platforms. The Canadian kids…
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TF1 launches first SVOD service for kids
French broadcaster TF1 will launch TFou Max next month, the first SVOD service exclusively targeting…
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ProSiebenSat.1 buys TF1 crime drama
German broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has bought TF1’s psychological crime drama Profilage (Profiling). The deal with TF1…
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Discovery installs new Eurosport CEO
Discovery has recruited Peter Hutton to run Eurosport and given the sports channel’s current CEO,…
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News brief: Nick closes Festive deals
Various broadcasters have acquired Christmas-themed Nickelodeon programming from Viacom International Media Networks. VRAKTV and YTV…
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Raft of presales for French WW2 doc
A raft of international broadcasters have prebought World War II feature doc Surrender. The 1x90mins…
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UK leads video apps market, Netflix in first
Consumers in the UK are the most voracious in Europe when it comes top downloading…
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Dailymotion fined for TF1 copyright infringement
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has welcomed a decision by the Paris Court of Appeal to…
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France’s TF1 investigates CSI: Cyber
TF1 has acquired the latest CSI: Crime Scene Investigation spin-off, CSI: Cyber. The French commercial…
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Sony’s AXN snaps up Red Arrow’s Falco
Sony’s male-skewed AXN channel has picked up eastern Europe rights to cop drama Falco. AXN…
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TF1 says LCI channel redundancies loom
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has said it will make 148 posts redundant as a result…
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TF1 remaking Israeli comedy Little Mom
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has acquired remake rights to Israeli comedy Little Mom. Scarlett Production…
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News brief: Israel’s BOOM! sell to Kazahkstan
Keshet International game show BOOM! has sold to Kazakhstani net Channel Seven. Arai Production will…
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TF1 lines up LCI channel sale
The owners of French newspaper Le Monde have confirmed a “real and serious” interest in…
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Top European broadcasters back digital pitching comp
A host of Europe’s top broadcasters are backing a new pitching competition for digital entrepreneurs…
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Broadcasters snap up Robin Hood toon
A raft of international broadcasters have acquired Method Animation and DQ Entertainment’s animated Robin Hood…
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News brief: Great British Menu prepared for TF1
France’s TF1 is making a local version of UK format Great British Men with indie…
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CSA says channels must stay on pay-DTT
French media regulator the CSA has rejected moves to take TF1-owned news channel LCI, M6-owned…
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Orange to pre-empt Netflix with Orangecast launch
Orange is preparing to take on the imminent threat of Netflix’s arrival in France by…
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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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TF1 buys UK drama The Missing
France’s leading commercial broadcaster TF1 has prebought The Missing, the upcoming UK drama about a…
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Discovery completes US$1.2 billion Eurosport takeover
Discovery has completed its deal to acquire a majority stake in international sport broadcaster Eurosport…
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Nat Geo, TF1 order D-Day special
National Geographic Channel has ordered D-Day Sacrifice, a two-hour special that will go out on…
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Broadcasters get the LadyBug from PGS
Globosat’s kids platform Gloob in Brazil, the ABC in Australia and Télé-Québec have all acquired…
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Netflix’s France launch set for Autumn, no Orange deal
Orange’s CEO Stéphane Richard confirmed at the end of last week that Netflix plans to…
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Netflix approaches ISPs for French launch
Netflix has approached several French internet TV service providers with a view to striking carriage…