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Business

Canal Plus Group ‘in talks to acquire Orange’s pay-TV operations’

Any deal would add another three million subscribers to Canal Plus's streaming offerings, enabling it to gain traction on the global tech giants

Business

Bertelsmann changes its mind over M6 sale

Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe said the company had reversed its decision due to concerns over regulatory hurdles

Business

Bertelsmann puts M6 up for sale following failed TF1 merger

Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe said the company has been “inundated with expressions of interest” after the news that the merger with TF1 had been...

Business

TF1, M6 abandon merger

In a statement, the companies said the French Competition Authority had failed to take into account "the speed and extent of the changes sweeping...

Media Management

Canal Plus to turn 110,000 hours of tape archive into streaming content

IMES expects to digitise approximately 95,000 tapes over the next three years

Production & Post

France’s first virtual production studio selects Vicon’s mo-cap systems

The virtual production stage will house 60 Vicon Vero cameras plus Shōgun software, enabling performance capture and live camera tracking for in-camera visual effects

Business

TF1/M6 merger at risk following concerns from competition authority

Companies want to form a French streaming champion to take on the international players

Business

French MPs vote to end licence fee

Gabriel Attal, minister of public accounts, said the decision to axe the licence fee would “not jeopardise the funding or the independence of public...

Live Production

Gravity Media debuts new custom-built French OB truck

Truck supports 18 cameras, with up to three vision operators, two Replay operators, and an OB supervisor position

Production & Post

French virtual production studio upgrades to extended reality

The combined FLEX/SMODE xR solution works as an additional server on top of the existing Unreal/nDisplay set-up

Business

French TV hit by strikes

Staff are protesting against President Macron's plans to abolish the country's licence fee, as well as plans to merge a number of public service...

Production & Post

Dalet Flex creates digital highlights for France’s Ligue 1 and 2

The league will use Dalet Flex to ingest, prepare and publishing video highlights from both Ligue 1 and 2

Business

RT faces pressure from across Europe

The Russian state network has been banned in Poland and Germany

Media Delivery

ViacomCBS, Canal Plus partner to launch Paramount Plus in France

ViacomCBS said it is raising its global streaming subscriber goal from 65-75 million global streaming subscribers to more than 100 million subscribers by year-end...

Live Production

HBS appointed host broadcaster for Rugby World Cup 2023

Company will look to use remote production technology as well as lower its carbon footprint through local production solutions

Media Delivery

Viaccess-Orca, French football league block football piracy

VO assists Ligue de Football Professionnel in preventing the illegal redistribution of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 matches

Business

Canal Plus faces damage claim from Eurosport

Eurosport seeks €10 million in compensation for pandemic-related programme alterations

Media Management

Telestream assists M6 with ultra-fast replays during Euro 2020

Broadcaster worked with Telestream and its partner Videlio to create Replay – a new online service that provides viewers with replays of the Euro...

Live Production

France’s TF1 analyses Euro 2020 with extended reality

TF1 is using the technology to fully render virtual stadiums and immerse viewers in critical game action

Business

Amazon wins rights to Ligue 1, sparks Canal Plus protest

Canal Plus has refused to broadcast the two matches a week it has been awarded, stating the deal is detrimental to the league's historic...

Business

French football league reportedly considering its own TV channel

LFP said to be considering its own TV channel to broadcast 80 per cent of matches

Business

TF1 and M6 enter ‘exclusive’ merger negotiations

Deal, which has been approved by both companies boards, would lead to an acceleration in the development of a French streaming champion to take...

Live Production

European racing channel jumps to HD with help from Blackmagic Design

Equidia enlisted Anjou-Image to design and build a mobile control room solution, featuring an ATEM 2 M/E Production Studio 4K switcher, HyperDeck Studio Mini...

Audio

France’s TDF tests Dolby’s AC-4 audio standard

The integration of the Dolby AC-4 audio format enables TDF to transport different audio configurations in the same stream

Business

Moody’s downgrades Vivendi’s outlook to negative

Moody's said the rating action reflects the deterioration in Vivendi's business profile and leverage metrics following the proposed distribution of 60 per cent of...

Media Consumption

TF1 plans to launch personalised news bulletins by end of 2021

Viewers will be able to choose the length of the bulletin, and select specific topics such as sport or culture

Live Production

France Télévisions adds two 4K UHD trucks to its OB fleet

Broadcaster has worked with France's subsidiary of Broadcasting Center Europe on the project

Business

Canal Plus nets remaining Ligue 1 matches

Broadcaster has reached an agreement with the French football league following the collapse of the deal with Mediapro

Business

Mediapro, French League agree deal, Telefoot to close

Two parties are reported to have agreed a deal in the on-going broadcast rights payments row.

Business

Mediapro’s Telefoot on verge of shut down

A court is due to rule on the case between the French football league and Mediapro today.

Media Delivery

70,000 hours of content and we still can’t find anything to watch

Ampere Analysis warns the golden age of cheap content for SVoD companies is ending.

Business

Mediapro launches court action against Canal Plus over football rights

Spanish broadcaster has accused Canal Plus of "abusive and unfair practises".

IP Migration

Case study: M6 embraces the benefits of IP technology

Doreen Greatton speaks to France's M6 Group about their move from SDI to SMPTE 2110 in their main Master Control Room in Paris.

Business

Canal Plus ‘preparing €700 million Ligue 1 rescue package’

French broadcaster preparing bid in case on-going negotiations between Mediapro and the French football league fail.

Media Delivery

Netflix goes linear

Netflix Direct is available to viewers in France using the streamer's web platform

Business

Mediawan completes takeover of Legardère Studios

Acquisition gives Mediawan control of Lagardère's 25 production subsidiaries, as well as its distribution business which has a catalogue of around 10,000 hours of...