CSA announces mobile TV licence winners
By Robert Briel
May 28, 2008 08.27 UK
The French media authority CSA has announced the 13 winners of the mobile TV service to start later this year. Canal+, M6 and TF1 each have won two channels, while Orange was awarded a licence for Orange Sport.
The Canal+ Group will have a mobile version of Canal+ and its news channel i-Télé, while TF1 will broadcast its main channel as well as Eurosport. The company failed to get a licence for its news channel LCI. M6 has meanwhile received licences for M6 and W9.
Other successful applicants are the news channel BFM TV, Direct 8 , EuropaCorp, NRJ 12, NT1 and Vigin 17. EuropCorp plans to have a European movies channel. French public channels France 2, France 3 and France 5 have already been issued with mobile TV licences.
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