TV Replay wins M6 appeal

TV Replay

The French Court of Appeal has rejected an appeal by private broadcaster M6 to remove all deep links to catch-up TV programmes on the TV Replay portal.

In Brief: Direct 8, Baby TV, Sport1, UPC Ireland

French private broadcasters TF1 and M6 have filed two appeals before the Council of State (Conseil d’Etat) against the authorisation granted by the Competition Authority (l’Autorité de la concurrence) to Canal+ to acquire Direct 8.

In Brief: Ziggo, Arianespace, M6

Dutch cable operator Ziggo has doubled the number of streaming channels to its tablet and smart phone apps from 14 to 28. The service is only available in the subscriber’s home on up to five different devices.

Victory for TF1 and LCI in Dailymotion case

dailymotion

The Paris Commercial Court has ruled that French private broadcaster TF1 and LCI were right in their complaints that online video portal Dailymotion has been using their content without consent.

M6 launches second screen

M6 Devant ma TV

French private broadcaster M6 is launching a new second screen application called Devant ma TV (in front of my TV).

TF1 and M6 looking at joint web portal

myTF1

French private broadcasters TF1 and M6 are looking to create a common S-VOD portal offering US series. So far, the efforts have failed.

M6 questions future of pay-DTT

M6 Building

Pay television over digital terrestrial looks like being in serious trouble in France. Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of M6, is sounding the alarm bell.

Orange TV adds M6 thematics

Orange TV is adding a clutch of channels from the M6 group to its satellite offerings in France.

M6 Syncs with Xbox

SyncTV has confirmed its involvement in the new over-the-top service on the Xbox 360, launched by M6 on December 21.

TV replay.fr wins appeal in M6 court case

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The Court of Appeal in Paris has confirmed a decision of the Court of first instance, in which the M6 Group was ordered to pay SBDS Active, which operates the online video portal TV replay.fr, a total of €35,000 in damages.