The Canal+ Group today announced TF1’s joint MD and development chief Emmanuel Florent will join the company in charge of new business development. He was previously chairman and CEO of the French DTH platform TPS.
Florent will work closely with Bertrand Meheut, president of the Canal+ Groupe, and with Jean-Noël Tronc, president of CanalOverseas.Interestingly, the press release about his appointment does not specify a specific title for Florent. At TF1 he was known as Patrick Le Lay’s “little soldier”.