Canal+ and beIN Sports are to share the live rights to the UEFA Champions League for the period 2015-2018.
Lagardère Entertainment creates LED
MIPTV 2014 – CANNES.Lagardère Entertainment, a subsidiary of Lagardère Active, has created a division at the convergence of two worlds: television and new media.
Gamific.TV powers games with HbbTV
MIPTV 2014 – CANNES. French interactive TV developer Gamific.TV is showcasing two games using the HbbTV standard.
A+E’s big push into Europe
MIPTV 2014 – CANNES. The past few months A+E Networks has made significant inroads into the UK, France, Russia and Italy.
Second screen for ‘Game of Thrones’ in France
MIPTV 2014 – CANNES. Orange Cinema Series has chosen Viaccess-Orca’s DEEP to enhance its French second-screen App for Season for of Game of Thrones.
Vivendi sells SFR to Altice for €17 bn
Vivendi agreed to sell SFR, France’s second-largest mobile operator, to Altice/Numericable in a deal that could value the business at more than €17 billion.
CSA sets dates for DTT pay-channel hearings
French media authority Conseil Supérieur l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has planned hearings for the two DTT pay-channels that want to turn free-to-air.
Dorcel: 91% of French watch adult movies
MIPTV 2014 – CANNES. More than 70% of Americans and nine French out of ten (91%) have watched an adult movie, 20% of which more than once a month, according […]
Thema restructures management team
French channel aggregator and distributor Thema is restructuring its management team with the creation of an Executive committee.
French OTT TeVolution adds two African bouquets
French OTT platform TeVolution TeVolution is adding two African bouquets from Thema to its line-up.