On-demand content consumption is firmly established in the French TV market according to Médiamétrie’s latest study, 2025 TV/Video Year. In 2025, French viewers devoted 61 per cent of their daily video time to live television, while à la carte video, including AVoD, SVoD and online videos (including social networks) represented 39 per cent of their […]
At a press conference in Paris, French PSB group France Télévisions has announced it will launch a new sport channel on its digital platform to coincide with the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. The new channel will feature an interactive dimension inspired by the Twitch platform and aims to offer around 2,000 hours of […]
French PSB group France Télévisions has announced it will undertake a reorganisation in the summer aimed at placing digital and streaming at the heart of its activities. As reported by French daily Le Figaro, president Delphine Ernotte intends to place non-linear offering france.tv and social networks at the centre of the group’s activity, while linear […]
France Télévisions, the French PSB and exclusive rights holder for the rugby Six Nations Championship until 2029, will sublicense part of the rights of the 2026 edition of the men’s tournament to TF1, owing to “strong budgetary constraints”. Following an agreement concluded with the commercial group, France Télévisions is sublicensing nine of the 15 matches, […]
France Télévisions has laid out its 2026 budget, incorporating a saving of €140 million – an unprecedented level for the French public service broadcaster. Faced with a severe reduction in its public funding – expected to decline by €65.2 million compared to 2025 (€2.44 billion) and by more than €200 million compared to the initial […]
Under pressure to cut costs by €150 million in 2026, French PSB group France Télévisions is planning to resell part of the rights and matches to the Six Nations Tournament as well as the French Football Cup. According to sports news daily L’Equipe, major events such as the Roland-Garros tennis open or the Tour de […]
In 2026, French PSB Group France Télévisions will have to make savings of around €150 million according to president Delphine Ernotte Cunci, speaking to business daily Les Échos, as the French government is debating 2026 funding legislation with the National Assembly. “We must eliminate the 2025 deficit and absorb the reduction in public funding projected […]
IBC has unveiled the finalists for the IBC2025 Innovation Awards, recognising collaborative projects that address real-world challenges and deliver transformative innovation across the media, entertainment and technology landscape. The IBC Innovation Awards span five categories – Content Creation, Content Distribution, Content Everywhere, Social Impact, and Environment & Sustainability – honouring innovators in technical excellence and […]
Following its content distribution deal with Prime Video, France Télévisions is now seeking to strengthen its partnership with YouTube, the president of the French PSB Group, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, has revealed. While the group is claiming its digital platform, france.tv, which now also aggregates content from other French PSB players including TV5 Monde, Arte and […]
On the heels of the distribution deal between TF1 and Netflix, French PSB group France Télévisions has announced an agreement with Prime Video to have its content streamed on the platform. Whereas the contract between TF1 and Netflix will become operative in 2026, the France Télévisions/Prime Video deal is effective immediately. The deal also includes […]