Orange, the French multinational telco, has reported that Q1 2026 revenues increased 3.5 per cent to €10.09 billion, driven by double-digit growth in Africa & Middle East (+12.7 per cent), and robust performances in France (+2.3 per cent) and Europe (+2.2 per cent) The company reported a sustained retail performance (+2.9 per cent) in France, […]
The House of Creators channel has launched on Samsung TV Plus in France, aggregating the content of some of the best French entertainment creators on connected TVs. House of Creators brings together eleven must-know talents from the French creator economy for its launch. “We’re betting on launching a generalist, family-friendly creator channel, perfect for watching […]
Loewe Technology has announced the acquisition of Cabasse, the specialist in high-fidelity sound. Loewe says the transaction marks a key step in its ambition “to become the go-to benchmark in luxury electronics, bringing together exceptional design, cutting-edge engineering and acoustic performance within a cohesive premium ecosystem”. Founded in 1950 in Brittany, Cabasse has established itself […]
Following its launch in the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Brazil, the US, Australia, Canada, India, Japan and Mexico, Amazon customers in France can now subscribe to Apple TV and access hit Apple Originals series such as Hijack, Pluribus, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Silo, The Gorge, Lent, Masters of the […]
After an all-time high of 599 scripted series produced in the US in 2022, the decline reached a 14 per cent fall in 2023. France, which has been praised for its funding public system and its ‘cultural exception’, is now at a similar tipping point. “Producers have become the unwilling bankers of their own industry,” […]
Christophe Pinard-Legry has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Canal+ Europe, in addition to his current role as CEO of Canal+ France, in charge of Business activities. He additionally becomes a member of the Canal+ Management Board, chaired by Maxime Saada, alongside Amandine Ferré, Anna Marsh, David Mignot and Gérald Brice Viret. In his new […]
The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs); one with the Alliance for Manga and Webtoon (AMW), a French organisation related to manga and webtoons, and the other with L’Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Arcom), the regulatory authority responsible for audiovisual and digital communications in France. […]
Media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay Entertainment, have announced the adaptation of Marcel Aymé’s short story, Passe-Muraille (The Man Who Walked Through Walls, Editions Gallimard, 1943), by Banijay France’s Marathon Studio and Terence Films for France TV. The drama, already in-production, will be distributed internationally by Banijay Rights. Written by Mathieu Missoffe and Julien Gallet, and […]
Following the recent conclusion of the French National Assembly’s inquiry on public broadcasting, it has emerged that European public broadcasting services have generally seen their funding decline over the past decade. This decrease has been greater than average in France, according to consulting firm NPA Conseil. Based on data from the EBU, it reveals that […]
Gravity Media, a specialist in live production and content, and media services and facilities, has announced the appointment of Rudy Dendleux to the position of Managing Director of Gravity Media France, effective immediately. In this new role, Dendleux will oversee the continued growth of the company’s French operations, focusing on its Specialist RF Capabilities, whilst […]