French movie, TV production and distribution group Mediawan feels its growth could hit a glass-ceiling in France, as its weight on the market and business relationships with PSB France Télévisions was largely questioned during the recent, controversial parliamentary commission on the public radio and TV service. Pierre-Antoine Capton, its founder and CEO, said he anticipates […]
Webedia-Elephant Group, the French media and audiovisual production company, has announced an expansion of its partnership with Google Cloud and YouTube. This new agreement marks a decisive shift for Webedia-Elephant as it drives what it describes as “a comprehensive AI-driven transformation”, with a focus on productivity, creativity, and rapid adoption of the technology. Building on […]
The Roland-Garros French tennis open has been serving as a testing ground for new anti-piracy technology, beginning May 18th until the final, reports Arcom – France’s TV and digital regulatory body. It marks the the first time that the technology, based on a real-time blocking of IP addresses of illegal IPTV servers, has been tested […]
French TV and digital regulator Arcom is seeking an increase in its resources so as better to tackle the challenges it faces. In light of the ‘strategic project’ it has unveiled for the 2026-2028 period, those objectives have been significantly broadened in the digital environment, ranging from the fight against piracy, to the protection of […]
The integration of global SVoDs into the French audiovisual support fund since 2021 has reset the traditional order, according to French funding public body CNC which unveiled its 2025 French TV production annual round-up at the Cannes Film Festival. Independent online services, not belonging to public or private broadcasters, commissioned 231 hours of content in 2025 […]
At a time when BBC is to cut one in ten staff, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, France Télévisions deputy general manager, hasn’t ruled out cutting jobs owing to budgetary reasons from now until the French presidential elections in 2027. In charge of output and editorial strategy at the French PSB Group, the executive opened up during a […]
Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada isn’t ruling out Canal+’s support in distributing Ligue 1+ starting with the 2026/27 season, but has made any deal conditional on there being no minimum guarantee. In an interview with sports daily L’Équipe, Saada left the door ajar amid persistent tensions between the pay-TV broadcaster, which lost Ligue 1 TV rights […]
As the result of a double tax reduction (66 per cent), video sharing platforms collectively pay just over €30 million in taxes to France’s creation funding public body CNC, compared to around €160 million for paid or free video services, and just under €250 million for television channels. “They contribute only one third of their […]
Imagine Communications has announced that France Télévisions is the first broadcaster to deploy SNP-XS, the latest addition to Imagine’s Selenio Network Processor (SNP) lineup. The premier French public national television broadcaster ordered 60 units of the recently launched SNP-XS several months before it was readily available. SNP-XS plays a central role in France Télévisions’ strategic […]
TF1, the French broadcasting group, has reported consolidated revenue of €472 million in Q1 2026, down 9.3 per cent year on year and down 5.2 per ent like-for-like and at constant exchange rates. Almost half of the decline in the Media segment (revenue down 10.1 per cent year on year to €414 million) was attributed […]