A new report, Works on television in Europe 2023 data, has been published by the European Audiovisual Observatory, part of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg. This report provides an analysis of films and TV content broadcast in 2023 by a sample of 1,663 European TV channels from 25 European Union countries, i.e. 436 000 […]
Netflix plans to strengthen its presence and offering in the French film industry, announcing the launch of more than ten pre-acquired movies this year. “In 2025, we are strengthening our French cinema offering to offer a wide variety of works,” commented Netflix France content VP Pauline Dauvin during a ‘Next on Netflix’ event in Paris. […]
Canal+ Group has threatened to reduce its €220 million annual movie investment in France in light of the fresh windowing agreement between Disney+ and the industry. “This offer is no longer on the table today. From my point of view, it will necessarily drop, the question is by how much,” stated CEO Maxime Saada, at […]
WWE, part of TKO Group, has announced that Clash in Paris will emanate from Paris La Défense Arena on August 31st. This marks the first time a WWE Premium Live Event will be held in the French capital. Paris La Défense Arena is the largest indoor venue in Europe and has hosted global artists including […]
Mediagenix, a specialist in software solutions for content strategy, value management, and scheduling, has announced a successful deployment for France’s public service broadcaster, France Télévisions. As France Télévisions’ sole media business management solution, the Mediagenix Platform (formerly WHATS’ON) delivers robust and flexible channel insights, programming, and scheduling. Mediagenix provides France Télévisions with the scalability to […]
Apple will invest more in developing European and French content in France under a new deal with the French government. While in line with its previous spending in the country, the new agreement commits the Apple TV+ streaming service to investing 20 per cent of its previous year’s net sales in France into the initiative. […]
Innervision, a post-production company based in the Grand Est region of France, develops and provides a range of high-performance sound and image post-production services for international producers and broadcasters. With stringent requirements in terms of image quality and silence in theatres, Innervision has chosen Sony’s quality to equip one of its colour-grading rooms and is […]
Médiamétrie will launch its Cross Média Vidéo measurement in France this spring to take better account of the evolution of viewing devices, as well as the consumption of the major SVoD services such as Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. In France, among the average four hours and sixteen minutes of content watched each day, viewers […]
Henri de Fontaines will take over the operational management of French streaming platform M6+ in March. Julien Smadja, currently Deputy Managing Director in charge of streaming activities, will leave Groupe M6 on the same date. De Fontaines joined M6 Group as Strategy Policy Officer in 2003. Appointed Company Secretary of Studio 89 in late 2006, […]
French media group Canal+ has announced the creation of its Foundation, supporting the right to “culture for all”. In so doing, the Canal+ group, a major player in the production and distribution of content across many different geographical areas, is making a new commitment to promote culture throughout the world. The Foundation’s programmes will aim […]