The Tax Rebate for International Productions (TRIP) has become an attractive factor for French territory and productions facilities, according to an impact study from 2017 to 2021 carried out by public funding body CNC. Before it was set up, foreign production expenditure in France represented around €50 million each year. In 2021, this level was […]

French PSB France Télévisions, which has recently been criticised by commercial TV groups for challenging them in terms of ad revenues and editorial strategy, has called on TF1, M6, Canal+ and Altice to ‘stand together’. “It’s our responsibility not to let the platforms impose a kind of cultural uniformity and not to let social networks […]

Blu Digital Group France, a joint venture between Blu Digital Group and Atlantis Television, has been established to provide end-to-end digital services and solutions to local French media companies as well as French localisation services to clients globally. This strategic alliance brings together the resources of both companies, drawing on the expertise of two established […]

SPI/FilmBox and Free, the French telco, have signed a new distribution deal for eight SPI channels and renewed the carriage deal for FightBox which broadcasts programming dedicated to mixed martial arts. Viewers can now either subscribe to FightBox, Dizi, FilmBox Arthouse, and DocuBox individually or they can get the following two standalone packs: the Entertainment […]

French electronics retail chain FNAC is selling SpaceX’s Starlink dish and modem equipment at a 56 per cent discount. The retail offer price is €199.99 and customers can pre-order with delivery from today [July 10th]. The monthly subscriber fee in France is €50. Starlink has more than 1.5 million subscribers around the globe, and the […]

Netflix accounted for 19.7 per cent of French Internet traffic in 2022 according to comms regulator Arcep’s annual report on the State of the Internet in France. The breakdown by origin of traffic to customers shows that the top five companies also include Google, Akamai, Meta and Amazon and represent 54 per cent of traffic. […]

Sixty-five per cent of French homes have a SVoD subscription, a rate which has jumped by 4 per cent over one year and 13 per cent compared to 2021. According to the latest Submix study from consulting firm BearingPoint, Netflix remains sector leader with 63 per cent of all SVoD subscribers followed by Prime Video (49 per […]

Mega Max Media has announced the launch of its toddler’s channel, ducktv, on Freebox TV, an IPTV platform in France owned by Free. The channel is available to all subscribers as a la carte on EPG number 168. ducktv is a 100 per cent  educational programming proposition, specifically designed for preschool children aged between 6 […]