French regional press group Sipa Ouest-France has launched Novo19, its first all-genre channel on the national FTA DTT network as well as on all telco and OTT platforms (Bouygues, Orange, SFR, Free, Molotov). Broadcast on channel 19, following regulator Arcom’s rejigging of the DTT offering caused by the departure of NRj12 and C8, the new […]
Following the news that LFP Media’s Ligue 1+ streaming platform surpassed 600,000 subscribers in the first week of the 2025/26 football season, a report by NPA Conseil and Harris Interactive predicts that it will significantly, and quickly, exceed the target of at least 1 million subscribers by the end of the season. After polling 3,749 […]
E-Space, the French would-be satellite company headed by serial entrepreneur Greg Wyler, is reported by WFAA-TV to be planning to build its US headquarters at Arlington Municipal Airport, near Fort Worth, Texas. The report says that Wyler has been in discussions with City officials since early 2024, and could result in 200 new jobs being […]
The EU-backed IRIS2 mega-constellation of super-secure satellites has seen the SpaceRISE consortium, which is managing the project, launch its first contest for the building of the 270-satellite low Earth orbiting (LEO) segment of the scheme. The two competing suppliers are Aerospacelab of Belgium and Airbus Defense & Space of France. The competition (‘competitive dialogue’) will […]
Video software company, Synamedia, has announced that Pathé, the French film producer and distributor, has chosen Synamedia ContentArmor forensic watermarking to protect content on its D2C streaming service, Pathé Home. Using ContentArmor to identify the origin of leaks and take disruptive counter measures, Pathé will safeguard its investment in thousands of movies across all devices […]
With Ligue 1+ already topping 600k subs in its first week, French pay-TV group Canal+ has threatened the commercial arm of French Professional Football League, LFP Media, with legal action unless it is authorised to distribute the Ligue 1+ service, according to French sports daily L’Équipe. Canal+ group president, Maxime Saada wrote to LFP Media […]
The French government has granted Italian launch services provider Avio a ten-year licence to carry out Vega rocket operations from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. Italy had pushed for access for some years, and on July 10th representatives from Italy, Germany, and France met at the European Space Agency headquarters to sign the […]
The new Ligue 1+ streaming platform surpassed 600,000 subscribers in France following the first weekend of the French football season which kicked off on August 15th. Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of the LFP Media division, told French daily L’Equipe that its in-house streaming service attracted as many subscribers in a single matchday as sports streaming […]
FuboTV has announced that Molotov, its subsidiary in France, has entered into a non-exclusive carriage agreement with Ligue 1 for the 2025/2026 season. Molotov, France’s leading live TV streaming platform, has partnered with Ligue 1+, the new official broadcast service for Ligue 1. Customers who subscribe to Ligue 1+ on Molotov will be able to […]
French broadcaster TF1 group has reported consolidated revenue amounted to €1.1 billion in the first half of 2025, stable year on year (- €1 million). The slight decrease in the Media segment (revenue down 0.9 per cent year on year to €975 million) was offset by an increase at Studio TF1 (up 6.4 per cent […]