Responding to speculation that it was seeking a buyer for its holding in French broadcaster M6, media group RTL has issued a statement suggesting that “it has repeatedly said that there is a strong case for consolidation in the European broadcasting sector”. “RTL Group reviews such options on an ongoing basis with a view to […]
THEMA, the distribution partner of the M6 international channel, has announced two major launches in Canada and the United Arab Emirates. The M6 International channel that brings together the best of M6 group programming with content from M6, W9, 6ter, Paris Première and Téva. M6 International offers French speakers and French people living abroad a […]
France’s Salto, the joint streaming platform co-owned by leading French broadcasters, TF1, France Télévisions and M6, will go live on October 20th, according to local reports. Salto has already started consumer testing in June with a promised launch in the autumn of this year. At launch, Salto’s catalogue will include an archived library from the […]
Nicolas de Tavernost, CEO of French broadcaster M6 (backed by RTL Grp), has reiterated his view that a major change of European regulation is needed regarding broadcaster consolidation as he believes the headlines will be dominated by the theme over the next years. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, de Tavernost put forward […]
Quortex, a provider of a video streaming solution over the Internet, has raised €2.5 million in seed capital, in a funding round led by Elaia and Go Capital, with the participation of Unexo and Business Angels. The Quortex software solution is already used by customers such as M6 and Red Bee Media. Quortex says this […]
French VoD/SVoD platform Salto – a joint venture between TF1, M6 and France Télévisions – has begun its first test phase, a few months before its planned commercial launch later this year. “We’re in the starting blocks, the test phase has started on Wednesday” managing director Thomas Folin told AFP. Initially scheduled for Q1 of […]