A co-financing agreement is bringing together Newen Studios, a producer of daily drama, TF1 Group, the private broadcasting group in Europe, and Netflix, the streaming giant, to produce a continuing drama event series called Tout pour la lumière (‘Everything for the light’). The series, set in the world of music and dance, takes the form […]

A number of suitors have been studying the merits of a takeover bid for ITV, the UK’s dominant terrestrial commercial broadcaster, after a prolonged period of share price weakness and renewed questions about its long-term strategic outlook. Sky News reports that, in recent weeks, an array of “possible bidders” have held early-stage discussions about teaming […]

The French broadcasting groups France Télévisions, M6 and TF1, alongside the main rights management associations (Adami, SACD, SACEM and SCAM) and producers’ associations (AnimFrance, SPI and USPA) have met at TF1 corporate headquarters to formally establish a new trade body known as LaFA – short for ‘La Filière Audiovisuelle’, or ‘the audiovisual industry’. At a […]

Despite a tough economic background and the success of the Olympic Games on fellow PSB France Télévisions, commercial broadcaster TF1 has reported a rise in its ad revenues over the first nine months of 2024, driven by streaming activities. TF1 Group has posted a consolidated revenue of €1.59 billion for the first nine months, a […]

Following the launch of TF1+ at the start of this year, TF1 group is taking its digital acceleration strategy to the next level with the unveiling of its advertising roadmap for the streaming space. In this era of digital marketing, advertisers are adopting ever more sophisticated strategies aimed at creating brand interactions throughout the consumer […]

This October, TF1 group will add two new players onto its TF1+ platform: ARTE, renowned across European for the production and broadcasting of arts programmes; and  Hearst – formerly A&E Television Network – a US broadcaster known for its documentaries. Having already added content from L’Equipe, Le Figaro and Deezer, TF1+ is further enhancing its […]

SDVI, a platform provider for cloud-native media supply chains, has announced that France’s TF1 Group has deployed the SDVI Rally platform to support the migration of its media supply chains to the cloud. This upgrade to a media supply chain management platform enables TF1 Group to utilise a cloud-based solution to support all media preparation […]

France’s TF1 group has announced an aggregation strategy by adding contents from sports media brand L’Équipe, daily newspaper Le Figaro, and music-streaming platform Deezer to its to its TF1+ free-to-view streaming platform. “These first agreements mark a step change in our digital acceleration strategy, with the aggregation of appealing third-party content that complements nicely our […]

TF1 group’s free streaming platform, TF1+, will launch in Belgium and Luxembourg on June 18th. The TF1+ app will be available across all screens (mobile, tablet, PC, smart TV) across a range of devices (Google TV, Android TV, Samsung, LG, Hisense, Sony, Philips, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, etc). An ad-free ‘TF1+ Premium’ service is […]

FreeWheel, the technology platform for the video advertising industry, and TF1 PUB, the French video advertising network, have announced an extension of their partnership in which FreeWheel will accompany TF1 Group on its journey to becoming a global streaming platform, tied with the recent launch of TF1+. As part of this extended partnership, TF1 PUB […]