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On June 23rd the Chair of France Télévisions was appointed Chair of TV5 Monde’s Board of Directors. She takes over from Rémy Pflimlin, who was also her predecessor as head of France Télévisions. TV5 Monde’s charter specifies that its Board of Directors be chaired by France Télévisions, the channel’s main shareholder (49%) and primary programme …
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In a year’s time Israel’s non-stop news channel, i24news, owned by Patrick Drahi, should have an American version. The Franco-Israeli businessman announced this to the press on June 22nd. He was in New York to sign the purchase of Cablevision System, a leader in US cable operators, for nearly $18 billion. Distributed by local operators, …
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The political turmoil now familiar in Croatia since the fall of the coalition government on June 16th, is not without consequences for the Croatian public broadcaster HRT. As of September the company could be without a Director-General. The Parliamentary Media Committee has failed to agree a candidate to succeed Siniša Kovačić, the current DG, whose …
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The Italian Public Broadcaster RAI has reached an agreement with Vivendi allowing the Italian group to show its premium content on Dailymotion, the video-sharing platform owned by Vivendi. According to a Dailymotion press-release: “some of the best films in Rai’s catalogue” are now available for Italians on Dailymotion’s video-on-demand site. This includes not only several …
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On June 17th the French public radio RFI (France Médias Monde) launched a new web-site for those wishing to learn the French language: RFI Savoirs (http://savoirs.rfi.fr). Aimed at the general public as much as education professionals, the site offers “keys to understanding the world in French”, presented as themed dossiers going deeper into current affairs …
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Following a complaint filed in April by the Algerian Ministry of Communication, the Birmandreis Administrative Tribunal ruled on June 15th that the purchase of the media group El Khabar by Ness Prod must be suspended. Ness Prod is a subsidiary of the Cevital group owned by businessman Issad Rebrab. The deal, finalised on March 14th, …
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The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has managed to do a last-minute deal with the Bosnian public service broadcaster BHRT. As a reminder, BHRT had until June 8th to repay the EBU a debt of 6 million Swiss francs (€5.4 million). “In recent weeks talks with BHRT have been productive,” the EBU’s Director General, Ingrid Deltenre …
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