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FRANCE / The CSA withdraws its licence for Numéro 23 to transmit

On October 14th the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (the French broadcasting watchdog) announced its verdict on the proposed sale of Numéro 23 to the NextRadioTV group, owner of BFM TV, RMC and RMC Découverte, for €88.3 million. In a statement the French broadcasting regulating authority announced it is withdrawing its authorization for the channel to …

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FRANCE SPAIN / CMCA partner of CineHorizontes

The 14th CineHorizontes, a festival of Spanish Film in Marseille, will be held from November 6th to 15th at the Cinéma Le Prado and in partner cinemas across the city and the PACA region. The programme includes the screening of some fifty films, mostly around themes of elsewhere, a window on the south and a …

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FRANCE / First French showing of the documentary “Spartans”

The CMCA, in collaboration with the Swiss Consulate in Marseille, the Alcazar Library, Akka Films, France Télévisions, RTS (Radio Télévision Suisse) and Mission Film Distributors is organizing the first screening in France of Nicolas Wadimoff‘s 2014 Swiss documentary “Spartans” (winner of several awards in North America and Europe). The screening will take place on Friday, …

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FRANCE / Launch of Wild Bunch TV

Wild Bunch, the independent French distribution company, has announced the launch of Wild Bunch TV. This extends its activities to the co-production and distribution of television series made for the international market. It has already acquired two new series: – “Medici: Masters of Florence”, an Italian series in eight episodes about the rise of the …

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FRANCE / CSA: 12 channels go HD on DTT

In a press release on October 8th, France’s television watchdog, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) announced that 18 digital terrestrial television channels (DTT) would pass to high-definition (HD). The chosen candidates are BFM TV, D17, D8, iTV, Gulli, NRJ12, NT1, TMC and W9 for free DTT and Canal Plus Cinema, Canal Plus Sport and …

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FRANCE / Arte: Véronique Cayla reappointed

According to a press release issued by Arte France on October 6th, the company’s supervisory board has re-appointed Véronique Cayla as chair of Arte France’s management board and Anne Durupty as Director General, both for a second five year term. This double reappointment at the head of Arte France “will ensure the continuity necessary to …

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FRANCE / Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée

This year’s Rencontres Films Femmes Méditerranée celebrates its tenth anniversary. 42 films by or for women from 15 Mediterranean countries – dramas and documentaries, features and shorts – will be screened: in Marseille from October 6th to 18th, then in Martigues on October 14th, October 15th/16th/17th in Hyères and October 25th at La Ciotat. On …

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