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FRANCE GREECE / Support for 5 Franco-Greek projects by the CNC

As part of the development fund for Franco-Greek co-productions set up by Frédérique Bredin in Cannes in May 2014, the Franco-Greek committee has continued its task of developing cinema co-productions between France and Greece: the films must be at least 60 minutes or longer, any genre (drama, animation, documentary), and aiming for a first release …

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FRANCE / TF1 sells its share of Eurosport to Discovery

In a press release dated July 22nd, the TF1 Group announced the sale of its 49% stake in Eurosport to Discovery Communications for 491 million euros. At the same time, for 14.6 million euros, the TF1 Group acquires from Discovery its 20% stake in the pay channels TV Breizh, History, Ushuaia. Discovery and the TF1 …

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FRANCE / Euronews: Naguib Sawiris majority shareholder

On July 9th the pan-European 24-hour news channel Euronews, created in 1993 by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), announced that Media Globe Networks, a company owned by the Sawiris family and run by Naguib Sawiris, now owned 53% of the Lyon-based television news channel. This majority stake was acquired through a capital increase of 35 …

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FRANCE / Upheaval at Canal Plus

The new Canal Plus programme schedule for September will face changes. In early July several media announced that the satirical programme “Guignols de l’info” may be axed, causing uproar and heated debate. Viewers, media personalities and politicians all expressed their support for the show. But it’s not going to close – created in 1988 and …

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FRANCE / End of Télé Toulouse

On July 3rd, after 27 years broadcasting, financial difficulties forced the local station Télé Toulouse (TLT) to close down. In fact on the same day the commercial court in Toulouse had ordered TLT’s liquidation with immediate effect. Founded in 1988, TLT was one of the oldest national local channels. For several years, it had been …

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FRANCE / Release of “La belle promise”

“La Belle Promise”, a Palestinian film by Suha Arraf, was released in French cinemas on June 10th. Arraf is particularly known for her work as script-writer on Eran Riklis’ “The Syrian Bride” and “Lemon Tree”, and for winning the “Mediterranean Issues Grand Prix” at the 2011 PriMed for her documentary “Women of Hamas”. Set in …

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FRANCE / “Still Standing”: adaptation of an Israeli game

D8, in association with the Belgian channel RTL-TVi, is adapting the Israeli game show “Lauf al Hamilton”. It will be called “Still standing”. The principle of the game is that a candidate tries to eliminate the ten other candidates one by one in duels about general culture. It has been adapted in various countries, including …

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