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In a press release on May 17th the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) announced that only one application has been received for the chair of France Médias Monde (FMM): from the current CEO, Marie-Christine Saragosse, who will therefore be the sole candidate for her own replacement. There are two reasons for the lack of competitors …
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According to Communications Minister Hamid Grine, speaking at a press conference in Boumerdes on May 14th, accreditation will soon be given to 10 national private broadcasters. In the coming weeks the Algerian broadcasting watchdog ARAV (Autorité de Régulation de l’Audiovisuel), will discuss which private channels will benefit from this measure which has been often discussed …
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Kan, the new Israeli public broadcasting service, began transmitting last Monday (May 15th). After a long, expensive reform process, it replaces the IBA (Israel Broadcasting Authority). Like its predecessor, Kan is a composite: one television channel, Channel 11, plus eight radio stations. Eldad Koblenz, former Director of the IETV (Israel Educational Television), has been appointed …
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The 18th Arab Festival of Radio and Television, organized by the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), ended on April 28th in Hammamet (Tunisia). Numerous awards have been given to the Arab world’s best television and radio productions, out of the 230 works entered in the various competitions. Best Television Series went to the Kuwaiti …
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On March 31st France Télévisions signed a series of funding agreements with organizations representing film producers for animation films, documentaries and live entertainment. Each agreement defines the remit of the films in that category, the annual increase of investment, the minimum distribution in each category and other provisions specific to each genre. For example, the …
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HBO and Rai have announced they are co-producing an eight-episode series adapted from Elena Ferrante’s four-volume “My Brilliant Friend”. These four books, about two young women born in post-war Naples, were originally published between 2011 and 2014 and are still being translated into a dozen languages. They have already been a huge success in France, …
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In May the Bouches-du-Rhône department will once again have a privately-run local TV channel, Provence Azur. It will be available on channel 30 of DTT, previously used by TV Sud Provence and before that by LCM. After a call for applications to replace TV Sud Provence, the CSA chose Provence Azur last June. Two …
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