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For the seventh consecutive year, France’s Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) has published a study on “Performances de la fiction en Europe” based on the 2015 viewing figures for drama programmes (films for TV, series, mini-series and serials) in the five major European markets, including Spain, France and Italy. In Spain, national productions monopolize the …
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Late in the afternoon of June 27th Liliane Daoud, a Lebanese-British journalist and presenter on the Egyptian private channel ONTV, was given just a few hours to leave Egypt. According to her lawyer the police went to her home and took her straight to the airport, without giving her time to pack or say goodbye …
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The Greek government has announced plans to initiate licensing agreements for national private channels which broadcast in an unencoded, “free-to-air” format. An international call for offers was launched, with bidding open until July 4th. Only four high definition broadcast licenses will be allocated, although at present the country has eight private channels. So at least …
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Two managers from the private channel KBC, owned by the El Khabar group, have been in custody since June 24th. Mehdi Benaissa, the channel’s director and manager of Ness Prod, and Riad Hartouf, head of production, were remanded in custody on Sunday June 26th on the orders of the investigating magistrate at the Sidi M’Hamed …
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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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