A new agreement was reached between the SECOM group and My-HD, a satellite operator, to broadcast two channels, Melody (classic French songs) and MyZen TV (lifestyle), across the Middle East and Africa (the Mena area). The two companies also agreed to launch Melody d’Afrique, a channel specialising in African song and its artists. Melody …
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ARAB WORLD / New agreement between France 24 and beIN Sport MENA
France 24 has signed a major new distribution agreement with pan-Arab operator beIn Sport Mena, the second largest Arab-world pay-TV platform. With this agreement the international news channel hopes to strengthen its presence in the Middle East and North Africa and thus gain 890,000 additional households. France 24 is now available on channel 149 in …
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FRANCE / France Télévisions launches its project for VoD
On February 23rd the Board of Directors of France Télévisions announced that a subscription-based video-on-demand platform would be launched by the autumn. The platform will be created using a new model in which the partners will be drama and animation producers and distributors who work with the group’s channels. Among them will be Newen, …
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TURKEY / Transmission of TRT World extended
The Turkish channel TRT World, broadcasting international news in English, has expanded its catchment area thanks to an agreement signed with the private telecommunications operator SES. Transmitted from the SES group’s three Astra satellite positions, TRT World (a subsidiary of TRT, the Turkish public broadcaster) has been available since January in continental Europe, the United …
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PORTUGAL / Launch of the TraceToca channel in Portugal
TraceToca is a Portuguese-language music channel specializing in Afro-Portuguese music in Angola and Mozambique. It was launched in Portugal on February 13th, exclusively on MEO (Portugal Telecom). Subscribers to MEObox, ADSL or Fibre, will be able to access TraceToca within Portugal. The channel has been available on SFR numéricable since June 2015 and on Free …
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FRANCE / Good viewing figures for France 3 Corse Via Stella
According to a Médiamétrie survey, France 3 Corse Via Stella, with several new programmes, did well in the September ratings. The larger audience is particularly marked between 12.00 noon and 1.00pm and from 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Indeed, the midday news, Corsica Prima and the cooking programme Manghjià insieme each got 5 points more than in …
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SPAIN / Telefónica invests €70 million to produce original TV series for the channel Movistar Plus
The Spanish telecoms operator, Telefonica, hopes to produce around 14 original TV series by the end of 2018, thanks to an investment of €70 million this year (4 series for 2017 and 10 more for 2018). Luis Miguel Gilpérez, President of Telefónica España. Photography : JMCadenas / EXPANSIÓN The first series will be La Peste, …
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