After Netflix in 2014, another American SVOD (subscription video on demand) giant will probably soon be available in three major European markets. According to the daily newspaper Le Figaro, the Amazon group plans to introduce its Amazon Prime video service in Spain, France and Italy by the end of 2016. The launch could even occur …
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ITALY FRANCE / Rai Com and Arte will intensify their co-productions
On July 13th a renewable two-year partnership agreement was signed in Rome between Arte and Rai Com. The agreement was ratified by Peter Boudgoust, Arte’s chair, Monica Maggioni, Rai’s chair, Antonio Campo dall’Orto, Rai’s managing director and Gian Paolo Tagliavia, chair of Rai Com. Its purpose is to develop co-productions and cooperation between the Franco-German …
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ALGERIA / The courts release the 3 people arrested in the KBC affair
On July 18th the court at Sidi M’Hamed passed sentence in the affair which led to two directors of the private channel KBC and a manager in the Ministry of Culture being arrested. Mehdi Benaissa, a director of KBC and manager of the production company Ness Prod, and Riad Hartouf, KBC’s head of production, were …
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FRANCE / The public news channel will be called France Info
On July 11th Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, Mathieu Gallet, Marie-Christine Saragosse and Laurent Vallet, respectively heads of France Télévisions, Radio France, France Médias Monde and INA, unveiled the name of the future public news channel: France Info. At the same time they showed the press the studios, the logo and the visual and sound identity the channel …
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GREECE / The government also wants to regulate the advertising market
Having launched the application call to reduce the number of private television channels in Greece, Alexis Tsipras’ government is now considering the creation of a national advertising agency. It would have a monopoly on marketing advertising space and would be the sole intermediary between companies and the nation’s TV channels, the Minister of State Nikos …
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GREECE / 11 applications received for the 4 commercial channel licenses
On July 4th the Minister of State Nikos Pappas announced the identity of the eleven applicants who put their name forward to buy a license for one of the four private channels. They are: Skai, Star Channel, Antenna TV, Dimera Media Investments, Alpha, Ioannis Vladimiros Kalogritsas, Alter Ego, Epsilon TV, Independent Television Content Provider, Mega …
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