Category: LIFE IN THE CHANNELS

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FRANCE / A date for the launch of France TV new news channel

On March 10th France Télévision’s Deputy Director of News, Germain Dagognet, unveiled the launch date of the public broadcaster’s future 24-hour news channel: September 1st 2016 at 6:00pm on the web, and September 1st or 2nd for DTT. Germain Dagognet, who is also in charge of the project, said the news channel will need 160 …

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ALGERIA / A measure for the image of woman on EPTV

The Etablissement Public de Télévision (EPTV) announced through its Director of Production, Lyes Belaribi, that it is taking measures to ensure the image of women presented in its programmes is “consistent with the spirit of the Algerian Constitution and laws of the Republic.” Henceforth, the public broadcaster will issue production contracts which include a clause …

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ITALY / Mediaset hosts an Israeli series on its VOD platform

Infinity, a video-on-demand platform (VOD) owned by the Italian group Mediaset, has just obtained the broadcasting rights to “Prisoners of War” (Hatufim in Hebrew) from the Israeli production company Keshet International. The series is about two soldiers who have been prisoners for 17 years and the problems they face trying to return to normal life. …

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ROMANIA / The EBU calls on the government to save TVR

In early March Ingrid Deltenre, Director General of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), sent a letter to the Romanian Prime Minister, Dacian Cioloş, asking for a “rapid response” from his government to save the country’s public broadcaster, TVR. She highlights the “significant debt” faced by the organisation, which she believes is threatened by “financial collapse”, …

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ALGERIA / A presenter on Canal Algérie sacked from the news

  On February 27th Ahmed Lahri, presenter of the 7:00pm News on the public Canal Algérie, was officially removed from the channel, a decision confirmed the next day by the Minister of Communication, Hamid Grine. Lahri is accused of having “spoken the name of Abdelaziz Bouteflika [President of the Algerian Republic] without mentioning his title” …

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UAE / Eurovision opens an office in Dubai

In a press release issued on March 1st, the Eurovision network announced it had opened a business hub in Dubai “to support the growth of its activities in the region”. The office is located in the heart of Dubai Media City, a Free Zone housing more than a thousand media companies, including the regional offices …

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FRANCE / Contents of Méditerraneo in March

In Galicia, Northwest Spain, Galician has been an official language since 1983, on an equal footing with Castilian. But in reality, teachers and associations are fighting to keep this part of their identity alive. Boosting Morocco’s date harvest by using advanced research techniques: that’s why the country is investing €650 million in the sector between …

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