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On November 30th Laurent Vallet, managing director of the Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), appointed Jean-Marc Boero as General Secretary. He will take office on January 4th 2016 and will succeed Jean-Marc Auvray. Since 2003 M.Vallet has worked for the Public Sénat channel, successively as Deputy Secretary General, Director of Human Resources and Administration and …
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In November the Banijay Group production company acquired the rights to adapt the Israeli game show “Double or Nothing”. Developed in Israel by Armoza Formats and Studio Glam, the programme pits a pair of contestants against one opponent in a series of challenges. To win the stake money, the couple have to do twice as …
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On November 20th Télévision Tunisienne’s new interim managing director, Rached Younes, had talks in Tunis with the Palestinian Minister for the supervision of the media and the press, Riadh Al Hassen. The two sides agreed to sign a framework cooperation agreement focussing on the exchange of news reports between both country’s televisions. The Minister stressed …
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On November 18th the French-language channel TV5MONDE and the satellite/broadband operator Orange Romania announced they had signed a distribution agreement. TV5MONDE will now be available in the World HD package, which has 250,000 subscribers. According to a statement released by the channel, Romania is TV5MONDE‘s “leading audience base in Europe”, after France, Belgium and Switzerland. …
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On November 15th Türksat removed 13 radio and television channels from its satellite package, all of which had been condemned by the private operator Digitürk in late October because of their “litigious content”. The channels in question are all owned by the Samanyolu Media Group (Samanyolu Haber, Mehtap TV, Ebru TV). In October Türksat, a …
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On November 17th the Emirati satellite television operator YahLive launched 43 new channels on its bouquet in the Greater North Africa region. Among them, 20 channels are available in regional exclusivity. The operation is a partnership with the Paris-based Sahli Media Group. Among the new features there are local channels (Masterchef, Showroom TV, Equo-Filahiaa …) …
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On November 20th the European Union’s ultimatum to the Macedonian government to undertake broadcasting reforms expired. Discussions are underway between the different political parties, representatives of the country’s main media and experts to work on eight priority issues: eradicating violence against journalists, allowing free access to information, avoiding trials for libel against journalists, regulating political …
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