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Having put the transaction on ice in June, an Algerian court decided on July 13th to put a stop on the re-sale of the media group El Khabar. The administrative tribunal in Algiers has thus decided to cancel definitively the purchase of El Khabar by Ness Prod, a subsidiary of the Cevital group owned by …
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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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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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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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Banijay, the French production company specializing in TV programmes, has taken a minority stake in the capital of a new Italian production house, DRY. DRY (Do not Repeat Yourself) was founded by four former employees of Magnolia, another production company associated with Banijay: Fabrizio Ievolella, Danila Battaglini, Francesco Lauber and Leopoldo Gasparotto. DRY’s aim is …
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According to the Algerian press, the country’s broadcasting watchdog, the Autorité de Régulation de l’Audiovisuel (ARAV) has approved three draft laws written by the government to control broadcasting. The most important and anticipated of them are the specifications for commercial television stations: there are now 89 articles setting out the conditions a private channel has …
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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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