Category: LIFE IN THE CHANNELS

Latest breaking news and information about mediterranean televisions and institutions

ITALY / Good audience for “Woman with a Camera”

Karima Zoubir’s documentary “Woman with a Camera”, winner of the Rai 3 Broadcasting Award at PriMed 2014, aired on the Italian channel on August 12th at 11h40pm. It was watched by 411,000 viewers, or 5.57% of the public. The documentary is about Khadija, a young Moroccan woman, illiterate and divorced, who, despite strong resistance from …

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FRANCE / Launch of Wild Bunch TV

Wild Bunch, the independent French distribution company, has announced the launch of Wild Bunch TV. This extends its activities to the co-production and distribution of television series made for the international market. It has already acquired two new series: – “Medici: Masters of Florence”, an Italian series in eight episodes about the rise of the …

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ITALY SPAIN PORTUGAL / Netflix arrives

Italy-Spain-Portugal / Netflix arrives The giant American video-on-demand provider, available since September 2014 in France and in more than 50 countries including 13 in Europe, is expanding its services to three new countries. In Spain Netflix will launch its platform on October 20th, in Portugal on October 21st and in Italy on October 22nd. An …

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ITALY / Project to include television licence fee in each electricity bill

In an interview on “In mezz’ora” on Rai 3, the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi announced the government has plans to lower the television licence fee, known as the “canone Rai”, commenting on current speculation that the fee would be included in everybody’s electricity bill. The aim is to halt tax evasion, practised by 30% …

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FRANCE / CSA: 12 channels go HD on DTT

In a press release on October 8th, France’s television watchdog, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) announced that 18 digital terrestrial television channels (DTT) would pass to high-definition (HD). The chosen candidates are BFM TV, D17, D8, iTV, Gulli, NRJ12, NT1, TMC and W9 for free DTT and Canal Plus Cinema, Canal Plus Sport and …

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FRANCE / Arte: Véronique Cayla reappointed

According to a press release issued by Arte France on October 6th, the company’s supervisory board has re-appointed Véronique Cayla as chair of Arte France’s management board and Anne Durupty as Director General, both for a second five year term. This double reappointment at the head of Arte France “will ensure the continuity necessary to …

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GREECE / Nova: imminent arrival of Fox Sports

Nova, the Greek pay-TV platform, will enhance its bouquet with the upcoming launch of Fox Sports. Subscribers will be able to follow sporting events such as American football (NFL), baseball (MLB), ice hockey (NHL), and golf (PGA Tour), the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball and American Football championships, to which will be added a variety …

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