Category: LIFE IN THE CHANNELS

Latest breaking news and information about mediterranean televisions and institutions

ALGERIA / Government threat to close private television stations

In a statement the ministry of communications has warned the heads of some private television channels (Ennahar TV, Echorouk TV, Dzair TV, DjazairiaTV and El Hogar TV) about broadcasting violent programmes and trivializing violence. The Algerian government has asked the heads of these channels, “to immediately take strict measures” to remove from the programme schedules …

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TUNISIA / Arrival of M Tunisia

The Tunisian media landscape has just welcomed a new television channel M Tunisia, aimed primarily at women, youth and children. It takes over from Al Moutawassit, bought by Faisal Tebourski and Adel Ben Khalifa and will transmit on Nilesat. The channel’s launch was announced at a press conference on June 8th during which the new …

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MOROCCO / Medi1 TV: refurbishing the production system

The Moroccan private “info-tainment” channel, Medi1 TV, broadcasting in Arabic and French, has just approved an overhaul of its whole production system. The French company Videlio Preview won the contract to oversee this modernization process which will give the channel more modern production methods, and thus higher quality programmes, in line with its ambitions to …

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GREECE / The return of ERT

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Alexis Tsipras’ radical left-wing government Syriza has kept its promise: at 6.00 am on June 11th, ERT, the acronym of the Greek public service radio and television, returned to TV screens, exactly two years after its sudden closure in 2013 for economic reasons. Sources: lexpansion.lexpress.fr, fr.euronews.com et lemonde.fr  

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FRANCE / Agreement on a new method of paying for broadcasting archives

The Institut National de l’Audiovisuel (INA), the Syndicat des producteurs indépendants (SPI) and the Union syndicale de la production audiovisuelle (USPA), have signed an agreement introducing a new way of paying for broadcasting archives whose rights have expired. This is to extend the lifespan of broadcasting works and make it easier to use them by …

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SPAIN / Lagardère Active majority shareholder in Grupo BTV

Lagardère Active has announced the acquisition of an 82% stake in Grupo Boomerang TV (Grupo BTV). The remaining 18% are still owned by the founding members, who will continue the daily management of the Group. Created in 1998, Grupo BTV is a leading independent Spanish producer for broadcasting (drama and once-only TV) and has initiated …

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SPAIN / Mediaset España shareholder in 8TV

Mediaset España and Grupo Godó have signed an agreement for the former to buy 40% of the capital of Catalunya Emissions Digital SA. Until now this company has been the exclusive property of Grupo Godó, owner of several channels in Catalonia (8TV RAC 105 TV, Barça TV). The newspaper “La vanguardia” reports that this alliance …

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