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
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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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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SPAIN / Distribution of income from Spanish football TV rights
On May 14th the Spanish Parliament passed a new law concerning the sale of television rights in Spanish football. It establishes a collective distribution of the income from TV rights to reduce the current imbalances between how much La Liga’s small and large clubs receive. 92% of the rights will be allocated to professional football …
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