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LEBANON / France Médias Monde strengthens its presence in the Lebanon

According to a statement from France Media Monde, the group is strengthening its presence in the Lebanon. With the support of the Lebanese French Institute, a series of agreements was concluded during a visit to Beirut in early April by Marie-Christine Saragosse, chair and CEO of France Media Monde and Marc Saikali, director of France …

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GREECE / ERT re-opens

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“Rules for the Public Broadcasting Organization”, a bill legislating for the reopening of ERT, the Greek public broadcaster, was passed by the parliament in Athens on night of April 28th to 29th. Back in 2013, ERT’s sudden closure for economic reasons caused shock waves around the world. During his policy speech to the new Greek …

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FRANCE / Delphine Ernotte Cunci, first woman to run France Télévisions

On Thursday, April 23rd the CSA (Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel – France’s broadcasting watchdog) chose Delphine Ernotte Cunci to run France Télévisions for the next five years. She will take over from Rémy Pflimlin on August 22nd. Until the appointment she was Executive Director at Orange, where she has spent her entire career. At 48, …

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FRANCE / France Télévisions: contract signed with Universal

 According BFM Business, a framework agreement has been signed between the chairman of France Télévisions, Rémy Pflimlin, and the Hollywood-based production company Universal, a contract previously held by TF1. The agreement allows France’s public TV channels to have first choice of the studio’s new series. Thus series currently in production, such as “Shades of Blue”, …

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FRANCE / NextRadioTV: purchase of the VODEO platform

In a statement on March 5th, the NextRadioTV Group announced it has purchased VODEO from the Figaro Group. Dedicated to documentaries, VODEO is a VOD / SVOD platform (video-on-demand and subscription video-on-demand) with a catalogue of nearly 5,000 programmes, cable distribution agreements, ADSL and about 3,000 SVOD subscribers. NextRadioTV’s objective is to become the leader …

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FRANCE ISRAEL / Partnership between TF1, Ryan Seacrest Productions and Armoza Formats for a TV game

The American production company Ryan Seacrest Productions, the French TF1 and the Israeli Armoza Formats have partnered to develop a new TV game “Babushka”. It will be presented at MIPTV, the international television exhibition, in Cannes from April 13th to 16th. The game is based on Russian dolls. Candidates face ten of them. Each doll …

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ITALY / Mediaset: net income increase

The Mediaset Group ended the fiscal year 2014 with a net profit of €23.7 million, an increase of €8.9 million over 2013. Consolidated revenue remains almost unchanged: €3,414.4 billion against €3,414.7 billion in 2013. The group will donate a dividend of €0.02 per share. Debt declined from €1.4 billion to €861.4 million. Despite the recovery …

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