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As announced in a press release on September 1st, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, CEO of France Télévisions, and Mathieu Gallet, CEO of Radio France, have agreed to work together on a shared news channel. A steering committee, chaired by them both, will be set up to develop it. The project will be entrusted to Germain Dagognet, …
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The Tunisian television channel Attassia, created last spring, has agreed terms with the Tunisian Football Federation (FTF) on the broadcasting rights for the 2015-2016 soccer season. These include League 1 and League 2 matches, the Tunisia Cup and friendly matches between different national teams. The announcement was made on the FTF web-site. Sources : ftf.org.tn et …
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Following the dismissal of 12 journalists from the private channel Hannibal TV, the chairman of the journalists’ union, Néji Bghouri, announced at a press conference on September 22nd that “it has been decided to launch protest movements and to bring a lawsuit against Hannibal TV’s management in response to the unfair dismissals.” The union, the …
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In a press release dated July 22nd, the TF1 Group announced the sale of its 49% stake in Eurosport to Discovery Communications for 491 million euros. At the same time, for 14.6 million euros, the TF1 Group acquires from Discovery its 20% stake in the pay channels TV Breizh, History, Ushuaia. Discovery and the TF1 …
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On July 9th the pan-European 24-hour news channel Euronews, created in 1993 by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), announced that Media Globe Networks, a company owned by the Sawiris family and run by Naguib Sawiris, now owned 53% of the Lyon-based television news channel. This majority stake was acquired through a capital increase of 35 …
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In a joint press release on July 10th, the telecommunications operator Telefónica and the Spanish Football League announced that the exclusive Spanish television rights for all La Liga matches during the 2015-2016 season have been bought for 600 million euros. But following its purchase of Canal Plus Spain, Telefónica will offer some rights to its …
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On July 13th the beIN Media Group, a subsidiary of Al Jazeera, bought the pay-TV platform Digiturk, until now 53% owned by Cukurova Holding and 47% by Providence Equity Partners. The transaction, for an undisclosed amount, will only be effective after obtaining permits from the local competition authorities. Sources: cbnews.fr, lesechos.fr et broadbandtvnews.com
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