News about audiovisual in western Europe region (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, etc)
The Spanish actor Antonio Resines has been acting-chair of Spain’s Academia de Cine since last February’s resignation of producer and distributor Enrique Gonzalez Macho, for “personal reasons”, less than a year after his re-election. On April 1st, when nominations closed, the only candidate was Antonio Resines. He was joined by two candidates for the posts …
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On April 2nd there was an announcement about the forthcoming sale of the DTT channel Numéro 23. Pascal Houzelot, boss of Numéro 23, has apparently entered exclusive negotiations with the NextRadioTV group who run BFM TV, RMC and RMC Découverte. The group could be willing pay €88.3 million for the channel, split two ways: €48.3 …
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For the first quarter of 2015, France Télévisions‘ net advertising sales revenue rose 4.5% compared to 2014, reaching €65.2 million. The increase is partly due to improved audience ratings for France 5 and particularly France 2, but also to the company’s move to digital. In two years advertising sales for digital content have doubled. For …
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BeIN Sports, the Qatari sports channel whose bouquet is available in Qatar, France, the USA and North Africa, will launch its sports channel in Spain on August 1st. Probably the channel will be broadcast on pay-TV platforms. The distribution agreement between Al Jazeera and Mediapro was announced by Jaume Roures at the New Communications Forum. …
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On the night of April 8th to 9th the French channel TV5 Monde was hacked by a group calling themselves Cybercaliphate. For Hélène Zemmour, the channel’s digital director, it was a “historic attack, something completely new”. The damage was considerable: in a very short time employees’ work-place mailboxes were cut, social networks and the web-site …
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Non Stop People, a 24-hour channel for news about celebrities, broadcast in France exclusively on the CanalSat bouquet since November 2012, is preparing to launch in Spain on June 1st. Non Stop People in Spain will be a news channel 7 days a week, 24 hours a day showcasing contemporary international and Spanish stars. It …
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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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