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Canal+ launches new mobile app
Canalplay, the on-demand arm of French pay TV providerCanal+, has launched a new version of…
Disney buys Maker for initial $500m
The Walt Disney Company has made the largest investment a traditional media giant has yet…
French sports rights row rumbles on
France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has denied that Orange and Eurosport have joined Canal+ in…
Zodiak hires France CEO
Zodiak Media has hired Gaspard de Chavagnac as CEO of its French operation putting him…
Netflix’s France launch set for Autumn, no Orange deal
Orange’s CEO Stéphane Richard confirmed at the end of last week that Netflix plans to…
Canal+ buys into YouTube comedy producer
Canal+ Group has taken a majority stake in YouTube comedy channel producer Studio Bagel as…
Netflix approaches ISPs for French launch
Netflix has approached several French internet TV service providers with a view to striking carriage…
News brief: The Returned goes back to Scandinavia
A trio of Scandinavian broadcasters has bought French paranormal drama The Returned (Les Revenants) from…
BBC cuts Chinese VOD deal
BBC Worldwide has licensed a raft of drama and factual programming to Chinese streaming and…
SVT enters The Tunnel
Swedish pubcaster SVT has acquired the Anglo-French remake of one of its own dramas, The…