Mar 2 2018
Canal+ has ceased broadcasting TF1’s family of channels after failing to make a deal with the broadcaster. Canal+ has also filed a legal complaint with the Paris commercial court, challenging the legality of the broadcaster’s demands. Canal+ has already removed TF1’s channels from the Canalsat service and MyCanal. The operator blamed TF1’s “intransigence” for the […]
Jul 31 2017
TF1 has withdrawn its catch-up TV service MYTF1 from distribution by Numericable-SFR and has demanded that the service provider stops retransmitting its free-to-air channels, including its flagship channel. TF1, the leading French commercial broadcaster, has been in a battle with the country’s TV operators over its demand that they pay retransmission fees, and has been […]
Jul 24 2017
Revenue for the first half of 2017 reached €1.04 billion ($1.2 billion) at TF1, up 1.1 percent, as costs were down considerably thanks to the year-on-year comparison with the spend for the Euro 2016 football championship. Group advertising revenue of €782.1 million ($910 million), up 1.6 percent, was led mainly by stronger revenue from the […]
Jul 20 2017
Orange has started legal action against TF1 for abuse of a dominant position in a dispute over the distribution of the broadcaster’s TV channels, reports Les Echos quoting an unnamed source. The case is the latest chapter in a long-running battle which has seen TF1 trying to impose a substantial increase in carriage fees for […]
Apr 13 2017
French broadcaster TF1 has warned telecom operators and pay TV operator Canal+ that it will pull its signal from their services unless they agree to pay retransmission fees, according to French press reports. According to financial daily Les Echos, TF1 has threatened to withdraw its flagship channel and digital services TMC, NT1, HD1 and LCI, […]
Dec 21 2015
French media regulator the CSA has given a green light for TF1-owned news channel LCI to become a free-to-air service, it has however, rejected requests from Canal+ and M6 Group to enable their respective channels, factual service Planète+ and entertainment channel Paris Première, to make the same transition. The CSA said that it had judged […]
Oct 29 2015
Gilles Pélisson, 58, will succeed TF1 Chairman and CEO Nonce Paolini and take up office on February 19th, one day after TF1 releases its 2015 results. Pélisson is the former CEO of Euro Disney and French hotel group Accor. Pélisson has been an administrator at TF1 since 2009 and knows the Bouygues Group from the […]
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Mar 7 2018
Canal+ to resume TF1 broadcasts
Canal+ media group, part of Vivendi, will resume later on Wednesday broadcasts of channels owned by TF1 at the request of the regulator, the group said. Canal+ had suspended broadcasts last week saying that Groupe TF1 was imposing “unreasonable” fees on distributors to transmit TF1’s free programmes. TF1, part of Bouygues, is also engaged in […]
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By Expat • France • Tags: Canal+, TF1, TNT Sat