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France Télévisions, ASO renew TdF broadcast deal

France Télévisions and Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) have reached a new agreement covering the period from 2026 to 2030, for the broadcast of all the events organised by ASO, including in particular the Tour de France and the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. Thanks to this partnership, France Télévisions will remain the official broadcaster […]

July 24, 2023

France Télévisions, Molotov 4K Roland-Garros channels

French broadcaster France Télévisions and OTT platform Molotov have announced a partnership to broadcast 4K channels offering coverage the of Roland-Garros tennis open. Two UHD dedicated France.tv sport channels, in HDR and HDR10, will air until June 11th covering all daytime matches played from the Philippe Chatrier court. A standard definition channel is also available […]

May 30, 2023From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Salto closure confirmed

French public service broadcasters France Télévisions, M6 and TF1 have decided to close the Salto streaming service. After a number of delays, finally launching in October 2020, Salto currently claims some one million subscribers, who have signed up for an offer that “combines the best of French drama with iconic daily shows and exclusive all-new […]

February 16, 2023By Colin Mann

ACE shuts down French pirate site

Anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) has confirmed it has shut down France’s second most popular illegal streaming and direct download site, Extreme-down. ACE identified the operator in Houmt Souk, Tunisia. ACE approached the operator, who subsequently ceased the illicit operations and transferred all domains to ACE. The domains now redirect to […]

February 15, 2023By Colin Mann

Apple TV+ lands Drops of God

Apple TV+ has announced an eight-episode acquisition of new multilingual French-Japanese drama Drops of God from Legendary Entertainment, adapted from the best-selling Japanese manga series of the same name created and written by Tadashi Agi, with artwork by Shu Okimoto and published by Kodansha. Drops of God finds the world of gastronomy and fine wines […]

January 24, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Salto to close unless buyer emerges

France Télévisions has announced it is set to pull the plug on streaming service Salto, jointly created with M6 and TF1, meaning it will close unless a buyer comes forward. After TF1 and M6’s decision to exit the service in November 2022, following the failure of their planned merger, Salto looks set to shut, little […]

January 23, 2023From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Salto on the brink

French streaming platform Salto could shut its service by the end of this week according to reports in the French media. Salto went live in October 2020 co-owned by French broadcasters, TF1, France Télévisions and M6, but has failed to attract a substantial subscriber base; it currently stands at around 800,000 – far behind the […]

January 17, 2023

TF1 Rugby World Cup deal with France Télévisions, M6

France’s TF1 group has entered into a sub-licensing deal with the France Télévisions and M6 groups for the screening of 28 matches from the Rugby World Cup 2023, which takes place in France from September 8th to October 28th. Thanks to the deal, French viewers to watch the entire tournament free of charge. TF1, the […]

January 12, 2023

France Télévisions selects Globecast, Net Insight partnership

Globecast, the solutions provider for media and content management, has announced that long-time customer, France Télévisions, has turned to the company’s technology partnership with Net Insight to replace its legacy media contribution and distribution solution for the territories it serves: French Guiana; French Polynesia; Guadeloupe/Saint Martin; Martinique; Mayotte; New Caledonia; Réunion; Saint Pierre and Miquelon; […]

November 22, 2022

EPCR renews French broadcast deals

The European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) has announced that its long-standing partners, beIN Sports and France Télévisions, have agreed new four-year deals which will see both broadcasters continue their coverage of the Heineken Champions Cup and EPCR Challenge in the key French market. Building on their programming of the tournaments, beIN Sports will once again […]

September 9, 2022