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France to support film studio growth

French Minister of Culture Rima Abdul Malak has unveiled the results of La Grande Fabrique de l’image, a national call for projects that aims to double the country’s film studio capacity to lead 153, 000 square metres by 2030. As part of this initiative, announced at the Cannes Film Festival, €350 million in funding will […]

May 23, 2023From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

France : 50m people watch content daily

Post-Covid trends in 2022 have confirmed the acceleration of video consumption as the number of offerings and platforms is expanding rapidly in France, according to the Médiamétrie 2022 TV Year study. Some 50.4 million French users (88 per cent) now watch videos daily, whether on a connected TV, VoD or social networks. This represents a […]

January 20, 2023

NBA announces record marketing partners for Paris Game

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that a record 17 marketing partners will support The NBA Paris Game 2023 Presented by Nike, which will feature the six-time NBA champion Chicago Bulls and the three-time NBA champion Detroit Pistons playing the league’s second regular-season game in Paris at the Accor Arena on January 19th. The […]

January 18, 2023By Nik Roseveare

TF1 loses Canal+ carriage appeal

TF1 has lost its appeal at a Paris Appeal Court which ruled that pay-TV operator Canal+ is not obliged to reinstate the five TF1 DTT channels on its TNT Sat satellite offering. This confirms the outcome from the previous hearing on September 22nd at the Paris Commercial Court (Tribunal De Commerce de Paris) which advanced […]

October 20, 2022From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Netflix offers guided walking tours

This summer, Netflix will offer guided walking tour to see some of the most iconic cities in Europe – namely London, Paris and Madrid –  through the eyes of popular Netflix characters.   From July 11th to 17th, Netflix will partner with SANDEMANs New Europe Tours for a series of free guided walking tours that share […]

June 17, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Broadpeak: “IPO a great success”

Broadpeak has declared its initial public offering (IPO) on Euronext Growth Paris was a “major success”. The streaming tech specialist hit its total gross transaction of €20 million. The offer oversubscribed 1.5 times with total demand of €28.3 million, including €25.1 million requested by institutional investors and €3.2 million requested by individual investors. The company […]

June 10, 2022

Chicago Bulls to play Detroit Pistons in Paris

The National Basketball Association (NBA) has announced that The NBA Paris Game 2023 will feature the six-time NBA champion Chicago Bulls and the three-time NBA champion Detroit Pistons playing a regular-season game at the Accor Arena in Paris on Jan.uary 19th 2023. Tickets for The NBA Paris Game 2023 will go on sale at a […]

May 24, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Aschenbroich for Orange Chair

The Board of Directors of telco Orange has proposed Jacques Aschenbroich as a new Director of the Group and, from April 19th, as Chairman of the Board. The nomination of Aschenbroich as a Director will be submitted to the Annual General Meeting of shareholders that will take place that day, following which the Board would […]

March 31, 2022By Colin Mann

Roman Reigns joins WWE Live in London, Paris

WWE has announced that Universal Champion Roman Reigns has been added to the stacked roster of WWE Superstars appearing at WWE Live when it returns to The O2 in London on April 29th, and the Accor Arena in Paris on April 30th. WWE Superstars previously confirmed to be in action include ‘Rowdy’ Ronda Rousey, SmackDown […]

March 14, 2022By Nik Roseveare

Space organisation bans all Russian activities

The IISL (the International Institute of Space Law) has “suspended” the participation of Russia and which includes Russian students participating in the IISL’s activities. The IISL said it regrets having to make this decision because it affects civil society and students in particular and means that students must pay the price for geopolitical struggles far […]

March 8, 2022