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TF1 looks to digital future with producers’ groups agreement
French commercial broadcaster TF1 has secured agreements with organisations representing producers and authors’ rights societies…
Apple co-founder sues YouTube over bitcoin scam
Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, is leading a lawsuit against YouTube for allowing people…
Over 700 fake Netflix websites appear in one week as scammers look to exploit pandemic
While streaming services are seeing record viewership as a result of the ongoing global pandemic,…
French constitutional court rules ad tax illegal but CNC avoids payback
France’s Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée (CNC), which dispenses public support for…
Canal+ strikes deal with collecting society after long dispute
Vivendi-owned pay TV operator Canal+ has struck an agreement with rights collecting agency SACEM, which…
Canal+ defends rights payment freeze as collecting societies take action
Canal+ has defended its refusal to pay rights fees demanded by French collecting societies following…
Orange strikes mobile TV deal with collecting societies
Orange France has struck a new deal with rights-holders collecting societies ADAGP, SACD, SACEM and…
CSA cracks down on interruption of programme credits
French media regulator the CSA has established a framework agreement setting out rules about the…
SCAM calls for increase in licence fee, reform of COSIP
French content creators society SCAM has called for an increase in the licence fee to…