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Audiovisual / France


34 articles available in total starting from 03/07/2002. Last article published on 31/03/2005.

In defence of cinema

Culture minister tones down reactions to the Kriegel Report. "Cinema is unlike any other audiovisual product"  

27/11/2002 | Audiovisual | France

Controversy over TV violence

The Kriegel report to the Minister of Culture on films prohibited during prime time programming has angered the film world  

15/11/2002 | Audiovisual | France

The worrisome comeback of Canal+

French cinema professionals are shaking in their boots. Canal+ has offered Euros480 million per year for the exclusive broadcasting rights to 2004 – 2007 soccer matches. As the ARP (Association of...  

14/11/2002 | Audiovisual | France

Film versus Football

French film industry operators protest increase in cost of TV soccer rights and consequent damage to audiovisual production  

08/11/2002 | Audiovisual | France

Is Canal+ on sale again?

Most discreetly, TF1, Pathé, Albert Frère and Lagardère, the so-called “great manipulators”, have re-opened negotiations to buy Canal+. Last July Jean-René Fourtou, the chairman and CEO of Vivendi...  

30/10/2002 | Audiovisual | France

French-language cinema faces globalisation

Multiculturalism is the key. French-language cinema was founded on dialogue between different cultures, and now it seems it has a vitally important new role in the promotion of cultural diversity,...  

03/10/2002 | Audiovisual | France

Vivendi sells Tele+ to Murdoch

French media giant Vivendi Universal decides to implement its assets disposal programme right away and confirmed it will resolve liquidity problems by raising Euros 12 billion over the next 18 months  

25/09/2002 | Audiovisual | France

Vivendi Universal – the moment of truth

The board of VU, French cinema's main source of funding, to meet and approve a wide-ranging re-organisation and sales programme to reduce debt and stay buoyant  

24/09/2002 | Audiovisual | France

The film world’s disappointment with the licence

The French government’s decision not to increase the television licence fee has disappointed audiovisual industry operators. The increase was requested by the French culture minister. The French...  

16/09/2002 | Audiovisual | France

TF1 wants Kirchmedia

The French TV channel joins Columbia Tristar and Italy's Mediaset in negotiations to buy Germany’s troubled media group  

29/08/2002 | Audiovisual | France

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