France’s Piracy Law In Tatters; MPs Focus Instead On Easter Hols
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U2 Manager: Only Kicking Off Customers Can Save The Music Biz
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Orange Poking Around Kangaroo’s Carcass To Boost French IPTV
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France’s Three-Strikes Move Closer, On Collision Course With Europe
France’s national assembly on Thursday voted in favour of the most hotly-contested part of a proposed new anti-piracy bill. The Creation And… Read more »
AFP, Getty Images Sign Online Video Distribution Deal
By Patrick Smith
News agency AFP and Getty Images (NYSE: GYI) have extended their image distribution partnership to include online video, in a move designe… Read more »
France Clashes With Euro-MPs On Three-Strikes As UK Looks On
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Industry Moves: MySpace Music; iCongo; Travel Ad Network; Bain & Co.
– MySpace Music: The company has made three additions to senior management: Jamie Kantrowitz is now SVP-strategy and global marketing, Alex… Read more »
Report: Global IPTV Reaches 20 Million Customers, UK Lags Behind
By Patrick Smith
It’s a long way away from being in every home, but IPTV take-up is rising, and fast: IPTV connections reached the 19.98 million mark in Q40… Read more »
Interview: Sarah Clegg, MD John Menzies Digital: Publishers Too Cautious On Digital Editions
By Patrick Smith
Whatever your views on how to keep the magazine business afloat, with UK sales shrinking by 95 million last year according to the PPA, it’s… Read more »
Earnings: France's Hi-Media Still Expects Strong Ads Growth
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As most online and offline publishing businesses were busy laying off staff and downsizing their operations, French online publisher and tec… Read more »
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Broadband Content Bits: Pact Online; Bebo Europe; Disney Web TV; 7Digital/Songbird; France VOD
By Patrick Smith
– Pact: The Producers Association for Cinema and TV trade group has added a membership category for online-specific content producers. Pact… Read more »
France's Online Activists Black-Out In Three-Strikes Law Protest
By Patrick Smith
After the New Zealand government dropped plans to force ISPs to cut off repeat piracy offenders following a mass campaign via social network… Read more »
European Roundup: MediaEquals; Digital Sky Ventures; French Piracy Law; Sellaband
By Patrick Smith
– Mediaequals: Digital ad-trading platform MediaEquals MD and co-founder Gary Goodman is the company’s new CEO for Europe as part of its pl… Read more »
Earnings: France Telecom Profits Sink 35 Percent
By Dianne See Morrison
France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) reported annual earnings fell 35 percent to Read more »
Vivendi And Iliad File EC Complaint Against France Telecom
By Dianne See Morrison
French media giant Vivendi (EPA: VIV) and broadband provider Iliad have joined together and filed a complaint with the European competition… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Yahoo Mobile Head Exits; Bebo; Guardian Mobile Relaunches; France 24 Stats
By Dianne See Morrison
– Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) loses Mobile head: Marco Boerries, the EVP for Connected Devices division at Yahoo for four years, and the head of it… Read more »
French Price Comparison Site LeGuide Disregards GoAdv Takeover Bid
France’s LeGuide.com, one of Europe’s top shopping price comparison sites, has called a board meeting to consider a takeover from Italy’s Go… Read more »
Europe Taunts Obama With Its ‘World-Leading’ DTV Switchover
By Patrick Smith
As America’s transition to digital TV is delayed by president Obama, Europe is boasting it’s “leading the world” in the shift from analog to… Read more »
Interview: Jacob Weisberg, Chairman, Slate Group: Can It Go Global?
Time was, Franco-US relations stopped at “freedom fries”. But Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive is wiping the slate clean – the Slate.fr,… Read more »
Interview: Jacob Weisberg, Chairman, Slate Group: Breaking Out Of The Beltway
Time was, Franco-U.S. relations stopped at “freedom fries.” But Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive is wiping the slate clean — the Slate.f… Read more »
Earnings: Publicis’ 2012 Digital Goal On Track, But Spend To Fall This Year
By Patrick Smith
Publicis Groupe, one of the largest advertising and marketing groups in the world, says it is on track to make a quarter of its total revenu… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: Setanta IPTV, Spotify Goes Public, France 24 On iPhone
– Setanta Sports: The Australian version of the pay-TV operator’s channel has launched on to Canberra-based TransACT’s IPTV platform. This… Read more »
Slate Launches French Edition, More Coming In Europe?
WPNI-owned current affairs webzine Slate has launched its first foreign-language edition in France and may consider further European rollout… Read more »
Slate Launches French Edition, More Coming In Europe?
WPNI-owned current affairs webzine Slate has launched its first foreign-language edition in France and may consider further European rollout… Read more »
Recession Will Accelerate Shift To Online Advertising: Analysts
By Patrick Smith
Online advertising spend growth will keep slowing, but the recession will accelerate the shift from print and TV to online in western Europe… Read more »
France Telecom Offloading Two E-Commerce Sites, Scaling Back Online Shopping Ambitions
To those who didn’t know before, France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) owns two gadget and home entertainment retailer websites, Topachat.com and Clust… Read more »
France Telecom Offloading Two E-Commerce Sites; Scaling Back on Online Shopping Ambitions
To those who didn’t know before – France Telecom (NYSE: FTE) owns two gadget and home entertainment retailer websites, Topachat.com and Clus… Read more »
France Telecom Loses Appeal To Reinstate Exclusive iPhone Deal
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Travel Video Site TVTrip Gets $9 Million Funding
By Patrick Smith
Start-ups shouldn’t be too down-hearted — at least some sites are still being backed with big money as Europe continues its skid into reces… Read more »
France Saves Its Newspaper Biz By Giving Free Subs To 18-Year-Olds
Israelis get conscription for their eighteenth birthday; but France’s president Sarkozy today decided to give a free annual subscription to… Read more »
Earnings: Prince Of Persia Helps Ubisoft Christmas Sales Up 13 Percent
The Paris-based game publisher posted strong fiscal Q308 numbers — buoyed by sales of new launches like Shaun White Snowboarding and Prince… Read more »
YouTube Takes Small Steps On Affiliate Ads With European Expansion
By David Kaplan
YouTube is taking another incremental step toward getting more traction for its affiliate ad program, as online ad dollars become increasing… Read more »
YouTube Takes Small Steps On Affiliate Ads With European Expansion
By David Kaplan
As online ad dollars become increasingly squeezed, YouTube is taking another incremental step toward getting more traction for its affiliate… Read more »
Yahoo Cutting 20 Percent Of French Staff, Developers Bear The Brunt
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is cutting about 52 staff from its 251-strong French operation under the group-wide reductions announced from the company… Read more »
Updated: Kewego Gets Another £4.2 Million; Six Out In Layoffs
Paris-based web video platform provider Kewego is getting a Read more »
Gaming Site Cafe.com Sells Boonty Distribution Platform To Nexway
By Tameka Kee
Casual gaming site Cafe.com, formerly called Boonty, has sold its digital distribution platform to Nexway, a French-based online content dis… Read more »
Orange Faces IPTV Probe, Sells 210,000 iPhones In France
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Industry Moves: Pétavy New CEO For French Social Marketer Eyeka
French social media brand marketing platform Eyeka has been going through a top-tier overhaul. CEO Sadek Chekroun, who was Kelkoo’s French M… Read more »
France Taxing ISPs, Mobile Operators, Commercial TV To Fund TV Ad Ban
By Patrick Smith
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US Music Biz’s New Tune On P2P Sings From Europe’s Hymnsheet
The British music industry had always eschewed American cousins’ penchant for suing illegal downloaders. Now America’s RIAA music org has co… Read more »
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