It looks like the end of the road for Salto, the French streamer backed by the country’s major broadcasters. Media outlets in France are reporting the troubled SVOD service – a joint venture of TF1, M6 and France Télévisions – will be closed on Friday. The two-… Read entire story.
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A new French late show, fronted by popular actor, director and writer Alain Chabat launched on France’s TF1 amid much fanfare this week in the country’s latest attempt to crack the late-night talk show format. Running Monday to Friday from 10.55 pm, Le Late Avec Alain Chabat kicked … Read entire story.
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Grichka and Igor Bogdanoff, the eccentric French TV presenter twins, have died within six days of each other of Covid-19, aged 72. Igor died yesterday and Grichka died on December 28. Both were non-vaccinated. The BBC said the brothers had told friends their healthy lifestyle would protect them from Covid-19 but … Read entire story.
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The hits keep coming for TF1 as France’s national football team continues advancing in the World Cup. Tuesday night’s dazzling victory over Belgium’s Red Devils saw Les Bleus move into to the finals for the 3rd time in history, and shatter ratings records for the leading commercial … Read entire story.
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Friday’s first quarter-final World Cup match, which saw a strong and composed French team defeat Uruguay, may have been played at 4PM local time, but that didn’t stop supporters of Les Bleus from tuning in en masse. Leading commercial broadcaster TF1 drew its largest audience yet of the tournament … Read entire story.
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