Staffers from NextRadioTV, the French media group owned by Patrick Drahi’s Altice, went on a 24-hour strike on June 24 to protest the company’s plans to trim one-third of its workforce.
NextRadioTV, which was founded by Alain Weill, comprises France’s most watched news channel Bfm TV, the radio station Rmc and the documentary-focused TV channel Rmc Découverte. The company announced on June 17 its intention to ax between 330 and 380 full-time staffers, representing about 30% of its permanent workforce. Citing the disastrous impact of the coronavirus crisis on advertising revenues, NextRadioTV also said it cut by 50% its freelance commissions.
With many of its employees on strike, the programming of Bfm TV was disrupted on June 24, notably the anticipated debate with candidates of the municipal election, whose second round is on Sunday. The current mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, was first to pull out, explaining she “could not close (her) eyes on...
NextRadioTV, which was founded by Alain Weill, comprises France’s most watched news channel Bfm TV, the radio station Rmc and the documentary-focused TV channel Rmc Découverte. The company announced on June 17 its intention to ax between 330 and 380 full-time staffers, representing about 30% of its permanent workforce. Citing the disastrous impact of the coronavirus crisis on advertising revenues, NextRadioTV also said it cut by 50% its freelance commissions.
With many of its employees on strike, the programming of Bfm TV was disrupted on June 24, notably the anticipated debate with candidates of the municipal election, whose second round is on Sunday. The current mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, was first to pull out, explaining she “could not close (her) eyes on...
- 6/25/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video has unveiled its first distribution deal with a telco in France, signing a pact with Altice Europe, which owns leading French internet, mobile and cable-tv provider Sfr.
The deal will give Sfr customers access to the service via their set-top boxes, which is crucial in France, where households still consume content mostly via that method.
The pact with Altice underscores Amazon Prime’s strategy to ramp up its distribution across Europe through partnerships with key telcos. The service, which rolled out in more than 200 territories in December 2016, hired several business development executives in Europe last year and recently signed deals with British Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, Telecom Italia, Orange Spain, Vodafone, Telefonica and Liberty Global/Virgin media, among others. Beyond Europe, Amazon Prime Video has also been fast-tracking its expansion in territories where digital content consumption is booming, notably in India, where it inked a deal with Tata Sky three months ago.
The deal will give Sfr customers access to the service via their set-top boxes, which is crucial in France, where households still consume content mostly via that method.
The pact with Altice underscores Amazon Prime’s strategy to ramp up its distribution across Europe through partnerships with key telcos. The service, which rolled out in more than 200 territories in December 2016, hired several business development executives in Europe last year and recently signed deals with British Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, Telecom Italia, Orange Spain, Vodafone, Telefonica and Liberty Global/Virgin media, among others. Beyond Europe, Amazon Prime Video has also been fast-tracking its expansion in territories where digital content consumption is booming, notably in India, where it inked a deal with Tata Sky three months ago.
- 8/26/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
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