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Filming is underway on Marie Antoinette, an eight-part drama created and written by Deborah Davis (The Favourite). The show will tell the story of the famed queen, who was the last queen of France before the French Revolution. Emilia Schüle is in the lead role of Antoinette. Also starring is Jack Archer in a lead…

French actress Corinne Masiero sent shockwaves through Paris' Olympia concert hall during France's César Awards ceremony this evening when she stripped off her clothes to appear entirely naked on stage. Across her breasts and torso was written, "No culture, no future." The move was in support of artists and…

As Election Day begins to unfold across the United States, TV news channels in Europe and media around the world are girding for a long night ahead. The final heat between incumbent Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden might or might not be decided when Europe wakes up on Wednesday — Germany's Der Spiegel…

While reports are coming in of linear TV spikes due to coronavirus, the lack of live sports is proving a headache for networks and subscribers. Many customers on social media have been asking whether there will be discounts or whether they should be charged at all for costly services largely devoid of primetime live…

Oscar-nominated Julie Delpy is venturing into television with a dramedy series, tentatively titled On The Verge. Delpy is writing, executive producing and starring in the L.A.-set ensemble half-hour series, a co-production between Netflix and Canal Plus, which has received a 12-episode order. Canal + will air the…

Leveraging a 20-year output relationship, Disney and Canal Plus have set an exclusive deal that will see the leading French pay-TV provider distribute Disney+ when the streaming service launches in France next March. Disney+, which is up and running in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia, will add the UK and…

Netflix today announced Danish original series Equinox, based on the local podcast, Equinox 1985. The six part series will be created by Tea Lindeburg and executive produced by Piv Bernth (The Killing) and her company Apple Tree Productions, which is backed by ITV Studios. Production is expected to start later this…

Historically seen as rivals, Netflix and France’s Canal Plus are in discussions on a distribution partnership, sources close to the situation have confirmed to Deadline. The talks were first reported by French daily Le Figaro which said a plan could be finalized in the coming weeks. The negotiations are understood to…

French giant Canal Plus has confirmed last week’s media reports that it could lose up to to 500 staff as it responds to sectoral change. In a statement today the company said that it will need to “transform its French activities…This could lead to the departure of a maximum of 492 people, conducted exclusively on a…

Canal Plus is expected to cut 500 jobs in France, or about 18% of its workforce, according to local reports. The reductions would be through voluntary departures, French website Les Jours reported, and come at a time when the pay-TV giant has faced pressure from a declining subscriber base at home and deep-pocketed…

French pay-TV giant Canal+ Group said late Monday that it is acquiring M7, an independent pay-TV company with operations in Benelux and Central Europe, for a purchase price of slightly over 1B euros ($1.12B). This is the largest overseas deal that Canal has done in about two decades and comes as the group faces…

French media conglomerate Vivendi is considering the sale of up to 50% of Universal Music Group’s share capital “to one or more strategic partners,” the company said today. Ending speculation about a potential IPO for the world’s biggest music group, Vivendi said it has ruled out a listing “due to its complexity.&#8221…