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Over 15M viewers watched reigning World Cup champions France edge out Germany on France's M6 Tuesday night in the first major head-to-head of Euro 2020 which runs through July 11 and is being played in various locations throughout Europe and the UK. That was good for a 57.5 share from 9PM local and included a peak of…

As they look to "provide a French response to the challenges from global platforms," leading French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have entered exclusive negotiations in view of a merger, TF1 parent Bouygues announced late Monday. The project has been unanimously approved by the boards of Groupe TF1, Groupe Bouygues, Groupe…

Marc Cherry's Why Women Kill is heading to France after CBS Studios International closed its second major deal in the country in less than a week. The CBS All Access drama, which marks the return to television of the Desperate Housewives creator and exec producer, will launch on French commercial broadcaster M6. The…

British pay-TV giant Sky and French commercial broadcaster M6 are among the broadcasters in 160 territories that have picked up Nathan Fillion cop drama The Rookie ahead of its ABC debut. Producer and distributor Entertainment One (eOne) has closed the deals ahead of its TX on October 16. NBCUniversal International…

French broadcasters France Televisions, TF1 and M6 are taking on Netflix and Amazon with the launch of their own SVOD platform Salto. The three broadcaster have partnered on the landmark move, coming together to stem the threat of U.S. digital platforms in the country. Salto, which will be owned equally by the three…

Without a Trace and Unforgettable star Poppy Montgomery will star in and executive produce a drama series from ABC Studios International for French broadcaster M6. The untitled series is Disney's international production division's second global commission after the Ioan Gruffudd-fronted Australian crime drama…

England’s 1-1 draw versus Russia on Day Two of the Euro 2016 soccer championship gave ITV the biggest television audience for any program in the UK this year. The match at Marseille’s Vélodrome stadium peaked with 14.1M viewers and an average 12.9M. Overall coverage began at 7PM local and drew a 43 share across 3.5…

Interactive singing competition Rising Star‘s fortunes have faltered again with the latest victim the local French version. Commercial broadcaster M6 has shortened its season by two episodes, slating the series finale for this coming Thursday after initially planning to run through November 27. The culprit…

Its neighbors across the Channel may have kiboshed a planned UK version of Rising Star, but France has embraced its local take with a record-breaking debut on M6. The interactive singing competition kicked off on Thursday night in France with an average audience of 3.8M viewers and peaked at 4.7M. Those numbers make…

Endemol, the world's largest independent production company, today announced that Nicholas Coppermann has been appointed as Managing Director of Endemol France. Copperman will report directly to Virginie Calmels, who was recently promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Endemol Group and continues to oversee Endemol…