EXCLUSIVE: French sales force TF1 Studio has boarded crime-thriller Into The Labyrinth (L’uomo del Labirinto) starring Dustin Hoffman and The Great Beauty star Tony Servillo ahead of the Cannes Marché. Acclaimed Italian novelist and screenwriter Donato Carrisi’s under-the-radar feature wrapped production this week at…

EXCLUSIVE: UK talent agency Casarotto Ramsay & Associates has appointed producer Tracy Brimm (Grabbers) to the newly-created role of Creative Affairs Executive. Brimm, a former agent at ICM and executive at TF1 U.S., will lead the search for potential material and IP for clients and will be on the hunt for new…

France's World Cup win helped commercial broadcaster TF1 to its best ratings since 2016 as Les Bleus defeat of Croatia peaked with 22.3M viewers. The triumph averaged 19.3M with an 82% share across its 90-minutes in France, which was marginally up on its semi-final win over Belgium, which averaged 19.1M viewers and a…

Football's no longer coming home but nearly 75% of British television viewers watched England's brave exit from the World Cup. Croatia's win scored a peak of 26.5M viewers on ITV with an average of 20M viewers across the whole game, which went into extra time. It averaged a 73.3% share. The game couldn't match the 80%…

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 third time in history, and shatter ratings records for the leading commercial broadcaster with a new 2018…

French broadcaster TF1 is launching a local version of Endemol Shine format Big Bounce Battle, arguably one of the noisiest non-scripted shows that launched at Mip TV in April. The order is the first international adaptation of the format, which was created by Endemol Shine's Dutch and German divisions and was…

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 — and its highest…

Sunday's Germany v Mexico World Cup match, which saw the defending champions defeated 0-1 by El Tri, reportedly set off an artificial earthquake in Mexico City — caused by simultaneous mass jumping after Hirving Lozano's 35th-minute goal. The Mexican win is the latest surprise in the tournament that’s already seen…

Saturday's first afternoon World Cup match saw France labor to a 2-1 win over Australia in its tournament entry, and gave TF1 its best score of the year. The game kicked off at 12PM French time, and brought TF1 69% of the TV audience on a blistering Saturday afternoon. In total, 12.6M viewers tuned in for Les Bleus…

Now that's more like it. Friday night's riveting World Cup match-up between Portugal and Spain drew a bigger swath of the major European audience compared to Thursday's Russia v Saudi Arabia kickoff. That match played in late-afternoon Thursday — and lacked the kind of star power we saw on the pitch last night in…

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…

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off in spectacular fashion with Russia thrashing Saudi Arabia 5-0. However, the slightly underwhelming opening fixture meant ratings across Europe couldn't match the opening of the 2014 tournament, which kicked off in Sao Paulo with Brazil versus Croatia. The main reason that the opening…