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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures International Productions has acquired global remake rights to Price Of Parenting (Mes très chers enfants), the upcoming French comedy directed by Alexandra Leclère, whose credits include the French box office hits The Price To Pay and The Roommates Party. Pic stars Josiane Balasko, Didier…

French broadcasters TF1 and M6 have each set new three-year ratings highs in the market over the past two weeks of Euro 2020 play as locals were glued to matches involving World Cup champions — and presumed Euro favorites — France. While figures are likely to soften now that Les Bleus have been knocked out of the…

France's 2-2 draw with Portugal on Wednesday evening at Budapest’s Puskas Arena set another three-year audience record in France with TF1 registering an average 15.6M viewers (58 share) from 9PM local. That's the biggest number of viewers for a single channel in the market since TF1 nabbed 19.3M during the 2018 World…

Football has been the name of the game this weekend in Europe and the UK as Euro 2020 continues to crank out impressive viewing figures across the continent and in Britain. Beginning with England Vs Scotland's goalless draw on Friday night, ITV drew an average 18.4M UK viewers for a 74 share. Gareth Southgate and…

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…

London-based VFX powerhouse Framestore has appointed Akhauri P. Sinha as the head of its new Mumbai studio. A 20-year industry vet, Akhauri joins from Method, where he was Managing Director of the studio's Indian operations. His credits include Indian VFX work on Jumanji: The Next Level and Ford vs Ferrari. He will…

Euro financier and co-producer Anton has struck a co-fi deal with major French production and distribution group Newen, whose subsidiaries have produced shows including period drama Versailles and hit French soap Plus Belle La Vie. The strategic agreement, worth up to $40M (€35M), will see Anton become a co-investor…

BH90210, the Beverly Hills 90210 reboot, FBI: Most Wanted and Evil are heading to France after TF1 struck a package agreement with CBS Studios International. The global sales division of the U.S. broadcaster has signed an exclusive multi-series licensing agreement for these shows, in addition to ABC's A Million Little…

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%…