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France Televisions Boss Delphine Ernotte-Cunci Says Axing Of French Networks Streamer Salto Was “Strategic Mistake” — Series Mania


Delphine Ernotte-Cunci, the CEO of France Télévisions, has called the collapse of the French broadcaster-backed streamer Salto "a strategic mistake."

During a keynote at Series Mania, she praised the upcoming British streaming service Freely, which is backed by all of the main terrestrial networks, and called on her French counterparts to explore a similar initiative. Ernotte-Cunci, who is in her second term at the European Broadcasting Union, also talked about the benefits of France Télévisions’ commissioning club initiative The Alliance with Germany ZDF and Rai in Italy. France Télévisions is not currently part of the New 8 commissioning group, which launched in October last year and comprises ZDF (Germany), NPO (the Netherlands), VRT (Belgium), SVT (Sweden), DR (Denmark), YLE (Finland), RÚV (Iceland) and NRK (Norway).

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