wTVision has worked with Mediapro to develop the visual identity and on-screen graphics for TF1’s new football channel Téléfoot. The company’s creative team are behind all visual aspects of the TV and mobile station, and has implemented its concept into impactful broadcast graphics. Everything from overlay and on-air graphics, video design and augmented reality being […] More
In order to provide better fencing sports coverage, the French Fencing Federation has signed an agreement with VNProd, a Parisian company that specializes in the production of sports programmes. With the London Olympic Games just a few months away, fencing is trying to increase media awareness of the sport, so its actions are being mirrored […] More
In March 2011, Canal+ launched a dedicated 3D channel as part of the offer available for Canal Satellite subscribers. Each month a film and a top sporting event were aired, but the football match broadcast in December was the last one as the French audiovisual group decided to cut its 3D experience short. More
Reports from France over the Xmas and New Year break (picked up en anglais by Broadband TV News and Rapid TV News) state that Canal+ is going to fold its dedicated 3D channel on 24 January, with the number of subscribers put as low as 12,000 in one report (and only as ‘high’ as 30,000 […] More
GlobeCast and FRANCE 24 are launching a Hybrid Broadband Broadcast Television (HbbTV) trial in early 2012 with the support of Orange and SES. The service, to be offered to satellite viewers of FRANCE 24, initially in Western Europe, will add a layer of interactivity to satellite TV programming by harnessing the capability of connected TVs. More
France: The 35,000-capacity Hippodrome de Paris-Vincennes, which over the years has been as well known for hosting rock concerts as for its main purpose of horse racing, has recently upgraded its production infrastructure. More
France’s biggest industry trade show, SATIS, has just finished at the Halle Freyssinet in Paris, and there was plenty on show there over its three day length to interest the French sports production community. More
France: The car race may grab the main headlines, but this weekend’s 24-hour race at Le Mans for motorbikes is just as demanding and dangerous. Motors TV, based in Chaville near Paris and broadcasting across much of Europe, will be carrying the event. More
The French Professional Football League (LFP)’s new TV channel, Cfoot, which focuses on the French second division championship, has been based at AMP’s Les Studios 107 on the outskirts of Paris since its launch at the end of July. More
The French Championship of League 1, one of the highest profile football leagues in Europe, began at the start of August. A few weeks earlier, the LPF (the professional football league) sold the various lots of football rights for the competitions, with the result that more television channels and more broadcasts are expected. More
