GAFAS & France – Amazon launches its pay-per-view channel service Prime Video Channels in France . Facebook, for its part, announced on the sidelines of MIPcom in Cannes its alliance with M6 and Brut for its content offering in France. M6 will publish 1,200 contents on Facebook Watch for one year .
Journalism – Sky News is launching a Brexit-free news channel, in a bid to attract an audience that 70% say is tired of hearing about the saga on the news. Called “Sky News Brexit-Free” , the channel began broadcasting on 16 October at 5pm.
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135 million Euros – this is the revised upward amount invested by shareholders in Salto
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