Cannes -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to wipe out ads from his country's public TV networks might be put on hold in the wake of the global financial crisis.
Former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur proposed a "moratorium of one or two years" on the proposed ad ban Sunday night on French news network i-tele.
Balladur said the 450 million euros ($613.76 million) the French government recently allocated to France Televisions to fund the lack of advertising on its networks is a dangerous move in such a harsh financial environment.
Discussions have been heating up among members of Jean-Francois Cope's special commission dedicated to creating a budget proposal that will compensate for the lack of ad revenue once commercials are officially removed from France Televisions' networks.
France's Cultural Minister Christine Albanel spoke out Monday against Balladur's proposal, arguing that she and the government have been working on the ad ban agenda...
Former Prime Minister Edouard Balladur proposed a "moratorium of one or two years" on the proposed ad ban Sunday night on French news network i-tele.
Balladur said the 450 million euros ($613.76 million) the French government recently allocated to France Televisions to fund the lack of advertising on its networks is a dangerous move in such a harsh financial environment.
Discussions have been heating up among members of Jean-Francois Cope's special commission dedicated to creating a budget proposal that will compensate for the lack of ad revenue once commercials are officially removed from France Televisions' networks.
France's Cultural Minister Christine Albanel spoke out Monday against Balladur's proposal, arguing that she and the government have been working on the ad ban agenda...
- 10/13/2008
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paris -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy will soon rule the small screen as well, with Endemol France's fiction subsidiary set to adapt a novel based on the president's romantic life.
Endemol Fiction, topped by Nora Melhli, said Thursday that it has snagged audiovisual adaptation rights to Valerie Benaim and Yves Azeroual's book "Carla et Nicolas: La veritable histoire" (Carla and Nicolas: The Real Story), which explores Sarkozy's public love affair with former model and pop star Carla Bruni.
Endemol's Gallic fiction arm is rapidly expanding its production plans, with adaptations of Mickael Darmon and Yves Derai's "Ruptures," Akli Tadjer's "Once Upon a Time ... Maybe Not" and political story "The Yann Piat Affair."
The subsidiary's first docu-fiction "L'arbre de Mai" (The May Tree), based on Edouard Balladur's novel, aired on France 3 and France 5 in May.
Endemol Fiction, topped by Nora Melhli, said Thursday that it has snagged audiovisual adaptation rights to Valerie Benaim and Yves Azeroual's book "Carla et Nicolas: La veritable histoire" (Carla and Nicolas: The Real Story), which explores Sarkozy's public love affair with former model and pop star Carla Bruni.
Endemol's Gallic fiction arm is rapidly expanding its production plans, with adaptations of Mickael Darmon and Yves Derai's "Ruptures," Akli Tadjer's "Once Upon a Time ... Maybe Not" and political story "The Yann Piat Affair."
The subsidiary's first docu-fiction "L'arbre de Mai" (The May Tree), based on Edouard Balladur's novel, aired on France 3 and France 5 in May.
- 9/25/2008
- by By Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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