Tag: France
French Broadcasters Merge to Compete With US Netflix
France's two biggest private broadcasters are closing ranks to fend off the meteoric rise of US streaming platforms, hoping the desire for a national...
EU Approves French Support Measures For Fisheries
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, three French schemes worth €100 million (US$121.12 million) in total, to support the fisheries...
French Veolia In $15.5B Deal To Create Waste-Management Giant
France’s Veolia reached a $15.5 billion deal to acquire Suez, creating a water and waste-management giant that aims to soak up a global surge...
French Regulator Is Examining Sale Of Bertelsmann’s Stake In M6
France’s antitrust watchdog is closely examining the sale of Bertelsmann’s controlling stake in French broadcasting group M6, said the head of the French watchdog body on...
French Watchdog Starts Privacy Probe Into Apple Ads
The French data protection authority is investigating Apple's advertising tools in response to a complaint from a lobbyist group claiming Apple doesn't operate a...
French Lobby Hits Apple With Antitrust Complaint Over Personalized Ads
France Digitale, a French start-up lobby group, filed a complaint against Apple with the nation’s privacy regulator, arguing that the iPhone maker’s iOS 14...
Aviva Sells French Business To Macif’s Aéma Groupe For $3.9B
Aviva has agreed the sale of its operations in France for €3.2 billion (US$3.89 billion) to Macif’s Aéma Groupe, as part of the British...
France Fines Google €1.1M Over Hotel Rankings Practices
Google Ireland and Google France have agreed to pay a €1.1 million (US$1.34 million) fine after a probe found that Google’s hotel rankings could...
Lego Offers Commitments To French Watchdog
Following an open procedure by Autorité de la concurrence, the building games company Lego France, a subsidiary of Lego Group, entered into commitments designed...
Apple’s Privacy Update Causes French Complaint
A group of influential French internet advertising associations have filed a complaint with the French competition regulator over Apple’s forthcoming app-privacy update, reported The Wall...