(22/10/2020)
Netgem App with global distribution available @ Roku
"Application developed by Netgem will be available on iOS, Android, the web and Roku, the leader in connected TV in the USA.
The offer will be launched in the United States in early 2021
Netgem announces its partnership with France Channels as part of the launch of its SVOD platform on the American market. This generalist and premium offer aims for the first time to promote French audiovisual creation abroad on a single destination thanks to a wide and diversified programming covering all genres: cinema, fiction, animation, documentaries, TV magazines and recordings of live shows.
Under the "France Channel" brand, the offer will be launched initially in the United States, and will then be rolled out to other countries. In this context, Netgem will provide an integrated technical solution in SaaS (as a service) and multi-screen mode. This solution is based on the multi-screen platform deployed for the myVIDEOFUTUR service in France and for NetgemTV in the United Kingdom.
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Julien Verley, President and Founder of France Channels: "The partnership with Netgem is strategic for the development of our service internationally. We are delighted to be accompanied by a French actor who shares with us the conviction of the potential of this project unprecedented which aims to become the first premium destination for all Americans wearing an interest for France.”
Source: https://www.netgem.com/medias/media/other/68/cp-francechannel-fr.pdf--------------------------------------------
To note:
"The application (France Channel) developed by Netgem will be available on Roku!"
To remember:
1. Roku is uniquely positioned with its advanced streaming platform and growing scale. The company operates the # 1 streaming platform in the United States.
2. Several million consumers currently use Roku streaming devices in North America, Latin America, and some European countries including UK, Ireland, and France.
3. Sep 17, 2020 In Q2 of 2020, Roku reported a total of 43 million monthly active users in the US!
4. The first ROKU shareholder is Fidelity Management & Research Co. (Fidelity Investments - FMR LLC) with 7.87% of the capital! (it's nearly 210 M €!)
5. FMR LLC (Fidelity Investments) controls approximately 5% of the capital of the company Netgem
==> FRENCH BRITBOX!
RépondreSupprimer"Netgem, France Channel team for 'French BritBox'
22 October 2020
Acting in a manner reminiscent of the growing popularity of the growing BBC/ITV joint venture subscription video-on-demand service, online TV provider Netgem has teamed with the France Channel to launch what it calls the first 'BritBox-like' international SVOD service for French original programming.
Indeed the new offering will aims to follow a similar model as BritBox for British content, where the France Channel premium offering will promote French original programming abroad. The new service brings together in a single place a range of programmes encompassing films, TV series, drama, animation, documentaries and other TV shows.
The partners say the service will offer an “unprecedented” width of content made available for international reach will be aggregated on the Netgem multiscreen platform as deployed in France under the MyVIDEOFUTUR service and in the UK with Netgem TV for fibre internet service providers. The application developed by Netgem will be available on iOS, Android, web browsers and on the Roku connected TV platform in the USA. Netgem will provide France Channel with an end-to-end solution delivered as-a-service, enabling SVOD services in multiscreen mode. The service will be launched in the US in early 2021 under the French Channel brand.
SOURCE: https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2020102259263/netgem-france-channel-team-for-french-britbox.html#ixzz6bgrVhUP3
.... there are around 2 million French nationals living abroad but the diaspora includes over 30 million people. (may 5, 2020)
RépondreSupprimer(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:French_diaspora)
Au total, le français est pratiqué sur les 5 continents par près de 300 millions de locuteurs ce qui en fait l'une des 5 principales langues internationales...
RépondreSupprimer(octobre 2020)
RépondreSupprimer===> France Channel SVoD will be available worldwide <==
following its launch in the United States in early 2021.
Netgem is powering a new France Channel SVoD described as a French version of BritBox.
The service, which will feature French original programming, will be available worldwide following an initial launch in the United States in early 2021.
("France Channel SVoD described as a French version of BritBox")
RépondreSupprimerBritBox, for reference:
BritBox reported a subscriber base of 250,000 within a year since launching in the US (lauched at 7 March 2017).
In 2019, 650,000 subscribers were reported from the North American platform.
In early 2020, the number of US and Canadian subscribers surpassed 1 million users, to around 1.2 million by August, and 1.5 million by October, following strong growth in the North American
On October 6 2020, it was announced that Soumya Sriraman would depart as BritBox US and Canada's President, following the announcement that BritBox had reached 1.5 million subscribers in the US and Canada.
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BritBox
OCTOBER 23, 2020
RépondreSupprimer"France Channel SVoD service, which will feature French original programming,
==> will be available worldwide <==
following an initial launch in the United States in early 2021."
"Netgem will provide France Channel with an end-to-end solution delivered “as a Service”, enabling SVoD services in multi-screen mode. The application developed by Netgem will be available on iOS, Android, web browsers (Chrome, Firefox and Edge) and on Roku."
"Netgem is powering a new France Channel SVoD described as a French version of BritBox."
Source: https://www.tvbeurope.com/media-delivery/britbox-concept-crosses-the-channel-thanks-to-netgem
27 octobre 2020
RépondreSupprimerFrance Channel, le service de streaming de contenu français
France Channel, la SvoD diffusant des contenus français originaux, sera lancée en 2021 aux USA.
L'offre comprendra des séries télévisées, des programmes d'animation et des documentaires. France Channel a pour ambition de devenir le premier fournisseur dans ce domaine.
Le public cible du service est constitué des pays où de tels programmes ne sont pas encore diffusés: outre les États-Unis, il sera diffusé en Chine et en Amérique latine.
France Channel sera distribué par la plateforme Netgem sur les principaux systèmes d'exploitation, au prix de 6,99 $ par mois.
Source:
https://www.miamarket.it/en/france-channel-the-streaming-service-for-french-content/
=> France Channels, qui espère à terme conquérir d'autres pays!
RépondreSupprimerPublié le 15/03/2021 à 17:59 , mis à jour à 18:31
(AFP) - Faire la promotion de la culture française, telle est l'ambition de la plateforme de streaming sur abonnement "France Channel" qui sera lancée aux Etats-Unis avant l'été, a annoncé lundi la société France Channels, qui espère à terme conquérir d'autres pays.
Source:
https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/03/15/la-plateforme-france-channel-a-lassaut-des-etats-unis-dici-lete-9429511.php
.. le britbox français!?...
RépondreSupprimerPOUR REFERENCE:
(Sep 30, 2020) BritBox reaches first half million
UK streaming service BritBox has secured its first 500,000 subscribers, joint owner ITV has confirmed.
(UK, March 2021) BritBox:
..Users: 2,000,000 total
subscribers 1,500,000 subscribers (US & Canada, October 2020) 500,000 subscribers (UK, March 2021)
..Launched:
.7 March 2017 (United States)
.14 February 2018 (Canada)
.7 November 2019 (United Kingdom)
.23 November 2020 (Australia)
(7 mai 2021)
RépondreSupprimerRoku surpasses 53 million users in analyst-defying Q1
Roku has increased its monthly active users (MAUs) by 35% in Q1 2021 to reach a total of 53.6 million, the company has announced. The company delivered “an exceptional first quarter”, CEO Anthony Wood told analysts, with platform monetisation proving to be the biggest revenue driver.
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Source: https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2021/05/07/roku-surpasses-53-million-users-in-analyst-defying-q1/
.Rapeller:
"France Channels, a Britbox-style streaming service dedicated to French content, will launch in the U.S. in Q2, 2021. ...
The company struck a deal with Netgem to provide the tech for its distribution platform last year, and it will also be available via pacts with American partners including Roku ...
Source: https://deadline.com/2021/03/french-britbox-launch-us-q2-2021-2000-hours-content-1234714462/
FranceChannels prévisible, futuremente sur Germany
RépondreSupprimerAujourd'hui (2021/09/07) : Roku annonce son expansion en Allemagne!
(France Channel App disponible sur ROKU:
https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2021/09/07/roku-announces-expansion-into-germany)
WHERE CAN I WATCH "FRANCE CHANNEL"?
You can subscribe to France Channel on the web and through our partner ROKU via the ROKU app. You can watch and enjoy the service on the web, on ROKU, and on our mobile application available on both Android and Apple stores for download. We are working hard to make France Channel also available through other popular distribution networks.
(source: https://francechannel.tv/)