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PBI Kyoto December 2009


PBI 20th Session KYOTO 2009

2009A Year of Crisis?


How international markets are driving the TV industry in 2009

Agenda

France Télévisions and recent cooperation initiatives

• France Televisions International, ,France 24, TV5; Euronews• CFI, a French player in international cooperation

• The reshaping of the world TV market• TV channels circulation increasing• A Pan-regional consolidation ?


1. The reshaping of the world TV market

How international markets are driving

the TV industry


• 7 FTA television stations and 3 Pay-TV channels in Dakar,

• 13 television stations and 3 Pay-TV channels in Lagos

• 40 television station in Kinshasa

• The number of free to air (FTA) satellite TV channels in the Arab world has grown by 28.1% between August 2007 and March 2009

Multichannel television is developing at a fast pace in emerging countries

Even if DTT is on hold, satellite (free and pay) is rapidly taking off

Cable networks also drive demand in China and India

Emerging countries actively developingTV landscape …


• The « Television innovation cycle » will be shorter in developing countries

• PVR, Video on Demand, IPTV, Mobile TV already introduced

• But innovation mostly driven by private broadcasters as PSBs lack funding

Hathway launches cable PVR in India

Guangzhou Digital Media Group launches IPTV

Nokia Siemens to provide DVB-H in Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and Nigeria

Showtime Arabia launches Show On Demand

… and directly moving to new media


• 11% average growth rate in China and India from 2005 to 2009 despite the downturn.

• 326 million pay-TV households in Asia Pacific, more homes than the rest of the world combined.

• China Star Africa Media is rolling out its operations in Rwanda, Kenya and Tanzania.

Asia-pacific set to become the first world TV market

Triggering moves from western countries players

And new relationships between China, India and Africa

Center of gravity moving to Asia


2. TV channel circulation increasing


the TV industry


Voom HD

VGTRK Sony Pictures

Television

Disney XD

Bloomberg

Disney CInemagic

JimJam

Disney Channel

Canal Odisseia

Localization of international TV channels to serve local audiences


• Multichannel television by cable, satellite or IPTV brings new distribution opportunities for international channels to launch a localized version

• A movement largely driven by US players

• Sony TV launching in Africa with Multichoice

• Voom HD launching in Latin America

• Disney XD launching in Turkey

Localization of international TV channels to serve local audiences


EuronewsEuronews

NHK World

Salute

TV Brasil

Euronews

TRT Avaz

BBC Persian TV

CCTV Arabic

Star Plus

Africa 24

African Premium

International channels to serve migrants


• PSBs play a leading role in developing new TV services for ethnic groups

• Private TV channels also try to increase their reach

Euronews extending reach in North and Latin America, Hungary

BBC launching a Persian channel

CCTV launching an Arabic version

TRT launching a 2nd International channel

Star Plus launched in Portugal Launch of new pan-African

Channel Africa 24 New African bouquets launching

on French IPTV services

International channels to serve migrants


3. Pan-Regional consolidation?


the TV industry


CME

M7

Canal Overseas

News CorpNews CorpNews Corp

A move toward pan-regional consolidation


• Smaller markets do not support multichannel television on a country per country basis

• Pan-regional groups emerge in Benelux, Eastern Europe, North-Africa, Latin America

• Towards a consolidation of pay-TV in Western Europe ?

News Corp taking control of Premiere (Germany)

Consolidation of Benelux Pay-TV platforms

Time Warner investing in CME (Central and Eastern Europe)

A move toward pan-regional consolidation


France Télévisions and recent cooperation initiatives


France Télévisions channels abroad

The five France Télévisions channels are now available to more than 22 million households outside

of France

In Europe, our channels are available in Germany, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia, Norway, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, through cable and ADSL networks, as well as DTH packages.

In Africa, the France Télévisions channels are broadcasted in French-speaking countries, North and South Africa, via DTH or MMDS.


TV5MONDE – Euronews - France 24

Euronews broadcasts to more than 294 million houselholds in 150 countries worldwide, via cable, digital satellite and terrestrial channels, making its reach truly global.

TV5 Monde broadcasts 24/7 to 207 million households in no less than 200 countries around the world, including 133M in Europe, 32M in North Africa & Middle-East, 18M in Asia, since the launch in september 2009.

France 24 broadcasts 24/7 to 115 million households in the world, including 74M in Europe, 34M in Africa and the Middle-East, 6M in the USA and Asia/ Pacific region.


2 shareholders:

40 permanent staff based in Paris (France)

135 partners: television channels and other organisms in one hundred countries in Africa and the Mediterranean-Asia region

3,600 hours of programmes showcasing the best of France’s television production

120 operations in the field: an average of 150 experts mobilised to deliver service to 1,500 beneficiaries each year

Funding: 16.5 million euros of State subsidies

CFI – International Cooperation


Mediterranean Region and Asia Africa

The two operational directions of CFI cover most parts of the world and address the needs of the TV channels of most fragile

countries

CFI – A worldwide action


EuroMed NewsEstablish a dialogue between the two sides of the Mediterranean

One project. Bringing together international organisations ASBU, COPEAM and EBU, and public broadcasters EPTV in Algeria, France Télévisions, JRTV in Jordan, LJB in Libya, ORTAS in Syria, SNRT in Morocco and TéléLiban in Lebanon, the EuroMed-News Consortium aims to:

One team. The EuroMed-News project is led by France Télévisions in partnership with the European Union, with COPEAM in charge of overall coordination. All editorial aspects are overseen by the ASBU and EBU, while Euro- Mediterranean news exchanges through ERN-Med are being coordinated by EPTV Algeria together with the ASBU and EBU. EuroMed-News features, current affairs programmes and documentarieswill be produced by EPTV, JRTV, LJB, ORTAS, SNRT andTéléLiban.

Partners

- inform the general public about the Euro-Mediterranean partnership;- facilitate the coverage and broadcasting of current Euro-Mediterranean affairs by the southern broadcasters in accordance with their editorial freedom;- stimulate dialogue and mutual awareness between people living on both sides of the Mediterranean;- publicise the goals, methods and results of the European Neighbourhood Policy;- promote cultural diversity and gender equality;- organise training for journalists.



PBI 37th Session KYOTO 2009

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