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Media watchdog Arcom issued a formal warning to conservative network CNews, enforcing a strict new monthly surveillance framework that targets on-air anchor bias and ideological one-sidedness.
Annecy Festival head Marcel Jean notes that the global animation market is finally stabilizing after the streaming platform pullback, fueled by live-action auteurs migrating to the medium and the rise of prestige horror and sci-fi.
Babel Doc is bypassing a sluggish domestic TV commissioning market by pivoting its non-fiction slate into theatrical film releases, international co-productions, and journalism-driven YouTube content.
Acclaimed animation auteur Ugo Bienvenu joins Gao Shan Pictures’ 3D historical feature L’Hiver du fer sacré, teaming up with documentary director François de Riberolles to co-write an ambitious animated Western exploring structural fractures within the Lakota community.
A citizen advisory panel formally validated the legitimacy of France Télévisions but demanded radical transparency in public newsrooms and ordered programming executives to ditch grim crime dramas for joyous, multi-generational pop culture.