Claude Berda, co-founder of AB Productions and architect of France’s 1990s TV boom, dies at 78

Claude Berda, co-founder of AB Productions, died on December 19 at the age of 78, his family confirmed to AFP.

Dec 23, 2025

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Alongside Jean-Luc Azoulay, Berda helped reshape the economics of French television, most notably through the industrial production of sitcoms and youth programming for TF1 in the 1990s.

Founded in 19…

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