#France lockdown tv#
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each, on top of the fee in the agreement, for selling subscriptions through Google. Leading national dailies such as Le Monde, Libération, and Le Figaro were also reported to have obtained a further $3.6m p.a. Payments are confidential and seem to be calculated on an individual basis, but Reuters reported them as ranging from about $1.3m for Le Monde to smaller fees for regional papers. over three years to end their long-running copyright dispute, and to feature these publishers’ content in Google Showcase. 3 Almost a year later Reuters News 4 reported some financial details of agreements between Google and a group of 121 national and local French publishers to pay $22m p.a. Some publishers should also benefit from a new deal with Google, following a competition authority decision requiring negotiations in April 2020. Digital-born Mediapart, also reported that 2020 had delivered its strongest annual growth in its 13 years of existence, resulting in a total of 218,000 paying subscribers. Le Figaro reported 205,000 digital subscribers, a 45% increase on 2019, with subscriptions growing at three times their usual rate in March–April 2020. Le Monde now has a record 360,000 digital subscribers (plus 100,000 print only), with a combined target of 1m by 2025. Many publishers reported unprecedented increases in digital subscribers. The year 2020 also brought some good news from within the industry. In August 2020, the government added to existing support schemes with a new subsidy package of €483m awarded over two years to make up for COVID-19 related losses and aid the move to digital. 2 The government estimated the overall 2020 pandemic loss for the press sector at 16% of turnover, or €1.9bn. The 2020 advertising revenues fell from 2019 by 11% for TV, 13% for radio, and 24% for the press.

#France lockdown free#

France’s best-selling regional paper, Ouest France, opened up two months’ free access to its online content for people registering with an email address.īut COVID-19 also generated serious financial pressures. 1 COVID-19 restored to some extent the relevance of local news, especially for news about developments in nearby hospitals, shops, schools, and the neighbourhood generally. The increase was particularly pronounced for regional or local newspapers online which reached 21% weekly. Traffic to most news websites increased as a result of the pandemic – at least for a time. Prime Minister Jean Castex even showed up on Twitch, in an attempt to reach younger audiences.

#France lockdown tv#

President Emmanuel Macron made several TV addresses – one seen live by almost 36 million viewers. Some channels extended their evening bulletins with government COVID-19 related announcements dominating coverage, often delivered in a very top-down manner. Smartphone use rose, and TV news made a comeback with record viewing levels of four hours per day. In the first French lockdown, people stuck at home had few distractions other than their screens. The main media impact was seen in rising TV and online news consumption, increased trust, and falling advertising revenues, but with some brands recruiting record numbers of digital subscribers. France was hit early by COVID-19 and adopted a very strict national lockdown in March and April 2020, with more limited measures in autumn, followed by a renewed national lockdown in April 2021.