Brussels authorised on Tuesday (7 June) the launch of a French news TV channel, judging that it did not contravene EU rules for state aid.
The French International News Channel (CFII), which is the fruit of cooperation between state broadcasting group France Television and the private channel TF1, will be a private company initially financed by public capital, according to Le Figaro.
"The Commission concluded that, although the financing of CFII constituted state aid, it was compa...
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