TV France International

TV France International is the organization in charge of promoting French audiovisual programming around the world. It brings together the whole range of audiovisual programme exporters. It facilitates sales and coproduction by organising its own events and also through its presence at key events in the sector around the world. It carries out constant monitoring of international markets, keeps its members informed and federates their actions. TV France International owes its dynamism to the high level of involvement of its members and the support of its main partners: the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (CNC), the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, and the Procirep..

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Promotional activities

TV France International connects buyers and French exporters through:

  • Le Rendez-Vous, a unique opportunity for acquisition executives to screen more than 1,300 recent French programs and to meet with French distributors (The 19th Rendez-Vous was held in Biarritz, September 8–12, 2013)
Le Rendez-Vous 2013
  • umbrella booths and delegations at most major international television program markets [1]
  • focused promotional showcase events in various territories

A presentation of all the French TV catalogues under one roof at www.tvfrance-intl.com:

  • more than 22,000 programs - drama (TV and feature films), animation, documentaries, game shows, performing arts – are presented in detail by all French exporters
  • a detailed programs search and personal alerts on newly listed programs
  • a VOD service dedicated to international buyers offering more than 6,000 full-length programs for online screening

The Export Award: It is given every year to the top selling programs. It highlights the economic and cultural impact of television program exports and pays tribute to the dynamism of French distributors.

Each year, the Export Award ceremony takes place in partnership with Procirep’ French Television Producer Awards.

The 2019 Export Award winners were: [2]

  • animation: Grizzy and the Lemmings - Season 1 (distributed by Hari International)
  • documentary: The Origami Code (distributed by Lucky You)
  • and fiction: Call My Agent! - Season 2 (distributed by France tv distribution)

Specific tools dedicated to member companies:

  • Listing of programs in the online catalogue.
  • An international database listing about 15,000 contacts from 4,000 companies seeking to acquire content.
  • Information on the international market: market reports, studies and surveys, model contracts, ratings survey of French programs aired in key territories, etc.

Notes & references
  1. todotvnews.com Archived 2014-01-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Le Mag by TV France International 20/03/2019
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