France Télévisions

ARD and ZDF series struggle in late‑night ratings

German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF saw strong early-evening viewing (notably Tatort and heute-journal) on 02 August 2026, but new late-night series performed weakly. ARD's Surface — Das versunkene Dorf opened with up to 15.5% market share in its first week but saw linear viewers fall to 1.64 million and 1.19 million for subsequent episodes, with late-evening shares around 9.4–9.6% and very low 14–49 audience figures (4.2% and 3.4%). ZDF's new Back Up — Auf Streife mit der Ex premiered at 22:15 with about 1.38 million viewers (9.6%) and a follow-up episode at 930,000 viewers (9.7%), delivering 14–49 shares of 3.1% and 2.2%. The data source is AGF Videoforschung (AGF SCOPE 1.15).

Susanne Wille Elected to EBU Executive Board

Susanne Wille, Director-General of SRG SSR, was elected to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Executive Board at the EBU's 96th General Assembly in Prague on 25 June 2026. Wille joins the eleven-member board alongside two other newly elected members, Rhodri Talfan Davies (BBC) and Yannis Papadopoulos (ERT, Greece). Delphine Ernotte Cunci (France Télévisions) and Cilla Benkö (Sveriges Radio) were re-elected as EBU President and Vice-President for another two-year mandate. Wille highlighted the importance of European cooperation for public service broadcasting amid growing pressures and emphasized staying close to audiences and transforming public media. The appointment continues a tradition of SRG representation in EBU leadership.

Netflix Integrates Groupe TF1 Channels and Content

Netflix and France’s Groupe TF1 have launched a unique distribution partnership that integrates all of TF1’s linear channels and on-demand catalogue into Netflix in France, reportedly available at no extra cost to subscribers. TF1 continues to sell the advertising inventory for the content it supplies, while Netflix positions itself as an aggregator to increase user dwell time by enabling seamless switching between global Netflix fiction and local TF1 news, sports and entertainment, including live TV streams. TF1 reports early audience uplifts (a daily record of 8.3 million unique streams on June 25 and a 16% week-on-week rise in daily unique streams in the first week). The deal is being watched across European broadcasters as a potential blueprint, raising commercial, legal and windowing questions about content rights and downstream value for other licensing windows.