Canal+ won the Best French Television Series Award for season 4 of Mafiosa at the 17th Festival Polar in Cognac, France. This series, which comprises eight 52-minute episodes, is directed by Pierre Leccia and features Hélène Fillières as a young woman who finds herself at the head of a Corsican mafia group. The fifth season is currently being written. Canal+ is also a contender at the 40th International Emmy Awards for its original series Braquo and The Lying Game, which are nominated in the Drama Series and TV Movie categories respectively. The ceremony will be held in New York City on November 19.
www.groupecanalplus.com
Activision Blizzard
An exceptional event!
Activision has unveiled the location of the grand Call of Duty: Black Ops II evening, which will take place on Monday, November 12 at 5 pm. In partnership with Virgin Megastore, Activision is launching the most eagerly awaited game of the year on the world’s most beautiful avenue: the Champs-Elysées. Open to all, this evening will celebrate the release of the new title. The program includes a drawing with major prizes, a multi-player tournament and many other events. At 8 pm, the first games will go on sale, including the famous Care Package editions, which contain an exclusive remote-controlled Dragonfire MQ-27 drone. More information will be available over the next few days, so stay tuned, because the future is Black!
www.activisionblizzard.com
Universal Music
Universal artists on iConcerts
Universal Music has signed a distribution agreement with the iConcerts channel, an international platform dedicated to live music. This first partnership with a major label will cover 20 HD TV titles through basic service and 250 concerts on VoD. The iConcerts channel will broadcast HD concerts from such Universal artists as Amy Winehouse, Kanye West, Gwen Stefani, Nelly Furtado, Oasis, Miak, Bob Marley and Jimi Hendrix. The offering for the French market will be available as of December.
www.universalmusic.fr
SFR
New operator: Joe
SFR has just launched Joe, a 100% digital mobile operator. This new mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) offers prepaid cards and service agreements, and its offering is exclusively available online. Customers manage their plan use via a web application called Le Cockpit, which is accessible on mobile phones, tablets and computers. Joe offers two plans: the first comprises two hours of voice communication as well as unlimited text messages and multimedia messages for €10 per month, while the second adds unlimited voice communications and 3 Gb of data transmissions to the basic plan for a total of €20 per month. Customers can upgrade from the €10 to the €20 plan at any time. Another feature that makes Joe unique is its online community, which functions according to a system of mutual support and recommendations.
www.joemobile.fr
www.sfr.com
Maroc Telecom
Services dedicated to farmers
Maroc Telecom makes appearances at weekly markets to sell its products, and encourages the set-up of local dealers so that residents in rural and remote areas can access communication reloads and mobile packages without having to travel great distances. Each year, Maroc Telecom participates in the Moroccan International Agriculture Show, to which it is an official partner. It offers farmers preferential rates on voice communication and Internet services.
www.iam.ma
GVT
Facebook gets new features in GVT TV
The social network Facebook integrated to the GVT TV now allows to follow the timeline of users and mural of friends. The service is part of smart resources that are free and exclusive to subscribers of GVT TV. From now on, subscribers can see posts from friends, enjoy contents and check photo albums of the social network, using the remote control of GVT TV on any TV set. The company provides new application updates. Besides Facebook, all GVT TV customers have free access to Instagram, Twitter and Youtube.
www.gvt.com.br
