Could Ex-Studiocanal Chief Olivier Courson Make a Big Media Comeback?
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variety.comJohn Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentIs Olivier Courson, once a game-changing chairman-CEO of Studiocanal, about to make a big media comeback?Arte France, bastion of quality European TV, announced June 2 that its president, Veronique Cayla would step down on July 5.
Candidates to succeed her, the French press has suggested, include Courson.Arte France presidency is currently one of the plum jobs in French film and TV.
Established in 1992, Arte is a rare case of a bi-national public broadcaster based, moreover, out of the two biggest film-TV powerhouse markets in the E.U., France and Germany.
Broadcasting free-to-air in both, paid for by tax payers, and with a cultural remit, it is not exposed to a plunging TV ad market, nor has.
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