Euronews and China Global Television Network, both official media partners of the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year (ECTY), have concluded a MOU to exchange and broadcast content that will highlight some of the most interesting destinations in Europe and China.

The EU-China Tourism Year initiative was set in motion in July 2016 by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker and the Chinese Prime Minister, Li Keqiang.

Lyon/Beijing- 28 June 2018 – Under their agreement, the partners will produce for each other a special 25-minute monthly programme to showcase some of the best cities, coastlines, mountains and culture in Europe and China. Each media will benefit from the network of its partner and will showcase destinations including off-the-beaten track places, along with advice to improve the travel and tourism experience.

–  China Global Television Network (CGTN), headquartered in Beijing, is China’s international media organisation launched on December 31, 2016.

CGTN is a multi-language, multi-platform media group that includes six TV channels (English, Spanish, French, Arabic, Russian and Documentary), three production centres, a video news agency and a digital media division. CGTN currently broadcasts in over 170 countries, and its multi-language new media platforms have over 150 million active followers. Euronews is partnering with the 24-hour English-language news channel, which airs in Europe, Africa, North America and Asia.

–   Euronews, based in Lyon (France), celebrates its 25^th year anniversary in 2018. Euronews offers a European perspective on world events in 12 languages.  A well-established brand in Europe, Euronews is available worldwide in more than 400 million households in 160 countries and is the leading international news media in the European Union.

Elzbieta Bienkowska, European  Commissioner
for Internal market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

“The EU-China Tourism Year is a unique opportunity to increase visitors’ flows and investments on both sides.”

Michael Peters,
CEO Euronews Group

“Euronews is delighted to have been selected to be an official media partner to the 2018 EU-China Tourism Year. I am proud to cooperate with CGTN; our joint initiative contributes to the aim of the ECTY for a unique cross cultural exchange that allows Europeans to explore the magnificence of China and Chinese to discover the richness of our continent.”

Li Bin,
Deputy Director, CGTN English Channel

“We are excited to be working with Euronews. This is a wonderful opportunity to showcase the beautiful landscapes and unique cultures of both Europe and China to a global audience. As CGTN continues to work with international media organisations, we look forward to strengthening our partnership with Euronews.”

Euronews produces “Go Europe”

“Go Europe” focuses on tourism and the hidden beauty of the European continent.

The first episode was broadcast on CGTN on May 27 and 28. “Go Europe ” travels from France to the principality of Monaco, taking in a light festival, beautiful landscapes, gastronomy, culture, dance and music.

CGTN produces “Travelogue”

”Travelogue” is CGTN’s flagship English-language travel show. Sixteen years in the running, ”Travelogue” episodes take you to thousands of unrivalled destinations across China.

The first episode broadcast on Euronews, “The Lost Civilization of Sanxingdui”, a discovery that rocked the archaeological world, was aired on May 26 and 27.

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Michael Peters, CEO of Euronews and President of Africanews, has appointed Françoise Champey to work alongside him as Chief Content Officer and Member of the Executive Committee.

Lyon, France – 10 April 2018 – Françoise Champey is based at the group’s headquarters in Lyon and became responsible for all newsrooms on 19 March 2018.

With 24 years’ experience in key international media, Françoise has managed multilingual and multicultural teams. Most recently she worked as Director of the English service of France 24. Prior to that, she was Editor in Chief at Al Jazeera English, headed up the Afghan service of Voice of America, and also managed the North and South American bureaus of Reuters TV.

Françoise Champey’s appointment was made in cooperation with Deborah Turness, President of NBC News International, in accordance with the new shareholder agreements signed in June 2017 when NBC News bought stakes in Euronews. Within this context, Françoise will work closely with Deborah in order to oversee the new editorial offering. She will ensure its implementation across all media platforms.

François now heads up a team of 500 journalists and a new network of correspondents. Her mission is to guarantee the independence of the editorial line and ensure coherence between all language editions while respecting Euronews’ European DNA, which has been at the core of its identity for 25 years.

Her objective is also to assist the 12 editions in finding new approaches, concepts, and formats and in creating programme schedules that are adapted to each language edition’s audience.

Françoise Champey replaces Lucian Sârb, who had joined Euronews in 2009.

 Michael Peters, CEO of Euronews and President of Africanews

“I am very proud to welcome Françoise. Her international experience in multicultural teams and her passion for journalism and journalists are major assets for Euronews. I am certain she will bring her great know-how to our multicultural team.

I would also like to thank Lucian Sârb very warmly. He has been a close and valued colleague. Lucian was involved in creating our new editorial strategy, thereby building solid foundations for the current essential transformations. Lucian is and will always be a friend of Euronews.”

Deborah Turness, President of NBC News International

“Françoise is a journalist, a TV News professional and a proven leader of international newsrooms. As we build and invest in the future of Euronews, she is well qualified to deliver the bold innovation, the editorial strength and the creative content that we will be rolling out in the months ahead. I am thrilled she has joined us.”

About Françoise Champey

Up to December 2013, Françoise Champey was Director of France’s English language channel, France 24. Within that role, she created new programmes, changed the programming schedule and managed many journalists.

In 1998, she created POMM Productions which produced a great number of news reports for European media outlets such as Arte info, RTBF, France 3, TSR, TVRO and Discovery Networks. She also produced reports and advised IMF, The World Bank, UNESCO and L’Oréal ‘Women in Science up to 2013.

In parallel, from 2006 to 2009, Françoise worked in Washington in different roles: Editor in Chief of Voice of America Afghan service (where she managed a trilingual newsroom: English, Dari, Pashto), then as Editor in Chief for Al Jazeera English (2007-2009).

From 1993 to 1998, she was Reporter, Head of Special Operations and then Head of News at Reuters TV, for the Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro bureaus. Françoise began her career as Washington Correspondent for the French TV channel, La Cinq (1988-1992).

In 2006, Françoise made a film in Mali called “La Fibre Africaine” about cotton production and the World Trade Organisation. The film was shown at numerous documentary film festivals and on TV5 Monde and TV5 Afrique.

Françoise has a Master’s Degree in Sociology and Anthropology from Sorbonne University, and was a researcher for UNICEF in Sri Lanka in preparation for the International Year of the Child.

She is a founding member of the Tocqueville Press Club in Washington and works actively with NGOs.  Françoise has frequently been part of the jury for the “Documentaries” category of the International Emmy Awards.

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Euronews

Euronews, based in Lyon (France) celebrates its 25 years in 2018. Euronews offers a unique perspective on world events in 12 languages and empowers people to make up their own mind by delivering factual analysis and a diversity of viewpoints. Because all views matter, Euronews is “All Views”. A well-established brand in Europe, Euronews is available worldwide in more than 400 million households in 160 countries.

In June 2017, NBC News and Euronews closed a transaction in which NBC News acquired 25% of the company to make a significant financial investment in Euronews to support expanded news coverage and programming. The company’s TV and digital will ultimately be co-branded EuronewsNBC.

Euronews Group: Euronews Group operates two international, multilingual, multiplatform and independent news media, Euronews and Africanews, the first pan-African, multilingual and independent news outlet, launched in April 2016 from Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.

www.euronews.com     www.africanews.com

Sign up for the free edition of Viz Artist first at NAB 2018. Designers and media houses will harness the power of free Viz Artist to expand their creative potential.

Vizrt’s powerful real-time design platform, Viz Artist, is now free for creatives around the world. Viz Artist unleashes the creativity of designers to model a new future for the global media landscape. Media houses, broadcasters, and digital publishers, gain access to a rapidly growing pool of talent that will bring their brand to new heights of powerful visual storytelling.

NAB 2018 attendees can be the first to sign up for the free edition of Viz Artist first at Vizrt’s stand SL2416. The free edition of Viz Artist will be available world-wide the middle of April 2018.

“We want to unlock the creative potential of live media production,” said Petter Ole Jakobsen, Vizrt CTO. “With the release of Viz Artist 3.10 with its new dongle-free license structure, and a robust online training program with Viz University, we are providing a very easy way for designers around the world to learn this powerful design tool.”

Freedom for designers

Viz Artist allows designers to expand their career with the #1 real-time design tool for the broadcast industry. The system includes a suite of tools and plugins for creating professional scenes and templated-graphics packages. Optional access to Viz University allows designers to learn the system online and at their own pace.

Freedom for media companies

The free edition of Viz Artist creates a large pool of talented professionals, allowing media companies to choose the designers that best fit their needs and style. Businesses now have a larger number of Viz Artist workstations internally, including on every Viz Engine, adding greater workflow flexibility and design team output on a daily basis.

Petter Ole Jakobsen added, “With more designers in the market, the ability to have new and unique designs for live productions greatly increases, allowing media companies to find new ways to engage their audiences. The branding and design options truly become limitless.”

Freedom for universities

Educational institutions can now prepare their students for a bright future in media design by teaching the system used by the world’s largest media brands. Working together with Viz University, full classrooms of Viz Artist students can learn everything from the basics of scene building, to advanced data-driven graphics, augmented reality, and virtual set design.

How to sign up

Visit Vizrt.com to sign up and download the free edition of Viz Artist. Viz Artist requires a PC running Windows. The free edition of Viz Artist is limited to watermarked DVI OUT and Clip render OUT.

“I’m really excited to see what designers come up with using Viz Artist. This truly opens up the media production world to a new level of creativity that has never been seen before,” concluded Petter Ole Jakobsen.

About Vizrt:
Vizrt is a worldwide market leader in the areas of real-time 3D graphics, studio automation, sports analysis and asset management tools for the media and entertainment industry. This includes interactive and virtual solutions, animations, maps, weather, social media, video editing, compositing, and multiplatform VOD and live playout tools. Vizrt has customers in more than 100 countries worldwide including CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, BSkyB, Sky Sports, CBS Sports, Fox Sports, Al Jazeera, NDR, ITN, ZDF, VICE, The Washington Post, TF1, CCTV, NHK and the list keeps growing. Vizrt has nearly 600 employees and operates in 40 offices worldwide. Vizrt is a privately owned company by Nordic Capital Fund VIII. For further information please refer to www.vizrt.com