Change of creamery for Isabelle Ithurburu. One of the faces of the oval on Canal + will join TF1 next season. With two missions: to replace Nikos Aliagas in the people show 50 minutes inside (Saturday at the end of the day) and take the head of the magazine for the Rugby World Cup, organized in France from September 8 to October 28.
Isabelle Ithurburu “will quickly become a familiar face and very popular with TF1 viewers”, assures Ara Aprikian, deputy general manager of the TF1 group in charge of content, quoted in a press release. On the one hand, she will be able to “bring her touch and her qualities as an interviewer to our emblematic magazine 50 minutes inside “, he asserts. On the other hand, his arrival marks TF1’s desire to position itself “over the long term in the coverage of major rugby events”, and therefore to “build a team that is sustainable”.
“The most beautiful posters” of the World Cup
Holder of the rights to the World Cup, TF1 sold 28 matches to the France Télévisions and M6 groups. The first channel will broadcast “the most beautiful posters” of the competition (20 matches in all), including the opening match France – New Zealand and the final. After the World Cup, TF1 will also broadcast the 2024 and 2025 autumn tours of Les Bleus, playing on the ground usually occupied by France Télévisions.
For its part, Canal+ sent Isabelle Ithurburu “a big thank you for these 14 years of collaboration”. “You will remain one of the faces of the Canal+ group”, assured the channel in this message on Twitter. The 40-year-old Paloise started her career as a journalist in 2009 on Infosport+ before joining Canal+, where she presented rugby day and the Channel Rugby Club. Outside of rugby, she presented the weekly magazine there The Tubededicated to the media, from 2016 to 2018, then the society magazine Good evening! in 2018 and 2019.
The transfer window is in full swing
Nikos Aliagas had indicated at the end of April that he was going to stop 50 minutes insidewhich he has presented for 16 years, in order to focus on the new seasons of star Academy And The Voice Saturday evening.
On Monday, TF1 announced the upcoming arrival on its LCI news channel of one of the faces of BFMTV, Jean-Baptiste Boursier.