| Name | France 24 |
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| Logofile | FRANCE 24 logo.svg |
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| Logosize | 200px |
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| Country | France |
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| Language | French, English, Arabic |
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| Network type | Broadcast television |
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| Network | Société de l'audiovisuel extérieur de la France |
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| Key people | Alain de Pouzilhac |
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| Launch | 6 December 2006 |
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| Picture format | (576i, SDTV) |
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| Former names | Chaîne Française d'Information Internationale (before July 2006) |
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| Terr serv 1 | Digital, in Italy |
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| Terr chan 1 | In selected areas (French). |
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| Terr serv 2 | Saorview |
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| Terr chan 2 | TG4 (02:00 – 07:00) |
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| Sat serv 1 | Dish Network |
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| Sat chan 1 | Channel 660 (French) |
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| Sat serv 2 | Freesat |
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| Sat chan 2 | Channel 205 (English) |
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| Sat serv 3 | Sky |
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| Sat chan 3 | Channel 513 (English) |
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| Sat serv 4 | Sky Italia |
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| Sat chan 4 | Channel 521 (English)Channel 538 (French) |
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| Sat serv 5 | TV Vlaanderen Digitaal |
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| Sat chan 5 | Channel 55 (English)Channel 56 (French) |
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| Sat serv 6 | ZON TVCabo |
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| Sat chan 6 | Channel 208 (English)Channel 209 (French) |
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| Sat serv 7 | Yes |
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| Sat chan 7 | Channel 104 |
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| Cable serv 1 | Cablecom |
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| Cable chan 1 | Channel 114Channel 309 (digital CH-D) |
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| Cable serv 2 | KDG |
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| Cable chan 2 | Channel 836 (French)Channel 849 (English) |
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| Cable serv 3 | MC Cable |
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| Cable chan 3 | Channel 88 (French), Channel 236 (English), Channel 321 (Arabic) |
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| Cable serv 4 | Naxoo |
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| Cable chan 4 | Channel 65 (French)Channel 227 (English) |
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| Cable serv 5 | UPC Romania |
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| Cable chan 5 | Channel 423 (digital with DVR)Channel 143 (digital) |
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| Cable serv 6 | ZON TVCabo |
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| Cable chan 6 | Channel 208 (English)Channel 209 (French) |
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| Cable serv 7 | Teledünya |
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| Cable chan 7 | Channel 74 (English)Channel 75 (French) |
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| Adsl serv 1 | Alice Home TV |
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| Adsl chan 1 | Channels 538 and 871 (French)Channel 590 (English) |
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| Adsl serv 2 | TV di FASTWEB |
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| Adsl chan 2 | Channel 89 (French) |
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| Adsl serv 3 | Now TV |
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| Adsl chan 3 | Channel 327 (English)Channel 715 (French) |
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| Adsl serv 4 | HKBN bbTV |
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| Adsl chan 4 | Channel 737 (English) |
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| Online serv 1 | Live Webcast |
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| Online chan 1 | English, French, Arabic (Free) |
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| Online serv 2 | Livestation |
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| Online chan 2 | English, French, Arabic (Free, 502 Kbit/s) |
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| Web | www.france24.com |
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France 24 (pronounced France vingt-quatre on all three editions) is an international news and current affairs television channel. The service is aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW-TV, NHK World and RT, and broadcast through satellite and cable operators throughout the world. During 2010 the channel started broadcasting through its own iPhone app. It started broadcasting on 6 December 2006.
Funded by the French government and based in Issy-les-Moulineaux, near Paris, the channel broadcasts world news. Currently it offers variants in English and Arabic in addition to French.
It is run by a partnership between Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions (including France 2 and France 3), with some programmes sourced from Agence France-Presse, Radio France Internationale, TV5MONDE, Arte, Euronews, and La Chaîne parlementaire. It is funded by France with an annual budget of approximately €80 million.
President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on 8 January 2008 that he was in favour of reducing France 24's programming to French only.
Programming
France 24 is broadcast on three channels: in French, in English, and in Arabic .
France 24's programming is divided more or less equally between news coverage and news magazines or special reports.
Along with 260 journalists of its own, France 24 can call on the resources of the two main French broadcasters (Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions) as well as partners such as AFP and RFI. The CEO of France 24 is Alain de Pouzilhac.
From the 19 May 2010, FRANCE 24 unveiled a new schedule that prioritizes the morning and evening slots, anchored live by the network’s editorial staff. More programming space than ever before goes to business, sport, culture and studio discussion.
History
Channel inception
The media's perception was that the channel was a
brainchild of former president
Jacques Chirac, famous for defending the position of the French language in the world, specifically versus the English domination in this media category.
Long-term goals
France 24 intends to present a view of the news different from that of the
Anglophone leading international news channels
BBC World News and
CNN International. France 24 wants to put more emphasis on debate, dialogue and the role of cultural difference. It will also be competing with
Deutsche Welle television service,
Al Jazeera English,
RT and
NHK World news channels. The Arabic programming competes with
Al Jazeera's and
Rusiya Al-Yaum's Arabic channels.
The French government allocated around €100 million for the project. The European Commission gave the green light to France 24 in June 2006, saying it did not breach European Union state aid rules.
Shows and presenters
Programmes
Beyond Business
Business Matters – hosted by Stéphane Marchand, Pierre Briançon
Culture
Culture Critique – hosted by Augustin Trapenard on literature, Amobe Mevegue on music, Sean Rose on exhibitions, Lisa Nesselson on cinema and Stephen Clarke
Debate – hosted by Antoine Picard
Environment – hosted by Eve Irvine
Europe District – Christophe Robeet
Fashion
Focus
Health – hosted by Eve Irvine
In The Papers – hosted by James Creedon
Lifestyle
Politics
Reporters – hosted by Laura Baines
Talking Europe
Talking Points
Technophile – hosted by François Picard
The Business Interview – hosted by Raphael Kahane
The F24 Interview
The Observers – hosted by Derek Thomson
This Week in Africa – hosted by Jessica Le Masurier
This Week in Asia – hosted by Claire Pryde
This Week in Europe – hosted by Rebecca Bowring
This Week in France – hosted by Nadia Charbit
This Week in the Americas – hosted by Annette Young
This Week in the Maghreb – hosted by Georja Calvin Smith
This Week in the Middle East – hosted by Lanah Kammourieh
The World This Week
Top Story
Web News
Availability
France 24 is available by satellite to most of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as by cable and antenna to New York, Washington, DC and Atlanta. In the United States of America, Canada, Central and South America, France 24 is represented by the American telecommunication company New Line Television, headquartered in Miami, Florida. As of August 2010, the network also became available to subscribers to the satellite television Dish Network.
The French, English and Arabic channels are all available live on the France 24 website, broadcast en direct (live) in Adobe Flash Video format. On 1 April 2007, the Irish terrestrial channel TG4 began carrying retransmissions of France 24 overnight. Previously, it had retransmitted Euronews. France 24 is Also Available on Livestation.
In 2007, France 24 started a VOD service on Virgin Media, allowing customers to access weekly news updates and programmes to watch when they choose. A free application means that France 24 is also available live and VOD on mobile phones throughout the world. An official App for the iPhone has also been released.
In October 2009, France24 Relaunched its website France24.com, with a complete video archive, as well as video on-demand service where you can watch any of the three channels with the ability to replay the past 24 hours of programming. On 2010-03-01, France 24 released live streaming with experimental automatic transcription, in association with Yacast Media, the search engine Exalead, Vocapia Research, and Microsoft.
On 2010-03-02 Iran blocked the news website of this French broadcaster.
On 2011-01-09, France 24's English and French channels officially switched to 16x9 widescreen at 02:00 Paris Time, the Arabic channel switched to widescreen later that day at 06:00 Paris Time. To coincide with the new format, graphics were modified to fit the new format. The studio design was not altered. The Video player at France24.com was also amended to accommodate the new format.
France24 will begin airing on New Zealand's Sky Television from July 1st, 2011 in both French and English.
References
External links
Official Website
Official Dailymotion channel
Official English Youtube channel
Official French Youtube channel
Observer France 24
France 24 pre-launch promo trailer
France 24's article on Center on Public Diplomacy's wikipedia
Launch coverage
France launches world TV channel, BBC News
France launches global news channel, Al Jazeera English
Channel provides market with Gallic spin, CNN
See also
Le Canal Nouvelles
Réseau de l'information
Category:French television networks
24
Category:Publicly funded broadcasters
Category:Foreign television channels broadcasting in the United Kingdom
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2006
Category:2006 establishments in France
Category:Television channels in Italy
Category:External services (broadcasting)
Category:Multilingual news services
Category:English-language television stations
Category:French-language television stations
Category:Arabic-language television stations
Category:24-hour television news channels in France
