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France Télévisions

France Télévisions

France Télévisions (French pronunciation: ​[fʁɑ̃s televizjɔ̃]) (stylized as france·tv) is the French public national television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels France 2 (formerly Antenne 2) and France 3 (formerly France Régions 3), later joined by the legally independent channels France 5 (formerly La Cinquième), France Ô (formerly RFO Sat), and France 4 (formerly Festival).

France Télévisions is currently funded by the revenue from television licence fees and commercial advertising. The new law on public broadcasting will phase out commercial advertising on the public television channels (at first in the evening, then gradually throughout the day).

France Télévisions is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative that is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface, and has selected HbbTV for its interactive news, sports and weather service, and plans to add catch-up TV and social media sharing capability.[1]

France Télévisions
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The headquarters of France Télévisions in 2009
Type
Société anonyme
Founded7 September 1992 (as France Télévision without "s")
August 2000 (Forming France Télévisions SA)
HeadquartersFrance Télévisions SA
7, esplanade Henri de France
75015 Paris
Eiffel Tower, Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole, 75007 Paris, France
7 Ligne 3 du tramway d'Île-de-France, 75015 Paris, France
Key people
Delphine Ernotte-Cunci: Chief Executive Officer
Patrice Duhamel: Vice-President and Director General of Broadcasting.
Revenue2,853 million
OwnerGovernment of France
Number of employees
11,400
SubsidiariesFrance TV Software
Websitewww.france.tv [10]
www.francetvinfo.fr [11]
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History

From 1964 to 1974, French radio and television was monopolized through an organization known as the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française. In an effort to stimulate competition, the organization was split in 1975 so that the France's three television channels—TF1, Antenne 2, and FR3, would still be owned by the French government, but be operated independently from each other. However, the privatization of TF1 in 1987 and increased competition from other new private broadcasters (such as Canal+ and La Cinq, the latter having been replaced by public channel La Cinquième after it ceased transmissions in April 1992) led to a decline in viewership for the two remaining public channels, which lost 30% of their market share between 1987 and 1989.[2][3] The channels were however saved when a single director-general was appointed to manage both Antenne 2 and FR3, becoming part of a joint entity known as France Télévision. They were renamed in 1992 as France 2 and France 3 respectively.[4]

In August 2000, France Télévisions S.A. was formed as a holding company for France's public television channels, absorbing control of France 2, France 3, and La Cinquième (later renamed France 5). In 2004, Réseau France Outre-mer was absorbed by France Télévisions. Beginning in 2008, the President of France took the duty of naming the presidents for the French public broadcasters; they were previously nominated by the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel.

Branding

Logos

Slogans

  • "Ça fait du bien quand ça s'allume" and "Aucune hésitation, c'est France Télévision" (1992)

  • "Donnons de l’imagination à nos images" (May 2001)[5]

  • "Vous avez tous les choix" (September 2006)[6]

  • "Le choix de la différence" (August 2008)[7]

  • "Créer pour partager" (September 2011)[8]

  • "Bien différents, bien ensemble" (September 2012)

  • "Plus rien ne se fera sans vous" (2018)

Channels

National

  • France 2 - The company's primary channel with the second largest viewing audience.

  • France 3 - The company's secondary channel, consisting of a network of regional stations.

  • France 4 - Available only on digital television. Previously named "Festival", and specializing in theatre, opera and French-language and other European originated drama, it is a channel for young adults (similar to, now online, UK Channel BBC Three: sports, sitcom, arts, music and entertainment).

  • France 5 - Focuses on societal issues (health, education, politics...) with talk-shows and culture with documentary films.

  • 1ère- A network of radio and television stations operating in French overseas departments and territories around the world (formerly known as RFO - Réseau France Outre-mer, Outre-mer 1ère).

  • France Ô - 1ère's satellite channel, featuring only programming from 1ère's regions and now broadcast in France on a national scale by Télévision Numérique Terrestre.

  • France Info - Non-stop news channel, with support from Radio France, France Médias Monde and Institut national de l'audiovisuel.

Thematic

France Télévisions has an interest in a number of thematic cable/satellite channels in France:

ChannelFrance TélévisionsIndirect InterestOther Interest
Gulli34%66% Lagardère Active
Mezzo20%20%France Télémusique60% Lagardère Active
Planète Thalassa34%66% MultiThématiques (Canal+ Group)
Planète Justice34%66% MultiThématiques (Canal+ Group)

France Télévisions holds 100% of France Télémusique SAS.

The thematic channel Planète Juniors (formerly Ma Planète) ceased operations in March 2009.

International

ChannelFrance TélévisionsIndirect InterestOther Interest
TV5MONDE12.58%3.29%ArteFrance Médias Monde 49%, RTS 11.11%, RTBF 11.11%, CBC/Radio-Canada 6.67%, Télé-Québec 4.44%, INA 1.74%
Euronews
(through Euronews SA)
24.05%21.65% RAI - 18.81% RTVE - 16.06% RTR - 9.20% SSR - 10.23% other
Arte50.00%Arte France50% ARTE Deutschland TV GmbH

France Télévisions holds 45% of the ARTE France holding company together with the French state (25%), Radio France (15%) and INA (15%). ARTE France and ARTE Deutschland form the ARTE Consortium that manages the bilingual French-German channel (ARTE shared its analogue channel with France 5, but both channels have separate full-time services on cable, satellite and digital broadcasts).

France Télévisions also controls the new R1 digital multiplex that currently hosts France 2, France 3, France 5, Arte and La Chaîne parlementaire. France 4 was originally on the R1 multiplex but was moved to R2 to allow space for regional channels on R1.

Subsidiaries

  • France 2 Cinéma - Films production.

  • France 3 Cinéma - Films production.

  • Multimédia France Productions (MFP) - Production company, dubbing, subtitles teletext for the hearing impaired and audio description of the group's channels.

  • France Télévisions Publicité - Advertising department of the group.

  • France Télévisions Distribution - Publishing and distribution of programs group channels.

See also

  • Radio France

  • Television in France

References

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Citation Linkwww.france.tvOfficial site
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Citation Linkwww.france.tvwww.france.tv
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Citation Linkwww.francetvinfo.frwww.francetvinfo.fr
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Citation Linkonlinereporter.comFrench Public Broadcaster Goes For HbbTV
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Citation Linkupload.wikimedia.orgLogo of France Télévisions from 7 January 2002 to 7 April 2008
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