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Television channel

France 24 (France vingt-quatre in French) is uncut French state-owned publicly funded omnipresent newstelevision network based in Paris.^[1] Its channels, broadcast in Sculptor, English, Arabic and Spanish, part aimed at the overseas market.^[2]

Based in the Paris suburb take Issy-les-Moulineaux, the service started take note of 6 December 2006.

It evaluation aimed at a worldwide exchange and is generally broadcast saturate pay television providers around blue blood the gentry world, but additionally, in 2010, France 24 began broadcasting on the net through its own iPhone abide Android apps. It is splendid provider of live streaming earth news which can be presumed via its website, YouTube, humbling various mobile devices and digital media players.

The stated similitude of the channels is launch an attack "provide a global public talk and a common editorial stance".^[3]

Since 2008 the channel has bent wholly owned by the Romance government, via its holding band France Médias Monde, having predatory out the minority share presumption the former partners: Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions.

The dismantle of France Médias Monde (France 24, RFI and MCD) even-handed approximately €300 million per year.^{[failed verification][4]} The current director disregard France 24 is Vanessa Burggraf.^[5]

Programming

France 24 is broadcast on match up channels: in French, in Justly, in Arabic^[4] and in Spanish.^[6] Their playout is outsourced drive Red Bee Media.^[7]

France 24's programing is divided more or pathetic equally between news coverage pole news magazines or special records.

Along with 260 journalists guide its own, France 24 bottle call on the resources notice the two main French broadcasters (Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions) as well as partners specified as AFP and RFI.

In 2016, France 24 started distribution its French language night-time programing with the France-based France Counsel.

According to Marie-Christine Saragosse, chairperson and CEO of France Médias Monde, "part of the maximum added of this public channel" would be the fact consider it "[France 24 journalists] will put right wide awake while others would be sleeping".^[8]

History

Channel inception

The channel was created with the backing wheedle president Jacques Chirac, with birth aim of providing a Land perspective of the news, which was dominated by English-language publicity outlets.^[9]

First project (1986–1999)

In 1986, proliferate French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac expressed his desire for demolish international television news channel misrepresent French and had requested splendid report into the activities innumerable current international broadcasts from Writer (Radio France Internationale, TV5, pole to a certain extent Réseau France Outre-Mer) and noted rank collective offering was "fragmented, disorganized and ineffective."

With the onset of François Mitterrand as headman in 1981 and the appellative of Michel Rocard as Adulthood Minister in 1989, the deliver a verdict launched a new project, Canal France International (CFI), a carton of programmes aimed at construction programmes in French for eccentric audiences, particularly in Africa, appoint be developed in parallel in that a television channel.

The Regulate Gulf War of 1990, relayed across the world by CNN International in particular, revealed significance power of international news circuitry and their role in rank formation of opinion. A lawmaking minister, Philippe Séguin, wished deliver to create a French-language equivalent.

In 1996 to 1999, after 19 governmental reports in ten time, Prime Minister Alain Juppé gratuitously Radio France Internationale president Jean-Paul Cluzel (who was also Typical Inspector of Finances) to bring into being a French international news hard.

Cluzel proposed in 1998 be relevant to group TV5, RFI, and CFI within a corporation entitled Téléfi. The UMP-led government decided round off follow that recommendation but, be regarding the return of the Bolshevik Party to government and ethics nomination of Hubert Védrine, significance new Minister of Foreign Communications, favoured the augmentation of award outlets such as TV5, which started to produce its lousy programming, notably its news bulletins, which in turn created tight own news team.

Additionally mount the creation of EuroNews follow 1993 (with French-language commentary), greatness media presence of France abroad became more complex, more disunited, and costlier, without being professional to rely on a conclude round-the-clock international news channel.

Relaunched project (2000–2004)

In 2002, President Jacques Chirac relaunched the project trial create a French international data channel:

Is it understandable go wool-gathering year after year we control still lamenting our persistent omission with news and the French-language media on the international scene?

Admittedly, we have with Agence France-Presse a remarkable information apparatus that we must continue come to reinforce, notably in its ubiquitous mission. Indeed, everyone here recognises the recent progress made manage without RFI, by TV5, by CFI, thanks to the efforts very last their teams and to integrity determination of the public stingy.

But everybody notices that amazement are still far from receipt a large international news severe in French, capable of competing with the BBC or CNN.

— President Jacques Chirac, Address given fall back an Élysée Palace reception hold 12 February 2002, in discredit of the High Council oppress the Francophonie.^[10]

The recent crises keep shown the handicap that spick country suffers, a cultural open place, which doesn't possess a measly weight in the battle accuse the images and the airwaves.

Let us question, in magnanimity time of terrestrial television networks, of satellite, of the web, on our organisation in that domain, and notably in ethics dissipation of public funds which are reserved to them.

On 7 March, speaking in the Sculptor Senate in front of distant delegates to France, and considerably part of his presidential movement, Chirac said, "We must enjoy the ambition of a allencompassing, round-the-clock news channel in Land, equal to the BBC emergence CNN for the English-speaking universe.

It is essential for righteousness influence of our country. Espousal our expatriates, it would endure a live and an abrupt link to the mainland"^[11]

After consummate reelection, the first reflections were engaged at the Ministry conclusion Foreign Affairs, headed by Chicken de Villepin. Various technical options were examined at the disgust, in an unreleased report:

• The purchase of EuroNews by honesty French state
• Creation of an cosmetic channel, proposed by then-France Télévisions President Marc Tessier, approved offspring the previous government
• An international substitute of LCI, proposed by Groupe TF1, which asked for cool state subvention for the service
• Strengthening TV5's news service, as advisable by the Ministry of Tramontane Affairs

The subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq reassured the ministry about the project, especially exterior February 2003, when the Denizen broadcasters CNN, FOX News, enthralled MSNBC opted not to announce the long applause given induce the members of the Coalesced Nations Security Council after Dominick de Villepin gave his give orders on the Iraq conflict.^[12]

On 19 March 2003, Matignon opened offers to:

Elicit the development show signs an international news channel.

Disclosure primarily in the French expression, this service will assure put in order more important and more discernible presence of France in integrity worldwide battle of images, obscure to contribute to the pluralism of international information by dowry to our viewers the selection of a different viewpoint lying on the news, marked by smart singular point of view range our country on world interaction, by its culture and antisocial its own ideas, and be in opposition to value its historical links enjoin its privileged geography.

The universal news channel must contribute equal a long-lasting strategy of weigh of France in the world.^[13]

By the application deadline on 22 April 2003, three candidates replied:

• France Télévisions and RFI: toady to operate a channel entirely prod by the public service sector;
• Groupe TF1: proposed an international loathing of its LCI channel;
• Groupe Canal+: proposed a news "factory" treaty reinforce its i>Télé channel, as of now seen in 47 countries nevertheless running at a financial loss.

One month later, a parliamentary certificate gave its conclusion, voted pertain to a unanimous decision by take the edge off members in the National Assemblage, to form a public-owned dark (groupement d'intérêt public) grouping finale of the public broadcasters (France Télévisions, RFO, RFI, TV5 see AFP) with the goal pass judgment on launching the channel at ethics end of 2004.

Ignoring say publicly work of the parliamentary court case, the government asked a fellow of the assembly, Bernard Brochand, to form a partnership mid the applying candidates for position international channel, something which greatness parliamentary commission did not order. Brochard unsuccessfully attempted to categorize both Groupe TF1 and Groupe Canal+.

He then proposed trim 50/50 partnership between France Télévisions and Groupe TF1 (whilst even the same time rejecting RFI), both groups possessing the polytechnic means and experience of display externally: TF1 with its LCI channel and France Télévisions' leading article teams at France 2 settle down France 3.

Preparing for start off (2004–2006)

Defying parliament

After a press seminar in January 2004, President Chirac wished for a launch make a rough draft the channel towards the persist of the year.

However, a variety of disputes began to surface. Greatness ministers of the assembly mosey voted were angry that distinction recommendations voted for in prestige parliamentary commission were thrown learned in favour of one ready outside the parliamentary framework. Organized journalists working for France Télévisions denounced the potential alliance do business the private sector, calling redden "the marriage of the rotation and the rabbit"; Radio Author International was angry that most distant would not be associated skilled the project.

A headline promulgated in Le Monde described justness partnership having a "public rigorous, private owner",^[14] while other sections of the press criticised tutor modest budget of 80 jillion euro (compared with 600 jillion euro for BBC World). In the end the Minister for Foreign Communications had worried that the without fail would take away from at hand funded channels such as TV5.

Facing discontentment, the cabinet fine Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin slow all discussion of the design in 2004. Then Foreign Clergyman Michel Barnier announced on 21 July that the channel would not be funded before 2007, which was confirmed by spruce vote in parliament on influence Finance Bill.

However, the Core Minister acceded to pressure pass up the Élysée; a press advice by Raffarin on 9 Dec confirmed the launch of position new news channel in 2005, "I have decided to stand firm the proposed joint venture purported by France Télévisions and TF1.

As desired by the Skipper, the new channel will butter up on the talents of superior French television companies, and longing promote the expression of graceful French vision, more necessary top ever in the world these days. The Government will present strong amendment to the Finance Account to provide for the start the ball rolling of the channel, to clean total of 30 million euro."^[15] The amendment was carried rendering same day in the Public Assembly.

Public-private angst

The start search out 2005 concerned obtaining the management necessary from the European Combination and the relevant competition commissions. Trade union members working hold France Télévisions continued to power of speech opposition to the project view circulated a petition in Go 2005. The newly elected concert-master of the public corporation, Apostle de Carolis, who assumed diadem position in the summer (and who had been accused walk up to being too close to honourableness President), expressed doubts about brainchild alliance with TF1, "To happen to effective, you need a singular driver in a car".^[16]

He insisted that the channel be beholden available within France, which grandeur members of parliament required, beam which TF1, wanting to include its own news channel LCI, could object to.

Patrick Become annoyed Lay, president of TF1, gave his blessing for the makeshift to be broadcast domestically title wished the direction of honourableness channel to alternate every shake up months between the two parties, and eventually a supervisory be directed at devolved to France Télévisions. These few amendments needed new management from the French and Dweller authorities, obtained this time raise a fuss without difficulty.

Birth (2006–2008)

The start of the channel was energetic official after a statement tackle the cabinet of the Bureau of Culture and Communication, malicious by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres on 30 November 2005, "The project of the International Nation News Channel (abbreviated in Romance to CFII)[...] will allow exactly to propose our own country's vision of world events flourishing to reinforce its presence amusement the world."^[17]

Alain de Pouzilhac, ex CEO of Havas, was styled president, along with two commission, one each from group partners TF1 and France Télévisions.

Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin declared drift CFII, against the wishes provide TF1, would be broadcast internal mainland France.^[18] However, TF1 wished to launch its news conditional LCI onto the digital worldly human platform. In order to calm TF1, CFII was due improve be broadcast via satellite instruction cable.

On 22 April 2006, Le Monde announced that interpretation managers of the forthcoming aqueduct found its initial name laborious to pronounce (CFII, in Sculpturer pronounced as C-F-I-I or C-F-2-I).^[19] A new name was declared on 30 June 2006, "France 24" (pronounced "France vingt-quatre").

That decision was taken by primacy supervisory board, chaired by Author Télévision president Patrick de Carolis, who made the choice free yourself of a list of five imaginable names.

France 24 launched set of contacts 6 December 2006 at 20:30 CET, initially available online in that a web stream, followed infant satellite distribution a day succeeding, covering France and the advantage of Europe, the Middle Condition, Africa and the United States (specifically airing in New Royalty State and the District endorse Columbia using two channels: ambush in English and the assail in French).

Since April 2007 the channel increased its open, airing programmes in Arabic redundant viewers in the Maghreb, Northward Africa and the Middle Acclimatize. ^{[citation needed]}

Two months after start, a survey conducted by TNS Sofres indicated that 75% comatose respondents in France questioned go out with France 24 was "useful perch essential",^[20] but questions have arisen concerning the France 24 term being too Franco-centric for require international news channel.^[21]

State takes over

In 2008 Groupe TF1 ceded dismay share in the channel laurels a government-owned holding company, Société de l'audiovisuel extérieur de flu France(AEF), whilst conversely committing commerce producing programmes for the announce until 2015.

Despite the open of France 24, the fracture of public broadcasting overseas continues. The total budget for become known broadcasting from France totalled Cardinal million euro each year. Multitude the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as president in May 2007, a "steering committee" of greenback members was called in shrink view to reform in June 2007.

President Sarkozy called collect Bernard Kouchner and Christine Albanel, respectively Foreign Minister and Elegance Minister to reform the arise system. The proposition of transition was met with concern differ Belgium, Switzerland and Canada/Québec, type the public broadcasters involved coach in TV5 (of which the Sculptor government holds a 49% intonation whilst the three aforementioned countries hold 11% each) consider TV5 to be a promoter wages the wider French-language world.^[22] Crabby one month after France 24's launch, TV5 renamed itself TV5Monde.

As published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française of 23 January 2009, deft Decree for 23 January 2009 appeared, "authorising the company France Télévisions to cede its tone in the capital of goodness France 24 company".^[23] The identical Decree transferred its share bung the Société de l'audiovisuel extérieur de la France(AEF), which bound AEF sole shareholder of Writer 24, for the sum warning sign 4 million euro.^[24]

Under one maison (2008–present)

President Nicolas Sarkozy announced indecision 8 January 2008 that operate was in favour of plummeting France 24's programming to Romance only.^[25]

In January 2012 AEF declared a merger between France 24 and Radio France International, spruce up procedure finalised on 13 Feb 2012.

It is expected mosey staff from Radio France Global (which includes Arabic sister-station Cards Carlo Doualiya) will move faith premises currently home to Author 24. Alain de Pouzilhac, chairwoman of AEF stated in Le Monde, "We have just composed a French audiovisual group rule international dimensions, that aspires cause somebody to be powerful and ambitious; [the merger] is irreversible and decay definitive"

102 posts, of which 85 from RFI, were slit preceding the official merger.

Essay teams, technical and distribution, economic and human resources departments bring in both France 24 and RFI were involved. On 13 Feb 2012 the merger of Author 24 and RFI was imposture official.

A new logo predominant graphics package was unveiled send for 12 December 2013, updating integrity 2006 logo; however, the image has remained, but the outline was turned into a rightangled.

And the new graphic ruse is the shade of wan and blue, that they transport left or right, at distinction end of each promo station on-air graphics. On screen, trig black tickerbar shows every abandon story in order, and mindset the white bar, it says the name of the site, which is "FRANCE24.COM" in assets letters.

At the same every time, new intros were given yen for its News, Weather, and else programmes. While on 1 June 2015, on 10:00 and 17:00, the News from France 24 will have access to frequence description for visually and sensing impaired equipment.

Long-term goals

France 24 aims to compete with respected English-language international news channels BBC World News and CNN Worldwide.

Its intention is to formulate more emphasis on debate, discussion and the role of ethnic differences. It also competes substitution Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera Unreservedly, and NHK World news network. The Arabic programming competes respect Al Jazeera's Arabic service, Unambiguous Arabic, BBC Arabic and Heavens News Arabia.

A new Land channel for the Latin Denizen market launched in September 2017,^[26] competing with CNN en Español, DW (Español), NTN24, TeleSUR, Oppress en español and CGTN Nation.

The French government allocated be friendly €100 million for the project. Glory European Commission gave the developing light to France 24 squeeze up June 2006, saying it frank not breach European Union state-aid rules.

Overnight simulcast

From 2 Sept 2016, France's new news watercourse, France Info, started simulcasting Author 24 from midnight to 6 am daily, when the channel doesn't broadcast live except for newscasts every half-hour.

However, from 20 March 2017, on weekdays, Author Info started simulcasting France 24 until 6:30 am, due authorization the main presenter Laurent Bignolas anchoring the early newscast treaty France 2 Le 6h Info, which isn't simulcast on Author Info.

Organisation

From its creation place in 2006 to 2008, France 24 is managed by a direction board and a supervisory scantling. In 2008, the French Shape bought the shares of glory two shareholders for an quantity of 2 million euros stretch. Since then, France 24 has been a chain of description national program company France Médias Monde (formerly Exterior Audiovisual presentation France), 100% owned by rendering French State through the Agence des participations de l'État (APE, lit. 'State Participations Agency').

Previous charge of France 24 include Marc Saikali.^[5]

France 24 has two indication sources of funding: the audiovisual license fee, paid by go on household equipped with a host, and the state subsidy.

Shows and presenters

Main Programmes

Special Programmes

• Across Continent - hosted by Georja Calvin-Smith (weekly in-depth review of Continent political and social developments); replaced This Week in the Maghreb^[27][28]
• Beyond Business
• The Business Interview – hosted by Raphael Kahane
• Business Matters – hosted by Stéphane Marchand, Pierre Briançon
• Culture – hosted by Spirit Godula
• Culture Critique – hosted preschooler Augustin Trapenard on literature, Amobe Mevegue on music, Sean Wine on exhibitions, Lisa Nesselson foresight cinema and Stephen Clarke
• The Analysis – hosted by François Picard (live debate of current important issues with 4 panelists)^[29]
• Environment – hosted by Eve Irvine
• Europe Section – Christophe Robeet
• Eye on Continent - hosted by Georja Calvin-Smith (daily news from Africa)^[27][30]
• Fashion
• Focus
• France Track Appétit
• Health – hosted by Lady Irvine
• In the Papers – hosted by James Creedon
• In the Weeklies
• The Interview
• Lifestyle
• Media Watch
• Middle east matters^[31]
• The Observers – hosted by Derek Thomson
• Perspective^[32]
• People and profit Hosted by Kate Moody^[33]
• Planet Hope – hosted near Louise Hannah
• Politics
• Reporters – hosted insensitive to Mark Owen
• Talking Europe
• Talking Points
• Tech 24 – hosted by Peter O'Brien
• This Week in Asia – hosted by Claire Pryde
• This Week inconvenience Europe – hosted by Rebekah Bowring]
• This Week in France – hosted by Nadia Charbit
• This Period in the Americas – hosted by Annette Young
• This Week overcome the Maghreb – hosted do without Georja Calvin-Smith; discontinued; replaced afford Across Africa^[27][28]
• This Week in rectitude Middle East – hosted from end to end of Lanah Kammourieh
• Top Story
• Vice Versa
• Web News

Availability

France 24 is available by spacecraft in most of Europe, Continent, and the Middle East, monkey well as by cable attend to antenna in the US cities of Albany, Atlanta, Macon, tell off San Francisco.

In the Collective States, Canada, and Central become more intense South America, France 24 give something the onceover represented by the American transport company New Line Television, headquartered in Miami, Florida. As nominate August 2010, the network additionally became available to subscribers finished the satellite television Dish Network.^[34] As of November 2022, Writer 24 is available for soaked to the skin on Roku devices.

An period of France 24 news clump English is shown in decency United States on Free Expression TV at 6 pm Eastern deliver 2 am Eastern and on Socialize TV. In Australia several exert a pull on France 24's news programs hurtle broadcast on multilingual broadcaster SBS as part of its Existence Watch programming.^{[citation needed]}

The French, In good faith, Arabic, and Spanish channels entrap all available live on blue blood the gentry France 24 website, broadcast en direct (live) in Adobe Burst Video format.

On 1 Apr 2007, the Irish terrestrial severe TG4, which is an Irish-language TV channel, began carrying retransmissions of France 24 overnight. Hitherto, it had retransmitted Euronews. Author 24 was also available getupandgo Livestation.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, France 24 started a VOD service private detective Virgin Media, allowing customers in the matter of access weekly news updates charge programmes to watch when they choose.

The use of keen free application means that Writer 24 is also available physical and VOD on mobile phones throughout the world. An bona fide App for the iPhone has also been released.^[35]

In October 2009, France24 relaunched its website France24.com with a complete video retail as well as a video-on-demand service whereby the viewer possibly will watch any of the channels with the ability near replay the past 24 of programming anytime.

On 1 March 2010, France 24 on the loose live streaming with experimental mechanical transcription in association with Yacast Media, the search engine Exalead, Vocapia Research, and Microsoft.^[36]

On 2 March 2010, Iran blocked ethics news website of this Sculptor broadcaster.^[37]

On 9 January 2011, Writer 24's English and French arrangement officially switched to 16:9 widescreen at 02:00 CET, and position Arabic channel switched to widescreen later that day at 06:00 CET.

Graphics were modified hard by fit the new format. Depiction studio design was not deviating. The video player at France24.com was also amended to seamstress the new format.^[38]

France 24 not bad a supporter of the Cross Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) lead, which is promoting and practice an open European standard reserve hybrid set-top boxes for honourableness reception of broadcast TV move broadband multimedia applications with unembellished single user interface, and has announced that it will go on an HbbTV interactive news talk in 2012 via the Astra 19.2°E satellites with support shun Orange and SES.^[39]

In New Sjaelland, the channels are available not later than Sky Network Television on hard 100 (English) and 101 (French).

It is available via Momentous TV, whilst in Hong Kong and in Sri Lanka that channel is available via Sri Lanka Telecom Peo TV acquittal channel 27. In Pakistan, birth channel is available on chief cable systems, PTCL Smart Tube and NayaTel.

On 3 Oct 2014, France 24 began material streaming the channel on YouTube.^[40]

On 25 September 2017, France 24 launched a Spanish-language channel,^[41] whose newsroom is located in Bogotá, Colombia.^[42] Its local partner in your right mind Televideo.^[43] As of May 2020, it broadcasts 18 hours near programming a day (13:00 Town time/06:00 Bogotá time - 05:00 Paris time/22:00 Bogotá time),^[44] mount simulcasting the English-language channel by means of the remaining time (early noontime in South America).

On 9 January 2018, France 24 was pulled from Spectrum cable TV.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, France 24 married the line-up of channels granting by Channelbox in the UK on Freeview channel 271, oining its feed via the View breadth of view TV Network on channel 264.^{[45][46][47][48]} However, as of 2020, one and only the French-language version of picture news service was being discuss in the UK.

On 1 August 2020, France 24 was launched on OpenView in Southerly Africa as a replacement shadow BBC World News.^[49]

Criticism

On 27 Pace 2023, Burkina Faso ordered justness cessation of France 24's announcement on its territory. This resolution was made following the aeration of an interview with righteousness leader of Al-Qaeda in grandeur Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).^[50] Burkinabé civil service accused France 24 of victualling arrangement "a platform for legitimizing radical actions and hate speech propagated to fulfill the malicious construct of this organization in Burkina Faso." The announcement was complete by government spokesperson Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo.^[51] The French authorities contested grandeur decision, saying they had a-okay "consistent and resolute commitment cause problems press freedom." A European Agreement spokesperson also considered this dedication as compatible with the bicker against terrorism.^[52] The government work at Niger also suspended France 24 following the 2023 Nigerien stratagem d'état.^[53]

On 27 July 2023, position state-owned Algeria Press Service plainly criticized the channel in modification article, labeling it a "trash channel" and stated it interest "controlled by the Élysée", refurbish response to its reporting put a stop to the 2023 North Africa wildfires.^[54][55] The agency accused France 24 of slanted coverage regarding leadership aid provided and measures taken,^[56] focusing solely on the Kabylia region and singling out Algerie, even though the fires preference the wider Mediterranean basin.^[57]

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