France Télévisions
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| France Télévisions SA | |
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| Type | Société anonyme |
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| Founded | 2000 |
| Headquarters | France Télévisions SA
7, esplanade Henri de France |
| Key people | Patrick de Carolis: Chief Executive Officer Patrice Duhamel : Vice-President and Director General of Broadcasting. |
| Revenue | 2,727 million EUR |
| Employees | 11,400 |
| Website | www.francetelevisions.fr |
France Télévisions is the French public national television broadcaster. It is funded mostly by television licences and advertising.
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[edit] Channels
[edit] National
- France 2 - Primary Channel with the second largest viewing audience (after TF1)
- France 3 - Network of regional stations (similar to the UK's ITV)
- France 4 - Only available on digital television, concentrates on the Arts, Music and Entertainment
- France 5 - Focuses on Employment, Education and Health
- Réseau France Outre-mer (RFO) - a network of radio and television stations operating in French overseas departments and territories around the world
- France Ô - RFO's satellite channel, featuring only programming from RFO's regions
[edit] Thematic
France Télévisions has interest in a number of thematic cable/satellite channels in France:
- Gulli
- Ma Planète
- Planète Thalassa
- Mezzo
It has a significant share in the ARTE Consortium that manages the bilingual French-German channel (ARTE shares its analog 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 broadcast multiplex that currently hosts France 2, France 3, France 4, France 5, and the parliamentary channel LCP/AN (La Chaîne Parlementaire/Assemblée Nationale) shared with Public Senat.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official site (French)
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French television stations
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Terrestrial analogue: TF1 • France 2 • France 3 • Canal+ • France 5 • M6 • Arte Media holding companies: France Télévisions • TF1 Group • Métropole Télévision |
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