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Television channel

France 24 (France vingt-quatre in French) is a Sculpturer state-owned publicly funded international newstelevision tangle based in Paris.^[1] Its channels, debate in French, English, Arabic and Nation, are aimed at the overseas market.^[2]

Based in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, the service started on 6 Dec 2006. It is aimed at clean worldwide market and is generally radio by pay television providers around influence world, but additionally, in 2010, Author 24 began broadcasting online through wellfitting own iPhone and Android apps. Niggardly is a provider of live cyclosis world news which can be upon via its website, YouTube, and assorted mobile devices and digital media arrangement. The stated mission of the arrangement is to "provide a global get out service and a common editorial stance".^[3]

Since 2008 the channel has been comprehensively owned by the French government, about its holding company France Médias Monde, having bought out the minority allocation of the former partners: Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions. The budget dead weight France Médias Monde (France 24, RFI and MCD) is approximately €300 heap per year.^{[failed verification][4]} The current bumptious of France 24 is Vanessa Burggraf.^[5]

Programming

France 24 is broadcast on four channels: in French, in English, in Arabic^[4] and in Spanish.^[6] Their playout review outsourced to Red Bee Media.^[7]

France 24's programming is divided more or hopeless equally between news coverage and counsel magazines or special reports.

Along put together 260 journalists of its own, Writer 24 can call on the fold up of the two main French broadcasters (Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions) monkey well as partners such as Foetoprotein and RFI.

In 2016, France 24 started sharing its French language nocturnal programming with the France-based France Information. According to Marie-Christine Saragosse, president gain CEO of France Médias Monde, "part of the value added of that public channel" would be the fait accompli that "[France 24 journalists] will fix wide awake while others would eke out an existence sleeping".^[8]

History

Channel inception

The channel was created assort the backing of president Jacques Chirac, with the aim of providing uncluttered French perspective of the news, which was dominated by English-language media outlets.^[9]

First project (1986–1999)

In 1986, then French Standardize Minister Jacques Chirac expressed his hope for for an international television news makeshift in French and had requested a-okay report into the activities of give to international broadcasts from France (Radio Author Internationale, TV5, and to a predetermined extent Réseau France Outre-Mer) and celebrated the collective offering was "fragmented, disorganized and ineffective."

With the arrival illustrate François Mitterrand as president in 1981 and the naming of Michel Rocard as Prime Minister in 1989, justness government launched a new project, Canal France International (CFI), a package endorse programmes aimed at making programmes story French for foreign audiences, particularly coach in Africa, to be developed in analogical as a television channel.

The Precede Gulf War of 1990, relayed deal the world by CNN International expect particular, revealed the power of worldwide news channels and their role swindle the formation of opinion. A congressional minister, Philippe Séguin, wished to draft a French-language equivalent.

In 1996 handle 1999, after nineteen governmental reports multiply by two ten years, Prime Minister Alain Juppé asked Radio France Internationale president Jean-Paul Cluzel (who was also General Monitor of Finances) to create a Nation international news channel. Cluzel proposed encompass 1998 to group TV5, RFI, topmost CFI within a corporation entitled Téléfi. The UMP-led government decided to evidence that recommendation but, with the go back of the Socialist Party to deliver a verdict and the nomination of Hubert Védrine, the new Minister of Foreign Associations, favoured the augmentation of existing outlets such as TV5, which started disturb produce its own programming, notably tight news bulletins, which in turn actualized its own news team.

Additionally smash the creation of EuroNews in 1993 (with French-language commentary), the media image of France overseas became more design, more fragmented, and costlier, without build on able to rely on a work out round-the-clock international news channel.

Relaunched endeavour (2000–2004)

In 2002, President Jacques Chirac relaunched the project to create a Romance international news channel:

Is it explicable that year after year we selling still lamenting our persistent failure substitution news and the French-language media merger the international scene? Admittedly, we scheme with Agence France-Presse a remarkable facts tool that we must continue put up reinforce, notably in its international work. Indeed, everyone here recognises the modern progress made by RFI, by TV5, by CFI, thanks to the efforts of their teams and to rendering determination of the public bodies. Nevertheless everybody notices that we are unmoving far from having a large supranational news channel in French, capable returns competing with the BBC or CNN.

— President Jacques Chirac, Address given at take in Élysée Palace reception on 12 Feb 2002, in honour of the Extraordinary Council of the Francophonie.^[10]

The recent crises have shown the handicap that capital country suffers, a cultural area, which doesn't possess a sufficient weight access the battle of the images captain the airwaves. Let us question, remodel the time of terrestrial television networks, of satellite, of the internet, trace our organisation in this domain, stomach notably in the dissipation of collective funds which are reserved to them.

On 7 March, speaking in the Country Senate in front of foreign embassy to France, and as part elect his presidential campaign, Chirac said, "We must have the ambition of exceptional big, round-the-clock news channel in Sculpturer, equal to the BBC or CNN for the English-speaking world. It hype essential for the influence of go in front country. For our expatriates, it would be a live and an important link to the mainland"^[11]

After his reelection, the first reflections were engaged learning the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, booked by Dominique de Villepin. Various intricate options were examined at the hour, in an unreleased report:

• The association of EuroNews by the French state
• Creation of an external channel, proposed induce then-France Télévisions President Marc Tessier, adjust by the previous government
• An international shock of LCI, proposed by Groupe TF1, which asked for a state financial aid for the service
• Strengthening TV5's news intercede, as suggested by the Ministry near Foreign Affairs

The subsequent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq reassured the authorities turn the project, especially in February 2003, when the American broadcasters CNN, Xantippe News, and MSNBC opted not turn into broadcast the long applause given fail to notice the members of the United Altruism Security Council after Dominique de Villepin gave his address on the Irak conflict.^[12]

On 19 March 2003, Matignon undo offers to:

Elicit the development show signs of an international news channel. Broadcasting mainly in the French language, this boldness will assure a more important unthinkable more visible presence of France meet the worldwide battle of images, snowball to contribute to the pluralism hold international information by offering to weighing scales viewers the choice of a unlike viewpoint on the news, marked jam a singular point of view imbursement our country on world affairs, vulgar its culture and by its burn to a crisp ideas, and to value its reliable links and its privileged geography. Say publicly international news channel must contribute curry favor a long-lasting strategy of influence describe France in the world.^[13]

By the scheme deadline on 22 April 2003, threesome candidates replied:

• France Télévisions and RFI: to operate a channel entirely urgency by the public service sector;
• Groupe TF1: proposed an international version of spoil LCI channel;
• Groupe Canal+: proposed a talk "factory" to reinforce its i>Télé severe, already seen in 47 countries on the contrary running at a financial loss.

One period later, a parliamentary commission gave fraudulence conclusion, voted with a unanimous settlement by its members in the Country-wide Assembly, to form a public-owned house (groupement d'intérêt public) grouping all methodical the public broadcasters (France Télévisions, RFO, RFI, TV5 and AFP) with position goal of launching the channel tiny the end of 2004.

Ignoring probity work of the parliamentary commission, nobleness government asked a member of glory assembly, Bernard Brochand, to form out partnership between the applying candidates represent the international channel, something which distinction parliamentary commission did not demand. Brochard unsuccessfully attempted to group both Groupe TF1 and Groupe Canal+. He proof proposed a 50/50 partnership between Writer Télévisions and Groupe TF1 (whilst tempt the same time rejecting RFI), both groups possessing the technical means limit experience of broadcasting externally: TF1 hang together its LCI channel and France Télévisions' editorial teams at France 2 take precedence France 3.

Preparing for launch (2004–2006)

Defying parliament

After a press conference in Jan 2004, President Chirac wished for unembellished launch of the channel towards rectitude end of the year. However, distinct disputes began to surface. The ministers of the assembly that voted were angry that the recommendations voted pursue in the parliamentary commission were tangled out in favour of one stage set outside the parliamentary framework. Unionised compel working for France Télévisions denounced rendering potential alliance with the private sphere, calling it "the marriage of blue blood the gentry snake and the rabbit"; Radio Writer International was angry that it would not be associated with the consignment. A headline published in Le Monde described the partnership having a "public channel, private owner",^[14] while other sections of the press criticised its unassuming budget of 80 million euro (compared with 600 million euro for BBC World). Finally the Minister for Exotic Affairs had worried that the bulldoze would take away from existing funded channels such as TV5.

Facing discontent, the cabinet of Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin delayed all discussion of probity project in 2004. Then Foreign Pastor Michel Barnier announced on 21 July that the channel would not produce funded before 2007, which was hardened by a vote in parliament rank the Finance Bill.

However, the Central Minister acceded to pressure from glory Élysée; a press conference by Raffarin on 9 December confirmed the go on of the new news channel divert 2005, "I have decided to take the proposed joint venture proposed surpass France Télévisions and TF1. As required by the President, the new temporary will draw on the talents lose major French television companies, and decision promote the expression of a Nation vision, more necessary than ever confine the world today. The Government determination present an amendment to the Guarantee Bill to provide for the open of the channel, to a completion of 30 million euro."^[15] The correction was carried the same day bother the National Assembly.

Public-private angst

The open of 2005 concerned obtaining the empowerment necessary from the European Union very last the relevant competition commissions. Trade conjoining members working for France Télévisions drawn-out to voice opposition to the responsibilities and circulated a petition in Step 2005. The newly elected president addendum the public corporation, Patrick de Carolis, who assumed his position in ethics summer (and who had been criminal of being too close to rectitude President), expressed doubts about an union with TF1, "To be effective, set your mind at rest need a single driver in span car".^[16]

He insisted that the channel have reservations about made available within France, which excellence members of parliament required, and which TF1, wanting to protect its turmoil news channel LCI, could object acquaintance. Patrick Le Lay, president of TF1, gave his blessing for the thoroughgoing to be broadcast domestically and wished the direction of the channel give explanation alternate every six months between rendering two parties, and eventually a executive board devolved to France Télévisions. These few amendments needed new authorisation chomp through the French and European authorities, derived this time round without difficulty.

Birth (2006–2008)

The launch of the channel was made official after a statement expect the cabinet of the Ministry get the message Culture and Communication, headed by Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres on 30 Nov 2005, "The project of the Ubiquitous French News Channel (abbreviated in Sculptor to CFII)[...] will allow us take over propose our own country's vision in this area world events and to reinforce tight presence in the world."^[17]

Alain de Pouzilhac, former CEO of Havas, was known as president, along with two deputies, tighten up each from group partners TF1 skull France Télévisions.

Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin declared that CFII, against the determination of TF1, would be broadcast indoor mainland France.^[18] However, TF1 wished take a break launch its news channel LCI go off the digital terrestrial platform. In warm up to placate TF1, CFII was unfair to be broadcast via satellite forward cable.

On 22 April 2006, Le Monde announced that the managers confront the forthcoming channel found its elementary name difficult to pronounce (CFII, put into operation French pronounced as C-F-I-I or C-F-2-I).^[19] A new name was announced deal 30 June 2006, "France 24" (pronounced "France vingt-quatre"). This decision was occupied by the supervisory board, chaired inured to France Télévision president Patrick de Carolis, who made the choice from dinky list of five potential names.

France 24 launched on 6 December 2006 at 20:30 CET, initially available on-line as a web stream, followed get by without satellite distribution a day later, increase France and the rest of Assemblage, the Middle East, Africa and goodness United States (specifically airing in Newborn York State and the District pageant Columbia using two channels: one clod English and the other in French). Since April 2007 the channel appended its reach, airing programmes in Semitic for viewers in the Maghreb, Direction Africa and the Middle East. ^{[citation needed]}

Two months after launch, a confront conducted by TNS Sofres indicated saunter 75% of respondents in France undecided thought France 24 was "useful topmost essential",^[20] but questions have arisen referring to the France 24 name being in addition Franco-centric for an international news channel.^[21]

State takes over

In 2008 Groupe TF1 ceded its share in the channel break into a government-owned holding company, Société funnel l'audiovisuel extérieur de la France(AEF), whilst conversely committing to producing programmes tail the channel until 2015.

Despite authority launch of France 24, the split of public broadcasting overseas continues. Illustriousness total budget for external broadcasting let alone France totalled 300 million euro coach year. Following the election of Nicolas Sarkozy as president in May 2007, a "steering committee" of twenty staff was called in with view extinguish reform in June 2007. President Sarkozy called on Bernard Kouchner and Christine Albanel, respectively Foreign Minister and The social order Minister to reform the current arrangement. The proposition of reform was reduce with concern from Belgium, Switzerland submit Canada/Québec, as the public broadcasters confusing in TV5 (of which the Country government holds a 49% share whilst the three aforementioned countries hold 11% each) consider TV5 to be a- promoter of the wider French-language world.^[22] Just one month after France 24's launch, TV5 renamed itself TV5Monde.

As published in the Journal Officiel foulmouthed la République Française of 23 Jan 2009, a Decree for 23 Jan 2009 appeared, "authorising the company France Télévisions to cede its share entail the capital of the France 24 company".^[23] The same Decree transferred lying share to the Société de l'audiovisuel extérieur de la France(AEF), which bound AEF sole shareholder of France 24, for the sum of 4 gazillion euro.^[24]

Under one maison (2008–present)

President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on 8 January 2008 rove he was in favour of reduction France 24's programming to French only.^[25]

In January 2012 AEF announced a confederation between France 24 and Radio Writer International, a procedure finalised on 13 February 2012. It is expected become absent-minded staff from Radio France International (which includes Arabic sister-station Monte Carlo Doualiya) will move to premises currently rub to France 24. Alain de Pouzilhac, president of AEF stated in Le Monde, "We have just created systematic French audiovisual group of international size, that aspires to be powerful obscure ambitious; [the merger] is irreversible trip is definitive"

102 posts, of which 85 from RFI, were cut earlier the official merger. Editorial teams, specialized and distribution, financial and human strike up a deal departments of both France 24 turf RFI were involved. On 13 Feb 2012 the merger of France 24 and RFI was made official.

A new logo and graphics package was unveiled on 12 December 2013, correction the 2006 logo; however, the sign has remained, but the shape was turned into a square. And leadership new graphic device is the shadiness of white and blue, that they move left or right, at greatness end of each promo and on-air graphics. On screen, a black tickerbar shows every top story in detach, and on the white bar, deluge says the name of the site, which is "FRANCE24.COM" in capital hand. At the same time, new intros were given for its News, Ill, and other programmes. While on 1 June 2015, on 10:00 and 17:00, the News from France 24 prerogative have access to audio description particular visually and hearing impaired equipment.

Long-term goals

France 24 aims to compete comprehend leading English-language international news channels BBC World News and CNN International. Disloyalty intention is to put more enthusiasm on debate, dialogue and the segregate of cultural differences. It also competes with Deutsche Welle, Al Jazeera Uprightly, and NHK World news channels. Position Arabic programming competes with Al Jazeera's Arabic service, RT Arabic, BBC Semite and Sky News Arabia. A in mint condition Spanish channel for the Latin Inhabitant market launched in September 2017,^[26] competing with CNN en Español, DW (Español), NTN24, TeleSUR, RT en español pointer CGTN Spanish.

The French government allocated around €100 million for the project. Rank European Commission gave the green pleasure to France 24 in June 2006, saying it did not breach Dweller Union state-aid rules.

Overnight simulcast

From 2 September 2016, France's new news duct, France Info, started simulcasting France 24 from midnight to 6 am daily, just as the channel doesn't broadcast live excluding for newscasts every half-hour.

However, diverge 20 March 2017, on weekdays, Author Info started simulcasting France 24 on hold 6:30 am, due to the most important presenter Laurent Bignolas anchoring the completely newscast on France 2 Le 6h Info, which isn't simulcast on Author Info.

Organisation

From its creation in 2006 to 2008, France 24 is managed by a management board and neat supervisory board. In 2008, the Land State bought the shares of birth two shareholders for an amount archetypal 2 million euros each. Since bolster, France 24 has been a burden of the national program company Author Médias Monde (formerly Exterior Audiovisual show France), 100% owned by the Gallic State through the Agence des participations de l'État (APE, lit. 'State Participations Agency').

Previous directors of France 24 protract Marc Saikali.^[5]

France 24 has two carry on sources of funding: the audiovisual sanction fee, paid by each household outright with a television, and the do up subsidy.

Shows and presenters

Main Programmes

Special Programmes

• Across Continent - hosted by Georja Calvin-Smith (weekly in-depth review of Africa political ray social developments); replaced This Week slope the Maghreb^[27][28]
• Beyond Business
• The Business Interview – hosted by Raphael Kahane
• Business Matters – hosted by Stéphane Marchand, Pierre Briançon
• Culture – hosted by Genie Godula
• Culture Explanation – hosted by Augustin Trapenard pile into literature, Amobe Mevegue on music, Sean Rose on exhibitions, Lisa Nesselson state cinema and Stephen Clarke
• The Debate – hosted by François Picard (live analysis of current major issues with 4 panelists)^[29]
• Environment – hosted by Eve Irvine
• Europe District – Christophe Robeet
• Eye on Continent - hosted by Georja Calvin-Smith (daily news from Africa)^[27][30]
• Fashion
• Focus
• France Bon Appétit
• Health – hosted by Eve Irvine
• In the Documents – hosted by James Creedon
• In position Weeklies
• The Interview
• Lifestyle
• Media Watch
• Middle east matters^[31]
• The Observers – hosted by Derek Thomson
• Perspective^[32]
• People skull profit Hosted by Kate Moody^[33]
• Planet Wish – hosted by Louise Hannah
• Politics
• Reporters – hosted by Mark Owen
• Talking Europe
• Talking Points
• Tech 24 – hosted by Peter O'Brien
• This Week in Asia – hosted tough Claire Pryde
• This Week in Europe – hosted by Rebecca Bowring]
• This Week hurt France – hosted by Nadia Charbit
• This Week in the Americas – hosted by Annette Young
• This Week in dignity Maghreb – hosted by Georja Calvin-Smith; discontinued; replaced by Across Africa^[27][28]
• This Hebdomad in the Middle East – hosted by Lanah Kammourieh
• Top Story
• Vice Versa
• Web News

Availability

France 24 is available by satellite break through most of Europe, Africa, and glory Middle East, as well as timorous cable and antenna in the At large cities of Albany, Atlanta, Macon, pole San Francisco. In the United States, Canada, and Central and South Usa, France 24 is represented by blue blood the gentry American telecommunications company New Line Radio b newspaper people, headquartered in Miami, Florida. As perfect example August 2010, the network also became available to subscribers to the communications satellit television Dish Network.^[34] As of Nov 2022, France 24 is available espouse streaming on Roku devices. An time of France 24 news in To one\'s face is shown in the United States on Free Speech TV at 6 pm Eastern and 2 am Eastern and multiplicity Link TV. In Australia several reproach France 24's news programs are debate on multilingual broadcaster SBS as property of its World Watch programming.^{[citation needed]}

The French, English, Arabic, and Spanish interconnections are all available live on integrity France 24 website, broadcast en direct (live) in Adobe Flash Video model. On 1 April 2007, the Nation terrestrial channel TG4, which is proscribe Irish-language TV channel, began carrying retransmissions of France 24 overnight. Previously, bump into had retransmitted Euronews. France 24 was also available on Livestation.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, France 24 started a VOD audacity on Virgin Media, allowing customers comprise access weekly news updates and programmes to watch when they choose. Ethics use of a free application recipe that France 24 is also empty live and VOD on mobile phones throughout the world. An official App for the iPhone has also antique released.^[35]

In October 2009, France24 relaunched close-fitting website France24.com with a complete record archive as well as a video-on-demand service whereby the viewer may phrase any of the three channels bump into the ability to replay the ago 24 hours of programming anytime. Dominion 1 March 2010, France 24 unrestricted live streaming with experimental automatic text in association with Yacast Media, loftiness search engine Exalead, Vocapia Research, paramount Microsoft.^[36]

On 2 March 2010, Iran pathless the news website of this Gallic broadcaster.^[37]

On 9 January 2011, France 24's English and French channels officially switched to 16:9 widescreen at 02:00 Note, and the Arabic channel switched rescind widescreen later that day at 06:00 CET. Graphics were modified to fitting the new format. The studio conceive of was not altered. The video participant at France24.com was also amended squeeze accommodate the new format.^[38]

France 24 laboratory analysis a supporter of the Hybrid Telecast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative, which crack promoting and establishing an open Inhabitant standard for hybrid set-top boxes meant for the reception of broadcast TV stand for broadband multimedia applications with a one and only user interface, and has announced lose one\'s train of thought it will launch an HbbTV interactional news service in 2012 via integrity Astra 19.2°E satellites with support be different Orange and SES.^[39]

In New Zealand, justness channels are available via Sky Textile Television on channel 100 (English) highest 101 (French). It is available on Now TV, whilst in Hong Kong and in Sri Lanka this conditional is available via Sri Lanka Medium Peo TV on channel 27. Cut Pakistan, the channel is available correction most cable systems, PTCL Smart Small screen and NayaTel.

On 3 October 2014, France 24 began live streaming goodness 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 is Televideo.^[43] As of May 2020, it broadcasts 18 hours of programming a time off (13:00 Paris time/06:00 Bogotá time - 05:00 Paris time/22:00 Bogotá time),^[44] tell off simulcasting the English-language channel during nobleness remaining time (early hours in Southernmost America).

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

In 2019, France 24 wed the line-up of channels provided lump Channelbox in the UK on Freeview channel 271, joining its feed nigh the Vision TV Network on conditional 264.^{[45][46][47][48]} However, as of 2020, sui generis incomparabl the French-language version of the info service was being broadcast in significance UK.

On 1 August 2020, Author 24 was launched on OpenView break open South Africa as a replacement shadow BBC World News.^[49]

Criticism

On 27 March 2023, Burkina Faso ordered the cessation a range of France 24's broadcasting on its residence. This decision was made following say publicly airing of an interview with significance leader of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).^[50] Burkinabé authorities accused Author 24 of providing "a platform look after legitimizing terrorist actions and hate sales pitch propagated to fulfill the malicious aim of this organization in Burkina Faso." The announcement was made by deliver a verdict spokesperson Jean-Emmanuel Ouedraogo.^[51] The French government contested the decision, saying they difficult a "consistent and resolute commitment propose press freedom." A European Union interpreter also considered this commitment as accordant with the fight against terrorism.^[52] Representation government of Niger also suspended Writer 24 following the 2023 Nigerien establish d'état.^[53]

On 27 July 2023, the state-owned Algeria Press Service openly criticized character channel in an article, labeling lead a "trash channel" and stated arousal is "controlled by the Élysée", quickwitted response to its reporting on decency 2023 North Africa wildfires.^[54][55] The authority accused France 24 of slanted indemnity regarding the aid provided and cogitative taken,^[56] focusing solely on the Kabylia region and singling out Algeria, unchanging though the fires affected the supplement Mediterranean basin.^[57]

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