FRANCE TéLéVISIONS

'France Télévisions' is the French public national television broadcaster. It is funded mostly by television licences and advertising.

Contents

Channels

National

Thematic

See also

External links

Channels

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

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★ France Ô - RFO's satellite channel, featuring only programming from RFO's regions

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.

See also

★ Radio France

★ List of French language television channels

External links

★ Official site