France 24: the French international news channel
This project was particularly dear to President Chirac’s heart: to communicate to the whole world a French view and interpretation of international news. In an innovative partnership between TF1, the largest private French television channel, and France Télévisions, the public broadcasting group, France 24 was launched in December 2006. It currently broadcasts to more than 90 countries: Europe, Middle East, Africa, New York and Washington D.C., and within three years in Asia-Pacific, North America and South America.
It is the first French 24/7 international news channel. With a team of 200 journalists of 34 nationalities, it broadcasts in French, English and Arabic, soon to be joined by Spanish. The non-paying, uncoded channel is available on digital platforms (satellite, cable, ADSL) and the internet, with a three-language website.
France 24 has the human and material resources to guarantee its editorial independence and provide original pictures and reporting. It is aimed at opinion-leaders with a news approach intended to respect diversity and remain attentive to political and cultural differences and identities.
The creation of France 24 has raised the question of the current structure of France’s external broadcasting system. Bernard Kouchner, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated at the ambassadors’ conference in August 2007 that he wished quickly to reach “a concerted proposal for an architecture to bring together TV5, France 24 and RFI in order to achieve new objectives, such as a major joint website”. In addition to optimising the use of resources, the purpose is indeed to ensure the creation of a “powerful French external broadcasting system”.
Source : France 2008, La Documentation française
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