


According to Marie-Christine Saragosse, president and CEO of France Médias Monde, "part of the value added of this public channel" would be the fact that " will be wide awake while others would be sleeping". In 2016, France 24 started sharing its French language night-time programming with the France-based France Info. įrance 24's programming is divided more or less equally between news coverage and news magazines or special reports.Īlong with 260 journalists of its own, France 24 can call on the resources of the two main French broadcasters ( Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions) as well as partners such as AFP and RFI.

Their playout is outsourced to Red Bee Media. "The News" title card from 9 January 2011 to 11 December 2013įrance 24 is broadcast on four channels: in French, in English, in Arabic and in Spanish. The current director of France 24 is Vanessa Burggraf. The budget is approximately €100 million per year. Since 2008 the channel has been wholly owned by the French government, via its holding company France Médias Monde, having bought out the minority share of the former partners: Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions. The stated mission of the channels is to "provide a global public service and a common editorial stance". It is a provider of live streaming world news which can be viewed via its website, YouTube, and various mobile devices and digital media players.

It is aimed at a worldwide market and is generally broadcast by pay television providers around the world, but additionally, in 2010, France 24 began broadcasting online through its own iPhone and Android apps. Its channels broadcast in French, English, Arabic, and Spanish are aimed at the overseas market.īased in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, the service started on 6 December 2006. France 24 ( France vingt-quatre in French) is a French state-owned international news television network based in Paris.
