France 24 News

[Douai]

Has anyone heard of France 24?In July of this year, Chaine Française d'Information Internationale changed it's name to France 24.It is a global 24-hour French-language satellite TV news channel supported by the French government.It is coming to Asia,the Middle East,Europe, and the U.S. later this year."The French government hopes that such a channel will be able to counter the Anglophone sphere of influence with the BBC, CNN, Sky News and VOA, which grew in importance with the Iraq war as America & Britain were on the allied side. The French government was concerned its point of view was lost in the world, so an international channel was proposed" (Wikipedia.org).The channel will also supposely have time-slots where the news is spoken in English (similiar to Deutsche Welle).One interesting aspect about the channel is that it will be run by a partnership between the TF1 Group and France Télévisions, which are rival French television groups.TF1 is a private channel (also supposely conservative leaning?), and the France Télévisions networks are public (France 2,France 3,etc.).

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4485256.stm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_24

What French news network/networks do you watch?

[BenP]

TV5 Monde

[Hexenmeister]

Sounds interesting, but I don't see how they're going to be a direct competitor to CNN and BBC if they're broadcasting primarily in French.

[Douai]

France 24 news recently unveiled their logo:
http://static.flickr.com/86/242678100_b47f9cf4e2_m.jpg

Someone made an informative weblog in English for the upcoming channel: http://france24.wordpress.com/

Also I found out that France 24 will be broadcasted in multiple languages:
"Initially, France 24 was supposed to be available over one single feed. On that feed, 20 hours of a day’s programming were to be in French and four hours in English. However, such choice would limit the channel in its plans for expansion (for example, France 24 would be classified as a cultural channel in the United States, thus would be lost in an ethnic package on cable).

Jut over two months ago, France 24’s board of directors decided to request an additional 10 million Euros to enable the creation of a second feed. So the plans today are for France 24 to be available in two versions: one only in French (24 hours a day) and the other one with only four hours in French and the other 20 hours in English.

The English feed would be the only one available in the United States and other non-French speaking regions. As for the French feed, it would be available in France and other regions such as the Middle East where French is a commonly spoken language.

In the following years, France 24 will add Arabic and Spanish. The Arabic language would probably receive one dedicated feed. As for Spanish, it would share the airtime on the English feed.

As for the website, it will be available from the start in French, English and Arabic."
Source:http://france24.wordpress.com/2006/08/30/what-language-again/#comments

[Nanbawan]

Brought to you by the same genius who decided to name France's main stadium 'Le Stade de France'.

And people say the French are damn too sophisticated...:rolleyes:

[ilv2]

^is it not le Stade [d'Île]-de-France?

Sounds interesting, but I don't see how they're going to be a direct competitor to CNN and BBC if they're broadcasting primarily in French.

I heard about this before and hold the same reservations. But then again, why not, only positives can arise from the venture (for the viewer, the gov't or whoever it's subsidizing could stand to lose if it's not well received).

French language news isn't particularly hard to find, BFM-TV is 24/7 in addition to all the other internet feeds like itele etc. Then there's always the 20h Journal that gets uploaded right after the broadcast.

[Douai]

I heard about this before and hold the same reservations. But then again, why not, only positives can arise from the venture (for the viewer, the gov't or whoever it's subsidizing could stand to lose if it's not well received).

French language news isn't particularly hard to find, BFM-TV is 24/7 in addition to all the other internet feeds like itele etc. Then there's always the 20h Journal that gets uploaded right after the broadcast.
Did you miss the part of my earlier post that said there will be two versions of France 24?There will be two versions of France 24.One will be only in French and the other one will have four hours of broadcast in French and the other 20 hours in English.

[ilv2]

yea, but in my opinion four hours is a trifling compared to the twenty. It might help a little, but in the long run the success of the venture will depend on the larger picture of accepting a francophone 24 hr news channel rather than how the time is allotted to accommodate those who do not speak the language.

[Douai]

"It’s now official: France 24 will start broadcasting its programs on the Internet on December 6, 8:20 pm (Paris time). The network’s official website address is http://www.france24.com

Thirty six hours later, on December 8, the network will be available over cable and satellites in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

France 24 did not release any details concerning the programming at time of launch."

Source: http://france24.wordpress.com/

[guignol]

i suppose an english language version would be good; al-jazira is also starting an english language channel.

i would think the 4 hours in french would be in "basic french"... i'm no fan of basic english (newspeak) but anything that may help loosen the hegemony of the english language is a good thing.

presenting the french (or any other) view of the world in english is weak tea. to really change perspective imho you need to change language; it opens up new neuronic pathways, it's like going through the looking glass. and only once you've seen both sides can you start thinking about which is the dark one.

[Douai]

"France 24 launched tonight at 8.30 p.m. on its website in French, English and Arabic. The first images showed the Champs-Elysées with beamed lights counting down the 24 seconds before the launch of the programs. Alain de Pouzilhac, France 24’s CEO, presented the network and introduced the first newscast."

-http://france24.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/analysis-first-newscast/


Link for the live web feed of France 24:
http://www.france24.com/live/index_FR.html<---French version

You can also get France 24 news in English.

[Douai]

France 24 Programming
"PRIME-TIME
France 24 will be organized around two prime-time slots: one in the morning from 6 to 9 a.m. and another one in the evening from 7 to 11 p.m. (Paris time). The prime-time in the mornings are anchored by Antoine Cormery in French and Mark Owen in English. In the evening prime-time Sylvain Attal (FR) takes over, and Andrea Sanke for the English version.

NEWS
Every hour, on the hour, a 10-minute news program is expected to be presented live. This program will be repeated every half-hour (with updates if necessary). During the prime-time hours, headlines will be read every 15 minutes.

WEATHER
The weather will follow every newscast, so every half-hour.

MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS
6.20 a.m.: Sport news. Handled by Eurosport.
6.25 a.m.: Zooming. The show takes a different look at a particular issue.
6.40 a.m.: Web News.
7.15 a.m.: Three-minute report on the world’s media and newspapers.
7.20 a.m.: Business news with Stéphanie Antoine (for the French version) and Raphaël Kahane (for the English version). Repeated at 10.00 a.m.

8.20 a.m.: Top story of the day by Gautier Rybinsky (FR) and Robert Parsons (EN).
8.25 a.m.: Lifestyle News.
9.20 a.m.: Cultural news from around the world presented both in French and English by Elizabeth Tchoungui.

10.40 a.m.: Interview of the day presented in French by Sylvain Attal, and in English by Andrea Sanke.

12.15 p.m.: Face-Off. Every day, two journalists from the international press debate the day’s top story. The French debate is presented by Caroline de Camaret, while Mark Owen moderates the English version.
12.45 p.m.: Personalities. Latest news on Hollywood, fashion, etc.

7.15 p.m.: France 24 Debate (test video available here) with two to three guests. Presented in French by Sylvain Attal, and in English by Andrea Sanke. (No debates on Fridays).

MONDAYS
10.15 a.m.: Environment news.

5.10 p.m.: Political magazine presented by Roselyne Febvre (only in French).

TUESDAYS
10.15 a.m.: Health News.

WEDNESDAYS
10.15 a.m.: Scientific news program.

THURSDAYS
10.15 a.m.: Economic Intelligence. Debate on a very competitive issue. Presented by Ali Laïdi. (Every other week).
10.15 a.m.: Caring. Report following humanitarian aid workers. (Every other week).

FRIDAYS
7 p.m.: A one hour show called “The Talk of Paris” presented by Ulysse Gosset. The program is interactive, allowing viewers to send questions and comments to the guests live.

SATURDAYS
6.40 a.m.: Opinions. A quick point of view from an intellectual on the week’s events.
7.40 a.m.: Reporters. International news reports on the ground.

MONDAYS TO SATURDAYS
6.40 a.m.: The Week In… which looks at the latest news around the world. Mondays are for Europe. Tuesdays for France, Wednesdays for the Americas, Thursdays for Africa, Fridays for the Middle-East and Saturdays for Asia."
-http://france24.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/programming/

[YankBastard]

France 24 news recently unveiled their logo:
http://static.flickr.com/86/242678100_b47f9cf4e2_m.jpg

Typical drab French logo. I hope they carry it in the US. But I doubt they will. We can't even get Al Jazeera over here and I think FoxNews and everybody will treat this Frenchie news channel as no different than Al Jazeera, sadly.

[hypolithe_forever]

Typical drab French logo. I hope they carry it in the US. But I doubt they will. We can't even get Al Jazeera over here and I think FoxNews and everybody will treat this Frenchie news channel as no different than Al Jazeera, sadly.

Have the amériricains media a so bad image of France? :confused:

[YankBastard]

Have the amériricains media a so bad image of France? :confused:

Of course.

[Catel]

France 24 budget: 80M$
Average international american and arab information channels budget: 800M$

That's France: great ambitions and no means.

[YankBastard]

France 24 budget: 80M$
Average international american and arab information channels budget: 800M$

That's France: great ambitions and no means.

With technology you don't need as much money as before.

[Ballon d'or Identity]

presenting the french (or any other) view of the world in english is weak tea. to really change perspective imho you need to change language

Yes sure, i think you're right, but the thing is that not much people speak french to the same extent that they speak or understand english, so to make sure your ideas are understood well you have to use that language.
Having it only in french would be quite elistic and still you don't know if those "elite" would watch that channel.

[Ballon d'or Identity]

Have the amériricains media a so bad image of France? :confused:
Well i think that they want to keep foreign influence as far as possible especiallyif they know that what's going to be said won't be what they want to hear and will be something they can't control so it's played in advance.
I wish a lot of countries would do that with their channels also. Being influenced so much by a country can't be that good.

[guignol]

Yes sure, i think you're right, but the thing is that not much people speak french to the same extent that they speak or understand english, so to make sure your ideas are understood well you have to use that language.
Having it only in french would be quite elistic and still you don't know if those "elite" would watch that channel.there will be both english and arabic versions.

and YB is right about the money, even if an irish journalist has already left the ship for this reason, most of the team says they have all they need to work, it's only a question of creature comforts for the terminally coddled after that