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Roger Darthwell
headliner101 posted:
Roger Darthwell posted:
France 24 will end broadcasting on DTT in Île-de-France, because of budget cuts, it broadcasted over the old frequencies of NRJ TV Paris https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2021/01/15/france-24-drops-dtt-distribution/ I have to say, it feels like an obvious move to me. France 24 is an international channel, it's not really aimed at French people inside of France....in fact if I am not wrong there was a fierce debate in France over whether to make this channel available inside of France


It would have been more useful for the English version of the channel to take that frequency since there is hardly any English language content on French TV that foreigners would be able to understand.

This is really a very good point mate, now I am thinking that maybe they made a mistake by putting the French language France 24 on DTT, also the Île-de-France is the region where Paris is located, so France 24 English would have been a lot more appropriate for a major world city like Paris
LL
London Lite Founding member
TF1 have launched a new Ushuaïa TV strand on Saturday mornings. Generation Ushuaïa is presented by Fanny Agostini who links into shows from the pay tv channel about nature and the environment as a taster for those who may wish to subscribe.
FT
FranceTV
London Lite posted:
A clue to who the new 19/20 National presenter is on France 3 with this trailer promoting the regional bulletins. "let's be closer, let's see further" is the tagline at the end of this, followed by the new presenter hiding behind a clock.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oJhQqDuw7Y


There’s been widespread strike action across the regional France 3 network this week in advance of the extension of 19/20. News bulletins have been shortened or cancelled.

The two main complaints are that there hasn’t been enough time to prepare for the extra 25 mins or so that the regions will need to fill each night, and that this comes in the context of budget cuts where staff who leave are routinely not being replaced. Will be interesting to see how disrupted the relaunch is on Monday.

https://www.20minutes.fr/arts-stars/television/2956187-20210119-france-3-mouvement-greve-ensemble-reseau-regional
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London Lite Founding member
In a surprise move, France Télévisions is to launch a new linear channel called Culturebox on TNT from February. It'll be on LCN 19 which promises to be in style to BBC Four and Sky Arts.

https://www.ozap.com/actu/france-televisions-lance-une-chaine-tnt-ephemere-dediee-a-la-culture/600980

Hopefully this won't mean Franceinfo will have to drop back to SD again to squeeze this channel in, unless they plan to drop France 4's resolution?
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DV
DVB Cornwall
Culturebox is a revival then of the previously online available (internationally too) service. I would love to see that restored. This might impact ARTE going forwards too.
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RD
Roger Darthwell
London Lite posted:
In a surprise move, France Télévisions is to launch a new linear channel called Culturebox on TNT from February. It'll be on LCN 19 which promises to be in style to BBC Four and Sky Arts.

https://www.ozap.com/actu/france-televisions-lance-une-chaine-tnt-ephemere-dediee-a-la-culture/600980

Hopefully this won't mean Franceinfo will have to drop back to SD again to squeeze this channel in, unless they plan to drop France 4's resolution?

Hold on....I thought that France Télévisions has to do loads of budget cuts, which means that France 4 also will be closed after France O closed last year, so my question is, does France Télévisions will even have enough money for this new channel? I am a bit worried about that broadcaster's financial state
LL
London Lite Founding member
Roger Darthwell posted:
London Lite posted:
In a surprise move, France Télévisions is to launch a new linear channel called Culturebox on TNT from February. It'll be on LCN 19 which promises to be in style to BBC Four and Sky Arts.

https://www.ozap.com/actu/france-televisions-lance-une-chaine-tnt-ephemere-dediee-a-la-culture/600980

Hopefully this won't mean Franceinfo will have to drop back to SD again to squeeze this channel in, unless they plan to drop France 4's resolution?

Hold on....I thought that France Télévisions has to do loads of budget cuts, which means that France 4 also will be closed after France O closed last year, so my question is, does France Télévisions will even have enough money for this new channel? I am a bit worried about that broadcaster's financial state


They'll be airing a lot of archive content, which is no different from BBC Four and Sky Arts. Expect to see a lot of those late night operas scheduled on France 3 getting an airing at a reasonable hour.

Going back to how they'll squeeze Culturebox in on TNT, I'd speculate they'll have Culturebox and France 4 drop to 720x576 SD, while Franceinfo drops to 1440x1080 HD. (France Ô and Franceinfo were SD with France 4 at 1440x1080 previously).

This would be a temporary solution as when France 4 closes in August, they can put Culturebox and Franceinfo at 1920x1080.
FT
FranceTV
They’re suggesting it’s only going to stay on air until such time as cultural venues are allowed to reopen.
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TR
TheTravelcard
Le 18h30 starts today on France 3, which unlike its previous incarnation will be in 'grand région' format, without a national presenter. Carole Gaessler remains 19/20 presenter. It appears that each grand région will have a different format for the programme, with some more magazine based (Bourgogne France Comté) and some more news and features-based (see PIDF/PACA/Normandie).

As mentioned above, it will be interesting to see if Culturebox works as a linear channel given the scope of Arte and the closure of France 4 - it won't be exactly a "slam dunk".
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LL
London Lite Founding member
The network feed of France 3 has a presenter led CSO edition of Édition Toutes Régions. A pan-regional edition of 18h30 is across the two Normandy sub-regions using a soft set with a magazine format.
Last edited by London Lite on 25 January 2021 5:46pm
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FranceTV
Fewer than half of the new regional shows have made it to air on day 1 as the strikes rumble on. Not the start France 3 will have wanted after a lot of promotion for this new slot.


BR
Brekkie
They certainly love a good strike the French. What is the change that's been made - is it moving the regional news from within 19/20 to a new slot at 18:30?

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