France 24

Also known as France24, French International News Network, France vingt-quatre

French state-owned international news television network based in Paris

Key facts

Type: Broadcasting news , discussions , public service broadcasting
Country: France
Broadcast area: Worldwide • North America
Languages: French , English , Arabic and Spanish
Picture format: 1080i ( HDTV )
Owner: France Médias Monde ( Government of France )
Key people: Alain de Pouzilhac Marc Saikali
Launched: 6 December 2006 ; 19 years ago ( 2006-12-06 )
Former names: Chaîne française d'Information internationale (before July 2006)
Website: www .france24 .com /en /
Digital terrestrial television le de fra: Channel 33
Digital terrestrial television united ki: Channel 266 & 271 (HbbTV)
Digital terrestrial television italy: Channel 136, 143 & 154 (20:00–8:00) , Channel 76 (Aosta Valley), Channel 241 (HbbTV)
Levira estonia: Channel 8
Freenet tv germany: HbbTV
Digital terrestrial television united st: Channel 33.1 ( Fajardo, PR ) Channel 38.1 ( Macon, GA ) Channel 60.2 ( San Francisco ) Channel 2.5 ( Las Vegas, NV ) Channel 5.10 ( Wichita, KS ) Channel 35.4 ( Memphis, TN ) Channel 26.4 ( Atlanta, GA )
Oqaab afghanistan: Channel 46
Zuku tv kenya: Channel 566 (English) (Zuku Fiber only), Channel 813 (Arabic) (Zuku Fiber only), Channel 822 (French) (Zuku Fiber only)

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Encyclopedic overview

France 24 (France vingt-quatre in French) is a French state-owned publicly funded international news television network based in Paris. Its channels, broadcast in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, are aimed at the overseas market.

Based in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, the service started on 6 December 2006. 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 online broadcasts in its iOS and Android applications. It is a provider of live streaming world news which can be viewed via YouTube, and various mobile devices and digital media players. The stated mission of the channels is to "provide a global public service and a common editorial stance".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “France 24” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.