France Télévisions
Logo used since 2022 | |
France Télévisions headquarters in 2015 | |
| Company type | Société anonyme |
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| Industry | Public broadcasting |
| Founded | 7 September 1992 (as France Télévision) 1 August 2000 (as France Télévisions SA) |
| Headquarters | 7 esplanade Henri de France Paris, Île-de-France, France |
Key people | Delphine Ernotte (Chairman) Patrice Duhamel (COO) |
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| Services | |
| Revenue | €3.087 billion (2018) |
Net income | €−89.3 million (2018) |
| Total assets | €444.5 million (2018) |
| Owner | Government of France |
Number of employees | 9,050 (2021) |
| Subsidiaries | TV channels
Internet
Audiovisual production
Advertisement
Publishing and distribution
Others
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| Website | france.tv |
France Télévisions (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃s televizjɔ̃]; stylized since 2018 as france·tv) is the French national public television broadcaster. It is a state-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels France 2 (formerly Antenne 2) and France 3 (formerly France Régions 3), later joined by the legally independent channels France 4 (formerly Festival), France 5 (formerly La Cinquième) and France Info.
France Télévisions is currently funded by the French Treasury and the revenue from commercial advertising. The new law on public broadcasting will phase out commercial advertising on the public television channels (at first in the evening, then gradually throughout the day).
France Télévisions is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative that is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface, and has selected HbbTV for its interactive news, sports and weather service, and plans to add catch-up TV and social media sharing capability.