TV5MONDE

This article is about the European TV network. For the related French-Canadian TV channel, see TV5 Québec Canada.

TV5Monde
Launched	1 January 1984
Owned by	TV5MONDE, S.A. (SAEF 49% France Télévisions 12.58% TSR 11.11% RTBF 11.11% Radio-Canada 6.67% Télé-Québec 4.44% Arte 3.29% INA 1.74%)
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Slogan	Un monde, des mondes, TV5MONDE(s)
Country	Programs produced from: Belgium Canada France Switzerland Operates from: France
Language	French, English
Broadcast area	International
Headquarters	Paris, France
Formerly called	TV5 (1984–1989, 1993–2006) TV5 Europe (1989–1993)
Website	www.tv5monde.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	UHF PAL in Kinshasa, Pointe-Noire, Mauritania, Tirana, Elbasan, Shkodër, Korçë, Librazhd, Gramsh, and Bulqizë
	UHF SECAM only in Cape Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles
	VHF SECAM in Chişinău
DVB-T	ERT B only in Athens and Thessaloniki
Satellite
SKY México	Channel 277 (Mexico, Central America and The Caribbean)
CanalSat (France)	Channel 171
SKY Italia (Italy)	Channel 540
Sky (UK)	Channel 799
Dish Network (USA)	Channel 731
Verizon FiOS (USA)	Channel 1771
GVT (Brazil)	Channel 144
Astra 1L	11567.50 V 22000 5/6
Astra 1L	11597.00 V 22000 5/6
Badr 4	12073.00 H 27500 3/4
Hispasat 1C	12092.00 V 27500 3/4
Hot Bird 6	11137.00 H 27500 3/4 (Digital)
Nilesat 101	11900.00 V 27500 3/4
KT QOOK TV (South Korea)	Channel 350
SKY Brasil	Channel 108 (Brazil)
Cable
Available on most cable systems	Check local listings for details

TV5MONDE (French pronunciation: [te ve sɛ̃k mɔ̃d]; formerly known as TV5) is a global television network, broadcasting several channels of French language programming. It is an approved participant member of the European Broadcasting Union.

History

TV5 started in 1 January 1984 and was under the management of Serge Adda until November 2004; the new director, named on 6 April 2005 is Jean-Jacques Aillagon, former French Minister for Culture and Communication. The present Director-General is Marie-Christine Saragosse.

In January 1992 TV5 underwent a major overhaul including re-branding as "TV5MONDE" to stress its focus as a global network ("Monde" is French for "World"). Also part of the changes are a new schedule and new program line-up. Since 1993, "TV5 Monde" is part of the channel's corporate name. Its Canadian operations are branded "TV5 Québec Canada", however, though the shorter version TV5 is also used.

TV5MONDE claims to be one of the top three most available global television network available around the world with CNN and MTV.(source: TV5 web page in French)

Content

Most of its content is taken from mainstream networks in the French-speaking world, notably France Télévisions from France, RTBF from Belgium, TSR from Switzerland, and the Radio-Canada and TVA networks in Canada. In addition to international news, TV5MONDE broadcasts Ligue 1, films and music magazines.

Ownership

The number "5" in the name is the number of founding networks: Télévision Française 1 (TF1), Antenne 2 (France2), FR 3 (France 3), TSR and RTBF. Today, the partnership making up the TV5MONDE consortium are France Télévisions, Arte France, Institut national de l'audiovisuel, Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec. This consortium owns 51% of the service, while the other 49% is owned by Société de l'audiovisuel extérieur de la France, a holding company that manages France's international broadcasting services.

Channels

As of 2006, eight editions are being transmitted:

• TV5MONDE FBS (France, Belgium, Switzerland)
• TV5MONDE Europe (rest of Europe)
• TV5MONDE Afrique (Africa, except Maghreb)
• TV5MONDE Maghreb – Orient (Maghreb, Middle East)
• TV5MONDE Asie (rest of Asia)
• TV5MONDE États-Unis *(United States) with English subtitles
• TV5MONDE Amérique Latine & Caraïbes (Latin America and the Caribbean) with Spanish and Portuguese subtitles
• TV5MONDE Pacifique (Japan – South Korea – Oceania)
• TV5 Québec Canada **(Canada)

(*) TV5MONDE États-Unis has certain programs subtitled in English. Particularly the News Journals and movies are subtitled in English language. It is impossible to watch a French movie without English language subtitles on TV5MONDE États-Unis. (**) TV5 Québec Canada is produced in Montreal, the other seven channels from Paris under the name TV5MONDE.

Logos

• 

  TV5 Europe logo, 1984–1987
  (used in Canada and United States form 1988–1991).

• 

  TV5 Europe logo, 1988–1991.

• 

  TV5 logo, 1992–present. Logo is still in use by TV5 Québec Canada.

• 

  TV5MONDE logo since 1992–present.

Network availability

Europe

TV5MONDE FBS and TV5MONDE Europe are Free-To-Air.

• Albania: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on analogue broadcasting in some Albanian municipalities on channels 43, 35, 50, 39, 25, 56 UHF.
• Germany: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on analogue or digital cable.
• Greece: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on ERT channel 22.
• Israel: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on Yes channel 131.
• Italy: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on SKY Italia channel 540 and on IPTV Infostrada TV, Tiscali TV and Alice Home TV on the same channel number and on TV di FASTWEB channel 68.
• Netherlands: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on satellite: CanalDigitaal channel 194, on Cable television: UPC Netherlands channel 757, Ziggo channel 621 and all other small cable companies, on IPTV: KPN channel 70 and Glashart Media channel 421. TV5MONDE FBS can be found on satellite: CanalDigitaal channel 195.
• Norway: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on Canal Digital channel 152.
• Republic of Ireland: UPC Ireland: 825; Sky: 799
• Romania: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on Dolce channel 116.
• Spain: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on ONO (Spain) cable channel 402.
• Turkey: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on Digiturk channel 102 and Turkish Cable Television.
• United Kingdom: TV5MONDE Europe can be found on Sky channel 799 and on digital cable on Virgin Media on channel 825.

North America

TV5MONDE is not Free-To-Air in North America. In North America, other channels have taken up the task to offer a programming which contains some shows in the French language. Those channels are: Canal Algerie and ORTM (Mali). Those channels can be found on satellite Galaxy 19 (97W).

• In the United States, TV5MONDE is one of several foreign-language premium channels offered by International Networks. It cannot be purchased without a subscription to additional unrelated channels; Dish Network and Verizon FiOS allow the addition of TV5MONDE as an a la carte selection for $9.99 a month.
• TV5 Québec Canada is a French Canadian version of TV5MONDE. It offers largely the same programming schedule, with the exception that programming from Radio-Canada, which is already available across Canada, is replaced with content from the provincial educational networks Télé-Québec and TFO. As with TV5MONDE, TV5 Québec Canada is also a cooperative effort, though involving French Canadian networks and producers.
• In Mexico and most countries of Central America and The Caribbean, TV5MONDE is shown on satellite service SKY México on Channel 277.

South America

TV5MONDE is not Free-To-Air in South America.

• In Brazil, TV5MONDE is offered by SKY Brasil on channel 108, Via Embratel on channel 132, Net on channel 141 and TVA.

Asia, Australia and New Zealand

It is free to air from the AsiaSat 3S satellite, covering most of Asia and Australia. Triangle TV in Auckland and Wellington rebroadcasts some news programmes. In Singapore, StarHub TV service broadcasts it on Channel 152 for its digital service customers on MediaCorp TV Channel 5 and MediaCorp TV HD5. In India, Zee Network provides this channel for its Dish Network DTH services subscribers. Also, many others like Hathway cable TV and local cable TV operators offer TV5Monde free of cost. The channel is also available in Japan on Fuji Television platform and Television New Zealand in New Zealand.

In South Korea, ISP provider Qrix offers TV5 on its premium HD cable package and will begin offering it via IPTV from Feb. 16.

• India: TV5MONDE Asia can be found on Dish TV channel 731.
• Indonesia: TV5MONDE Asia can be found on Indovision channel 356, First Media channel 260 and OkeVision channel 158.
• Singapore: TV5MONDE Asia can be found on StarHub TV channel 152.
• Taiwan: TV5MONDE Asia can be found on CHT MOD channel 111.
• Thailand: TV5MONDE Asia can be found on TrueVisions channel 143.

External links

• Official Site (French)
• TV5 Québec Canada (French)
• TV5Monde US
• TV5Monde Asia
• TV5Monde Charter (French)