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'''France 4''' ({{IPA-fr|fʁɑ̃s katʁ|pron}}) is a French public channel owned by [[France Télévisions]], dedicated to entertainment. Originally launched as '''Festival''', the channel took its current name in |
'''France 4''' ({{IPA-fr|fʁɑ̃s katʁ|pron}}) is a French public channel owned by [[France Télévisions]], dedicated to entertainment. Originally launched as '''Festival''', the channel took its current name in 2005, to match that of the other France Télévisions channels. The colour of '''France 4''' is purple. It is accessible on French DTT (Télévision Numérique Terrestre (TNT)), on cable, on satellite and on IPTV. |
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== History == |
== History == |
Revision as of 18:15, 4 November 2018
Country | France |
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Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Ownership | |
Owner | France Télévisions |
France 4 (pronounced [fʁɑ̃s katʁ]) is a French public channel owned by France Télévisions, dedicated to entertainment. Originally launched as Festival, the channel took its current name in 2005, to match that of the other France Télévisions channels. The colour of France 4 is purple. It is accessible on French DTT (Télévision Numérique Terrestre (TNT)), on cable, on satellite and on IPTV.
History
Festival (1996-2005)
On 24 June 1996, France Télévision established Festival, a satellite channel for the TPS satellite service, which France Télévision co-owned at the time. Festival offered a selection of films and television series, many of them previously seen on France 2, France 3 and Arte.
France 4 (2001-present)
In 2001, when the French digital terrestrial television system was in its developmental stage, the socialist government of Lionel Jospin asked the president of France Télévisions to consider a bouquet of public channels to be broadcast digitally, so that the public broadcaster could have involvement in this project. France Télévisions proposed the creation of three new channels: "France 1", "France 4" and "France 6", an all-news channel, a channel dedicated to the regions, and a channel featuring repeat broadcasts of France 2 and France 3.
Eventually, France Télévisions would have four digital channels besides France 2 and France 3, with three of them occupying existing channels: France 5 (now 24 hours a day), Arte (also 24 hours a day) and La Chaîne Parlementaire, a legislative channel owned in part by France Télévisions. France Télévisions thus only had space for one more new channel. The group eventually proposes the existing "Festival" to be the "new" channel. On October 23, 2002, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel authorised Festival to appear in digital. France Télévisions planned for Festival to be renamed "France 8" (as it would have been the eighth television network in France) or "France Prime", but opted instead for France 4, as the group had channels named France 2, France 3 and France 5, but until now, not "France 4" (despite the fact that Canal+ was France's fourth channel, and seen on many outlets on channel 4). The newly created France 4 proposed to present a variety of entertainment, sports, fiction, cinema and series.
Since July 2009, France 4 began broadcasting in 16:9. Since 6 October 2011, France 4 is available in high definition.
In June 2018, a proposal was issued to shut down France 4 as part of planned reforms of France Télévisions, with programming dispersed to France 5 and digital platforms. The proposal was criticized by France's animation industry.[1]
Audience share
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Annual average | |
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2007 | - | - | - | - | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.4% |
2008 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
2009 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
2010 | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.6% |
2011 | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.0% |
2012 | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
2013 | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
2014 | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 2.1% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 1.6% |
2015 | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 1.7% |
2016 | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
2017 | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
2018 | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
Visual identity
Logos
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Logo of France 4 from April 7, 2008 to September 19, 2011
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Logo of France 4 from September 19, 2011 to March 28, 2014
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Logo of France 4 from March 28, 2014 to January 29, 2018
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Logo of France 4 HD
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Logo of France 4 from 29 January 2018
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Alternative logo of France 4 from 29 January 2018
Slogans
- 1996: "La chaîne des films de prestige" (The channel for prestigious movies)
- 2005: "Le plaisir avant tout" (Pleasure above all)
- 2011: "Elle n'a pas fini de vous surprendre" (It didn't finish surprising you)
- 2011: "Stimulant sans arômes artificiels" (Stimulant without artificial flavors)
- October 2012: "L'esprit positif" (Positive spirit)
See also
References
- ^ Keslassy, Elsa (2018-06-06). "French Animation Industry Dismayed by Proposed Broadcasting Reforms". Variety. Retrieved 2018-09-12.