My last meeting for the day and for the project was at the largest broadcaster of French language programming,TV5MONDE, formerly known as TV5. David Richard, Assistant Director of programming led the meeting and gave me a tour of the station. Launched in 1984, TV5MONDE is the leading French language channel broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week without commercial interruptions. A space for plurality, the station is a kind of “general practitioner,” which offers an original vision of the world via information programming which aims to introduce and share with its viewers a diversity of cultures and points of view. It reaches more than 171 million households and 25 million viewers everyday in over 203 countries, making TV5MONDE the 2nd largest distributed channel in the world that is broadcast via 8 separate feeds. Programming originates from 5 different countries, including France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada and French speaking Africa. There are 8 regional signals: TV5MONDE France/Belgium/Switzerland, TV5MONDE Europe, TV5MONDE Orient, TV5MONDE Africa, TV5MONDE Asia, TV5MONDE Latin America, TV5MONDE Quebec and Canada, and TV5MONDE USA. TV5MONDE has been available in the U.S.market since 1998 as a pay-tv channel and is now received in more than 270,000 households in the U.S. alone. Programming includes 18 daily newscasts, subtitled films and series, entertainment programs, documentaries, cultural programs and international sports coverage. Finally, over the last years, TV5MONDE has built key relationships with U.S. distributors such as Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Comcast Cable and Dish Network.Today, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Washington DC, Houston and Chicago, TV5MONDE is one of the most successful International channels.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
A station with 25 million viewers in more than 203 countries
My last meeting for the day and for the project was at the largest broadcaster of French language programming,TV5MONDE, formerly known as TV5. David Richard, Assistant Director of programming led the meeting and gave me a tour of the station. Launched in 1984, TV5MONDE is the leading French language channel broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week without commercial interruptions. A space for plurality, the station is a kind of “general practitioner,” which offers an original vision of the world via information programming which aims to introduce and share with its viewers a diversity of cultures and points of view. It reaches more than 171 million households and 25 million viewers everyday in over 203 countries, making TV5MONDE the 2nd largest distributed channel in the world that is broadcast via 8 separate feeds. Programming originates from 5 different countries, including France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada and French speaking Africa. There are 8 regional signals: TV5MONDE France/Belgium/Switzerland, TV5MONDE Europe, TV5MONDE Orient, TV5MONDE Africa, TV5MONDE Asia, TV5MONDE Latin America, TV5MONDE Quebec and Canada, and TV5MONDE USA. TV5MONDE has been available in the U.S.market since 1998 as a pay-tv channel and is now received in more than 270,000 households in the U.S. alone. Programming includes 18 daily newscasts, subtitled films and series, entertainment programs, documentaries, cultural programs and international sports coverage. Finally, over the last years, TV5MONDE has built key relationships with U.S. distributors such as Time Warner Cable, Cox Communications, Comcast Cable and Dish Network.Today, in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Washington DC, Houston and Chicago, TV5MONDE is one of the most successful International channels.
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