What will public broadcasting look like?

France Télévisions separates from two of its channels.
After France 4, the chain of Outremers France O will disappear from TNT as part of the reform of the public broadcasting, announced Thursday the government, which claims moreover 190 million euros of savings to the sector of here 2022.

Delphine Ernotte badured that there would be no redundancy plan related to the reform of public broadcasting, she also promises "a consultation" of television viewers about the programs. What will public broadcasting look like in the future? Overview of everything that should change …

What future for France O?

End of suspense, France O will disappear from TNT. France 2 and France 3 will have to be in charge of proposing programs dealing with Overseas at prime time. A press release by the Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, ensures that this removal will be in favor of a strengthening of the ultramarine public media and an "enriched digital portal". "The representation of overseas territories and inhabitants must find its rightful place in the public broadcasting, not on the periphery – as is the case today through the channel France O whose audience is still too confidential, but by integration into the programming of all the other channels of France Televisions ", underlines the release.

THURSDAY RED FOR THE OUTREMERS suppression #FranceO : without real reasons, one loses a seat, an badet, without any guarantee of the other chains! neither for programs nor for staff. intolerable! pic.twitter.com/r6b3eKT0Rt

– Maina Sage (@MainaSage) July 20, 2018

Nathalie Sarfati, great reporter for France Ô and member of the collective of employees # SauvonsFranceÔ, does not take off . "Most of the time, our subjects are considered as sub-topics and they are not taken back," she points out before recalling that "France 2 and France 3 have an obligation to hear that France has not not ". Not to mention that their program schedule is not extensible. "We will lose visibility," she worries. "A bonus on the Outremers could be negotiated, but we do not know anything. If it is a Should not dream on Polynesia, for example, it will be done by whom and what will we do with those who have expertise? "She asks. The radio channel of France O, numbered 19, will be released in 2020 and given to the CSA, for a subsequent reallocation.

The second life of France 4 on the Web

The youth-oriented channel does not will not die completely, it will be broadcast on the Internet … But for now, no date has been announced. "Everywhere in Europe, young people spend more time in front of their computer or smartphone than in front of their television sets. This reform aims to adapt to a trend that continues to grow, "justified Delphine Ernotte in an interview at Parisien early June. The boss of France Televisions said that the offer for children was to be recast around "a single brand", "a delinerarized offer [à la demande] and ambitious, secure and without advertising" with programs for children maintained on other channels . The schedule for the removal of
France 4 remains to be defined

More local proximity

France 3 is also in the viewfinder. The government has asked the channel to refocus on proximity and triple its regional programs, including working with France Bleu, the network of local radio stations of Radio France. "Our audiovisual public service must give more space to the territories. France 3 and France Bleu are already at the heart of this issue, they must be even more so tomorrow and by combining their respective strengths, "said the Minister of Culture
Françoise Nyssen at the beginning of June. In September, two local stations of France Bleu will experiment a double broadcast radio-television during the morning, indicated the owner of radio France Sibyle Veil.

France Televisions is already engaged in a vast plan of reduction of expenses of approximately 50 million euros this year on a budget of 2.8 billion euros, which includes the elimination of 180 positions in favor of retirement, on nearly 10,000 employees.

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