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Revision as of 21:25, 14 October 2020
Country | France |
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Broadcast area | France |
Headquarters | 3–4, rue Danton 92299 Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine |
Programming | |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (16:9) |
Ownership | |
Owner | France Télévisions |
Sister channels | France 2 France 3 France 4 France 5 |
History | |
Launched | 25 March 1998 |
Closed | 24 August 2020 2 September 2020 (signal) | (programming)
Former names | RFO Sat (1998–2004) |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Digital terrestrial television | Channel 19 |
Digital terrestrial television in Overseas France | Channel 6 or 7 or 8 |
France Ô (pronounced [fʁɑ̃s o]) was a French free-to-air television channel featuring programming from the French overseas departments and collectivities in Metropolitan France. It was part of the France Télévisions group. Its overseas counterpart is Outre-Mer 1ère.[1]
The channel was launched in 1998 as RFO Sat by Jean-Marie Cavada, then-president of RFO, and initially broadcast for only 9 hours per day. It was re-branded as France Ô on 25 February 2005 after the reunification of RFO with France Télévisions. The "O" stands for Outre-mer (overseas), and the accent shows that the channel was opened to all accents and dialects of the world,[2] but also ensures that the name of the channel is not read as France 0 ("France zéro").
The channel became available in overseas territories in November 2010, replacing the RFO-operated Tempo, and was launched in DTT nationally the same year.
In July 2018 the French government announced the closure of France Ô, due to poor viewership ratings. The ceasing of broadcast was scheduled for 9 August 2020, in time for the climax of the 2020 Summer Olympics, but was later changed to 24 August due to scheduling issues caused by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The last programme broadcast on the channel was a repeat of the concert L'Outre-mer fait son Olympia 2019.[3]
See also
- BBC World News
- Bermuda Broadcasting
- Caribbean Broadcast Network
- Gibraltar Broadcasting Corporation
- RTV-7
- TeleAruba
- TeleCuraçao
References
- ^ "En Polynésie, la suppression annoncée de France Ô ne passe pas". Le Monde (in French). 18 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
- ^ Desroses, Sandrine (1 March 2005). "France Ô remplace RFO Sat". Retrieved 9 April 2008.
- ^ "France Ô a fait ses adieux". ozap.com (in French). Retrieved 2 September 2020.
External links
- Official website (in French)
- Use dmy dates from May 2011
- France Télévisions
- French-language television stations
- Television stations in France
- Television channels and stations established in 1998
- 1998 establishments in France
- Defunct French television channels
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2020
- 2020 disestablishments in France