Alain de Pouzilhac, CEO of France 24, has been named by French President Nikolas Sarkozy as the Chairman of the new France Monde organisation that will oversee all French international broadcasting.
The move by Sarkozy may indicate a change in heart by the French President who had called into question the future of France 24’s English- and Arabic-language services, saying in January that he did not see a need for France to spend taxpayers’ money broadcasting TV services in languages other than French.
The new France Monde grouping will bring together Radio France Internationale and France 24. Its CEO will be French journalist Christine Ockrent.