28 April 2016
France 24’s community of some 13.5 million Facebook subscribers will now be able to access “instant articles” in English, in French, and also – world premiere – in Arabic.
Thus, France 24 offers its growing Facebook audience a new browsing experience in three languages as well as fast, easy access to the news.
These new formats can be accessed on Facebook applications for iOS and Android. They are designed and optimized for consuming news on the move. As “instant articles” are actually hosted directly on Facebook, text and video content loads ten times faster.
In concrete terms, when Facebook users click on one of the articles identified by a lightning bolt icon, they remain in the Facebook environment and the France 24 article opens seamlessly in their application, with no load time.
This Facebook feature, first developed in English and French, is now available in Arabic, allowing France 24 to offer its 5 million Arabic-speaking Facebook subscribers more comfortable content consumption.
Watch the video ► http://f24.my/245rIyY
(Source: France 24 press release)
21 April 2016
France 24 has extended its distribution across the Netherlands by concluding two agreements with cable operators Ziggo and DELTA.
Thanks to a new agreement with Ziggo, France 24 French version is now available via the new application “TV Française”. The application is available for all subscribers equipped with the operator’s Horizon Box, which represents some 800.000 households of the total Ziggo park of 4 million and “TV Française” is intended to become available to all Horizon Go subscribers at a later date.
On DELTA, France 24 French language channel was launched on March 23rd as part of the optional Buitenlandpakket (“Foreign package”). Available on channel 525, France 24 is potentially available to Delta’s 135.000 households in the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands.
France 24 is also available 24/7 in the Netherlands on various platforms and notably on Canal Digitaal in English (channel n° 85), French (n° 239) and in Arabic (n°262).
For more real-time information on France 24’s distribution worldwide, go to ► http://f24.my/ijOOim
(Source: France 24 press release)
22 April 2015
France 24 has launched a new Android TV application compatible with the Nexus player and all the devices equipped with the Google operating system (OTT boxes, smart TVs, etc.).
Available for free on Google Play, this new service is already available in North America, France, Germany and the UK. It will be accessible in the rest of the world by the end of 2015.
Adapted to new practices in news consumption, this new trilingual application (French, English, Arabic) has been completely designed for navigation on television. It features streamlined design and fast video loading for greater user comfort.
This application offers access to France 24 livestream in three languages as well as the latest news bulletins on demand (World news, Africa news, Business news, Sports and Weather). In addition to these short programmes, all the channel’s magazines and debates are also available for free on VOD.
In addition, users can also get access to articles and personalize their navigation thanks to a new ‘Favourite’ function that lets them create a catalogue of content.
This new development is part of France 24’s innovative multi-platform distribution strategy on connected devices. Thus, the channel renews its presence on Android operating systems on which it is available since 2010.
10 December 2014
French international news channel France 24 is now broadcast live 24/7 in three languages (English, French and Arabic) on YouTube, the n°1 online video platform.
This agreement allows France 24 to further facilitate accessibility to its three channels and allows all Internet users to watch them in high definition (720p – 16/9) on any type of device (PC, mobile phones, tablets).
With this new service all YouTube users can also comment and discuss in real time the channel’s programmes by using the chat module to the right of the screen.
In addition to this new non-stop broadcasting service, France 24 also occasionally broadcasts live events that bring together a community of Internet users at a given moment and then offers a replay of the entire programme once the live broadcast is over (70th anniversary of the Normandy landing, live speeches at the UN General Assembly, press conferences, etc.).
France 24 has been on YouTube ever since its launch in December 2006 (reports, debates, magazine replays), and has already notched up over 300 million video views and currently attracts around 6 million views a month.
Broadcasting France 24 on YouTube is part of France Médias Monde’s global strategy for a multi-platform, multilingual syndication of its channels, increasing accessibility to their content by building new bridges between their digital services.
France 24 is available live on YouTube on the following addresses:
In English: http://f24.my/YTliveEN
In French: http://f24.my/YTliveFR
In Arabic: http://f24.my/YTliveAR
(Source: France 24 press release)
16 October 2014
France 24 has concluded a series of new distribution agreements, thus strengthening its presence in English and French in Cambodia, Indonesia, Australia and French Polynesia.
Cambodia:
In Cambodia, France 24 English and French channels are now available on Supernet’s IPTV basic offer in Phnom Penh. Within the offer SuperTV, the channel is available on channels 16 (English) and 63 (in French) and on channels 18 (in English) and 42 (in French) in the SuperDTV package.
Indonesia:
Already available in English on TELKOMVISION, BIZNETWORKS and ZUM TV, France 24 bolsters its distribution in the country by integrating MQM’s cable and IPTV basic offers. The channel is now available in English on channel 105 and in French ‘à-la-carte’ on channel 107.
Australia:
In Australia, France 24 has concluded an agreement with Fetch TV which means the channel is now available in English on the major IPTV offers throughout the country, including OPTUS (channel 183). The channel also recently launched in English on iiNet PC TV offer, Australia’s second largest internet service provider.
French Polynesia:
France 24 is now available in French and English on TIVI’s OTT basic offer. The channel is available on channel 8 (French) and 33 (in English).
About France 24, a France Médias Monde channel (france24.com)
France 24, the international news channel, broadcasts 24/7 to 250 million homes around the world in French, Arabic and English. The three versions have a combined weekly audience of 41.7 million TV viewers (calculation method used without extrapolation in 55 of the 178 countries where the channel is broadcast). From its newsroom in Paris, France 24 gives a French perspective on global affairs through a network of several hundred correspondents located in nearly every country. It is available via cable, satellite, DTT, ADSL, on mobile phones, tablets and connected TVs. FRANCE 24’s new media platforms, which are also available in three languages, attract 14 million visits, 7 million video views a month and 6.5 million followers on social networks.
