French international broadcasters ready for country’s elections

28 June 2024

French international broadcasters ready for country’s elections

Election nights and special editions

Sundays, 30 June and 7 July

Following President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly, French citizens will head to the polls once more on June 30 (first round) and July 7 (second round) to elect a new parliament. Radio France Internationale (RFI), France 24, and Monte Carlo Doualiya (MCD) are poised to deliver a comprehensive, multilingual coverage of this pivotal legislative election, accessible via television, radio, and digital platforms. With correspondents positioned at party campaign headquarters and various constituencies, France Médias Monde’s channels will ensure that the voices of candidates and voters are heard, provide detailed reporting on the election results, and gather initial reactions from both within France and internationally.

The three media outlets will offer dedicated special editions, debates, reports, and investigations to thoroughly examine the voting process. Additionally, France 24 in French, in partnership with the parliamentary channel LCP-Assemblée, will broadcast an extensive joint election night programme worldwide.

Joint election nights

On France 24 in French and the parliamentary channel LCP-Assemblée nationale:

Joint election nights from 7pm till midnight for both rounds of the election.

Analyses, decryptions, reports, and voting results with the correspondents present at the party headquarters and in nine constituencies.

On France 24 in Arabic and Monte Carlo Doualiya:

From 7:30pm till 10pm: Monte Carlo Doualiya – France 24 special joint edition.

On France 24

Throughout the election night, correspondents at the party headquarters and in different constituencies will provide live interventions on the four channels of France 24.

On France 24 in English:

From 7:30pm till 10pm, special edition presented by Gavin Lee and Nadia Massih, in the company of France 24’s columnist Mark Perelman and guests.

At 11pm, the channel in English will offer extended news bulletins to review the results.

On France 24 in French:

From 7pm till midnight: France 24 – LCP special joint edition.

On France 24 in Arabic:

From 7:30pm till 10pm: MCD – France 24 special joint edition.

At 10pm and 10:30pm, the channel in Arabic will offer special editions.

On France 24 in Spanish:

From 12:30pm till 3:30pm: special edition with guests and journalists present in different constituencies.

On france24.com and social media

On its website and mobile app, France 24 will offer articles, portraits, slideshows, and infographics related to the legislative election, as well as a liveblog to follow in real time the latest updates.

All the reports, interviews, and broadcasts by France 24, along with the exclusive developments, will be available on france24.com.

All times are Paris time = GMT+2

RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya at Cannes 2024

10 May 2024

RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya at Cannes 2024

As every year, RFI, France 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya will be in Cannes to bring the world’s greatest film festival to their hundreds of millions of listeners, viewers and browsers on every continent.

The France Médias Monde group’s three outlets will be hosting daily television, radio and online specials – in French, English, Arabic, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Spanish, Fulfulde, Hausa, Khmer, Kiswahili, Mandinka, Persian, Portuguese, Brazilian, Romanian, Russian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese – to convey filmmakers’ imaginary realms and their perspective on the world.

On news shows and online, special correspondents will cover the festival’s highlights with daily columns, reports and live broadcasts.

The top cultural magazines on France Médias Monde group channels and stations – Tous les cinémas du monde (RFI in French), À l’affiche ! (France 24 in French), Arts24 (France 24 in English), Carrusel de las Artes (RFI and France 24 in Spanish), ثقافة (France 24 in Arabic) and مراسي (Monte Carlo Doualiya) – will broadcast live from Cannes throughout the Festival.

[Source: FMM press release]

CSA confirms Saragosse at FMM

25 May 2018

On 18 April, Marie-Christine Saragosse was reappointed CEO of the France Médias Monde (FMM) the group in charge of French international broadcasting for another five-year term. Saragosse, who had been in charge of FMM since 2012, had to leave her post in mid-February when her mandate lapsed after she failed to provide details of her statement of assets and interests on time owing to an administrative oversight.

France Médias Monde, includes the news channels France 24 (in French, English, Arabic and Spanish), RFI (Radio France Internationale), the news and current affairs radio station that broadcasts worldwide in French and in 13 other languages, and the Arabic-language radio station Monte Carlo Doualiya, which broadcasts from Paris to the Middle East, Mauritania, Djibouti, and South Sudan on medium wave, FM, via satellite and partner radio stations. FMM employs 1,856 people (full time equivalent).

According to the draft budget law being currently examined in Parliament France Médias Monde 2018 budget is to be set at some €263m.

Saragosse presented her Strategic Plan for FMM in April.

This plan lists FMM’s core principles as the need to abide by the group’s code of ethics, to defend freedom of information through increased security, including cyber security, and to combat fake news.

The plan stresses also that FMM is to strive to promote respect for human rights and diversity, by combating stereotypes.

FMM’s missions include, among others, “telling France’s narrative” in all its aspects, including in the political, social and economic spheres, but also its cultural and research achievements.

French national media company comprising RFI, FRANCE 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya renamed as “FRANCE MÉDIAS MONDE”

27 June 2013

Today, the change of name to “France Médias Monde” from “Audiovisuel Extérieur de la France”, decided in May by the Board of Directors, was submitted for vote and approved at the company’s extraordinary general meeting.

The new name of the state-owned company that comprises international French media RFI, FRANCE 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya reflects its employees’ and managers’ desire for a name that is less administrative and easier to understand abroad. It coincides with the definition of a strategic plan in the coming weeks (COM – Contrat d’Objectif et de Moyens).

The new name is not intended to replace the brands RFI, FRANCE 24 and Monte Carlo Doualiya. Quite the contrary, the latter remain the principal vectors of communication and the three media can associate the new name to their signatures. These changes are in line with the current creation of new style guides and visual identities for each media, and will therefore not entail additional expense for the company.

The name “France Médias Monde” will be effective as of today, Thursday June 27^th 2013, and will be gradually rolled out over the next few months through a domain name and the modification of the company’s official documents.