Comments on: France 24 – the news from France http://james.cridland.net/blog/france-24-the-news-from-france/ Radio futurologist and beer drinker Mon, 21 May 2012 11:08:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ben http://james.cridland.net/blog/france-24-the-news-from-france/#comment-496 Ben Fri, 11 May 2007 12:39:30 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/05/06/france-24-the-news-from-france/#comment-496 Likewise in Scotland.. on the night of the Scottish Parliament and Local Council elections. Scottish Television, sorry, STV, are showing Gaelic programming with no election coverage. Hmm. Likewise in Scotland.. on the night of the Scottish Parliament and Local Council elections.

Scottish Television, sorry, STV, are showing Gaelic programming with no election coverage. Hmm.

]]> By: Ian Deeley http://james.cridland.net/blog/france-24-the-news-from-france/#comment-495 Ian Deeley Mon, 07 May 2007 10:22:31 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/05/06/france-24-the-news-from-france/#comment-495 I thought it was pretty brave of BBC Parliament to take TF1 without subtitling or translation last night. Its a shame they cut away early to a random pre-recorded Commons committee. I thought it was pretty brave of BBC Parliament to take TF1 without subtitling or translation last night. Its a shame they cut away early to a random pre-recorded Commons committee.

]]> By: Adam Bowie http://james.cridland.net/blog/france-24-the-news-from-france/#comment-494 Adam Bowie Mon, 07 May 2007 09:38:42 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2007/05/06/france-24-the-news-from-france/#comment-494 Having just come back from a week in Nice, the presidential election was carried to as great an extent as you'd expect. A few observations: The two and a half hour plus live debate on Wednesday was carried on two of the main networks - TF1 and France 2. Canal+ was showing Milan v Man Utd, and M6 was showing... the French version of Pop Idol. Also, a good third of radio stations on FM were also carrying the debate (I was also pleased to note that atmospheric conditions meant that I could hear both Five Live and Virgin on the Cote d'Azur on AM). Canal+ changed their on-screen DOG (irritating channel logo in top right hand corner) from "CANAL+" to "VOTEZ+" which I thought was quite smart. I was genuinely shocked to walk past a bar on the Promenade des Anglais which had chosen to rebroadcast on their plasma screens... Fox News. Who says the French don't have a sense of humour? Perhaps they'd be better off just rebroadcasting the somewhat better <a HREF="http://tf1.lci.fr/" rel="nofollow">LC1</A> rather than spending millions on France 24. Having just come back from a week in Nice, the presidential election was carried to as great an extent as you’d expect.

A few observations:

The two and a half hour plus live debate on Wednesday was carried on two of the main networks – TF1 and France 2. Canal+ was showing Milan v Man Utd, and M6 was showing… the French version of Pop Idol. Also, a good third of radio stations on FM were also carrying the debate (I was also pleased to note that atmospheric conditions meant that I could hear both Five Live and Virgin on the Cote d’Azur on AM).

Canal+ changed their on-screen DOG (irritating channel logo in top right hand corner) from “CANAL+” to “VOTEZ+” which I thought was quite smart.

I was genuinely shocked to walk past a bar on the Promenade des Anglais which had chosen to rebroadcast on their plasma screens… Fox News. Who says the French don’t have a sense of humour?

Perhaps they’d be better off just rebroadcasting the somewhat better LC1 rather than spending millions on France 24.

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