 Logo used since 2018 | |
| Country | France |
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| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Picture format | 1080iHDTV (downscaled to16:9576i for theSDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | France Télévisions |
| Sister channels | France 2 France 3 France 4 France Info |
| History | |
| Launched | 13 December 1994; 30 years ago (1994-12-13) |
| Founder | Claude Lemoine Jean-Marie Cavada |
| Replaced | La Cinq (1986–1992) |
| Former names | La Cinquième (1994–2002) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| TNT | Channel 5 |
| TNT in Overseas France | Channel 5 or 6 or 7 |
| Streaming media | |
| FilmOn | Watch live |
France 5 (French:[fʁɑ̃ssɛ̃k]) is a Frenchfree-to-air public television channel, part of theFrance Télévisions group. Principally featuring nonfiction and educational programming, the channel's motto isla chaîne de la connaissance et du savoir (the knowledge network).
In contrast to the group's two main channels,France 2 andFrance 3, France 5 concentrates almost exclusively on factual programming, documentaries, and discussions – 3,925 hours of documentaries were broadcast in 2003[1] – with fiction confined to one primetime slot of around two hours' duration on Monday evenings.
France 5 airs 24 hours a day. Earlier – before completion of the switchover todigital broadcasting on 29 November 2011 – the channel'sanalogue frequencies had carried the programmes of the Franco-German cultural channelArte between 19.00 each evening and 3.00 the following morning.
It was launched on 28 March 1994 as a temporary channel under the nameTélé emploi (Teleworking), more than one year after France's first privately owned free television network,La Cinq, suffered a financial collapse and ceased operations on 12 April 1992. La Cinquième started broadcasting on 13 December 1994 with a mix of small educational programs, during the hours not used byArte (which launched less than 2 months after La Cinq's closure).
La Cinquième was integrated in the newFrance Télévisions public holding in 2000, which gathered Antenne 2 (since renamedFrance 2) and FR3 (France Régions 3, since renamedFrance 3); it would be rebranded asFrance 5 on 1 September 2003. France 5 broadcasting hours have been extended to 24 hours a day, initially available only on cable and satellite, and since spring 2005 on air within the new digital broadcasting multiplex "R1" network that supports all national public TV channels. Analogue transmitters were switched off in 2011.
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