Editing France 24 (section)

{{Short description|French public service international news television network}}
{{About|an international television channel|the domestic television channel|France Info (TV channel)}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = France 24
| logo = FRANCE 24 logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| country = [[France]]
| type = Broadcasting [[news]], [[discussions]], public service broadcasting
| language = [[French language|French]], [[English language|English]], [[Arabic]] and [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
| area = Worldwide
| network = 
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2006|12|6|df=y}}
| picture_format = [[1080i]] ([[High-definition television|HDTV]])
| former_names = Chaîne française d'Information internationale (before July 2006)
| owner = [[France Médias Monde]] {{small|([[Government of France]])}}<ref name="France24"/>
| key_people = {{plainlist|
* [[Alain de Pouzilhac]]
* [[Marc Saikali]] }}
| website = {{Official URL}}
| terr_serv_1 = Digital terrestrial television<br/> {{small|(Île-de-France)}}
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 33
| terr_serv_2 = Digital terrestrial television<br />{{small|(United Kingdom)}}
| terr_chan_2 = Channel 266 & 271 (HbbTV)
| terr_serv_3 = [[Digital terrestrial television in Italy|Digital terrestrial television]]<br />{{small|(Italy)}}
| terr_chan_3 = Channel 136, 143 & 154 (20:00 – 8:00)
<br>Channel 76 (Aosta Valley)<br>Channel 241 (HbbTV)
| terr_serv_4 = Levira {{small|(Estonia)}}
| terr_chan_4 = Channel 8
| terr_serv_5 = [[Freenet AG|Freenet TV]] {{small|(Germany)}}
| terr_chan_5 = HbbTV
| terr_serv_6 = Digital terrestrial television<br />{{small|(United States)}}
| terr_chan_6 = {{plainlist|1=
* Channel 33.1 ([[WRUA|Fajardo, PR]])
* Channel 38.1 ([[WMUB-LD|Macon, GA]])
* Channel 60.2 ([[KPJK|San Francisco]])
* Channel 2.5 ([[KPVT-LD|Las Vegas, NV]])
* Channel 5.10 ([[KCTU-LD|Wichita, KS]])
* Channel 35.4 ([[WTME-LD|Memphis, TN]])
* Channel 26.4 ([[WTBS-LD|Atlanta, GA]])
}}
| terr_serv_7 = [[Oqaab]]<br /><small>(Afghanistan)</small>
| terr_chan_7 = Channel 46
| terr_serv_8 = Zuku TV (Kenya)
| terr_chan_8 = Channel 566 (English) (Zuku Fiber only)<br>Channel 813 (Arabic) (Zuku Fiber only)<br>Channel 822 (French) (Zuku Fiber only)
| terr_serv_9 = [[OpenView HD|Open View]]
| terr_chan_9 = Channel 121 (English)
| online_serv_1 = Canal Digital Live App
| online_chan_1 = [https://livetv.canaldigitaal.nl/livetv?channelType=available&assetId=vJAad-8fXo3ZajQnHjSxQEgDFrE-95Pe_B24kB6J&autoplay=true Watch Live]
}}

'''France 24''' ({{lang|fr|France [[wikt:vingt#French|vingt]]-quatre}} in French) is a French state-owned [[Public broadcasting|publicly funded]] international [[News broadcasting|news]] [[television network]] based in Paris.<ref name="France24">{{cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/france24-spanish-channel-2017 |date=25 February 2016 |title=France 24 to launch its Spanish channel in 2017 |work=France 24 |access-date=16 August 2019}}</ref> Its channels, broadcast in French, English, Arabic and Spanish, are aimed at the overseas market.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-02-22 |title=France24 launches on Freeview UK |url=https://advanced-television.com/2024/02/22/france24-launches-on-freeview-uk/ |access-date=2024-07-17 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Based in the Paris suburb of [[Issy-les-Moulineaux]], the service started on 6 December 2006. It is aimed at a worldwide market and is generally broadcast by pay television providers around the world, but additionally, in 2010, France 24 began broadcasting online through its own iPhone and Android apps. It is a provider of [[live streaming world news]] which can be viewed via its website, [[YouTube]], and various [[mobile devices]] and [[digital media players]]. The stated mission of the channels is to "provide a global public service and a common editorial stance".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/about-france-24|title=France 24, the company|work=France 24|access-date=3 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203050635/http://www.france24.com/en/about-france-24|archive-date=3 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since 2008 the channel has been wholly owned by the French government, via its holding company [[France Médias Monde]], having bought out the minority share of the former partners: [[TF1 Group|Groupe TF1]] and [[France Télévisions]]. The budget of France Médias Monde (France 24, RFI and MCD) is approximately €300 million per year.{{failed verification|date=January 2025}}<ref name=":1" /> The current director of France 24 is [[Vanessa Burggraf]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2021-05-28|title=Vanessa Burggraf nommée directrice de la chaîne d'information France 24|url=https://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/monde/vanessa-burggraf-nommee-directrice-de-la-chaine-d-information-france-24_2151728.html|access-date=2021-09-15|website=LExpress.fr|language=fr}}</ref>