Editing France 24 (section)

==Availability==
[[File:France 24 News presenter.jpg|thumb|Inaugural News presenter, [[François Picard (journalist)|François Picard]]]]
[[File:France 24 News ident.jpg|thumb|The News title 2006–2011]]

France 24 is available by satellite in most of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, as well as by cable and antenna in the US cities of [[Albany, New York|Albany]], [[Atlanta]], [[Macon, Georgia|Macon]], and [[San Francisco]]. In the United States, Canada, and Central and South America, France 24 is represented by the American telecommunications company [[New Line Television]], headquartered in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]]. As of August 2010, the network also became available to subscribers to the satellite television [[Dish Network]].<ref>{{cite web | title = DISH Network Launches FRANCE 24 | date = 3 August 2010 | url = http://www.dishnetworkshop.com/blog/dish-network-launches-france-24/ | url-status = usurped | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100807232258/http://www.dishnetworkshop.com/blog/dish-network-launches-france-24/ | archive-date = 7 August 2010}}</ref> As of November 2022, France 24 is available for streaming on Roku devices. An hour of France 24 news in English is shown in the United States on [[Free Speech TV]] at 6{{nbsp}}pm Eastern and 2{{nbsp}}am Eastern and on [[Link TV]]. In Australia several of France 24's news programs are broadcast on multilingual broadcaster [[SBS (Australian TV channel)|SBS]] as part of its [[World Watch]] programming.{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

The French, English, Arabic, and Spanish channels are all available live on the France 24 website, broadcast ''en direct'' (live) in [[Adobe Flash Video]] format. On 1 April 2007, the Irish terrestrial channel [[TG4]], which is an Irish-language TV channel, began carrying retransmissions of France 24 overnight. Previously, it had retransmitted [[Euronews]]. France 24 was also available on [[Livestation]].{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}

In 2007, France 24 started a [[video on demand|VOD]] service on Virgin Media, allowing customers to access weekly news updates and programmes to watch when they choose. The use of a free application means that France 24 is also available live and VOD on mobile phones throughout the world. An official App for the [[iPhone]] has also been released.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.france24.com/en/20100309-february-25th-2009-france-24-live-now-available-over-3g-iphone%C2%AE |title=FRANCE 24 LIVE Now available over 3G on iPhone® |publisher=France 24 |date=25 February 2009 |access-date=23 February 2012}}</ref>

In October 2009, France24 relaunched its website France24.com with a complete video archive as well as a video-on-demand service whereby the viewer may watch any of the three channels with the ability to replay the past 24 hours of programming anytime. On 1 March 2010, France 24 released live streaming with experimental automatic [[Transcription (linguistics)|transcription]] in association with Yacast Media, the search engine [[Exalead]], Vocapia Research, and [[Microsoft]].<ref>{{cite web | last = Laurent | first = Alexandre | title = France24.com: transcription écrite automatique | publisher=Clubic | date = 1 March 2010 | url = http://www.clubic.com/actualite-327594-france24-transcription-ecrite-automatique.html |access-date=17 May 2010}}</ref>

On 2 March 2010, [[Iran]] blocked the news website of this French broadcaster.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iFYXj_MOunVf1-1jZFBlZHj4VMGw|title=Iran blocks news website: French broadcaster|date=2 April 2010|access-date=11 November 2016|archive-date=31 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131045903/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iFYXj_MOunVf1-1jZFBlZHj4VMGw|url-status=dead}}</ref><!-- The link to the source does not work. Error 404 -->

On 9 January 2011, France 24's English and French channels officially switched to 16:9 widescreen at 02:00 CET, and the Arabic channel switched to widescreen later that day at 06:00 CET. Graphics were modified to fit the new format. The studio design was not altered. The video player at France24.com was also amended to accommodate the new format.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.france24.com/en/france24-16x9|title=France 24 going widescreen|work=France 24|access-date=9 January 2011|archive-date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303181722/http://www.france24.com/en/france24-16x9|url-status=dead}}</ref>

France 24 is a supporter of the [[Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV]] (HbbTV) initiative, which is promoting and establishing an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface, and has announced that it will launch an HbbTV interactive news service in 2012 via the [[Astra 19.2°E]] satellites with support from Orange and [[SES (company)|SES]].<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=France 24 |date=21 December 2011 |url= http://www.france24.com/en/globecast-france24-orange-ses-hbbTV |title= Globecast and FRANCE 24 to lead HbbTV experiment with Orange and SES}}</ref>

In New Zealand, the channels are available via [[Sky Network Television]] on channel 100 (English) and 101 (French). It is available via [[Now TV (UK)|Now TV]], whilst in Hong Kong and in Sri Lanka this channel is available via
[[Sri Lanka Telecom]] Peo TV on channel 27. In Pakistan, the channel is available on most cable systems, [[PTCL Smart TV]] and NayaTel.

On 3 October 2014, France 24 began [[live stream]]ing the channel on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7t_GWXmgFk| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151114011223/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7t_GWXmgFk| archive-date=2015-11-14 | url-status=dead|title=FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7|work=YouTube}}</ref>

On 25 September 2017, France 24 launched a Spanish-language channel,<ref>{{cite news|title=France 24 launches Spanish-language channel|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2017/10/13/france-24-launches-spanish-language-channel/|access-date=29 January 2018|work=Broadband TV News|date=13 October 2017}}</ref> whose newsroom is located in [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]].<ref name="rfi2017spanish">{{cite web |title=France 24 lanza su versión en español |url=http://www.rfi.fr/es/americas/20170925-france-24-lanza-su-version-en-espanol |website=[[Radio France Internationale]] |access-date=25 May 2020 |language=es |date=25 September 2017}}</ref> Its local partner is [[Televideo]].<ref name="f24spanish-semana">{{cite web |title='Hub' de noticias |url=https://www.semana.com/nacion/articulo/france-24-comienza-operaciones-en-colombia/542103 |website=[[Revista Semana]] |access-date=25 May 2020 |language=es |date=30 September 2017}}</ref> As of May 2020, it broadcasts 18 hours of programming a day (13:00 [[Paris]] time/06:00 Bogotá time - 05:00 Paris time/22:00 Bogotá time),<ref name="f24spanish-prog2020">{{cite web |title=France 24 - Programación |url=https://www.france24.com/es/programaci%C3%B3n |website=France 24 Español |access-date=25 May 2020}}</ref> and simulcasting the English-language channel during the remaining time (early hours in South America).

On 9 January 2018, France 24 was pulled from Spectrum cable TV.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}

In 2019, France 24 joined the line-up of channels provided by Channelbox in the UK on Freeview channel 271, joining its feed via the [[Vision TV Network]] on channel 264.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.france24.com/en/france24-french-version-freeview-UK |title=FRANCE 24 available in the UK on FREEVIEW - 09/02/11 |work=France24 |date=10 February 2012 |access-date=22 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://advanced-television.com/2019/09/24/channelbox-launches-on-freeview/ |title=Channelbox launches on Freeview |work=Advanced Television |date=24 September 2019 |access-date=22 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2019/09/24/channelbox-launches-on-freeview/ |title=Channelbox launches on Freeview |work=Digital TV Europe |date=24 September 2019 |access-date=22 June 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channelbox.tv |title=Channelbox: A new take on video delivery to Freeview |website=channelbox.tv |access-date=22 June 2021 }}</ref> However, as of 2020, only the French-language version of the news service was being broadcast in the UK.

On 1 August 2020, France 24 was launched on [[OVHD|OpenView]] in South Africa as a replacement for BBC World News.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://prsdube16.blogspot.com/2020/08/openview-unexpectedly-dumps-bbc-world.html |title=OpenView Unexpectedly Dumps BBC World News And Adds France24 In Its Place |website=Entertainment Inside Us |date=1 August 2020 |access-date=22 June 2021 }}{{unreliable source?|date=June 2021}}</ref>

In August 2021, when the streaming service, [[France Channel]], launched in the United States, the service launched with a partnership with France 24's parent holding company [[France Médias Monde]], which allows subscribers of France Channel to watch livestreams of both the English and the French versions of the network.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-16 |title=FranceChannel.tv, A New French Streaming Platform Available in the US {{!}} French Culture |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416070823/https://frenchculture.org/film-tv-and-new-media/13684-francechannel-fully-french-streaming-platform |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Keys |first=Matthew |date=2021-09-13 |title=France Channel joins growing list of niche streaming services {{!}} StreamTV Insider |url=https://www.streamtvinsider.com/programming/france-channel-joins-growing-list-niche-streaming-services |access-date=2025-02-21 |website=www.streamtvinsider.com |language=en}}</ref>