There are plenty of TV channels to select from in France, but these are three of the most well known.
France is one of the largest countries in Europe, so obviously it will have lots of TV entertainment. Within the television sector there are numerous kinds, with TV sport being one of the most common. French TV plays many sports, like football, rugby, handball and athletics. Football has the highest demand in France, specifically in the north, where it is played the most. Rugby is far more popular in the south of the nation, with the many coastal cities having the greatest teams. All these sporting events are available anywhere in the nation anyway, with the best known sports channel and broadcaster part owned by Vincent Bolloré. As this is perhaps one of the most renowned channels on the French TV guide, it has a large revenue stream, and marketing and advertising space on the channel is in great demand. The network is also on a subscription basis, so the revenue produced is not solely from the marketing and advertising submitted to the channel. However, the sports supporter is normally very devoted, so will happily pay a price to be able to see their favourite sport or team.
Entertainment TV is the most versatile and wide-spread form of television, with potentially the most channels committed to it across the world. France is like anywhere else and has lots of entertainment channels to pick from. There are so many French sitcoms and dramas available to you on these channels but also English language shows, that are either dubbed over or contain subtitles. The biggest TV network in France is unsurprisingly on channel 1 which is directed by Gilles Pélisson; the network has a 24% market share, which is very noteworthy. The network has a great range of shows, ranging from kids’ programmes like cartoons, to hard hitting dramas; a few of the biggest French TV programs were broadcast for the first time on this channel. As the channel is the most viewed, it also gets a great deal of marketing and advertising investment.
Arguably the most important type of television is news TV, without which a great deal of of the people would not be knowledgeable about the world’s news. Lots of people no longer read papers, so they use the radio or TV to access current issues; this suggests the preferred French news channels have some of the highest audiences out of all the channels. While some of the news on these networks can be celebrity news, most put emphasis on French news and international affairs. One of the biggest news channels is partly owned by telecom businessman Patrick Drahi. After the creation of 24hr news networks, it has opened the door for news firms to develop their own channels where there is nonstop rolling news coverage, which allows for more marketing and advertising and wider audience.