Clair Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 The decision has been made: from January 2009, there will be no advertising on public television channels (France2, France3, France4, France5) between 8pm and 6am.The loss of revenue will be compensated for by a 0.9% tax on the turnover of mobile and internet operators.By 1st December 2011, advertising will have been phased out completely, in time for the digital switch-over on the same date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybananasbrother Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 good idea too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Great news ! ! Wish they'd give up those awful fillers as well ("ce n'est que du bonheur" etc...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 What an eminently civilised race the French are........................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 On the rare occasion that I have watched TV in Europe it has been UK TV and some of the adverts are certainly more entertaining than the programmes they interrupt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Le Téléprésident: Sarkozy tightens his grip over French state TV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 And with his ex-girlfriend (allegedly, ahem) Laurence Ferrari replacing PPDA on TF1, he'll have the French TV news sewn up on all sides then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 I don't like PPDA and hardly ever watch TF1 anyway, so I won't miss him...Ialways feel dissatisfied by French TV news anyway: too light-weight,too insular and why don't they have correspondents anywhere?The whole idea seems to revolve around THEpresenter offering his/her own little travelogue of quirky or socialnews around France, with the occasional international bit thrown inwhen they have a gap to fill, and hardly feels like a news-drivenproduction.The national and regional news on FR3 offer more info without the ego...[Www]Yesterday in Brive, we toyed with the idea ofgetting TNT by satellite, but I'll have to look into what's on offermore closely before opening my purse![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Clair - a refreshingly honest appraisal of the quality of your news broadcasts. We love JPP and the TF1 team, but not as purveyors of news, simpy as an idea-pool as to where we might like to visit as tourists. The 13.00 TF1 "news", whilst highly entertaining, is little more than "Nationwide" as was, and given that most of our French friends in these parts rely on it as their main source of "news" it's pretty shameful that - with France a member of the EU (and indeed the world) - there is so little coverage of weighty events. Which is why I refuse to discuss international or EU events with French people any more as their take on it is mainly TF1's take on it (with a few more widely-read exceptions).Wendy and I compile a dossier of TF1 headlines at 13.00 and it makes hilarious readingMan bathes in seaPost man delivers lettersMayor renumbers housesSalad crop hit by frostSun shines in BayonneAll true lead stories. The most shocking to me was that on the day of the Dutch "No" to the EU constitution their referendum result was only the fifth story on TF1 13.00, not broadcast until 13.10, and probably therefore not noticed by many viewers. I find it hard to believe that that decision to move it down the running order wasn't deliberate.Am I right in thinking that the anchor-person on the news broadcasts is actually responsible for the editorial decisions - I was told that that was why Thomas Hugues was sacked from TF1 - a great loss in my view.Having ranted a bit, we watch TF1 news most days both in France and when back in Devon, enjoy it hugely as a window on France, and I would hasten to add that many UK news broadcasts have their own shortcomings!PS Clair (again) - don't forget that you are due conventional TNT by the end of the year from La Bastide and a conventional box is less than €50. Having said that the technical timetable is slipping badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]Wendy and I compile a dossier of TF1 headlines at 13.00 and it makes hilarious readingMan bathes in seaPost man delivers lettersMayor renumbers housesSalad crop hit by frostSun shines in BayonneAll true lead stories. [/quote]When you put it like that...[:)][:D][:D] They should replace JPP with Esther Rantzen... [Www]Yes, I believe that the anchor is responsible for the editorial decisions. That's what PPDA was saying in his post-sacking interviews anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callie Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 I have already mentioned somewhere else my horror of finding 25 minutes of TF1 evening news devoted to the untimely accidental death of a young French hope for the skiing world and barely a minute to report a TGV (with passengers) derailment. Having worked for TV in Devon, I am well aware that they all look for stories to 'touch the hearts' of the viewers. But I felt quite nauseated at the interviewing of the girl's parents, friends, nursery school teachers, etc etc. It was quite pathetic and, in my view, belittled the poor girl's death. Do the French have no interest in anything outside their own country? I know many French that deplore the way the news is (or isn't) projected. The bias one sees by the state-orientated TF1 is quite sickening..... but I still watch it, alternating with France 3. Arte has to be the most unbiased. I resort to reading/listening to other countries' news on interrnet. Just don't met me get started on newspapers......I agree that Thomas Hugues was a great loss. (I was also sorry to hear that he and Laurence Ferrari had split up - they lmade a stunning couple !)Phew, that's my little rant over with. Nice to be able to air one's views, though, and to see others with the same sentiments ![:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Caliie - I was once having a similar discussion with a French friend, and when I explained my views on JPP and JT 13.00 she said that it was like that "because we want it like that".An otherwise quite intelligent woman thus wanted to continue to wallow in a rather nostalgic view of "her world" without the bother of international news or even hard French news. Hence my remark about discussing the EU with French friends - none of us know the truth about the subject but I'm met with total disbelief when - for example - I explain how much the UK has had to pay into the EU since 1973 and how much France has received (although I think France is finally a net contributor).So I've given up....Must give Arte a go next winter, like Clair I do find France 3 rather good, and now with my TNT par Sat box I shall be able to watch - for the first time in Devon - the Limousin or Aquitaine regional editions (but sadly not the Perigord opt out which doesn't seem to be important enough to warrant its own feed on sat). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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