France24 News Channel to Give French Spin on World Affairs
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France is launching Wednesday a 24-hour, all-news channel aimed to offer a French spin on world affairs.Comment
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Calling it "a giant leap for television, a small step in high heels," organizers launched on Tuesday France's first TV channel aimed at gay, lesbian and transgendered audiences.
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Gay porn and "Wonder Woman" repeats are to be offered in heavy doses on television in France from Monday as the country's first station aimed at homosexuals starts operations via cable and satellite.
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The following story contains the latest information known as of 23:30 CET on Monday, and will be updated as new information comes in.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy is at  odds with his foreign minister over whether the country's  international television news channel should ditch English and  Arabic, and broadcast only in French.
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France is pressing on with plans for a French-language rival to 24-hour global news stations such as CNN, a minister says, adding that such a station would help France explain its foreign policy.
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A nightly news summary is to be launched at 8pm to bridge the gap between the Six and 10 O'Clock News shows.
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Comment is free: Pankaj Mishra:  France's shrinking power drives the president to talk of a new civilisation, but risks exposing a habit of intellectual deception
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(InfoWorld) - Google is gathering some of its top executives in Paris next week for an international press conference, and speculation is rife that announcements will include a local version of YouTube for European countries. France 24, a French public TV channel, confirmed Friday that it has been in talks with Google, suggesting the search giant may be lining up local content for its video-sharing service. Google's YouTube events calendar pegs Tuesday -- the day of the press conference -- for an unspecified "Paris launch." A Google spokeswoman in France declined to comment on the France 24 talks or speculation about local versions of YouTube. YouTube is already popular in Europe despite having only an English language interface. Offering local language versions, along with more local TV content, could help it compete more effectively with homegrown alternatives, said Bob Ivins, managing director of comScore Europe. France's most popular video site is DailyMotion, according to figures from comScore, although YouTube is close behind. DailyMotion, which can be viewed in several languages, had 6.6 million unique visitors in April, compared to 5.8 million for YouTube, comScore said. In Germany, YouTube topped the rankings with 7.6 million visitors, only slightly ahead of Germany's MyVideo.de. Across Europe as a whole, YouTube has a strong lead, with 60.6 million visitors, followed by DailyMotion with 14.5 million. But the European market is fractured, with YouTube attracting only around a quarter of the total audience, comScore said. YouTube received a boost in France this week from a video that purported to show French President Nicolas Sarkozy drunk during a news conference at the G8 Summit last week. The video has been watched more than 2 million times, although the Belgian newscaster who suggested Sarkozy was drunk has now reportedly apologized. Cutting deals to use European TV programming would help Google avoid potential copyright infringement lawsuits and be consistent with its strategy to partner with media providers. Google said separately this week that it is testing new tools that will try to identify copyright content and prevent it from being uploaded to its sites. Among the attendees at next week's press day will be Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Marissa Mayer, vice president for search products and user experience, along with unnamed guests.
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France will hold political talks with four leading Palestinian leaders who prepared to visit ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat ( news - web sites ) in a hospital near here, French Foreign Minister Michel ...
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The History Channel has drafted plans for a new network dedicated to programming that focuses on military history.
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Gay porn and &quot;Wonder Woman&quot; repeats are to be offered in heavy doses on television in France as the country's first station aimed at homosexuals starts operations via cable and satellite.
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President Jacques Chirac has been busy talking up the advantages of trade with France on his current Asian tour - but back home the newspapers have been lukewarm on his performance.
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Gays across France celebrated the launch  of the country's first television channel for homosexuals on  Monday, anticipating a pink mixture of fashion, travel, talk,  cult movies, music and soap operas.
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France has formally proposed former European Union ( news - web sites ) Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy as a candidate to become the head of the World Trade Organization ( news - web sites ) (WTO), Lamy said ...
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There are mixed reactions to a draft UN resolution on Lebanon, a German paper raises concerns over the future of free-to-air television, and a French daily welcomes tourists from emerging countries.
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France goes head-to-head with CNN and the BBC from Wednesday with the launch of its state-funded 24/7 news channel, part of President Jacques Chirac's efforts to make his country's voice heard.Comment