Jean-Emmanuel Casalta has defied the predictions. After his hearing on Monday January 13, 2025, the former director of France Bleu was preferred, this Thursday January 23, 2025, to Olivier Galzi, former journalist from France 2, i>Télé and LCI, to succeed Christopher Baldelli, announced the Senate Office. The former executive of France 2 and RTL left the ship on December 1, 2024, less than a year after his reappointment at the head of the parliamentary channel to direct T18, the future TNT channel financed by CMI, the group of Daniel Kretinsky.
Jean-Emmanuel Casalta preferred to Olivier Galzi
The lucky winner, who will take office on Friday January 24, 2025, will notably manage the switch of Public Senate from channel 13 to channel 8, which it will continue to share with LCP. On June 6, 2025, the two parliamentary channels will succeed C8 on this channel, ousted from TNT after February 28.
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-Jean-Emmanuel Casalta headed France Bleu between 2018 and 2023, before being replaced by Céline Pigalle, former number 2 at BFMTV. According to a press release from France Bleu, published at the time of his appointment, Jean-Emmanuel Casalta began his career in 1996 at Orange (France Télécom Multimedia). In 1998, he took over the administrative and financial management of Régions (a subsidiary of France 3, France Télécom Multimedia and Crédit Local de France). “From 2000 to 2007, he directed Ina Formation, where he founded 'Ina Sup', the Ina Higher School of Audiovisual and Digital, and launched NRJ School, a training school for young talented radio presenters“, the press release continues.
“He joined NPA Conseil, a consulting company specializing in new digital uses, in 2007 as general director. Between 2011 and 2015, Jean-Emmanuel Casalta was director of antennas and programs for France 3 Corse ViaStella. In 2015, he became director of strategy and development at France Médias Monde. He is also in charge of operational marketing as well as advertising agencies for the France Médias Monde group. In June 2017, he also became Chairman and CEO of CFI, a subsidiary of FMM, a French media cooperation agency.“.
