Have we ever seen such a joyful back-to-school press conference at France Télévisions? Fired up by an all-Olympic flame, Delphine Ernotte kicked off the 2024-2025 season of the public channels she has been running since 2015 on Wednesday, September 4. “I have never been so happy and proud to be the president of France Télévisions “, certified the leader during a press conference that she opened with an interview with Tony Estanguet, the president of Paris 2024.
While the success of the organisation of the Olympic Games is largely due to the former canoeist, he did not fail to pass the buck to their official broadcaster: “What struck me most was your level of ambition.”assured the athlete to the group’s leader, who had put four channels (France 2, France 3, France 5 and France.tv) at the service of the event. A successful pass: “It is on this legacy of the Games, of a public television which brings together the entire nation, that we have built our offer for next season”continued Delphine Ernotte, before revealing the main highlights – followed by the American presidential election, commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attack committed in Charlie Hebdo80e anniversary of the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris, etc.
The most notable announcement concerned the extension of the “Journal de 20 heures” on France 2, which will move from September 9 from “thirty-eight, thirty-nine minutes” has “fifty-three, fifty-four minutes” (to which must be added the six minutes of the current “Météo Climat” program), said the group’s information director, Alexandre Kara. “We’re going to take our time, that doesn’t mean we’re going to lose the rhythm.”said Anne-Sophie Lapix, who shares the presentation of this emblematic meeting with Laurent Delahousse. “While this probably goes against the grain of an era of shortcuts, we wish our 8pm news would take its time (…) to understand, to deepen, to slow down”, stressed Delphine Ernotte.
Return of the antique « Intervilles »
The daily soap opera that followed it until now, Such a big sunwill now be broadcast on France 3, where it will be much less subject to cancellations. On France 2, France 3 and France 5, all prime-time programs will now start at 9:05 p.m., promised Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, the director of broadcasts and programs. As for audience figures, they will no longer be announced the day after broadcasts but after twenty-eight days, when they have added together the live broadcast, the “preview” before broadcast (an innovation announced Wednesday by Médiamétrie) and the replay. In terms of new features, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez confirmed the return of the old summer show « Intervilles”, unveiled the creation of “The Ring”, an adventure game “out of the ordinary” where twelve candidates will have to survive at an altitude of 2,500 meters, and welcomed on stage the new presenter of the game “Slam” (France 3), Théo Curin, former disabled swimmer.
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