At the call of the inter-union CFDT-CGT-FO-SNJ-SUD, a 24-hour strike has taken place since midnight on Monday, November 4 to contest the on-air deployment of the logo ici
a unique brand intended to bring together the France Bleu channel and radio stations, seen as a first step towards a merger
. The president of France Télévisions, Delphine Ernotte Cunci, and her counterpart at Radio France, Sibyle Veil, announced in October 2023 the eventual union of France 3 and France Bleu under the brand ici
strengthening cooperation illustrated in particular by the joint mornings launched in 2019.
Direct consequence in Pays de la Loire: there was no television news at midday – 12:25 p.m. – and there will be none this evening, at 7:15 p.m. According to the SNJ, 16 of the 24 people planned for today in France 3 Pays de la Loire, were on strike.
JT “here” from November 5
In this context, from November 5, the brand ici
will appear on the screen in place of the France 3 logo only during regional programs, announced Philippe Martinetti, the deputy director of antennas and programs in charge of France Télévisions' local offering, a few days ago during a press briefing on Wednesday. This change will be visible from 6:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m., during the news ici
19/20 and during regional weekend and late evening broadcasts.
At the end of July, the number 2 of France Télé, Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, announced to AFP the deployment in November of the new logo, supposed to replace gradually between now and January
2025 that of France 3. On Wednesday, Philippe Martinetti assured that the latter would still be present after January on the national teams. France 3 still exists”,
he insisted. “ But we push the cursor a little further
on the regionalization of its offer with the label ici ».
The shadow of a France 3 – France Bleu merger
Not enough to reassure the CFDT-CGT-FO-SNJ-SUD inter-union, which is calling for a 24-hour strike starting Monday midnight. This project can be read as a first step towards a merger of the France 3 and France Bleu networks.
she supports in her notice, denouncing a loss of identity
et great socio-economic insecurity
In a context of heavy transformation
public broadcasting and blur
on its financing.
Besides the abandonment of the project to delete France 3
the unions are demanding the assurance of the maintenance of their employment contract in France Télévisions
or even the cessation of publication on the site francebleu.fr
(renamed “here”, Editor’s note) articles written by journalists from France 3
.
The social and economic committee (CSE) of the regional network has also adopted a resolution to challenge the development in court
of the “ici” brand, owned, according to the unions, by Radio France. This new strike comes a year after a series of mobilizations against the suppression, in 2023, of the national newspapers of France 3 in favor of renamed regional editions ici 12/13
et ici 19/20 ».
