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France 24 (pronounced ''France Vingt-Quatre'' (), on both the French- and English-language channel) is a global 24-hour satellite and cable TV News Channel . It started broadcasting on 6 December 2006 . The channel is based in Paris , funded by the French government and gives officially ''a French perspective'' on world news. It offers currently variants in English and Arabic in addition to French . The media's perception was that the channel was a ', BBC News CORPORATE STRUCTURE It is run by a partnership between Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions (including France 2 and France 3 ), with some programmes sourced from Agence France-Presse , Radio France Internationale , TV5MONDE , Arte , EuroNews , and La Chaîne Parlementaire . It is funded by France with an annual budget of approximately €80 million, and is based in Issy-les-Moulineaux , near Paris . CHANNEL RECEPTION France 24 is available by satellite to most of Europe , Africa , and the Middle East , as well as by cable and antenna to New York and Washington, DC . Both the French and the French/English channels are available live on the France 24 website, broadcast ''en direct'' (live) in Windows Media format. A test version of the Arabic channel can also be found on the website. On 1 April 2007 , the Irish terrestrial channel TG4 began carrying retransmissions of France 24 overnight. Previously, it had retransmitted Euronews . In 2007 France 24 started a VoD service on Virgin Media, allowing customers to access weekly news updates and programmes to watch when they choose. PROGRAMMING France 24 is broadcast on two channels, one in and Spanish programming will be added in the course of 2007. France 24's programming is divided more or less equally between news coverage and news magazines or special reports. Along with 170 Journalist s of its own, France 24 can call on the resources of the two main French broadcasters ( Groupe TF1 and France Télévisions ) as well as partners such as AFP . The CEO of France 24 is Alain De Pouzilhac , and its journalist staff includes former ITN presenter Mark Owen and former TF1 newsreader Mélissa Theuriau . LONG-TERM GOALS France 24 intends to give a different view of the news than the Anglophone BBC World and CNN International . France 24 wants to put more emphasis on debate, dialogue and the role of cultural difference. It will also be competing with the recently launched Al Jazeera English and Russia Today news channels. The future Arabic and Spanish programming will compete with Al Jazeera 's and Russia Today 's Arabic channels and South America's TeleSUR . The French government has allocated around €100 million for the project. The European Commission gave the green light to France 24 in June, saying it did not breach European Union state aid rules. FEATURES The Talk of Paris The Talk of Paris is a program containing an interview with important European politicians. The program invites viewers and other politicians to send in video-questions.(in a partnership with French-based video sharing website Dailymotion ) Another segment is a profile of the guest. The show is broadcasted every Friday. Observer France 24 Due to 2007 French Presidential Elections , France 24 launched a service called "Observer" under the tagline'' "The 2007 French presidential elections viewed from abroad, L'élection présidentelle française 2007 vue de l'étranger"'', giving views of the elections from a foreign person's or French expatriates' prospectives via Blog s, Vodcast s and on-line polls SEE ALSO
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