France 2
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| Launched | December 21, 1963 |
| Owned by | France Télévisions |
| Audience share | 17.6% (April 2008, [1]) |
| Country |  France |
| Formerly called | RTF Télévision 2 (1963-1964) La Deuxième Chaîne de l’ORTF (1964-1975) Antenne 2 (1975-1992) |
| Sister channel(s) | France 3 France 4 France 5 France Ô France 24 |
| Website | www.france2.fr |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| SECAM | Channel 2 |
| TNT | Channel 2 |
| Satellite | |
| CanalSat | Channel 2 |
| TPS | Channel 2 |
| TV Vlaanderen Digitaal | Channel 78 |
| Cable | |
| Noos | Channel 2 |
| Kabel Deutschland | Channel 833 |
| MC Cable | Channel 4 |
| Others | (See article) |
| Ziggo (Netherlands) | Channel 622 |
| IPTV over ADSL | |
| Freebox TV | Channel 2 |
| Neuf | Channel 2 |
| Alice France | Channel 2 |
| DartyBox | Channel 2 |
| Orange TV | Channel 2 |
| Belgacom TV | Channel 9 (Wallonia and Brussels), Channel 56 (Flanders) |
| Telenet TV | Channel 36 |
France 2 is the largest French public television network. It is part of the France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 5, Réseau France Outre-mer, and the digital-only France 4. France Télévisions also participates in ARTE, EuroNews, several cable/satellite thematic channels, and Mediamétrie.
France 2 was called Antenne 2 (Aerial 2) until September 7, 1992. In the 1970s, as part of ORTF, it was simply called La Deuxième Chaîne (The Second Channel).
The channel began broadcasting in 1963 using the 625-lines standard (but not yet in color), in preparation for the end of the older, black and white only, 819-line TV standard.
On October 1, 1967 at 14:15 CET, the network switched from black and white to color using SECAM. Antenne 2 was the first color channel in France; it was several years before TF1 was colorized and changed to the 625-line TV standard. Later, the system evolved, and allowed France 2 to broadcast some programs in stereo using the NICAM system (compatible with SECAM).
Since April 7, 2008, at 03:20 CEST, all the programs of France 2 are broadcast in France in 16:9 Widescreen format [1] over the analog SECAM air frequencies and the French DVB-T multiplex frequencies (known as Television Numerique Terrestre). The format changeover has been announced for France 5 but will occur later. Private satellite broadcasters will continue to broadcast a 4:3 format until France 2 feeds a HD signal (announced during summer 2008) to the satellite operators.
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[edit] Organization
[edit] Directors
Chairmen:
- Marcel Jullian: 01/01/1975 – 12/1977
- Maurice Ulrich: 12/1977 – 08/1981
- Pierre Desgraupes: 08/1981 – 11/1984
- Jean-Claude Héberlé: 11/1984 – 10/1985
- Jean Drucker: 10/1985 – 12/1986
- Claude Contamine: 12/1986 – 10/08/1989
- Philippe Guilhaume (joint chairmanship A2 / FR3): 10/08/1989 – 19/12/1990
- Hervé Bourges (joint chairmanship A2 / FR3): 19/12/1990 – 07/09/1992
Directors General:
- Jacques Thibau: 07/1965 – 11/1967
- Maurice Cazeneuve: 11/1967 – 09/1971
- Pierre Sabbagh: 09/1971 – 03/07/1972
- Jean Lefèvre: 03/07/1972
- Jean-Michel Gaillard: 27/09/1989 – 10/01/1991
- Éric Giuily: 10/01/1991 – 09/1992
- Georges Vanderchmitt: 09/1992 – 01/1994
- Raphaël Hadas-Lebel: 01/1994 – 06/1996
- Michel Pappalardo: 06/1996 – 06/1999
- Michèle Cotta: 06/1999 – 06/2002
- Christopher Baldelli: 06/2002 – 09/2005
- Philippe Baudillon: since September 2005.
Information Directors:
- Jean-Louis Guillaud: 01/1969 – 09/1969
- Jacqueline Baudrier: 09/1969 – 03/07/1972
- Jean-Louis Guillaud: 03/07/1972 – 01/01/1975
- Jacques Sallebert: 06/01/1975 – 05/1976
- Georges Leroy: 05/1976 – 09/1976
- Charles Baudinat: 09/1976 – 01/1977
- Jean-Pierre Elkabbach: 01/1977 – 12/1982
- Pierre Lescure: 12/1982 – 12/1984
- Albert du Roy: 12/1984 – 03/1985
- Pierre-Henri Arnstam: 03/1985 – 1986
- Marcel Trillat: 1986
- Claude Carré: 1991 – 1992
- Jean-Luc Mano: 12/1993 – 06/1996
- Pierre-Henri Arnstam: 06/1996 – 09/2000
- Gérard Leclerc: 09/2000 – 07/2001
- Olivier Mazerolle: 07/2001 – 03/2004
- Arlette Chabot: since March 2004.
[edit] Hosts/Presenters
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[edit] Programmes
- French TV Shows : C com-ç@, Cœur Océan, Avocats & associés, P.J., Cinq soeurs.
- American TV Shows : ER (Urgences) ; Without A Trace (FBI : portés disparus) ; Cold Case (Cold Case : affaires classées); Days Of Our Lives (Des Jours Et Des Vies)); The Bold And The Beautiful ((Amour, Gloire Et Beauté)).
[edit] Lebanese Civil War kidnapping
In March 1986 an Antenne 2 news team was kidnapped in Beirut while reporting on the Lebanese Civil War. Philippe Rochot, Georges Hansen, Aurel Cornéa and Jean-Louis Normandin were four of many Western hostages held by terrorists during the conflict. During Antenne 2 news bulletins the headlines would be followed by a reminder of the French hostages held in Lebanon, including others such as Michel Seurat and Jean-Paul Kaufman, with names, photos and the length of their captivity. Within a year, most of the news team had been released and returned to France, but the reminders continued until all the hostages had been freed.
[edit] Muhammad al-Durrah shooting
On September 30, 2000 France 2 aired footage of the shooting of Muhammad al-Durrah The footage caused controversey, as Palestinians claim Israeli Defense Forces intentionally shot al-Durrah, and Israeli Public Relation officials claim it was a staged event.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=3897
- ^ GPO head: Sept. 2000 death of Gaza child Al-Dura was staged
[edit] External links
- Official Site (French)
- France Télévisions (French)
- France 2 presentation at GenTV.be (French)
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