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2004 In French Television
This is a list of French television related events from 2004. Events *13 May – Steeve Estatof wins the second series of ''Nouvelle Star''. *7 October – Documentary '' The Staircase (Soupçons)'' is premiered in miniseries format on Canal+. *22 December – Grégory Lemarchal wins the fourth series of '' Star Academy'', becoming the show's first man to be crowned as winner. Debuts *6 August – '' Atomic Betty'' *30 August – '' Plus belle la vie'' (2004–present) *'' Eurasia : À la conquête de l'Orient'' (2004–2004) Television shows 1940s *'' Le Jour du Seigneur'' (1949–present) 1950s *'' Présence protestante'' (1955–) 1970s *''30 millions d'amis'' (1976–2016) 1990s *''Sous le soleil'' (1996–2008) 2000s *'' Star Academy'' (2001–2008, 2012–2013) *''Nouvelle Star ''Nouvelle Star'' (; also known as '' À la Recherche de la Nouvelle Star'' for the first season) is a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
À La Conquête De L'Orient
À, à ( a-grave) is a letter of the Catalan, Emilian-Romagnol, French, Italian, Maltese, Occitan, Portuguese, Sardinian, Scottish Gaelic, Vietnamese, and Welsh languages consisting of the letter A of the ISO basic Latin alphabet and a grave accent. À is also used in Pinyin transliteration. In most languages, it represents the vowel ''a''. This letter is also a letter in Taos to indicate a mid tone. In accounting or invoices, ''à'' abbreviates "at a rate of": "5 apples à $1" (one dollar each). That usage is based upon the French preposition ''à'' and has evolved into the at sign (@). Sometimes, it is part of a surname: Thomas à Kempis, Mary Anne à Beckett. Usage in various languages Emilian-Romagnol À is used in Emilian to represent short stressed e.g. Bolognese dialect ''sacàtt'' aˈkatː"sack". French The grave accent is used in the French language to differentiate homophones, e.g. and . Portuguese À is used in Portuguese to represent a contracti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pink TV (France)
Pink TV is Europe's second gay satellite channel (after Italy's GAY.tv), started in France on 25 October 2004, on a subscription basis, mostly funded by TF1 and Canal Plus terrestrial channels in France. It is now possible to access Pink TV via satellite, cable and DSL providers. Highlights include ''Queer as Folk'', as well as talkshows (including ''So Graham Norton''). There is an X-rated film four times a week after midnight, and the channel broadcasts 24 hours per day, including productions from porn studios including French Twinks. ''Pink X'' launched in 2012 a pornographic reward, the PinkX Gay Video Awards. History On 25 October 2004, Pink TV was born on cable and satellite in the form of a pay-TV channel. On 12 March 2007, when the channel's accounts were bad, the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel accepted the Pink TV project, which consisted of splitting the antenna into two: the day, the usual programs (cultural, entertainment, information expressing homosexual cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discovery Channel (French TV Channel)
Discovery Channel is a French channel that was launched on 1 September 2004. Until then, France had been the only region in Western Europe not reached by the Discovery Channel. It initially reached 3.2 million subscribers via the CanalSat platform. On 31 March 2009, the channel adopted the also known as a US channel. The channel faces competition from other documentary channels such as Planète+ and National Geographic. In December 2016, Altice acquired an exclusivity agreement with NBCUniversal and Discovery Networks. Discovery Channel and Science were removed from Canal on 17 January 2017, and French versions of Investigation Discovery and Discovery Family were launched exclusively on SFR. Programming Programs are mostly taken from the United Kingdom and the United States and include: * ''American Chopper'' * '' Biker Build-Off'' (Duels de bikers) * '' Building the Future'' (Construire l'avenir) * '' Eyewitness'' (Temoin sur le vif) * '' How Do They Do It?'' (Comment ça ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sous Le Soleil
''Sous le soleil'' (''Under the sun''; ) is a French soap opera broadcast on French major channel TF1 from 1996 to 2008. A spin-off, ''Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez'' has been broadcast in French channel TMC since 2013. Broadcast It has been a success in many countries, particularly in Latin America, France, Belgium, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Italy, Slovakia, Russia, Turkey and Poland. In different times it was also shown in Hungary, Ukraine, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Greece, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Mexico, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, USA and many other countries. In Serbia, the show has been on air continuously since 1998 on several different channels; as of 2009, the show is being syndicated in its entirety on several local television channels. In Montenegro (as well as in Serbia through cable), new episodes are being shown on Atlas TV. Plot and characters The plot focuses on the lives and romances of Laure, Caroline and Jessica, three young women living in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30 Millions D'amis
''30 millions d'amis'' (English: "30 Million Friends") is a French television program, a French monthly magazine with its posters, and a French foundation: the Fondation 30 Millions d'Amis. All three focus on pets, especially cats, dogs, horses, ferrets, rabbits, guinea pigs, rats, hamsters, mouse, mice, Domestic canary, canaries, parakeets, parrots, terrarium reptiles, goldfish, aquarium fish, and other exotic pets, but also wild animals like for example, bonobos and cheetahs. Television program The first episode of the program, initiative of the French journalist Jean-Pierre Hutin, who was worried about the fate of pets, was broadcast on 6 January 1976 on TF1. It is one of the television programs that has the fifth-longest longevity of the French audiovisual field, after ''Des chiffres et des lettres'', ''Automoto'', ''Thalassa (TV series), Thalassa'' and ''Stade 2''. The music of the title sequence was composed by Jack Arel. The program was ended by the channel on 27 December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Présence Protestante
''Présence protestante'' is a France 2 religious programme that presents Protestant Christianity. It has been produced since the 1950s broadcast every Sunday morning since October 9, 1955. History ''Présence protestante'' debuted on October 2, 1955 which was presented by Marcel Gosselin, under the leadership of Marc Boegner who was the president of the Protestant Federation of France. Broadcast by RTF, it was originally titled ''Émission protestante'', then renamed to ''Présence protestante'' after a similar French-speaking Swiss program. The show was presented by Marcel Gosselin, who was replaced by Jean Doman in 1980. ''Présence protestante'' deals with theology on French television from a Protestant perspective. In 1961, the Protestant clergy made an agreement that meant that ''Présence protestante'' was afforded 1 hour broadcasting time on Easter and Christmas. Since the privatisation of French television channels in 1986, religious programs are broadcast on Anten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Jour Du Seigneur
''Le Jour du Seigneur'' ( English: The Lord's Day) is a France 2 religious programme that presents Christianity, usually broadcasting Catholic mass and services, amongst other things related to religion. It was the first broadcast Vatican Catholic mass The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ. As defined by the Church at the Council of Trent, in the Mass "the same Christ ... and is the longest running French television show. The show was first broadcast in October 1949, an overall total of 73 years, one of the highest lengths ever for a TV show. The show was originally called ''L'Emission religieuse'' (The Religious Show) and later renamed ''Le Jour du Seigneur'' in 1954. The show has experienced a significant drop of television viewers over the span of several decades due to the decline of religious observance, and overall decline in rates of Christiani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus Belle La Vie
''Plus belle la vie'' (More beautiful life) is a French television soap opera based on an idea by Hubert Besson and characters created by Georges Desmouceaux, Bénédicte Achard, Magaly Richard-Serrano and Olivier Szulzynger. On air from 30 August 2004 until 18 November 2022, it was shown on France 3 on Monday to Friday evenings at 8:15 p.m. The show began with 17 main actors and gained more later. On 11 July 2008, France 3 broadcast its 1000th episode, a milestone in French television. The series set a second record on 8 June 2012, airing its 2000th episode. On 22 April 2016, it broadcast its 3000th episode, and on 21 February 2020, its 4000th. Plot The series follows the daily lives of the inhabitants of "Le Mistral", a fictional neighbourhood in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, where wealthy and less than wealthy families co-exist. It focuses on their evolving love lives and friendships evolve and on the criminal intrigues in which certain residents of the neighbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Television
Television in France was introduced in 1931, when the first experimental broadcasts began. Colour television was introduced in October 1967 on La Deuxième Chaîne. Digital terrestrial television The digital terrestrial television platform, known locally as TNT (from the literal translation in French, ''télévision numérique terrestre''), was launched on 31 March 2005 after a short testing period. Like Freeview in the UK, it provides many new channels, as well as the current terrestrial television stations. Like the rest of Europe, France uses the DVB-T transmission technology. The 13 first digital free channels were launched on 31 March 2005. In October, 4 additional free channels were added: the 24h news channels BFM TV and I-Télé, the music and entertainment youth channel Europe 2 TV, and the free children channel Gulli, joint-venture between Lagardère Active and France Télévisions. Pay channels were progressively added until 2006: TPS Star, Paris Première, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
