Direct 8 was a national French
TV channel, owned by
Vincent Bolloré. It was available through
digital terrestrial television
Digital terrestrial television (DTTV or DTT, or DTTB with "broadcasting") is a technology for terrestrial television in which land-based (terrestrial) television stations broadcast television content by radio waves to televisions in consumers' ...
network "
TNT" and the
Astra 1H satellite position.
As the name suggests ('direct' is French for 'live'), Direct 8 was originally intended to broadcast live shows only (except during night times and holiday seasons). This is no longer the case.
Following its purchase by Canal Group, the channel closed down on 7 October 2012 and relaunched as
D8.
See also
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D8 (TV channel)
References
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Direct 8 devient une « vraie » concurrente*
Direct 8, Nicolas, les femmes et le coup de ciseau - 20minutes.fr*
Direct 8 s'offre l'équipe de France Espoirs, actualité Médias 2.0 : Le Point*
Direct 8 : la chaîne du direct - télévision - la-Croix.com*
External links
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ttps://web.archive.org/web/20050403050615/http://www.direct8.fr/ Official Site ''(broken, redirected to D8 website)''
Live streaming video of Direct 8''(not available during movies)''
Defunct French television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2001
Television channels and stations established in 2005
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012
French-language television stations
2001 establishments in France
2005 establishments in France
2012 disestablishments in France
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