Tv and Radio
French TV has six channels: three public (France 2, Arte/La Cinquieme and FR3); one subscription (Canal Plus - with some unencrypted programmes); and two commercial open broadcasts (TF1 and M6). In addition there are the cable networks, which include France Infos, CNN, the BBC World Service, BBC Prime, MTV, Planete, which specializes in documentaries, Paris Premiere (lots of French-dubbed films), and Canal Jimmy ( Friends and the like in French). There are two music channels: the American MTV and the French-run MCM, where you can get a real education on French rap. Arte/La Cinquieme is a joint Franco-German cultural venture that transmits simultaneously in French and German: offerings include highbrow programmes, daily documentaries, art criticism, serious French and German movies and complete operas. During the day (6am-7pm), La Cinquieme uses the frequency to broadcast educational programmes. Canal Plus is the main movie channel (and funder of the French film industry), with repeats of foreign films usually shown at least once in the original language. FR3 screens a fair selection of serious movies, with its Cinema de Minuit slot late on Sunday nights good for foreign, undubbed films. The main French news broadcasts are at 8.30pm on Arte and at 8pm on F2 and TF1. If you've got a radio , you can tune into English-language news on the BBC World Service on 648kHz AM or 198kHz long wave from midnight to 5am (and Radio 4 during the day). The Voice of America transmits on 90.5, 98.8 and 102.4 FM. If you're in the Paris area, you can listen to the news in English on Radio France International (RFI) for an hour (3-4pm) on 738 kHz AM. For radio news in French , there's the state-run France Inter (87.8 FM), Europe 1 (104.7 FM) or round-the-clock news on France Infos (105.5 FM).
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