TV Breizh
TV Breizh (Breizh is Breton for Brittany) is a private French regional station for the Brittany region.
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| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | TF1 Group |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 September 2000 |
| Links | |
| Website | TV-Breizh.fr |
| Availability | |
| Cable | |
| Numericable | Channel 73 |
| Satellite | |
| CanalSat | Channel 44 |
| IPTV | |
| Scarlet | Channel 202 (SD) Channel 453 (HD) |
| SFR | Channel 73 |
| Freebox | Channel 54 |
| Bouygues | Channel 29 |
| Orange | Channel 38 |
History
TV Breizh was launched on 1 September 2000 by TF1 and Patrick Le Lay for the purposes of broadcasting regional programming and reruns of TF1 programmes.
TV Breizh tried to obtain an analogue broadcast licence for its region but was rejected by the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel – Audio and Video Council). In 2004, TV Breizh was a prime candidate for a broadcast licence on Télévision Numérique Terrestre but failed.
Groupe TF1 became the owner of TV Breizh as of July 17, 2015.
Programmes
TV Breizh concentrates on local programming such as news programmes, but also airs reruns of old TF1 programmes such as Murder, She Wrote, Columbo and films. This has made it more of a national entertainment station rather than a purely local station. Programmes in the Breton language decreased gradually in favour of French programmes, and as of 2010, they had, controversially, totally disappeared.
See also
- List of Celtic-language media
- S4C – Welsh language TV station
- BBC Alba – Scottish Gaelic TV station
- TG4 – Irish language TV station
