France 2

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France 2
Launched	December 21, 1963
Owned by	France Télévisions
Audience share	18.1% (June 2007, [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
Others	(See article)
IPTV over ADSL
Freebox TV	Channel 2
Orange TV	Channel 2
Neuf TV	Channel 2
Alice	Channel 2
DartyBox	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 broadcasted in France in 16:9 Widescreen format ^[1] over the analog SECAM air frequencies and the French DVB-T multiplex frequencies (TNT). 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.

Contents 1 Organization 1.1 Directors 2 Hosts/Presenters 3 Programmes 4 Lebanese Civil War kidnapping 5 Muhammad al-Durrah shooting 6 References 7 External links

[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

Rachid Arhab Sophie Aurenche Thierry Beccaro David Boéri Jérôme Bonaldi Christine Bravo Laurent Broomhead Yves Calvi Catherine Ceylac Arlette Chabot Guilaine Chenu Christian Choupin Sophie Davant Laurent Delahousse Jean-Luc Delarue Michel Drucker Benoît Duquesne

Guillaume Durand Églantine Emeyé Carole Gaessler Olivier Galzi Isabelle Giordano Gérard Holtz Christophe Hondelatte Françoise Joly Françoise Laborde Philippe Lefait William Leymergie Élise Lucet Daniela Lumbroso Laurent Luyat Isabelle Martinet Valérie Maurice Olivier Minne

Nelson Monfort Patrick Montel Nagui Marie-Ange Nardi Ness Bernard Pivot David Pujadas Anne-Gaëlle Riccio Laurent Romejko Laurent Ruquier Béatrice Schönberg Patrick Sébastien Pascal Sevran Yoann Sover Tex Jean-Michel Zecca Charlotte Bouteloup Laurence Ostolaza Elsa Pallot Patrice Drevet Laurent Romejko

[edit] Programmes

• French TV Shows : C com-ç@, Cœur Océan, Avocats & associés, P.J.

• American TV Shows : ER (Urgences) ; Without A Trace (FBI : portés disparus) ; Cold Case (Cold Case : affaires classées)

[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 which Israel controversially claims to have been staged.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/?p=3897
2. ^ 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)

v • d • e France Télévisions
National channels	France 2  · France 3  · France 3 Sat  · France 4  · France 5  · France Ô

v • d • e French television stations
Terrestrial analogue	TF1 • France 2 • France 3 • Canal + • France 5 • M6 • Arte
Terrestrial digital (free)	Direct 8 • W9 • TMC • NT1 • NRJ 12 • La Chaîne parlementaire • France 4 • BFM TV • I>Télé • Virgin 17 • Gulli • France Ô
Terrestrial digital (pay)	TPS Star • Paris Première • Canal+ Sport • Canal+ Cinéma • AB1 • Planète • TF6 • Canal J • LCI • Eurosport
Others	France 24 • MCM • Mezzo • TPS Foot • 13ème Rue • France Ô • Planète • RTL9 • Comédie!
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