It is a tool serving the French-speaking world: since 1984, TV5MONDE has been broadcasting information and entertainment programs in French for the whole world. And to reach even more people, the third global television network after CNN and MTV has decided to organize La Piste de la Francophonie , a special program broadcast on Thursday.
At the microphone of Philippe Vandel in Media Culture on Europe 1, Tuesday, TV5MONDE's director of information Françoise Joly and the director general of the channel Yves Bigot came to detail this device, but also the role of this network in the French-speaking world. 2019.
300 million French speakers around the world
"TV5MONDE is the channel of the Francophonie, available worldwide, even in China and North Korea, from 364 million households.We weighs about 42 million viewers," summarizes Yves Bigot. Logic, when "French is the fifth most spoken language in the world" with 300 million speakers, including 235 million daily speakers. "It's a unique language, carried by multiple voices and identities," says Françoise Joly, with "the principle that we encourage all beneficial and favorable action for the people", Yves Bigot explains.
The Track of the Francophonie falls in this logic. The 20-hour program, with 18 cities crossed, aims to go "in truly French-speaking countries", unlike a similar program broadcast two years ago. "The goal is to show the tremendous diversity of the Francophonie", from Bangkok to Montreal, through Lausanne, Yerevan or Porto Novo, defends Yves Bigot.