The number 2 of France Televisions Friday explained on Europe 1 the philosophy which now chairs in the public audiovisual group: "to try many things" to reach the greatest number.

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The return was dense for France Televisions. The public group has launched several new formats on its various antennas, symbol of the will, new, to test new formats. "We are trying a lot of things today on entertainment," confirms Europe 1 Takis Candilis, Deputy Director General for Broadcasting and Programs. "For a lot of years, we've been purring on the public service, there we try a lot of things, that does not mean that everything is going to work, but it means we're moving and we're trying to talk to all audiences. "

"We touched all audiences and we were very happy"

It is precisely with this objective that France 2 broadcast last Saturday the race of the champions, presented by Teddy Riner, for a mixed success. Only 1.63 million people attended the program. Not a problem, according to Takis Candilis. "We knew that this show would be much stronger on the young and under 50. We made 16% on the 15-24, we made 15% on the under 50", affirmed the number 2 of France Televisions. "And on the other side, on the 3, there was a thriller, and the 3 of a Saturday's thriller is usually very powerful on the older audiences, and finally we hit all the audiences and we were very happy, "he concluded.

And in the novelty series, France Televisions does not stop there. France 3 proposes Friday night The secret box, led by Faustine Bollaert. Above all, France 2 put a lot on Hugo Clement to, again, seduce the youngest on the theme of ecology. "Hugo Clément, he is a young and formidable journalist, who goes to the front, who is on the ground permanently," said Takis Candilis. "He has hundreds of thousands of followers who as soon as he post something, are obviously all present and listen to him." He wanted to do prime time, make documentary longer than a tweet or a post on the internet, and you'll see, on the ocean front, his first major primetime documentary, is absolutely fascinating and awesome. "