Paris (AFP)

The government will group the public broadcasting companies in a holding company called "France Médias", in the manner of the BBC in the United Kingdom. An overview of the groups involved in this big-bang, which will bring together under one roof separate entities since the bursting of the ORTF in 1975.

- France Televisions

A flagship for public broadcasting, France Télévisions, set up in 1992, includes 6 national channels broadcast on TNT (France 2, 3, 4, 5, Ô and franceinfo), and the online platform france.tv, plus around 20 regional antennas and ultramarine channels and stations.

Led since April 2015 by Delphine Ernotte, it had 9,618 full-time equivalents (FTEs) at the end of 2018.

The group has the highest budget of any audiovisual in France, despite a plan for savings and workforce reductions: 2.8 billion euros in 2018, including 2.5 billion from the fee.

He will prepare the stop next year France 4 and France O, and is working hard to develop its online offers. In addition to France.tv and offers for young people and children (such as Slash and Okoo, expected end 2019), the group will launch by the end of March 2020 Salto, joint platform with TF1 and M6.

- Radio France

The first French radio group, Radio France, born in 1975, brings together seven stations (France Inter, franceinfo, France Culture, France Musique, Fip and Mouv ', plus France Bleu and its 44 local stations), and four musical groups (two orchestras , a choir and a master). It is directed since last year by Sibyle Veil.

The group had 4,780 employees at the end of 2018, for a budget of just under € 700 million, of which around € 600 million came from the license fee. It is also embarking on a savings plan, which plans to cut 300 jobs by 2020.

On the construction side, Radio France is already very active in the digital world, but must also deal with the accelerated evolution of uses, with the development of connected speakers and music and audio platforms, not to mention digital radio (DAB +).

- France World Media

Last born public audiovisual groups, created in 2008 under the title of "Audiovisual outside France" (AEF) and renamed France Media World in 2013.

It brings together three major media outlets in around fifteen languages ​​and internationally: Radio France Internationale (RFI), the France 24 news channel, and the Arabic radio station Monte Carlo Doualiya.

The group led by Marie-Christine Saragosse employs around 1,800 people. It has a budget of 280 million euros, of which about 260 million from the royalty.

- Ina

Established in 1975, the National Audiovisual Institute is the world's leading digitized archive, with more than 19 million hours of television and radio. It also archives some websites and Twitter accounts.

Memory of French television, Ina enhances these archives through the production of programs and the publishing of DVDs, CDs, and books. It also offers many audiovisual training and is home to the Musical Research Group (GRM).

Directed since 2015 by Laurent Vallet, Ina had end of 2018 943 employees for a budget of about 120 million euros, from two-thirds of the royalty.

- Not included: TV5Monde and Arte France

Due to their special status, as they are financed by several countries, TV5Monde and Arte France will not be merged into the holding company.

TV5Monde, founded in 1984, is an international French channel funded by France, Switzerland, Canada, Quebec and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. Led by Yves Bigot, the company operates a global network of 11 channels, which broadcast original programs, and programs from its partners (France Télévisions, RTBF, RTS, Radio Canada ...). Its budget amounted to 112 million euros in 2018 (including subsidiaries), two-thirds of which came from French royalties.

Arte France is the hexagonal pole of Arte, a Franco-German channel born in the early 90s, and provides 40% of its programs. The company is chaired by Véronique Cayla and benefits from approximately 280 million euros under the royalty.

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