France 5

France 5 (pronounced [fʁɑ̃s sɛ̃k]) is a French free-to-air public television channel, part of the France Télévisions group. Principally featuring educational programming, the channel's motto is la chaîne de la connaissance et du savoir (the knowledge network). In contrast to the group's two main channels, France 2 and France 3, France 5 concentrates almost exclusively on factual programming, documentaries, and discussions – 3925 hours of documentaries were broadcast in 2003[1] – with fiction confined to one primetime slot of around two hours' duration on Monday evenings.

Not to be confused with France Five or La Cinq.

France 5
Launched13 December 1994 (1994-12-13)
Owned byFrance Télévisions
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
SloganFrance 5, d'intérêt public
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Formerly calledLa Cinquième (1994–2002)
ReplacedLa Cinq (1986–1992)
Sister channel(s)France 2
France 3
France 4
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Websitefrance.tv/france-5
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial televisionChannel 5
Digital terrestrial television in Overseas FranceChannel 5 or 6 or 7
Satellite
French TV providersChannel 5
Canal+ AfriqueChannel 65
StarTimesChannel 643
TéléSAT (Belgium)Channel 14
Canal+ RéunionChannel 15
Canal+ CalédonieChannel 15
Canal+ CaraïbesChannel 15
Platforma Canal+Channel 235
Cable
French TV providersChannel 5
SFR RéunionChannel 7
Vodafone (Germany)Channel 688
UPC SwitzerlandChannel 7 (Romandy)
Channel 307 (Deutschswizz)
Channel 507 (Ticino)
Net+Channel 7
Telenet (Belgium)Channel 28 (Wallonia & Brussels)
Channel 154 (Flanders)
VOO (Belgium)Channel 17
SFR (Luxembourg)Channel 44
IPTV
French IPTVChannel 5
Proximus TVChannel 23 (Wallonia & Brussels)
Channel 273 (Flanders)
ScarletChannel 21 (Wallonia & Brussels)
Channel 246 (Flanders)
SunriseChannel 7
Andorra TelecomChannel 145
MeoChannel 258
Streaming media
FilmOnWatch live

France 5 airs 24h/24. Earlier – before completion of the switchover to digital broadcasting on 29 November 2011 – the channel's analogue frequencies had carried the programmes of the Franco-German cultural channel Arte between 19.00 each evening and 3.00 the following morning.

History

It was launched on 28 March 1994 as a temporary channel under the name Télé emploi (Teleworking), more than one year after France's first privately owned free television network, La Cinq, suffered a financial collapse and ceased operations on 12 April 1992. La Cinquième started broadcasting on 13 December 1994 with a mix of small educational programs, during the hours not used by Arte (which launched less than 2 months after La Cinq's closure).

La Cinquième was integrated in the new France Télévisions public holding in 2000, which gathered Antenne 2 (since renamed France 2) and FR3 (France Régions 3, since renamed France 3); it would be rebranded as France 5 on 7 January 2002. France 5 broadcasting hours have been extended to 24 hours a day, initially available only on cable and satellite, and since spring 2005 on air within the new digital broadcasting multiplex "R1" network that supports all national public TV channels. The analog television was switch off in 2011.

Logos
  • Logo from 16 October 1999 till 7 January 2002
  • Logo from 7 January 2002 till 7 April 2008
  • Logo from 7 April 2008 till 29 January 2018
  • France 5 HD logo, 2008-2018
  • Logo from 29 January 2018
  • Alternative logo from 29 January 2018

Programmes

Documentaries
  • Des trains pas comme les autres (2011-present)
  • Femmes du monde (2006-2010)
  • J'irai dormir chez vous (2006-present)
  • Le doc sauvage (2009-present) ; Daily animal documentary program
  • Le monde des animaux (1994-2009) ; Daily animal documentary program
  • Les 100 lieux qu'il faut voir (2014-present)
  • Les routes de l'impossible (2007-present)
  • Sale temps pour la planète (2007-present)
  • Une maison, un écrivain (2011-present)
  • Vu sur Terre (2010-present)

Magazines
  • A vous de voir (1995-present)
  • Allô docteurs (2007-present)
  • Allô Rufo (2009-2014)
  • Arrêt sur images (1995-2007)
  • Carte postale gourmande (2000-2006)
  • Cas d'école (2001-2005)
  • C dans l'air (2001-present)
  • C à vous (2009-present)
  • C à dire ?! (2007-present)
  • C politique (2009-present)
  • C'est notre affaire (2004-2013)
  • Cult (2004-2005)
  • Echappées belles (2006-present)
  • Empreintes (2007-2013)
  • Entrée libre (2011-present)
  • L'emploi par le Net (2002-2015)
  • L'œil et la main (1994-present)
  • La Grande Librairie (2008-present)
  • La Maison France 5 (2003-present)
  • Le Doc du dimanche (2008-present)
  • Le Magazine de la santé (1998-present)
  • La Quotidienne (2013-present)
  • Le sens de l'histoire (1994-2001)
  • Les écrans du savoir (1994-2001)
  • Les escapades de Petitrenaud (2006-present)
  • Les Maternelles (2001-present)
  • Madame, Monsieur, bonsoir (2006-2007)
  • Médias, le magazine (2008-2016)
  • Mondes et merveilles (2006-2007)
  • On n'est pas que des cobayes (2011-2016)
  • On n'est pas que des parents (2006-2009)
  • Revu et corrigé (2007-2012)
  • Ripostes (1999-2009)
  • Silence, ça pousse ! (1998-present)
  • Ubik (2001-2007)
  • Va savoir (1994-2004) ...

Children's programs
  • 5, Rue Sésame (2005-2007)
  • Ça tourne Bromby (1997-2000)
  • Cellulo (1995-2001)
  • Zouzous (1999-2019)
  • Okoo (2019-present)

France 5 broadcasts every morning the preschool block Okoo. Then the preschool block continues to air on France 4 until the afternoon.

Game shows
  • 100% question (1998-2004) (adapted from british format 100%)
  • Madame, Monsieur, bonsoir, le jeu (2007-2008)

Series
  • City of Men (La cité des hommes) (2005)
  • Pure laine (2006)

Short programs
  • Dr. CAC
  • La Vie des animaux selon les hommes

Subsidiary
  • La Cinquième Développement - former company, active from 1995 to 2001, wholly owned subsidiary of La Cinquième, responsible for managing telephone services, Minitel, Internet, Teletext, and market a selection of programs of the chain on all media. These services were taken over by France Télévisions subsidiaries at the end of 2000.

See also
  • List of documentary channels

References
  1. "Les 10 ans du succès pour France 5". Toutelatele (in French). 13 December 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
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