TV Breizh

TV Breizh (Breizh is Breton for Brittany) is a private French regional station for the Brittany region.

TV Breizh
Launched	1 September 2000.
Owned by	TF1 Group
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Country	France
Language	French
Website	TV-Breizh.fr
Availability
Satellite
CanalSat	Channel 44
Cable
Numericable	Channel 73
IPTV
Scarlet	Channel 202 (SD) Channel 453 (HD)
SFR	Channel 73
Freebox	Channel 54
Bouygues	Channel 32
Orange	Channel 37

History

TV Breizh was launched on 1 September 2000 by TF1 and Patrick Le Lay for the purposes of broadcasting regional programming and reruns of TF1 programmes.

TV Breizh tried to obtain an analogue broadcast licence for its region but was rejected by the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel – Audio and Video Council). In 2004, TV Breizh was a prime candidate for a broadcast licence on Télévision Numérique Terrestre but failed.

Groupe TF1 becomes the owner of TV Breizh as of July 17, 2015

Programmes

TV Breizh concentrates on local programming such as news programmes but also reruns of old TF1 programmes such as Murder, She Wrote, Columbo and films. This has made TV Breizh more of a national entertainment station rather than a purely local station. Programmes in the Breton language decreased gradually in favour of French programmes, and as of 2010, they have controversially totally disappeared.

See also

• List of Celtic-language media
• S4C – Welsh language TV station
• BBC Alba – Scottish Gaelic TV station
• TG4 – Irish language TV station