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| Country | France |
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| Owner | Ouest-France |
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| Launched | 1 September 2025 |
Ouest-France TV (known as OF TV, or OFTV) is an upcoming French free-to-air generalist national television channel that is scheduled to start broadcasting on 1 September 2025.
Owned by the group Ouest-France/Association pour le soutien des principes de la démocratie humaniste (ASPDH), a non-profit organization, the future channel aims to defend media and information independence, democracy, and to address issues affecting rural areas.
Unlike other generalist TV channels on French digital terrestrial television, it will be based in Rennes and not in Paris in a deliberate move away from the capital to develop the channel.
History
Background
After the suspension of C8 and NRJ 12 by the Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (ARCOM) in July 2024,[1] the project presented by Ouest-France was selected by the organization to be included on DTTV.[2][3][4]
The channel, owned by the Association for the Support of the Principles of Humanist Democracy [fr] (ASPDH),[5][6] aims to defend democracy, freedom of information and the press, and to focus particularly on issues affecting rural areas. It also aims to target "young adults aged 25 to 49 who live outside city centers".[7]
Start of broadcast and future shows
Scheduled to start broadcasting on 1 September 2025, the channel plans to hire at least 58 people in addition to the 700 journalists of the newspaper[5][8] and undertake significant modifications to the newspaper's headquarters to prepare for the new channel.[5]
The future media outlet will offer "live broadcasts, magazines, documentaries, news, entertainment, fiction, cinema, and sports".[5] It plans to launch the program Marins et terriens, nos héros du quotidien, dedicated to biographies, the show La vie en vraie, focusing on themes related to issues affecting the French, and the show Manon Bril sonne les cloches, hosted by historian Manon Bril [fr], to "revitalize history and heritage".[5]
Organisation
Head office
It plans to be based in Rennes, the historical headquarters of the Ouest-France newspaper,[5][8] unlike other DDTV channels, which are generally based in Paris.[9]
On 2 October 2024, Guénaëlle Troly was appointed general manager of the channel.[10]
Broadcasting
The release must be made by 1 September 2025.[11]
Budget
The budget is planned at 10 million euros by 2028.[12]
Editorial line
According to the director of Ouest-France, the channel will present «what the French live and will have a look at both entertaining and grounded in reality».[13]
References
- ^ "Suspension de C8 et de NRJ 12: une déflagration dans le paysage audiovisuel français" [Suspension of C8 and NRJ 12: an earthquake in the French broadcasting landscape]. Le Figaro (in French). 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Réels TV et OF TV : ce que l'on sait des chaînes qui vont remplacer C8 et NRJ12" [Real TV and OF TV: what we know about the channels that will replace C8 and NRJ12]. Le HuffPost (in French). 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Télévision : C8 perd sa fréquence TNT, Kretinsky et Ouest-France arrivent sur le petit écran" [Television: C8 loses its DTT frequency, Kretinsky and Ouest-France are coming to the small screen]. Les Echos (in French). 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Ouest-France (24 July 2024). "Télévision : l'Arcom écarte C8 et NRJ 12, OFTV et Réels TV nouveaux entrants" [Television: Arcom ousts C8 and NRJ 12, OFTV and Réels TV new entries]. Ouest-France.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f Barbet, Rémi (25 July 2024). "Télévision : à quoi va ressembler OFTV, la nouvelle chaîne de Ouest-France sur la TNT ?" [Television: what will OFTV, Ouest-France's new DTT channel, look like?]. Le Pèlerin (in French). Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ CAZALETS, Propos recueillis par Jean-Bernard (13 April 2023). "Groupe Ouest-France : le défi de l'indépendance" [Ouest-France Group, the price of independence]. Ouest-France.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "OF TV et RéelsTV: à quoi vont ressembler les nouvelles chaînes de la TNT?" [OF TV and Réels TV, what will the new DTTV channels look like ?]. BFM BUSINESS (in French). Archived from the original on 19 August 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Télévision : que proposent les nouvelles chaînes de Ouest-France et du milliardaire Daniel Kretinsky, autorisées par l'Arcom sur la TNT ?" [Television: what do the new DTT channels from Ouest-France and billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, authorized by Arcom, have to offer?]. Franceinfo (in French). 24 July 2024. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ PETIT, Cyril (24 July 2024). "Feu vert pour OFTV, la chaîne TNT de Ouest-France, qui mettra en avant tous les territoires" [Go-ahead for OFTV, Ouest-France's DTT channel, which will showcase all the regions of France]. Ouest-France.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ "Guénaëlle Troly prend la tête de OFTV, la future chaîne TNT de Ouest-France". Le Figaro (in French). 2 October 2024. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
- ^ PETIT, Cyril (24 July 2024). "Feu vert pour OFTV, la chaîne TNT de Ouest-France, qui mettra en avant tous les territoires". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 24 July 2024. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Renouvellement des fréquences TNT : Ouest France se projette en chaîne nationale des « territoires »". La Revue des Médias (in French). Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Ouest-France (22 May 2024). "Fréquences TNT : Ouest-France TV retenue par l'Arcom parmi les 25 candidatures". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
