France 24
French public service international news television network
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| July 27 2023 | Algeria Press Service publicly criticized France 24, calling it a 'trash channel' and accusing it of being controlled by the Élysée, in response to the channel's reporting on the 2023 North Africa wildfires. |
| March 27 2023 | Burkina Faso ordered the cessation of France 24's broadcasting on its territory, citing concerns about an interview with an Al-Qaeda leader that allegedly legitimized terrorist actions and hate speech. |
| August 2021 | France Channel streaming service launched in the United States with a partnership with France 24's parent company France Médias Monde, allowing subscribers to watch livestreams of English and French network versions. |
| August 1 2020 | France 24 was launched on OpenView in South Africa, replacing BBC World News. |
| 2019 | France 24 joined Channelbox in the UK on Freeview channel 271, with only the French-language version being broadcast. |
| January 9 2018 | France 24 was pulled from Spectrum cable TV. |
| September 25 2017 | France 24 launched a Spanish-language channel based in Bogotá, Colombia, broadcasting 18 hours of daily programming and simulcasting the English-language channel during remaining hours. |
| October 3 2014 | France 24 began live streaming the channel on YouTube. |
| January 9 2011 | France 24's English and French channels officially switched to 16:9 widescreen format at 02:00 CET, with the Arabic channel switching later that day at 06:00 CET. Graphics were modified to fit the new format. |
| March 2 2010 | Iran blocked the news website of France 24. |
| March 1 2010 | France 24 released live streaming with experimental automatic transcription in collaboration with Yacast Media, Exalead search engine, Vocapia Research, and Microsoft. |
| January 9 2010 | France 24's English and French channels officially switched to 16:9 widescreen format, with the Arabic channel following later the same day. Graphics were modified to fit the new format. |
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