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France 3 Provence-Alpes

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France 3 Provence-Alpes
Logo used since 2018
CountryFrance
Broadcast areaProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
HeadquartersMarseille
Ownership
OwnerFrance Télévisions
History
Launched20 September 1954
Former namesRTF Télé-Marseille (1954–1964)
ORTF Marseille Provence (1964–1975)
FR3 Méditerranée (1975–1992)
France 3 Méditerranée (1992–2010)
Links
Websiteprovence-alpes.france3.fr

France 3 Provence-Alpes is a regional television service, part of the France 3 network. It serves the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region from its headquarters in Marseille and secondary production centre in Antibes, along with newsrooms in Toulon and Nice. France 3 Provence-Alpes produces regional news, sport, features and entertainment programming.

History

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RTF Télé-Marseille began broadcasting on 20 September 1954. In 1964, RTF was replaced with ORTF by the government, with RTF Télé-Marseille becoming ORTF Marseille Provence. After the de-establishment of ORTF on 6 January 1975, ORTF Télé-Marseille became FR3 Méditerranée. Following the establishment of France Télévisions on 7 September 1992, FR3 Méditerranée was rebranded France 3 Méditerranée.

News programmes

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France 3 Méditerranée produces daily news programmes for its two sub-regions - the France 3 Côte d'Azur edition is produced in Antibes, with the Provence-Alpes sub-region receiving programming from Marseille. Each sub-region gets a 27-minute bulletin (midi-pile) at 1200 CET during Ici 12/13 and a main half-hour news broadcast at 1900 during Ici 19/20. Three ten-minute local bulletins for the Marseille, Côte Varoise and Nice areas are broadcast during Ici 19/20 at 1900 CET.

On 5 January 2009, a five-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of Soir 3.

On some weekends and holiday periods, as well as during major events, the Côte d'Azur and Provence-Alpes news bulletins are combined into pan-regional Méditerranée editions.

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