The public channel was initially intended to cease issuing the next weekend. But the outbreak of coronavirus is coming to upset the plans.
France 4 plays extra time. The public channel aimed at young children was initially intended to permanently stop issue Sunday, August 9, with the string of overseas France Ô, the result of a decision taken in 2018 by the government. This date was to mark the closing ceremony of the Tokyo olympic Games, and the two strings were part of the France Télévisions to broadcast the event. Once the competition is gone, they would finally be extinguished.
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But the new Culture minister Roselyne Bachelot has decided to make a change of date, to put an end to months of delay. According to the information of Paris, France, 4 wins and a one-year suspended sentence, and France Ô should cease transmission at the end of the month of August.
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Impact of the Covid-19
the closure of The two channels, initially planned for the beginning of August, had been announced in 2018 by the former minister of Culture Françoise Nyssen. The goal was to allow France Télévisions to make savings.
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But the epidemic of Covid-19 is coming to upset the plans : France 4 breaking its programming to provide educational content for children during the confinement. It was followed by a pitched battle between members of parliament from all sides, to save the chain. Except new change, it has therefore gained a year of respite.
