...a 22 percent increase in one year. FRANCE 24 is now available in 235 million television households across the globe either a on 24-hour basis or via part-time distribution in one, two or three of its language versions (English, French and Arabic). In five years, FRANCE 24 has increased its distribution three-fold.
Of the 235 million households that receive the channel, 183 million have 24/7 access while 52 million can watch FRANCE 24 for several hours a day as part of other channels schedules. In Europe, FRANCE 24 increased its distribution by about 10 percent last year and currently has a penetration rate of 75 percent across the continent. In Asia-Pacific, as well as in North and South America, the channel expanded its distribution by a further 10 million television households in each zone. In the North Africa-Middle East zone, FRANCE 24 expanded its distribution by 8 percent in 2011 and currently has a penetration rate of 98.5 percent throughout the region. In Sub-Saharan Africa, FRANCE 24 has a coverage rate of close to 95 percent.
FRANCE 24’s distribution by type of reception:
- 70 million television households receive FRANCE 24 by satellite free-to-air (without a subscription)
- 50 million receive FRANCE 24 as part of a satellite offer
- 27 million receive FRANCE 24 as part of a cable offer
- 19 million receive FRANCE 24 as part of an IPTV / ADSL offer
- 17 million receive FRANCE 24 directly via free DTT (in French Overseas Territories, Italy, Denmark, and some US states, for example)
- 52 million households around the world receive FRANCE 24 as part of other channels schedules (on TG4 in Ireland or TVZ in Burkina Faso, for example)
- 3.5 million users have downloaded FRANCE 24’s mobile applications, all terminals and operating systems cumulated (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc.). For more information go to: http://www.france24.com/en/mobile