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The French military opened the first radio broadcasting station in Dakar in 1932. It began broadcasting civilian programming in 1939. The origins of RTS are in Radio-Dakar, created in 1950, that broadcast eight hours per day. In 1951 two channels appear: Dakar Inter and Dakar Afrique, broadcast to listeners across western Africa.
Canal+ Afrique, owned by France's Canal+ and Vivendi, is the main provider in French-speaking Africa on Satellite SES-4 (22.0 W).. Francophonie consists country of: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Togo, Republic of the Congo, Niger, Chad, Gabon, Central African Republic, Burundi, Rwanda, Mauritania, Djibouti.
French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]
Name Owner Description Language Availability Arte Belgique: Cooperation between RTBF and ARTE: Cultural network: French: Cable networks in Wallonia, Brussels and Flanders Satellite
France was the world’s third largest TV producer in the global TV market last year, claiming a 7.3% market share, placed behind the U.S. (with a 65.9% share) and the U.K. (with 9.9%), but was ...
Le Bouquet Africain is an audiovisual offer with 36 TV channels launched by Thema on the French market in September 2008 in a soft launch with the French telecommunications operator Neuf. As of 2009 some cable and ADSL operators have also offered this bouquet to their subscribers.
Only half of Dakar residents identify with a Francophone status or feel solidarity with French-speaking countries, but the French language is seen as essential for everyday affairs and education. [72] French was the language of literacy for 37.2% of the population in 2013, followed by Arabic at 11.1%.
Juan Branco, a French lawyer for Senegalese opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, is in custody in Dakar on terrorism, conspiracy and public order charges, among others, his lawyer told Reuters on ...