France Ô

France Ô
France Ô
Launched	25 March 1998
Owned by	France Télévisions
Picture format	576i (SDTV)
Country	France
Formerly called	RFO Sat (1998–2004)
Sister channel(s)	France 2 France 3 France 4 France 5 France 24
Website	www.franceo.fr
Availability
Terrestrial
TNT	Channel 19
Satellite
CanalSat	Channel 170
Bis Televisions	Channel 29
TNTSAT	Channel 19
Cable
Noos	Channel 51
IPTV
Freebox TV	Channel 152
Orange TV	Channel 32
Neuf TV	Channel 24
Alice	Channel 32
DartyBox	Channel 32

France Ô (pronounced: [fʁɑ̃s o]) is a French public television network featuring programming from the French overseas departments and collectivities in Metropolitan France. It is part of the France Télévisions group. Its overseas counterpart is Outre-Mer 1ère.

It is available through cable, satellite, ADSL and the new digital terrestrial television system.

Formerly known as RFO Sat, the channel was originally broadcasting 9 hours per day only. It was re-branded France Ô in 2004 in order to better show it was part of the France Télévisions group. The "O" stands for Outre-mer (overseas), and the accent shows that the channel was opened to all accents and dialects of the world, but also ensures that the name of the channel is not read as France 0 ("France zéro").

The channel became available in overseas territories in November 2010, replacing the RFO-operated Tempo.

External links

• Official website (French)