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TV5 Mond Plus, the fruit of a two-year effort, intends to offer some five thousand hours of French-speaking programs a year, with printed translations in four languages: English, Spanish, Arabic and German, as well as a fifth language, French, for those who wish improve your command of this language.
TV5MONDE Plus will distinguish itself from other video on demand platforms in that it will be free (with optional registration), with the ability to display ads.
In this context, the general director of TV5 Monde, Yves Pigou, told «AFP»: «We do not present ourselves as competitors of the American platforms. We do not pretend that, nor do we have the capabilities for that, but we seek to provide an alternative in French. .
“It is about global Francophone sovereignty, and about the French in the digital world as well as in the world of television,” Pigou added.
The available broadcast hours, totaling three thousand, include a group of programs previously broadcast by the “partner” stations of “TV5 Mond”, among which are “France TV”, “Radio France”, “Radio Canada “and” Tele Quebec “. And “TV5 Quebec Canada” and others. Printed translations are also available for about 80 percent of these programs, as the health crisis has delayed other translations.
Pigou noted that the global Francophone digital platform project that French President Emmanuel Macron spoke about during the Francophone Summit in Yerevan in October 2018 was achieved “with the momentum” of Canada, which “proved Netflix’s power and influence to Europe. on your floor. ”
He explained that the Canadian government subsequently invested “C $ 14 million over five years” in the platform. While he did not disclose the full cost of the platform, he claimed that it is funded in part by TV5 Monde’s annual budget of € 108 million.
