- Réseau France Outre-mer
around the world.
It operates three TV channels:
*Télé " [name of department or territory] " – showing a mix of programming from
TF1 ,France 2 , andFrance 3 , plus local productions
* Tempo – the second channel, principally showing programming frommainland France
*France Ô – a satellite channel featuring programming from all the RFO regions; produced chiefly for viewing in mainland France, it can nevertheless also be seen in the RFO regions. It is also available on terrestrial digital television.RFO offers free streaming television and radio broadcasts of its services on the Internet.
History
The service was first established in 1954 as the "Service de la Radiodiffusion de la France d'outre-mer". It was renamed a year later as the "Société de radiodiffusion de la France d'Outre-mer" (SORAFOM). This organisation was replaced in 1964, following the creation of the
Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française , by the "Office de Coopération Radiophonique" (OCORA).In August 1974, OCORA became a part of the reformulated FR3: a network of regional television stations in mainland France. FR3's overseas operations were known as "FR3 DOM-TOM" and, unlike the arrangement in metropolitan France, were in charge of both television and radio.
In December 1982 France's overseas broadcasting operations were removed from FR3 and invested in the current organization, the "Société de Radiodiffusion et de télévision Française pour l'Outre-mer" (RFO).
In July 2004 RFO was reunited with the French mainland's public broadcasters when it was merged into the
France Télévisions network.External links
* [http://www.rfo.fr Official Site] fr icon
* [http://franceo.rfo.fr France Ô]
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