Direct 8
Appearance
Country | France |
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Broadcast area | France |
Network | Direct Star (48%) |
Headquarters | Puteaux, France |
Programming | |
Language(s) | French |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bollor� Group |
History | |
Launched | 24 July 2001 (experimental transmissions) 31 March 2005 (official launch) |
Closed | 7 October 2012 |
Replaced by | D8 |
Links | |
Website | www.direct8.fr |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
TNT | Channel 8 |
Direct 8 was a national French TV channel, owned by Vincent Bollor�. It was available through digital terrestrial television network "TNT" and the Astra 1H satellite position.
As the name suggests ('direct' is French for 'live'), Direct 8 was originally intended to broadcast live shows only (except during night times and holiday seasons).[citation needed] This is no longer the case.
Following its purchase by Canal Group, the channel closed down on 7 October 2012 and relaunched as D8.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- (in French) Direct 8 devient une � vraie � concurrente Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
- (in French) Direct 8, Nicolas, les femmes et le coup de ciseau - 20minutes.fr
- (in French) Direct 8 s'offre l'�quipe de France Espoirs, actualit� M�dias 2.0 : Le Point
- (in French) Direct 8 : la cha�ne du direct - t�l�vision - la-Croix.com
- (in French) Programmes TV - �Direct 8 est devenue un m�dia de masse� - Divertissement - Le Figaro TV Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Official Site (in French) (broken, redirected to D8 website)
- Live streaming video of Direct 8 (not available during movies)
Categories:
- Defunct television channels in France
- Television channels and stations established in 2001
- Television channels and stations established in 2005
- Television channels and stations disestablished in 2012
- French-language television stations
- 2001 establishments in France
- 2005 establishments in France
- 2012 disestablishments in France
- French television station stubs