TV Breizh

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TV Breizh

Country	France
Programming
Language(s)	Breton
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	TF1 Group (Merger with Groupe M6 pending)
History
Launched	1 September 2000
Links
Website	TV-Breizh.fr

TV Breizh (Breizh is Breton for Brittany) is a private French regional station for the Brittany region.

History[]

TV Breizh was launched on 1 September 2000 by TF1 and Patrick Le Lay for the purposes of broadcasting regional programming and reruns of TF1 programmes.

TV Breizh tried to obtain an analogue broadcast licence for its region but was rejected by the CSA (Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel – Audio and Video Council). In 2004, TV Breizh was a prime candidate for a broadcast licence on Télévision Numérique Terrestre but failed.

Groupe TF1 became the owner of TV Breizh as of July 17, 2015.

Programmes[]

TV Breizh concentrates on local programming such as news programmes, but also airs reruns of old TF1 programmes such as Murder, She Wrote, Columbo and films. This has made it more of a national entertainment station rather than a purely local station. Programmes in the Breton language decreased gradually in favour of French programmes, and as of 2010, they had, controversially, totally disappeared.

See also[]

• List of Celtic-language media
• S4C – Welsh language TV station
• BBC Alba – Scottish Gaelic TV station
• TG4 – Irish language TV station