La Chaîne Info

La Chaîne Info
Launched	June 24, 1994 at 20:30
Owned by	TF1
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Country	France
Website	http://lci.tf1pro.com
Availability
Terrestrial
TNT	Channel 26
Satellite
Canalsat	Channel 103
Cable
Numericable	Channel 51
MC Cable	Channel 81
Naxoo	Channel 69
IPTV
Canalsat	Channel 103

La Chaîne Info, or LCI (French: "The Info Channel") is a French TV news channel. The network provides 24-hour national and global news coverage.

History

LCI was created on June 24, 1994, by Christian Dutoit on behalf of the media group TF1. The launch of LCI was simulcast on TF1.

The broadcast began at 8:30 pm with the live TV news programme presented by Françoise-Marie Morel. The first guest was the CEO of the channel, Étienne Mougeotte.

The channel was also broadcast in Italy on digital terrestrial television from 2004 to December 2006 on Dfree multiplex.

In 2006, the channel's web site appeared twice in the James Bond film Casino Royale, a product placement that the channel says it did not pay for..

On April 5, 2016, the channel became free-to-air and began broadcasting on channel 26 via digital terrestrial television in France.

Programs

• LCI Matin - morning news
• Ferry / Julliard - a debate and discussion program
• Politiquement Show - French politics
• Le Grand Journal de 12h30 - a mid-day newscast
• L'invité de l'Économie - business
• Le Journal du Monde - World news
• Le Grand Jury - political interview

Logos

• La Chaîne Info (logo).png

  2012-December, 31, 2015

External links

• Official web site (French)