CNews
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Canal+ |
| Sister channels | Canal+ CStar |
| History | |
| Launched | 4 November 1999 |
| Founder | Christian Dutoit |
| Former names | i>Télévision (1999–2002) i>Télé (2002–2017) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| TNT | Channel 14 |
| Streaming media | |
| Official website | Watch live (in French) |
CNews (French pronunciation: [senjuz]; stylised as CNEWS, formerly i>Télé) is a French free-to-air opinion channel launched on 4 November 1999 by Canal+. It provides 24-hour national and global news coverage. It is the second most watched news network in France, after BFM TV and before LCI and France Info.
i>Télé was renamed CNews on 27 February 2017. Since this change, it has taken a conservative editorial stance, and is often compared to the American TV channel Fox News. It has been many times warned by French regulators (ARCOM) for its failure to honestly and rigorously report news to the public or for illegal and reprehensible speeches. Due to these infractions, it was fined €200,000 by the French audiovisual regulatory body in 2021.
Despite the channel often violating the audiovisual laws and agreements for broadcasting on the free-to-air TV, it has so far never been really worried by the French authority of regulation.
The channel is under the control of the media proprietor and business magnate Vincent Bolloré, who has been accused of interfering with the editorial choices of the CNews.