France 4
Logo used since 2018 | |
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Germany |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | French |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Parent | France Télévisions |
| Sister channels | France 2 France 3 France 5 France Info |
| History | |
| Launched | 31 March 2005 |
| Replaced | Festival (1996–2005) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| TNT | Channel 4 |
| TNT in Overseas France | Channel 4 or 5 or 6 |
France 4 (pronounced [fʁɑ̃s katʁ]) is a French free-to-air public television channel. Owned by France Télévisions, the channel is divided into two strands, with children's and family programming under the Okoo strand airing from 05:00 to 21:00 daily, and arts programming from 21:00 to 05:00 nightly.
The channel has its origins in Festival, a satellite channel established by France Télévision in 1996 to carry arts and cultural programming. With the launch of France's digital terrestrial television platform TNT on 31 March 2005, Festival was re-launched as a free-to-air channel known as France 4. While it was officially France Télévisions' eighth channel, the "France 4" branding was derived from its placement on TNT channel 14. As part of a realignment of TNT's channel assignments on 6 June 2025, France 4 was moved to channel 4 on TNT.