The pressure is mounting... In less than five months, Paris will host the
Olympic Games
and then the Paralympic Games.
France Télévisions, the only free-to-air broadcaster of the two events which will take place respectively from July 26 to August 11 and from August 28 to September 8, is gradually revealing its system.
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Alexandre Kara, head of information for public service channels, announced in an interview with our colleagues from Le Parisien that Anne-Sophie Lapix, Leïla Kaddour, Laurent Delahousse and Julian Bugier, the main presenters of the France 2 television news, will indeed be present at their posts during the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
No vacation for Anne-Sophie Lapix and Laurent Delahousse
“We are going to deprive them of vacation this summer
,” he explained with humor.
All our regular presenters will be back for the Olympic Games, then Paralympic Games.
I didn’t need to insist: they are very motivated by the idea of covering this historic event for our country.”
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The news chief also explained that the “Télématin” program, presented by Thomas Sotto and Marie Portolano, as well as the 1 p.m. and 8 p.m. television news would be relocated to a studio placed on the roof of the museum. 'Man at the Trocadéro.
A very privileged location which will offer viewers a magnificent view of the Eiffel Tower.
Continuous sport on France 2 and France 3
On the sports side, France Télévisions will offer complete coverage of the competitions, as detailed last November by Laurent-Éric Le Lay, the sports director, during an interview with La Correspondence de la Presse.
“We are going to privatize France 2 and France 3 for the Games
,” he declared.
The two channels will, in fact, broadcast the event continuously throughout the day, except during the midday and evening television news.
During these interruptions, France 4 will take over the sporting relay.
Each of the entities will have its specificities: two will program athletics and swimming while Three will be focused on team sports such as handball or basketball.
A third channel, broadcast on the france.tv platform, will highlight urban sports such as breakdancing or climbing.