France 3 Alsace
France 3 Alsace is a regional television service and part of the France 3 network. Serving the Alsace region from its headquarters in Strasbourg, France 3 Alsace produces regional news, sport, features and entertainment programming.
History
RTF Télé-Strasbourg began broadcasting on 15 October 1953. In 1964, RTF was replaced with ORTF by the government, with RTF Télé-Strasbourg becoming ORTF Télé-Strasbourg. After the de-establishment of ORTF on 6 January 1975, ORTF Télé-Strasbourg became FR3 Alsace. Following the establishment of France Télévisions on 7 September 1992, FR3 Alsace was rebranded France 3 Alsace.Programming
News
France 3 Alsace produces two daily region-wide news programmes - a 15 to 20-minute bulletin at 1200 CET during Ici 12/13 and the main half-hour news at 1900 during Ici 19/20. Two 10-minute sub-regional bulletins, Strasbourg-Deux Rives and France 3 Haute-Alsace are broadcast during Ici 19/20 at 1900 CET.Rund um, a short bulletin in the Alsatian language with French subtitles, is also aired each weekday after the regional Ici 12/13 bulletin.
On 5 January 2009, a 5-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of Soir 3.