History
France 5 was called La Cinquième (The Fifth) until January 2002. It was born officially in February 1994, more than one year after the financial collapse in April 1992 of the channel La Cinq (which was the first free private channel in France; it ceased broadcasting abruptly), reusing its past analog broadcasting network. La Cinquième started broadcasting in December 1994 with a mix of small educational programs, during the hours not used by Arte (that was founded just a few days after the death of La Cinq).
It was renamed France 5 later, when it was integrated in the new France Télévisions public holding which already grouped Antenne 2 (renamed France 2), and FR3 (France Régions 3, renamed France 3). Since then, France 5 broadcasting hours have been extended to 24 hours a day (initially available only on cable and satellite, and since spring 2005 on air within the new digital broadcasting multiplex "R1" network that supports all national public TV channels and that will replace the existing equivalent analog broadcast channels).
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