France 24 the 24hr international news network added to ch 660 @ 118.7

[r10fret]

Dish has now added France 24, the 24hr a day feed, previously the channel was only seen a few hours a day via mhz worldview ch 2183 on directv worldirect. Now dish has it @ 118.7 ch 660. Right now it's on free preview.


The channel broadcasts new in English, French and Arabic live from Paris.
France24 - TOP STORIES - the latest news from around the world - read about the events that make international headlines

International subs on 118 should check it out.

 

[shneor]

Not available for me, in California. Message: Not available in your area.

 

[navychop]

I'd expect few can get 118 anyway.

 

[Jim5506]

Almost the whole country can see it, but not too many have the special lnb required to receive 118.

 

[r10fret]

Been recording this for the last 8 hrs since it was made available and it looks like this feed is all French language all the time, so who knows where the France 24 in english broadcasts come from that MHZ worldview presents at 7am, 1pm and 8pm. Did not match what was on mhz-w directv 2183 at 8pm eastern. That must be a compleyely different feed, always assumed that the english broadcasts worked like DW tv (german) alternating half hours between English, French and Arabic programming, but this new dish network ch 660 feed of FR24 is all French, also have no idea how much this service will be or if it is even available ala carte to international subs or just part of French bouquet. Logged in to my account and looked under view additional programming / French and wasn't yet listed. I might consider adding it to my TV Globo sub if it was only a few dollars a month.