Historia pierwszej na świecie prywatyzacji… publicznej telewizji – pierwszego kanału telewizyjnego TF1 we Francji

Abstract

The paper presents the story of the first privatisation of a public TV channel in the world – TF1 in France in 1987. TF1 was the most popular channel, therefore the news of selling it came as a huge surprise. However, the privatisation was carried out despite protests by both television crew and its viewers. The controversial winner was selected by means of a tender, hardly fulfilling any of the promises after winning. After many years, although the licence was only granted for 10 years, TF1 still remains in its hands.

Keywords

• french public television
• privatisation
• tf1
• privatisation of television