frfilmtv1-8, Exercise 3: Programmes and fragmentation

Model answer (one possible answer):

Maigret is a detective drama adapted from Simenon's stories; Plus belle la vie is a soap opera set in a fictional Marseille neighbourhood. Others: Apostrophes (books talk show), Les Guignols de l'info (puppet news satire).

Cable, satellite and digital channels in the 1990s and 2000s multiplied the choices, so the old single national audience, all watching the same few channels at the same time, fragmented. Public television survived as France Televisions, and Arte (1992) was added as a public arts channel.