France 3 Midi-Pyrénées is a regional television service and part of the France 3 network. Serving the

Occitanie Occitanie may refer to: *Occitania, a region in southern France called ''Occitanie'' in French *Occitania (administrative region) Occitania ( ; french: Occitanie ; oc, Occitània ; ca, Occitània ) is the southernmost administrative region of ...

regions from its headquarters in Toulouse, secondary production centre in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

and newsrooms in

Perpignan Perpignan (, , ; ca, Perpinyà ; es, Perpiñán ; it, Perpignano ) is the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France, in the heart of the plain of Roussillon, at the foot of the Pyrenees a few kilometres from the ...

Rodez Rodez ( or ; oc, Rodés, ) is a small city and commune in the South of France, about 150 km northeast of Toulouse. It is the prefecture of the department of Aveyron, region of Occitania (formerly Midi-Pyrénées). Rodez is the seat of the ...

, Albi and

Nîmes Nîmes ( , ; oc, Nimes ; Latin: ''Nemausus'') is the prefecture of the Gard department in the Occitanie region of Southern France. Located between the Mediterranean Sea and Cévennes, the commune of Nîmes has an estimated population of 148,5 ...

, ''France 3 Sud'' broadcasts regional news, sport, features and entertainment programming in

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, Occitan and

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History

In 1975 ''

FR3 France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also includes France 2, France 4, France 5 and France Info. It is made up of a network of regional television services providing ...

Sud'' was launched. Following the establishment of France Télévisions on 7 September 1992, ''FR3 Sud'' was rebranded to ''France 3 Sud''.

Programming

News

France 3 Sud produces daily news programmes for its two sub-regions - programming for the Midi-Pyrénées sub-region is produced in Toulouse, with the Languedoc-Roussillon sub-region receiving programming from Montpellier. Each sub-region produces a 27-minute bulletin (''midi-pile'') at 1200 CET during ''Ici 12/13'' and the main news at 1900 during ''Ici 19/20''. Six 10-minute local bulletins serving the Toulouse, Pays Catalan,

, Quercy- Rouergue, Tarn and Pays Gardois areas are broadcast during ''Ici 19/20'' at 1900 CET. On 5 January 2009, a 5-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of ''

Soir 3 ''Soir 3'' (literally Evening 3) was the late-night newscast of the French public television network France 3. The program, FR3's first national news bulletin, was launched in 1978 by its then head of news Jean-Marie Cavada. The bulletin was show ...

''. On some weekends and holiday periods, as well as during major events, the Midi-Pyrénées and Languedoc-Roussillon news bulletins are combined into pan-regional "Sud" editions.

Non-news programmes

* ''Viure al pais'', programme in Occitan and Catalan. * ''C'est mieux le matin''. breakfast programme. * ''Le Mag'', information programme. * ''Rugby Magazine'' * ''Sud Courses''

External links

Official site
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