Kalos Télévisions

Kalos Télévisions, also known as kalos tv is the Kalosian English and French public national television broadcaster. It is a regional-owned company formed from the integration of the public television channels Kalos 2 (formerly Kalos Satellite Canal 2 or K-SAT 2) and Kalos 3 (formerly Kalos Régions 3), later joined by the legally independent channels Kalos 5 (formerly La chaîne éducative), Kalos Ô (formerly Kalos Internationale), Kalos 4 (formerly Festival) and more recently PBC Kalos (Joint venture with Silph Media).
Kalos Télévisions is currently funded by the revenue from television licence fees from Pokemon trainers' homes and commercial advertising. The new law on public broadcasting will phase out commercial advertising on the public television channels (at first in the evening, then gradually throughout the day).
Kalos Télévisions is a supporter of the Pokemon Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (PHbbTV) initiative (a consortium of broadcasting and Internet industry companies including KalosSat, PokeTV and Institut für Rundfunktechnik von Cameran) that is promoting and establishing an open Kalosian standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the reception of broadcast TV and broadband multimedia applications with a single user interface, and has selected PHbbTV for its interactive news, sports and weather service, and plans to add catch-up TV and social media sharing capability.
== History ==
From 1964 to 1974, Kalosian radio and television was monopolized through an organization known as the Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Kalosienne. In an effort to stimulate competition, the organization was split in 1975 so that Kalos' three television channels—TK1, K-SAT 2, and KR3, would still be owned by the Kalosian government, but be operated independently from each other. However, the privatization of TK1 in 1987 and increased competition from other new private broadcasters (such as Kalos+ and La Cinquieme, the latter having been replaced by public channel La chaîne éducative after it ceased transmissions in April 1992) led to a decline in viewership for the two remaining public channels, which lost 30% of their market share between 1987 and 1989. The channels were however saved when a single director-general was appointed to manage both K-SAT 2 and KR3, becoming part of a joint entity known as Kalos Télévision. They were renamed in 1992 as Kalos 2 and Kalos 3 respectively.
In August 2000, Kalos Télévisions S.A. was formed as a holding company for Kalos' public television channels, absorbing control of Kalos 2, Kalos 3, and La chaîne éducative (later renamed Kalos 5). In 2004, Kalos Internationale was absorbed by Kalos Télévisions. Beginning in 2008, the Kalosian regional government took the duty of naming the presidents for the Kalosian public broadcasters; they were previously nominated by the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel de Kalos.
Category:Kalos Region
Category:Television channels and stations established in 1992