La Une

La Une logo (Jan 26 2004-)

Digital: TNT: channel no. 809; TNT (Bouquet RTBF) UHF DVB-T/MPEG-2 channel 45 in Liège; channel 56 in Wavre, Brussels, Tournai, Anderlues and Profondeville; channel 57 at Léglise.
Satellite: TéléSAT: channel no. 1; TV Vlaanderen: channel no. 61
Cable: Telenet: channel no. 1 (French Community), no. 130 (Flemish Community); SFR Luxembourg: channel no. 49; VOO: channel no. 1 (501 SD); Wolu TV: channel no. 1
IPTV: Proximus Pickx: channel no. 1 (Brussels and Wallonia), channel no. 251 (Flanders) (551 in SD); Scarlet: channel no. 1 (Brussels and Wallonia), channel no. 40 (HD); Orange: 1 (HD) 701 (SD)

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**La Une** ("the one") is a public French-language TV station in Belgium, owned by the RTBF. Its sister channels are Tipik and La Trois. Slogan of La Une is « Regardez, ça vous regarde » (Look, it's up to you)

## Channel description

La Une is the generalist, family and popular channel of RTBF. It is primarily dedicated to information, entertainment and events. La Une promotes the heritage of Brussels and Wallonia. It is open to Belgium, Europe, the Francophonie and the rest of the world.

## Channel history

### INR

In 1952, the INR was given responsibility for television services. Experimental television was born in Belgium on June 2 , 1953 with the live broadcast of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II of England. On October 31 at 8:30  p.m. , from studio 5 on Place Flagey , headquarters of the Belgian National Broadcasting Institute (INR), the announcer Dominique Rollin (this was her only appearance on the air) opened the antenna of the brand new experimental television channel which has just been born under the name of **INR-Télévision Belge, Emissions françaises** and which only broadcasts two hours a day, six days a week. The program begins with the French television news of the RTF relayed by the Télé-Lille transmitter (first French regional transmitter), followed by a cabaret-type program entitled *Boum*. Own productions are limited to two evenings per week. The rest of the programming is provided by the “relais de Paris”, a set of programs from the RTF, the French Radio-Television. The first live sports appeared with the 1954 Football World Cup and Monday sports from 1955.

Since the famous evening of October 31, 1953, which marks the official birth of Belgian television, the INR has relayed the television news of the RTF. This situation of total dependence on foreign information begins to pose serious political problems as France embarks on the Suez expedition and finds itself confronted with increasingly dramatic events in Algeria. On September 1, 1956, the INR therefore decided to organize its own television news. The beginnings are extremely modest: almost devoid of images, apart from that of the presenter reading his text.

In 1953, there were only 6,500 television receivers in Belgium. The INR transmitters are then located at the Palais de Justice in Brussels with a range limited to a radius of 40 kilometres. It is necessary to wait until 1954 to have transmitters in Liège and 1958 in Wavre , which makes it possible to cover practically 96% of the French-speaking territory. In 1956 , there were more than 100,000 televisions and, in 1960 , they passed the 700,000 milestone.

### RTB

After 30 years of existence, the INR/NIR therefore gives way to the RTB/BRT in 1960. The French and Flemish programs become independent. Both television and radio are autonomous: separate staff and their own budget. The two broadcasting institutes have full cultural autonomy, organic independence from the government and guaranteed freedom of information. RTB/BRT is headed by a program director appointed by the King.

In the early 1960s, the first European territory to acquire the coaxial cable which paves the way for television abundance. From 1961, Coditel, the first Belgian cable television company, developed networks in Namur, Liège and Verviers where the reception of hertzian waves is difficult. Belgium has become the most cable-distributed country in Europe, since the network developed throughout the country from 1975, thus ending the monopoly of public television. This development marks the beginning of increased audiovisual competition in Belgium.

Multiple broadcasts appear such as *Le Jardin extraordinaire* (1965), *Le Week-end sportif* (1967), the live arrivals of the Tour de France cyclist , the first political debates and election evenings and major reports abroad. On January 1 , 1971, the RTB switched to color with *Le Jardin extraordinaire* and Le Journal Télévisé (News Bulletin) in 1973.

In 1977, a second French-language television channel was created, RTBis, and the decentralization of production took place with the creation of Regional TV Centers in Liège and Charleroi. A new production center was created in Brussels in 1979 .

### RTBF / RTBF 1

On December 12, 1977, by decree of the Cultural Council of the French Community, the RTB becomes the RTBF, Endowed with a new statute, it has the cultural autonomy of a radio and television broadcasting monopoly, freedom of information asndindependence from the public authorities. RTBF's first television channel was then renamed RTBF1.

In the early 1980s, public service television and radio stations were subsidized solely by taxpayers. In 1983 , RTL Television obtained authorization for a hertzian relay between Luxembourg and Brussels; in compensation, RTBF received access to non-commercial advertising in 1984. But competition with the French channels and RTL is increasingly fierce, and the public service must seek new sources of income. In 1983, the Government authorized RTBF to broadcast non-commercial advertising. As the advertising sector was rather hostile to the operation of an internal control, the RTBF created, in 1985, its first subsidiary, the RMB (Belgian media control), by joining the control Belgian Cinema Advertising (CPB). The purpose of the RMB is to sell unbranded advertising spots on the public channel. RTBF1 can thus broadcast spots of a cultural nature or State campaigns, but it also broadcasts advertising messages praising the advantages of various products without showing the brand name, which allows RTBF to circumvent the law, while remaining in legality. The financial contribution and the on-screen citation of commercial sponsors was exceptionally authorized by the government in 1987 to allow RTBF to finance the organization of the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest held in Brussels. The Government then authorized commercial advertising from September 1, 1989, as the government's endowments are no longer sufficient to finance RTBF. The first commercial advertising spot on RTBF1 is broadcast on September 1, 1989 around 6:55 p.m. for Milka's Lila Pause chocolate. The management and marketing of advertising space was entrusted to TVB, but the system was later criticized from all sides and was discontinued in 1996.

While it has so far opened its antenna at the end of the afternoon for programs aimed at young people, RTBF1 begins its programs at 15h from September 10, 1990 by broadcasting a film every day, followed by Nouba Nouba, the magazine for teenagers Félix, the 18h30 news flash presented by Paul Germain, the Marmots game presented by Philippe Luthers, the regional magazine Ce Soir, then the JT1 broadcast on 19h30.

The announcers disappeared from the air in 1993.

### La Une

On July 14, 1997, a decree gave RTBF status and invested it as an independent cultural enterprise. It is now governed by a management contract setting out its missions and objectives. That same year of 1997, RTBF renamed its first channel, La Une, in which was then the first Belgian television channel to stop closing its antenna at night.

On the occasion of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, RTBF decided to broadcast all the matches on its two main television channels, La Une and La Deux. The two RTBF channels also complement each other by broadcasting the same film in a French version on la Une and in the original version on la Deux.

La Une changed its logo in January 2004 and is reorganizing its program offerings to complement those of La Deux . In August 2005, the channel changed to a 16:9 format. In March 2011, *La Une* ceased broadcasting on analog along with La Deux and La Trois.

## Services

### Reception

La Une is available in Brussels and Wallonia via Digital Terrestrial (DVB-T), cable (VOO and Telenet), satellite via TéléSAT and Belgacom TV (IPTV).

In Flanders, prior to the digital switchover, La Une was also available in certain cities near the Walloon border in the following provinces: Flemish Brabant, East Flanders, Limburg, Antwerp and West Flanders via analoguterrestrial, due to the terrestrial spillover. La Une is also available in Flanders, TéléSAT and TV Vlaanderen via Satellite, Proximus Pickx, Telenet and Voo.

La Une is available in Luxembourg via spillover from neighboring Wallonia as well as via pay-TV providers Luxembourg Online and Tango.

## Programs

### Current

* Contacts - Lifestyle
* Affaire conclue - Magazine
* The Voice Belgique
* En Cuisine
* Vues de Belgique
* Opinions
* Le temps d'une histoire
* Meurtres à Belle-Ile
* Jardins & Loisirs (1997 - now)

### News

JT 13h (13 heures) and JT 19h30 (19 trente) are the television news broadcast every evening, presented by Ophélie Fontana, Véronique Barbier, François de Brigode, Nathalie Maleux, Mariam Alard and Laurent Mathieu. Weather news came after the broadcast.

In addition to the two television newscasts, La Une broadcasts two morning shows on weekdaysː

* The *6/8* presented by Sara De Paduwa
* The broadcast of *8/9* of VivaCité presented by Benjamin Maréchal
* Viva Week-end in the weekend.

### Sport

In 2014, RTBF obtained the broadcast rights for the FIFA World Cup . The matches of the red devils and the final are broadcast on La Une and on radio on VivaCité and the other matches are broadcast on La Deux. Also sports show:

* Studio Foot/La Tribune

### International

* Demain nous appartient - Soap opera by TF1
* Ici tout commence - Soap opera by TF1