France Télévision was formed in 1992 as a joint entity to manage then-struggling French public television channels Antenne 2 and FR3, while they renamed France 2 and France 3, respectively. The initial logo has consisted of chopped red-2 & blue-3 surrounding France Télévision text.
In August 2000, France Télévisions S.A. was formed as a holding company for France's public television channels, absorbing control of France 2, France 3, and fellow public channel La Cinquième (later renamed France 5).
On January 7, 2002, a new look with new logos for the group and all its channels was introduced. At the same time, a plural-s was added to the name which became France Télévisions. At the same time, La Cinquème changed its name to France 5, in line with its two big sisters.
The new look heavily features "screens" flying through the air. The new corporate logo consists of four blue screens with the new company name written underneath in all lowercase. The channel logos were also screens seen at an angle.
On April 7, 2008, France Télévisions introduced a company-wide image refresh, which included an updated logo and the addition of gradients to each of the channels' logos. The company logo was refreshed by adding a fifth "screen" and adding some colors to the screens, according to the logos of five of the group's main channels.
2011–2012[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Heldustry
Launched:
September 5, 2011
Starting on September 5, 2011, France Télévisions replaced the five screens on their corporate logo with the logos of the 6 channels operated by the company.
2012–2018[]
Designer:
Unknown
Typography:
Heldustry
Launched:
October 27, 2012
On October 27, 2012, the screens were removed, leaving only the wordmark. As of 2018, this logo becomes a corporate and secondary logo used along with the present logo.
2018–present[]
Designer:
Movement
Typography:
LL Brown
Launched:
January 29, 2018
On January 29, 2018, France Télévisions introduced an overhaul for all services since 2002 and was designed by Paris-based agency Movement.
This common visual identity system had been revealed over the time since the launch of Franceinfo in 2016 and France.tv in 2017, respectively with France.tv logo being modified for a current corporate logo.
1Joint venture with ARD and ZDF. 2Joint venture with TF1 and Groupe M6. 3TF1, the former main channel of what is now France Télévisions, was privatized in April 1987 and is now the flagship channel of Groupe TF1.
