TFX (TV channel)

TFX

Country	France
Programming
Language(s)	French
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
Owner	Groupe TF1
Sister channels	TF1 TMC TF1 Séries Films LCI
History
Launched	31 March 2005; 19 years ago (2005-03-31)
Former names	NT1 (2005–2018)
Links
Website	tf1.fr/tfx
Availability
Terrestrial
Digital terrestrial television	Channel 11

TFX (formerly NT1) is a French free television network operated by Groupe TF1, targeting younger audiences.

History

NT1 was proposed in 2002 by AB Groupe for a frequency in the DTT, as a generalist channel inspired by its elders RTL9 and AB1. It was selected on June 10, 2003, for the launch of the TNT platform scheduled for March 2005.^[1] In late 2004, AB Groupe announced their intention to call the channel La Quatre (The Four). However, in January 2005, France Télévisions announced that they would rebrand their channel Festival as France 4. AB Groupe decided to revert to the NT1 name.

In June 2009, TF1 Group agreed to buy the channel from AB Groupe, as well as AB's 40% stake in TMC Monte Carlo (which would take TF1's total stake to 80%) and NT1.^[2] The deal was cleared by France's competition authority and subsequently by the Council of State in December 2010, dismissing an appeal by Métropole Télévision.^[3]

TF1 Group decided to make a number of changes, notably by upgrading NT1 to 16:9 in November 2010. It was the last DVB-T channel to switch to this format.^[4] In addition, NT1 became the group's channel for young adults.^[5]

On 19 May 2015, the channel launched its version in HDTV.^[6]

On 26 May 2015, TF1, TMC, NT1 and HD1 merged their websites and united them on its platform MYTF1.^[7]

On 18 October 2017, TF1 Group announced that NT1 will change its name to TFX in 2018.^[8] The rebrand took effect at 9pm on January 30, 2018.^[9][10]

On 28 February 2022, as part of the merger of their two groups, TF1 Group and M6 Group announce that they are in exclusive negotiations with Altice Média for the sale of TFX and 6ter.^[11]

Since October 2022, TFX, as well as the free DTT channels of the TF1 group, have been accessible free to air, via the Astra 1 satellite. This broadcast follows a temporary interruption in encrypted broadcasting to Canal+ and TNTSAT subscribers, following a commercial dispute. However, despite the resumption of encrypted broadcasts within the Canal+ and TNTSAT bouquets, this free-to-air broadcasting continues. TFX is therefore received free of charge in almost all of Continental Europe.^[12]

Since 8 September 2024, as the children programming block TFOU got mostly replaced by a morning show on TF1's weekday schedule, TFOU was moved to TFX on weekdays after 6.55 a.m., sharing the block on the two channels. The move on TFX gave TFOU longer broadcasts on Wednesdays where it airs until 9.30 a.m. rather than 8.30 a.m. for other regular weekdays.^[13][14]

Logo history

• 
  NT1's first logo from 2005 to 2008
• 
  NT1's second logo from 2008 to 2012
• 
  NT1's last logo from 2012 to 2018
• 
  Current logo since 2018

Programming

Series

• 2 Broke Girls (rerun, first aired on OCS Happy / OCS Max)
• Are We There Yet?
• Au nom de la vérité (rerun, first aired on TF1 / TF1 Séries Films)
• Charlie's Angels (2011 – rerun, first aired on Canal+ Family)
• Chuck (seasons 2–5 – season 1 in rerun, first aired on TF1)
• Dallas (2012 – seasons 2–3)
• Dragon Ball Z (Uncut Version)
• Falling Skies (rerun, first aired on OCS Max)
• Friends
• Grimm (rerun, first aired on Syfy)
• Gossip Girl (season 3)
• Haven (rerun, first aired on Syfy)
• House of Anubis (rerun, first aired on Nickelodeon)
• How I Met Your Mother (seasons 3–9 – seasons 1–2 in rerun, first aired on Canal+)
• Nikita (rerun, first aired on TF1 – season 1)
• One Tree Hill (seasons 8–9 – seasons 1–7 in rerun, first aired on TF1)
• The Originals (season 1)
• Riverdale (rerun, first aired on Netflix)
• The Secret Circle
• Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (season 2)
• The Tomorrow People
• True Blood (rerun, first aired on OCS Max / OCS City)
• The Vampire Diaries (seasons 3–5 and 8 – rerun for seasons 1–2, first aired on Canal+ Family, seasons 6–7, first aired on Série Club)
• VDM
• Violetta (rerun, first aired on Disney Channel)
• The Walking Dead (rerun, first aired on OCS Choc)

Reality TV

• Les Vraies Housewives
• Secret Story - The Daily Show (season 9)
• Secret Story - After Secrets (seasons 9–12)
• Secret Story (seasons 10–11)
• La Villa des cœurs brisés
• On a échangé nos mamans
• Super Nanny
• 10 couples parfaits
• Hell's Kitchen
• Bachelor
• Pascal, le grand frère

Entertainment

• En mode gossip
• Ma vie à la télé
• Tous différents

Children's television series

At the launch of NT1 in 2005, it aired children's cartoons in the morning.^[15] In the 2010s, NT1 did air live-action programming for children in the morning such as Violetta.^[16]

Since 8 January 2024, TFX share the children's programming block TFOU with TF1 on weekdays, airing it from 6.55 a.m. to 8.30 a.m., and until 9.30 a.m. on Wednesdays.^[17][18] On TFX, it can run longer, such as on the public holiday 11 November 2024 when it airs until noon which never happened on TF1.

• Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
• Paw Patrol (La Pat' Patrouille)
• Super Wings
• The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs)

Anime

NT1 aired animes since its beginning targeting teens, in the beginning in the after-school slot.^[15] Its original owner AB Groupe was an important distributor of animes in France, having produced Club Dorothée, a television block of TF1 from 1987 to 1997 which aired mostly animes which were controversial due to their violence for a children audience.

NT1 and TFX kept airing animes in mornings and weekends. It was the last channel on French DTT to keep some, airing new animes like My Hero Academia, One Piece, Captain Tsubasa and Dragon Ball Super in the late 2010s.^[19][20][21] Nowadays, it only airs classic animes, as of 2024, Cat's Eyes on Saturday mornings, while an original live-action series based on the manga premieres on 11 November 2024 on TF1.

Sports programming

On 24 July 2008, the channel announced it would broadcast the 2008–09 A1 Grand Prix events on Sundays.^[22] This international racing series was to be shown live or pre-recorded. The deal was confirmed by Richard Maroko, General Programmes Manager of the AB Groupe and Richard Dorfman, A1GP's director of broadcasting.

Association football

• FIFA World Cup qualification until 2022 (selected UEFA team (excluding France team) matches (shared with TMC, W9, and L'Équipe), France matches live on TF1 (including finals tournament) and M6)
• UEFA until 2022 (except for Nations League until 2021)
  • UEFA European Championship (selected qualifiers not involving France team only (shared with TMC, W9, and L'Équipe), selected qualifiers and finals (including France team matches) live on TF1 and M6)
  • UEFA Nations League (selected matches (including Finals and excluding France team) (shared with L'Équipe (group stage only), TMC, and W9), France matches live on TF1 and M6)
  • Friendly matches (selected matches not involving France team (shared with W9 and L'Équipe), France matches live on TF1, TMC (one match only in 2019), and M6)

Motorsport

• Moto GP (2008–2015)

Wrestling

• WWE (2006–2014)
  • Raw
  • Smackdown

References

1. "Avec la TNT, AB Groupe prépare sa revanche". Les Echos. 31 March 2005.
2. Dunand, Clémence (11 June 2010). "REPERES Le rachat de TMC et NT1 par TF1".
3. Le Galès, Yann; Renault, Enguérand (30 December 2010). "TF1 autorisée à racheter TMC et NT1". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 4 May 2011.
4. "NT1 enfin diffusée en 16/9" (in French). TéléSatellite. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
5. NT1 se tourne résolument vers les jeunes adultes Archived 6 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Teleobs.Nouvelobs.com
6. TMC et NT1 choisissent le bouquet FRANSAT pour passer à la haute définition, le 19 mai 2015 sur zonebourse.com
7. Site officiel de TF1
8. Gilles Pélisson officialise le changement de nom des chaînes NT1 et HD1, Ozap.com
9. Charlotte Moreau (9 January 2018). "NT1 et HD1 deviendront TFX et TF1 Séries Films à la fin du mois". Le Parisien. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
10. "NT1 est devenue TFX". www.telesatellite.com. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
11. Nicolas Madelaine (28 February 2022). "TF1 et M6 veulent garder la chaîne enfants Gulli mais céderont 6Ter et TFX à Altice". Les Echos. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
12. "Les chaînes de TF1 en clair sur Astra".
13. N, Sally (19 December 2023). "TFOU : déprogrammé de TF1, le programme de jeunesse débarque sur une autre chaîne". Melty (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
14. "Programme télé. De TFX à Gulli, les dessins animés du matin font de la résistance". www.lalsace.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
15. Damien (1 March 2005). "TNT: NT1 "la nouvelle grande chaîne"". Planète CSAT (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
16. AlloCine (25 September 2013). "La série Disney "Violetta" à partir du 13 octobre sur NT1". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
17. "Percutées par la matinale, les cases jeunesse de TF1 migrent en partie sur TFX". www.telerama.fr (in French). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
18. leblogtvnews.com. "Case jeunesse TFOU sur TF1 et TFX : programmation spéciale Fête de la musique". LeBlogTVNews (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
19. AlloCine (17 April 2019). "One Piece : une date de diffusion pour les aventures de Luffy sur TFX !". AlloCiné (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
20. Besse, Corentin (20 April 2021). "DRAGON BALL Z ON FREE TV TFX !". Toei Animation. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
21. Tripault, Olivia (6 May 2020). "CAPTAIN TSUBASA : La saison 2 diffusée sur TFX ! - Coyote Magazine" (in French). Retrieved 10 November 2024.
22. French TV deal confirmed a1gp.com (24 July 2008)

External links

• Official Site (in French)