Monaco Info is a Monegasque television channel focused on proximity and created under the name Monaco à la Une, in 1995. Official communications organ of the Monegasque State, it follows the transformation in October 1993 of Télé Monte-Carlo (TMC) into a French thematic channel.
History
From September 1993, TMC entrusted the production of its ten-minute television news to Euronews, which opted for more international and French information, to the detriment of local information. Monaco à la Une, newly launched, aims to offer a daily news bulletin to cover official news about the Prince and life in Monaco. On 27 November 1995, the first edition of Monaco à la Une aired on MC Cable's local channel, airing the same bulletin four hours a day, at 10am, 12:30pm, 7:30pm and 10pm.[1] In 2003, the channel was renamed Monaco Info.[2] On 14 January 2013, the channel started broadcasting in high definition.[3]
A weekend edition was added in the autumn period of 2023. In order to boost its digital content, the channel started producing content for social media platforms, Facebook, X and more recently TikTok.[4]
In December 2024, following a revision of Monaco's public audiovisual sector, it was determined that Monaco Info would shut down and merge with TVMonaco to form a new channel, tentatively set to start on 1 September 2025.[5]
Status
As an official communications body, Monaco Info is managed by the Communications Directorate[6] of the Principality of Monaco, itself attached to the Minister of State. Its role is to disseminate to the public information relating to the activity of the Princely Government (Prince Albert II, Princely Palace, Government and Parliament) and to economic, sporting or cultural events taking place in Monaco (National Day, Sainte Dévote, Formula 1 Grand Prix, Monte-Carlo Rally, Monte-Carlo tennis tournament, Mare Nostrum, television festival). This information is also the subject of a weekly retrospective entitled Monacoscope and broadcast every Sunday on TMC.
Monaco Info, a public channel financed by the State, is broadcast on Monaco cable, on the web and on social networks. Patricia Navarro has held the position of editor-in-chief since 2012. The communications director has been Geneviève Berti since 2016.[7]
Programming
Its programs, centered on political, economical, cultural or sports news, are developed around the daily news service, broadcast at 7pm and later repeated.[7]
Its main programs are:
- Le JT, daily news program;
- Monacoscope, weekly news bulletin in Italian, German, English and sign language covering the key news of the week (also broadcast every Sunday on TMC);
- Actusport, sports magazine;
- Asphalte, automobile magazine;
- Backstage, musical magazine;
- Cinéma, new cinema releases of the week;
- Coach U, fitness magazine;
- Découvertes, travel magazine;
- Monacook, cooking magazine;
- Sunshine, yoga magazine;
- Tout l’art du cinéma, cinephile magazine;
- Trésors d’archives, history magazine;
- Regard extérieur, interview magazine;
- Rencontre, portrait in images;
- L’Émission, magazine on AS Monaco;
- Rendez-vous à Monaco, interviews and gatherings.
References
- ^ Lancement de Monaco à la Une
- ^ "Monaco Info, « un lien privilégié avec la communauté de la Principauté »". La Gazette de Monaco. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "Monaco Info passe à la Haute Définition". monacochannel.mc. 11 January 2013.
- ^ Comment Monaco Info cherche à se réinventer
- ^ Monaco Info et TV Monaco cèderont la place à une nouvelle chaîne de télévision le 1er septembre 2025, Monaco Hebdo, 18 December 2024
- ^ "Ordonnance Souveraine n° 5.841 du 13 mai 2016 portant création de la Direction de la Communication / Journal 8278 / Année 2016 / Journaux / Accueil - Journal de Monaco". journaldemonaco.gouv.mc (in French). Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Médias : la rentrée de Monaco Info". Monaco Info. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
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