Direct 8

Direct 8 was a national French TV channel, owned by Vincent Bolloré. It was available through digital terrestrial television network "TNT" and the Astra 1H satellite position.

Key Information

Country	France
Broadcast area	France
Network	Direct Star (48%)
Headquarters	Puteaux, France
Programming
Language(s)	French
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Bolloré Group
History
Launched	24 July 2001 (experimental transmissions) 31 March 2005 (official launch)
Founder	Vincent Bolloré Philippe Labro
Closed	7 October 2012
Replaced by	D8
Links
Website	www.direct8.fr
Availability
Terrestrial
TNT	Channel 8
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As the name suggests ('direct' is French for 'live'), Direct 8 was originally intended to broadcast live shows only (except during night times and holiday seasons).^{[citation needed]} This is no longer the case.

Following its purchase by Canal Group, the channel was rebranded on 7 October 2012 and relaunched as D8.

• D8 (TV channel)

Television portal

• (in French) Direct 8 devient une « vraie » concurrente Archived 2008-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
• (in French) Direct 8, Nicolas, les femmes et le coup de ciseau - 20minutes.fr
• (in French) Direct 8 s'offre l'équipe de France Espoirs, actualité Médias 2.0 : Le Point
• (in French) Direct 8 : la chaîne du direct - télévision - la-Croix.com
• (in French) Programmes TV - «Direct 8 est devenue un média de masse» - Divertissement - Le Figaro TV Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

• Official Site (in French) (broken, redirected to D8 website)
• Live streaming video of Direct 8 (not available during movies)

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