Reuters astounds with France considers international TV news channel:
France has asked media groups to draft proposals for a French-language international television news service like CNN, BBC World and al-Jazeera, officials said on Monday.Report back when your CARE package of clues arrives, Jean-Francois. Hmm, wait a minute! I wonder who owns the rights to Jerry Lewis' films?
French authorities have been weighing up such a venture for some time, seeing it as a means of spreading French influence, but want to press ahead even more since U.S. and British troops went to war in Iraq against Paris's wishes.
"What's happening at the moment only proves how useful it would be to have a French-language international channel," said cabinet spokesman Jean-Francois Cope.