June (TV channel)

June (stylized as june and formerly called Filles TV until October 2009) was a French TV channel which launched on 1 September 2004. This channel was mainly distributed in France in exclusivity on Canalsat and other cable networks, and also in neighbouring French-speaking countries.

History

At launch, June was launched as Filles TV, the channel aired series and emissions for pre-teen and teen girls aged 10 to 18 such as South of Nowhere, Frequency 4, So?, Degrassi: The Next Generation, My Lifestar, Is there a brain in this model? or The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. All the programmes which used to air in June was dubbed in French. But Sabrina, the Teenage witch was given only in French subtitles.

In September 2006, Filles TV unveiled a new logo meant to be less girly. It unveiled another logo the following year which kept its epsilon, with Filles TV assuming a 15-24 target range.

On 13 October 2009, Filles TV became June, refocusing as a young adult channel with the ambition to become the channel of reference for women aged 20 to 30, turning to be a feminine counterpart to MCM instead of Canal J as it initially was created. The rebranding was launched with a campaign starring Jonathan Cohen wanting to integrate for the channel "which makes you want to be a girl", according to its motto. Hence, June started broadcasting shows like Skins and some animated series like Sabrina and Nana

From Summer 2014, the exploitation of the June website (as well as MCM and Virgin Radio) was given to the infotainment digital media Melty. June was also renamed June TV in its final years.

June ended its programming on 1 September 2016 past midnight, to get replaced by Elle Girl launching on 15 September, as a full Canal exclusive in France (not getting carried by Numericable), and expanded its target range into women from 18 to 50. The channel would share the prestigious brand of the magazine Elle and made productions and promotion in association with the latter which was also owned by Lagardère.

On 16 July 2019, Elle Girl TV shut down for good ahead of the acquisition of Lagardère Active by Groupe M6, and Canal+ not renewing its exclusive contract.

Slogans

• Filles TV (2004 – October 2009): "Enterrez votre vie de jeune fille"
• June (October 2009 – August 2016): "La télé qui donne envie d'être une fille"

Programs

2006–2007 season

• Emily
• Kawai

The show features a "tribe" pretty facilitators, each with a specific personality. Brown, blonde, Mediterranean or angelic, each giving his opinion and style in writing his columns. They offer a blog, via the website of the chain. Facilitators: Leah, Emmy, Baya, Alison, Laureline, Djenne and Audrey

2009–2010 season

June offers seven days with them, a weekly magazine run by Claire Elizabeth Beaufort accompanied by five journalists aged 20–30 years including Zazon. In a setting of apartment, they review the news of the week. Each columnist for his chosen field: fashion, environment, welfare, cheap ...

June offers the weekly June's people Gossip, a period of six minutes. Juliette Longuet, French designer based in New York, says the collaboration already established with Girls TV for the appointment New York City. The show delivers tips and useful addresses for the American metropolis and also address the capital of Paris, with Paris, Paris.

Regarding fiction, June diffuse season 2 of the seriesSamantha Who?, Season 1 The L Word, Season 2 of Skins and first five seasons of Dawson.

The chain is also involved in the emission of reality TV to deal with fashion and art. Anne Slowey, editor of a famous American women's magazine offers Stylista, the subject of the recruitment of an assistant. The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency reveals the castings made by the former wife of Sylvester Stallone and boss of a modeling agency, Janice Dickinson. Going against the foot of a beauty contest which it takes the form, the show In search of inner beauty is in competition of candidates who unbeknownst to them, their human qualities.

Series

Notes and references

Related

• Canal J
• Gulli
• Lagardère Active
• TiJi

External links

• (in French) June 19 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Official Website
• (in French) Site chain to Allociné