[Roger Darthwell]

TV5Monde's new member Monte-Carlo Riviera TV has a new, definitive name: TVMonaco. The ad-supported state-owned channel will launch on September 1 at 19:15. Unlike Monaco Info, which operates in a shoestring budget, TVMonaco will feature a full schedule, mixing documentaries and non-fiction content (particularly focusing on royal events, lifestyle and luxury, and environmental issues) with daily local news and sports programming.

Many of the channel's shows will be available globally through TV5Monde, through an internal AVOD streaming platform, and through distribution to other channels; it plans also to produce its own scripted shows by the next two years. The channel will be headquartered on the Fontvieille Bay district, in a repurposed restaurant building.

www.monacomatin.mc  (paywall)

advanced-television.com  (free registration)

variety.com 

Mind if I ask this, but I thought that TMC was Monaco's public broadcaster, so I am surprised that they have launched a new one