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Longtime France 3 newsreader Catherine Matausch, recently recovered from lung cancer, has made an exclusive interview to print magazine Télé Star, where she criticized the plans by FTV to implement the biggest relaunch of France 3's news programming since 2000, which will involve the replacement of the longtime 12/13 and 19/20 news blocks.

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To explain this what is happening, on FTV's last upfront conference, Delphine Ernotte announced the relaunch of France 3's news blocks, named Projet Tempo, which would involve the replacement of both 12/13 and 19/20 (composed of a regional bulletin, followed by a national one) in favour of two daily hour-long composite local, national and international newscasts, named after the Ici news website, a collaboration between France 3 and France Bleu (Radio France's local radio network), the partnership will extend to these new news hours, with France Bleu staff reporting during each bulletin. Additionally, France Info (both radio and TV) and France 24 will provide national and international news, with regions being able to place them on the schedule at their own discretion.

This is being done using existing budgets, resulting on various instances of industrial action so far in the season; however, Ernotte's plan is to launch the new combined offering at the start of next season. The existing France 3 national presenters will being reassigned: Carole Gaessler will present a daily newsflash on the preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympics, set to debut this Spring.