[London Lite]

Franceinfo started their holiday mode today.

For those who don't know how it works, tv in France goes into semi-hibernation at periods during the year. If you watch BFMTV, CNEWS or LCI, normal shows continue with cover (jockeys they're called in France) presenters with the branded shows, however Franceinfo change the schedule with the bare minimum of live presentation. (BFM will stop the 4h30-6h edition of Prémiere édition during the break, but otherwise stays the same).

Only the morning show from 6h30-8h30 has the same level of on-air journalists and live output. Otherwise you get shorter blocks of Le fil info with filler towards the back 15 minutes after each hour. Le 23h is scheduled 7 days a week instead of 3 as a live 30 minute bulletin, which is then repeated at 23h30 until the handover with France 24.

Normal service resumes late August or early September with a brand new schedule of which there will be some big changes, such as the new presenter of the morning show replacing Samuel Etienne and the rumoured new presenter of the 21-23h Franceinfo soir slot.