A – bad – surprise awaited the night owls on the night of Friday 20 to Saturday 21 June. All the channels of France Télévisions were indeed victims, for a few seconds, of a diffusion failure linked to a major failure of the air conditioning of the building and in particular rooms housing the group’s broadcast servers.
France Télévisions victim of an act of maliciousness
This breakdown provoked a general bug which, if it was quickly resolved for France 2, France 3, France 4 and France 5, had the longest consequences for France Info which could not broadcast its programs live on Saturday morning. But this unique breakdown would not be accidental, revealed France Télévisions in a statement released on Monday. According to the message sent yesterday by the management of the chain, this “Breakdown of an air conditioning circuit” would be due to “An act of maliciousness committed outside “. A complaint was thus filed by France Télévisions for “What is a investigation into the circumstances and motivations for this action” conducted “. “Investigations have, it seems, made it possible to conclude an external intervention as a cause of the failure, without the press release providing more precision “underlines Le Parisien/Today in France.
Legionella in France Télévisions?
In its press release, France Télévisions took the opportunity to deny the present presence of Legionelles in its premises, which several sources claimed. “”As a press release to all employees on September 26, 2024, a control carried out in mid-September 2024 revealed the presence of Legionella at the level of certain aerorefrigerant towers of Maison France Télévisions. Immediately, and in connection with the services concerned of the Prefecture of Île-de-France and the Drieat, all of the disinfection and employee safety measures were implemented. No contamination was noted among the group’s employees. Since then, all the statements carried out very regularly in accordance with the regulations have confirmed the total absence of bacteria in our facilities “. In one of her last messages posted on Instagram, Anne-Sophie Lapix had also referred to this case. “”Bye bye les legionelles “thus posted the former queen of 20h of France 2, soon to be stocked by Léa Salamé, in legend of a holiday photo by the sea.
