France 24 Partners with Distribution Access, Canada’s Leading Educational Media Distributor

International news broadcaster France 24 has signed an agreement with Distribution Access to provide its English and French-language news services to educational institutions, teachers and students across Canada.  France 24 international news and informational programming will become a valuable resource for Canadian students and teachers through the accesslearning.com educational video library service offered to all educational institutions in Canada. Distribution Access, Canada’s leading distributor of video learning content will include the France 24 content on its web based service to schools with correlations to Canadian curriculum for selected TV shows, special reports and web documentaries.

Distribution Access serves over 15,000 public schools, 3000 libraries and more than 200 post secondary institutions across the country delivering educational video programs as support for classroom instruction. The agreement with France 24 provides access to current on-demand international news and informational programming to enhance the educational library service giving teachers and students a fresh perspective on world affairs.

In Canada, France 24 has held CRTC licenses for digital broadcast of the English and French language channels since 2008 and will continue to consolidate its development across the country.

“As a bilingual country, we strive to offer resources in both French and English” says Doug Connolly, President of Distribution Access, adding, “we embrace and celebrate diversity in our schools and the France 24 content provides a fresh perspective on international news and world affairs that will provide valuable information for learners of all ages”

“We are very pleased about this new agreement and collaboration with Distribution Access” says Odile FRANC, Distribution Director Hospitality. The agreement constitutes a further step towards France 24’s expansion in Canada” added Arnaud Verlhac, Head of Distribution Americas.