IPTV and TV guide times in France

IPTV Complete Forum editorial desk

2026-11-13

An ICI title needs a region

France Télévisions describes Ici 12/13 and Ici 19/20 as regional editions. A bare Ici 19/20 title is therefore only a starting point. Open the relevant France 3 regional service, note the region or edition and use the dated listing or programme page to find the bulletin.

This matters when an app starts playing successfully but brings up news from somewhere else. Keep the name as shown in the regional listing. If you are comparing an episode page with a guide row, record the air date. A clip published later that evening can carry a different timestamp from the live bulletin.

TNT and an internet guide have separate lineups

Arcom’s terrestrial channel reference helps identify what an over-the-air channel number represents. An internet app can use its own numbers and labels. If a receiver or app changes number after an update, compare the station name and edition first. That avoids remapping a correct France 3 entry just to match an aerial number.

For a practical check, play the same regional edition on the broadcaster’s supported route and on the screen where the problem occurs. Log the source, programme, region and observed behaviour. If both show the same picture but only one shows a selectable subtitle track, you've isolated the difference to delivery or playback instead of reception.

Write the time as an observation

An illustrative 19:00 Paris start on 15 July 2026 maps to 15 Jul 2026, 17:00 UTC. Label it with the date and Europe/Paris when you share an EPG example. Keep a programme link and the timestamp together if you are comparing a metropolitan France 3 listing with one displayed elsewhere.

🇫🇷 France · FR

Use the local programme and station ID together. The catalogue records BFM Paris Ile-de-France as BFMParisIledeFrance.fr in France.

Check the local source in France

Arcom identifies the French terrestrial channels and notes regional and local programmes on France 3. Its channel numbering refers to TNT reception.

If a guide row shows France 3 without an edition, record the department or region and check that edition with France Télévisions. Use Arcom's listing when the disputed number is a terrestrial channel number.

Identify the exact station in the guide

For BFM Paris Ile-de-France, check bulletin title, local edition and air time. If your source uses a different identifier from BFMParisIledeFrance.fr, use the source’s actual channel field for the mapping.

Convert a programme to the source clock

The same 20:00 wall clock in Europe/Paris gives different UTC times in January and July. It is 15 Jan 2025 · 19:00 UTC in January and 15 Jul 2025 · 18:00 UTC in July.

Audio and captions

Include the regional edition in the title you send to support. An IPTV app can display its own numbering.

Which device and account details should you check?

1. Use the broadcaster's own market listing for France when checking a current app, subscription or rights question.
2. Look up the app publisher and exact TV or box model in the local device store. Check live versus replay features and separate app charges.
3. For a schedule issue, save the exact channel ID, programme title, local date and time zone without sharing account or playlist details.

Browse channel references for France

Channel references to check

• beIN Sports
• 13eme Rue
• 20 Minutes TV
• 4 Music
• 4 Sports
• 4 Turk
• 4Kurd

Find the exact local station

The channel finder contains 259 station records for France in this edition. Each result opens the catalogue ID and local guide example for that feed.

• 4 Sports 4Sports.fr Sports
• Africa 24 English Africa24English.fr News
• Action Action.fr Movies
• 13eme Rue 13emeRue.fr Entertainment
• 4 Music 4Music.fr Music
• 20 Minutes TV 20MinutesTV.fr General
• Fashion TV HD FashionTVHD.fr Lifestyle
• Canal J CanalJ.fr Kids

Search this market in the channel finder