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France 24 ("France vingt-quatre") is a French state-owned international news television network based in Paris.[1] Its channels broadcast in French, English, Arabic, and Spanish and are aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW, RT, TRT World, PTV WORLD and VOA. Based in the Paris suburb of Issy-les-Moulineaux, the service started on 6 December 2006. It is aimed at a worldwide market and is generally broadcast by pay television providers around the world, but additionally, in 2010, France 24 began broadcasting online through its own iPhone and Android apps. It is a provider of live streaming world news which can be viewed via its website, youtube, and various mobile devices and digital media players. The stated mission of the channels is to "provide a global public service and a common editorial stance"