Pascal Josèphe, director of the antennas of several private or public channels and unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of France Télévisions, died at the age of 68 due to a “lightning illness”, his family announced on Sunday to AFP.
Delphine Ernotte, president of France Télévisions, salutes in a press release “the memory of a gentleman of public television who had made it his passion and has always known how to translate his lofty idea of public service into action with always a desire to be useful to all French.
The Minister of Culture, Rima Abdul Malak, lamented in a statement the loss of “a great professional who dedicated his life to the duty of informing our fellow citizens, to the transmission of culture and openness to the world.”
“There is news that we would like to never have to announce,” the presenter of the France 2 newspaper, Leïla Kaddour, launched at 1:00 p.m., before breaking down in tears when announcing the death.
He had contributed to the launch of many shows.
Consultant for numerous television and media groups, Pascal Josephe was a veteran of the audiovisual sector. He has been, among others, director of the antennas of various private and public channels (TF1, La 5, France 2 and France 3) and one of the directors of the Carat media agency. He also founded his consulting firm IMCA (International Media Consultants Associates) in 1994, which was later purchased by the firm NPA.
Pascal Josèphe, a close associate of Hervé Bourges (former CEO of TF1 and France Télévisions), contributed to the launch of important television shows such as “Droit de Répon”, “Taratata”, “Le Cercle de Minuit”, “Froufrou”, “ Lower the Masks”, “Geopolis” or the cycle “L’Institut”.
In April 2015, when the CSA had to choose a new leader for France Télévisions, Delphine Ernotte narrowly won over Pascal Josèphe, after two successive votes that did not allow them to decide between them. Pascal Josèphe recently became involved in the Plumm.tv project, a platform dedicated to Mediterranean culture, with Rachid Arhab, a former France 2 journalist.
Source: BFM TV
