Editing New Caledonia (section)

== Media ==
''{{lang|fr|[[Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes]]}}''<ref>The name is a pun, and can be read in English as "The Caledonian News" or "Women of New Caledonia"</ref> is the only daily newspaper in the archipelago.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1403/S00173/pff-stands-in-solidarity-with-les-nouvelles-caledoniennes.htm |title=PFF stands in solidarity with Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes |website=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop]] |date=11 March 2014 |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=25 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425125050/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1403/S00173/pff-stands-in-solidarity-with-les-nouvelles-caledoniennes.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="vivmed">{{cite web |url=http://www.gitesnouvellecaledonie.nc/nouvelle-caledonie/vivre-en-nouvelle-caledonie |title=Vivre en Nouvelle-Calédonie |publisher=Gîtes Nouvelle Calédonie |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-date=19 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119144106/http://www.gitesnouvellecaledonie.nc/nouvelle-caledonie/vivre-en-nouvelle-caledonie |url-status=live }}</ref> A monthly publication, ''{{lang|fr|Le Chien bleu}}'', parodies the news from New Caledonia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lechienbleu.nc/|title=Le Chien bleu : Journal satirique de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Y en aura pour tout le monde!|website=Lechienbleu.nc|access-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726061552/http://www.lechienbleu.nc/|archive-date=26 July 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are five radio stations: the public service broadcaster [[Outre-Mer 1ère|RFO radio Nouvelle-Calédonie]], [[Océane FM]] (the collectivity's newest station), the youth-oriented station [[NRJ]], [[Radio Djiido]] (established by [[Jean-Marie Tjibaou]]), and [[Radio Rythmes Bleus]].<ref name="vivmed"/> The last two stations are primarily targeted to the various [[Kanak people|Kanak]] groups who are indigenous to New Caledonia ("Djiido" is a term from the [[Fwâi language]], spoken in [[Hienghène]] in the [[North Province, New Caledonia|North Province]], denoting a metal spike used to secure straw thatching to the roof of a traditional Kanak house).

As for television, the public service broadcaster [[France Télévisions]] operates a local channel, [[Réseau Outre-Mer 1re]], along with [[France 2]], [[France 3]], [[France 4]], [[France 5]], [[France 24]] and [[Arte TV|Arte]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gouv.nc/portal/page/portal/gouv/tnt|title=Télévision Numérique Terrestre (TNT)|website=Gouv.nc|access-date=17 July 2018|date=2016-01-31|archive-date=29 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629052143/http://www.gouv.nc/portal/page/portal/gouv/tnt|url-status=live}}</ref> [[CanalSat Calédonie|Canal Plus Calédonie]] carries 17 digital channels in French, including [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] and [[TF1]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canalplus-caledonie.com/grille-tv/toutes-les-chaines|title=Grille TV – Canal+ Calédonie|website=Canalplus-caledonie.com|access-date=17 July 2018|archive-date=18 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001322/https://www.canalplus-caledonie.com/grille-tv/toutes-les-chaines|url-status=dead}}</ref> Analogue television broadcasts ended in September 2011, completing the [[digital television transition]] in New Caledonia.<ref name="tnt">{{cite web |url=http://nouvellecaledonie.la1ere.fr/infos/actualites/loutre-mer-dit-adieu-a-lanalogique_64703.html |title=L'Outre-mer dit adieu à l'analogique – Audiovisuel – Info – Nouvelle-Calédonie – La 1ère |website=nouvellecaledonie.la1ere.fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930124824/http://nouvellecaledonie.la1ere.fr/infos/actualites/loutre-mer-dit-adieu-a-lanalogique_64703.html |archive-date=30 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Bids for two new local television stations, NCTV and NC9, were considered by the French broadcasting authorities.<ref name="rnzitv">{{cite web |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=63685 |title=Two new New Caledonia television channels proposed |website=Rnzi.com |date=2011-10-12 |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-date=5 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305034204/http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=63685 |url-status=dead }}</ref> NCTV was launched in December 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lnc.nc/article/pays/nctv-c-est-parti |title=NCTV, c'est parti! |language=fr |work=[[Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes]] |date=9 December 2013 |access-date=19 April 2016 |archive-date=27 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427112334/http://www.lnc.nc/article/pays/nctv-c-est-parti |url-status=live }}</ref>

The media are considered to be able to operate freely, but [[Reporters Without Borders]] raised concerns in 2006 about "threats and intimidation" of RFO staff by members of a pro-independence group.<ref name="bbc-cp">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/3921323.stm |title=Regions and territories: New Caledonia |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2013-01-16 |access-date=2013-01-30 |archive-date=13 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013082759/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/country_profiles/3921323.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>