Moi (U.S. TV channel)

Moi is a French-language television network carried in association with public television stations created for the United States French-American market.

History
Moi was launched on March 19, 2003 with a stated mission to entertain, educate and inspire families in French with a mix of original productions, exclusive premieres, acquisitions, and French-dubbed versions of popular public television programs from and.

The channel was the first venture of the media production and distribution company Moi Television LLC: a joint-venture of French media company, (the French unit of the ),  (the owners of the  PBS affiliates  &  and the  PBS affiliate ), and.

Among the journalists who have worked for Moi include Julien-Joseph Bousquet, Ludovic D'Amboise, Cédrika Desjardins, Caroline Cerfbeer, Charles-Édouard Groenendijk, and Cyrille Courtois.

The children's brand Mini Moi was initially presented by the "Bande d'Mini": consisting of Jacques-Désiré Buljubašić, Emmanuelle Clérico, Christophe Charroin, Anne-Sophie Delcroix, Claude Bajolière, Françoise Hamdan, and Hubert Cloutier. In 2006, Françoise Hamdan left and was replaced by Ghyslaine Azaïs.

In 2006, began providing French-dubbed versions of their programs to Moi, starting with the popular  court program, dubbed in French as "Affaire fermée", with Marie-Line Landerwijn dubbing over  and with other dubbing participants being  and.

Programming
The network broadcasts a variety of programming in French.
 * Franco-American-focused lifestyle content: health, parenting, travel, food, home, design, self-improvement and sports programs
 * Prime-time drama series, including French-dubbed versions of several television dramas (,, , , , and )
 * News and current affairs, such as Arrêtez Les Presses avec Charles-Édouard Groenendijk and Ludovic D'Amboise enquête
 * Nature documentaries from, and
 * French films and TV miniseries
 * Original TV series such as Geoffrey et Matthias en tournée (a comical travel program hosted by Geoffrey and Matthias Duverger of Flèche TV's Le monde de Geoffrey et Matthias)
 * Weekly arts and pop culture specials
 * Educational children's programs in French (40 hours a week)