France 3 Provence-Alpes 1992, "FR3 Méditerranée" was rebranded "France 3 Méditerranée". France 3 Méditerranée produces daily news programmes for its two sub-regions - programming for the Côte d'Azur sub-region is produced in Antibes, with the Provence-Alpes sub-region receiving programming from Marseille. Each sub-region produces a 27-minute bulletin ("midi-pile") at 1200 CET during "12|13" and a main half-hour news broadcast at 1900 during "19|20". Three 10-minute local bulletins for the Marseille, Côte Varoise and Nice areas are broadcast during "19|20" at 1845 CET. On 5 January 2009, a 5-minute late night bulletin was introduced, forming part of "Soir 3". On some weekends and holiday
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur It encompasses six departments in Southeastern France: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Alpes-Maritimes, Bouches-du-Rhône, Hautes-Alpes, Var and Vaucluse. It is bounded to the east by the France-Italy border, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea and by the Principality of Monaco, to the north by Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, and to the west by Occitanie, with the Rhône river marking its westernmost border. The region logotype displays the coat of arms created in the 1990s and which combines the coats of arms of the old provinces making up Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur. Economically the region is the third most important in France, just behind Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Its GDP