France 3 Provence-Alpes France 3 Provence-Alpes France 3 Provence-Alpes is a regional television service, part of the France 3 network. It serves the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region from its headquarters in Marseilles and secondary production centre in Antibes, along with newsrooms in Toulon and Nice. "France 3 Provence-Alpes" produces regional news, sport, features and entertainment programming. "RTF Télé-Marseille" began broadcasting on 20 September 1954. In 1964, RTF was replaced with ORTF by the government, with "RTF Télé-Marseille" becoming "ORTF Marseille Provence". After the deestablishment of ORTF on 6 January 1975, "ORTF Télé-Marseille" became "FR3 Méditerranée". Following the establishment of France Télévisions on 7 September
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur tourist destinations, welcoming about 34 million tourists every year. The service sector predominates and provides a good many jobs. In 2009, the region was admittedly affected by the global economic crisis, albeit to a small extent. It is (after the Paris area) the 2nd French region with regards to business startups. If tourism is the driving force of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, the region is also a leader when it comes to innovative sectors, such as high technology, biotechnology, and microelectronics. Education, for its part, is well developed with the region's various universities, international schools, preparatory classes for specialist university courses, and