Television, Radio and Media in Monaco

Overview

Monaco has two of its own television channels, three radio stations that actually broadcast from the Principality, and — beyond that — the entire French audiovisual landscape, which most households watch daily. Distribution runs through a single operator, Monaco Telecom, and the terrestrial transmitter sits on Mont Agel, operated by Monaco Média Diffusion.

If you have just arrived, the practical version is short: subscribe to a Monaco Telecom package, and you have Monegasque, French and international channels. For news in English, Riviera Radio on 106.3 FM and the online title Monaco Life are the two things to bookmark.

Monaco's own television

TVMonaco

The Principality's general-interest public channel, inaugurated by Prince Albert II on 1 September 2023. Financed by the Monegasque State, based in Fontvieille, with a staff of around 85 including roughly 25 journalists. The schedule mixes news and current affairs with sport, environment and lifestyle programming, and the channel is a partner of TV5Monde, which carries Monegasque production to a francophone audience worldwide.

Monaco Info

The Government's news channel, on air since 27 November 1995 under the name Monaco à la Une and renamed Monaco Info in 2003. It is run by the Direction de la Communication, attached to the Minister of State, and covers Government activity, the Princely Family and the Principality's economic, sporting and cultural calendar. It is the channel to turn to for live coverage of official ceremonies — the National Day of 19 November, sovereign addresses, State visits. Available on the Monegasque cable network, in Monaco Telecom's packages, on the Mont Agel terrestrial transmitter, and streamed online.

A merger still pending

In December 2024 the Government announced that the two channels would be replaced by a single public broadcaster with its own statutes, board and objectives-and-means contract, intended to guarantee editorial independence from the Government. The launch was first set for 1 September 2025, then postponed; an independent audit was delivered in November 2025 and further announcements were expected by the end of January 2026. As of August 2026 the two channels are still broadcasting separately.

TMC is not a Monaco channel any more

Télé Monte-Carlo launched in 1954 under Prince Rainier III and was the first private television channel in Europe — a genuine piece of Monegasque history. It has since become a French national free-to-air channel: Groupe TF1 took full ownership in June 2016 by buying the Monegasque State's remaining 20% stake. If you are looking for local Monaco programming, TMC is not where you will find it.

French and international channels

The full French offering is received throughout the Principality and forms the bulk of viewing in most homes:

• Public service: France 2 (general interest), France 3 (national and regional), France 5 (documentary and education), franceinfo (rolling news), Arte (Franco-German cultural channel)
• Private: TF1, M6, Canal+, plus the free channels of the French DTT lineup
• International news: France 24, Euronews, BBC News, CNN International and others, depending on your package

The old France Ô channel, which still appears in some outdated listings, closed in August 2020.

Getting television at home

Monaco Telecom is the Principality's only telecoms operator and distributes television alongside fibre internet and telephone. Most Monegasque buildings are already cabled, so getting connected is generally an administrative step rather than an installation. Satellite is possible but rarely necessary, and dish installation on a Monaco façade normally needs the building's agreement.

Streaming — Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, and the French replay services — runs over the same connection. Monaco's fibre network comfortably handles 4K on several screens at once, so the constraint is your subscription rather than your line. Details of packages and pricing are in the internet providers in Monaco guide.

Radio

Riviera Radio — 106.3 and 106.5 FM. The Riviera's only English-language station, broadcasting from Monaco since 1987 and covering Monaco, Nice, Cannes, Antibes and Saint-Tropez. News, talk and adult contemporary music, with heavy coverage of the Grand Prix, the Monaco Yacht Show and the Cannes Film Festival. Acquired by Global Media & Entertainment in July 2025. For English-speaking newcomers it is the fastest way into local news and event schedules.

Radio Monaco — 95.4 FM, also 98.2 FM. A Monaco-based music and lifestyle station with studios on rue du Gabian and DAB+ coverage in Monaco, Nice and Paris. Local bulletins alongside its music format.

RMC — 98.8 FM. Created on 1 July 1943, still holding a Monegasque licence with the Principality retaining a token 0.1% of the company, but produced today largely from Paris as a French national talk and sport station. Strong sport coverage; almost no Monaco-specific content.

French national networks — France Inter, France Musique, France Culture, RTL, Europe 1, NRJ and the rest — are all receivable in the Principality on FM, and increasingly on DAB+ along the coast.

Press, online and podcasts

Monaco's written press is covered in detail in newspapers and magazines in Monaco, but in short: Monaco-Matin daily, Monaco Hebdo weekly, L'Observateur de Monaco monthly, and the Journal de Monaco as the official gazette every Friday. Online, Monaco Life publishes in English and Monaco Tribune in both French and English.

The Government's own video platform, MC Channel (monacochannel.mc), carries official events, institutional programming and archive footage — useful when you want the full recording of a ceremony or an announcement rather than a news summary.

For podcasts and on-demand audio, the standard international platforms all work normally in Monaco; French news and current-affairs podcasts are the richest source of local and regional coverage.

Using media to learn French

French dominates Monegasque broadcasting, and that is genuinely useful if you are learning. Local news is the best starting point: the vocabulary repeats, the subjects are familiar, and Monaco Info's institutional reporting is delivered slowly and clearly. French replay platforms let you watch with subtitles, and radio is good ear training for the commute. See French language courses in Monaco if you want structured lessons alongside.

Related guides

• Press and media landscape in Monaco
• Newspapers and magazines in Monaco
• Internet providers in Monaco
• Direction de la Communication

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Verified August 2026. Monaco's public broadcasting is being reorganised — check the status of the TVMonaco / Monaco Info merger before relying on it.