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The '''TF1 Tower''' ({{langx|fr|Tour TF1}}) is a building in the Boulogne-Billancourt suburb of Paris, used as the headquarters of the French TV channel TF1 and several subsidiaries of the TF1 Group since 1992.
==Location== The TF1 Tower is located at the corner of Quai du Point-Du-Jour and Avenue Le-Jour-Se-Lève in the Point-Du-Jour neighborhood of Boulogne-Billancourt in the Hauts-de-Seine department, southwest of Paris. It is situated close to the Pont aval and the Pont d'Issy.
==Architecture== The TF1 Tower is shaped as cylinder covered with reflective glass.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.emporis.fr/complex/tf1-boulogne-billancourt-france|title=TF1, Boulogne-Billancourt|website=Emporis|access-date=December 7, 2008|archive-date=November 23, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141123152123/http://www.emporis.fr/complex/tf1-boulogne-billancourt-france|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has 14 floors and an overall floor area of {{convert|45000|sqm|sqft}}.<ref>{{cite web |language=fr|url=http://www.paris-skyscrapers.fr/immeubles/FR-92012-1210.html?Boulogne-Billancourt-Tour%20TF1 |title=Tour TF1|website=Paris Skycrapers|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref>
The direction offices are located on the upper floor.<ref>{{cite news|language=fr|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/2007/08/25/le-quatorzieme-etage-de-tf1-la-france-en-ligne-de-mire_947526_0.html|title=Le quatorzième étage de TF1, la France en ligne de mire|newspaper=Le Monde|date=August 26, 2007|first1=Raphaëlle|last1=Bacqué|author1-link=Raphaëlle Bacqué|first2=Ariane|last2=Chemin|author2-link=Ariane Chemin}}</ref> A webcam on the top of the tower broadcasts real-time pictures of Paris on TF1's official website as well as in TF1's news programme studio.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Igor|last1=Babou|journal=Études de linguistique appliquée|issue=112|publisher=Didier Érudition / Klincksieck|issn=0071-190X|year=1998|pages=407–420|title=Des discours d'accompagnement aux langages : Les nouveaux médias|url=http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/docs/00/06/20/65/PDF/sic_00000066.pdf}}</ref>
==History== The building was designed by architect {{ill|Roger Saubot|fr}} and built by the Bouygues group. Its construction was decided after a delegated project management agreement dated March 20, 1991 and authorised by the administration council on April 11, 1991. The construction was invoiced €37.1 million in fiscal year 1991<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|author1=Dominique Ledouble|author2=Edouard Salustro|date=April 24, 1992|url=http://www.tf1finance.fr/documents/publications/263.pdf |title=Rapport financier 1991|publisher=TF1|page=41|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> and €18.8 million in fiscal year 1992.<ref>{{cite web |language=fr|author1=Dominique Ledouble|author2=Edouard Salustro|date=April 23, 1993|url=http://www.tf1finance.fr/documents/publications/259.pdf|title=Rapport financier 1992|publisher=TF1|page=19|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref> The TF1 channel moved to the building on June 1, 1992, from its former headquarters at {{ill|13-15 rue Cognacq-Jay|fr}}. Thanks to a leasing contract, the TF1 Group became the owner of the tower on June 30, 2001.<ref name="rapport 2001">{{cite web |language=fr|url=http://www.tf1finance.fr/documents/publications/250.pdf |title=Rapport financier 2001|publisher=TF1|page=26|access-date=December 7, 2001}}</ref>
According to journalists Renaud Revel and Henri Haguet, the new headquarters tower is symbolic of TF1's ideological shift toward productivity.<ref>{{cite news|language=fr|title=TF1 Histoires secrètes|first1=Renaud|last1=Revel|author1-link=Renaud Revel|first2=Henri|last2=Haget|date=December 31, 1992|newspaper=L'Express|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/informations/tf-1-histoires-secretes_592626.html}}</ref> TF1 also uses the tower for advertising and displaying.<ref>{{cite news|language=fr|first1=Amaury|last1=de Rochegonde|title=Régies cap sur le plurimédia|url=http://www.strategies.fr/etudes-tendances/dossiers/r41683/regies-cap-sur-le-plurimedia.html|issue=1421|date=July 6, 2006|page=33|newspaper=Stratégies}}</ref>
On April 15, 2012, the façade was lit with a {{convert|45|sqm|sqft}} screen that enabled the news programme to be watched from the banks of the Seine River.<ref>{{cite news|language=fr|title=Des Infos sur la tour de TF1|newspaper=Le Parisien|date=April 15, 2012|url=http://www.leparisien.fr/tv/des-infos-sur-la-tour-de-tf1-15-04-2012-1955511.php|access-date=October 18, 2017}}</ref>
==In popular culture== In 1995, the tower was climbed with bare hands by Alain Robert.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.alainrobert.com/content/view/26/61/lang,fr/|title=Escalades urbaines|author=Alain Robert|access-date=December 7, 2008|archive-date=July 22, 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722211300/http://www.alainrobert.com/content/view/26/61/lang,fr/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2005, the TF1 Tower was featured in the introduction animated short film of Arthur's one-man-show ''Arthur en vrai''.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.jetsetmagazine.net/culture/revue,presse/arthur-en-vrai-a-tunis.21.4013.html|title=" Arthur en vrai " à Tunis|date=April 25, 2007|website=Jetsetmagazine.net|access-date=December 7, 2008|archive-date=April 19, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419165423/http://www.jetsetmagazine.net/culture/revue,presse/arthur-en-vrai-a-tunis.21.4013.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In August 2007, an advertisement for video game ''Halo 3'' showed the game's main character inside the TF1 Tower. Virals videos showed the character near the building's entrance and in the weather forecast studio.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.xbox360france.com/news-le-masterchief-deja-chez-tf1-nv3680.html|title=Le Masterchief déjà chez TF1|date=August 20, 2007|access-date=December 1, 2015|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174821/http://www.xbox360france.com/news-le-masterchief-deja-chez-tf1-nv3680.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In the November 28th, 2008 episode of ''Star Academy'''s eighth season, a special credit video shows kids climbing the tower to reach guest singer Britney Spears who landed on the roof with a helicopter.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=http://www.gala.fr/l_actu/on_ne_parle_que_de_ca/star_ac_8_solene_ne_resiste_pas_au_prime_de_tous_les_defis_141574|title=Star Ac'8: Solène ne résiste pas au prime de tous les défis|website=gala.fr|first1=Marion|last1=Buiatti|date=November 28, 2008|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Le prime du 28 novembre 2008 (1/4)|url=http://www.wat.tv/video/prime-28-novembre-2008-4-13ry5_12bj5_.html|website=WAT|date=November 28, 2008|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref>
In 1997, the tower appeared on the title page of Pierre Péan and Christophe Nick's pamphlet named ''TF1, un pouvoir''.<ref>{{cite book|language=fr|title=TF1, un pouvoir|first1=Pierre|last1=Péan|author1-link=Pierre Péan|first2=Christophe|last2=Nick|author2-link=Christophe Nick|year=1997|publisher=Fayard|place=Paris|series=Documents|isbn=2-213-59819-3|url=http://www.editions-fayard.fr/livre/fayard-23936-TF1-un-pouvoir-Christophe-Nick-hachette.html}}</ref> The building was also shown on the covers of the books ''TF1, une expérience'' (2006)<ref>{{cite book|first1=Bertrand|last1=Lambert|title=TF1, une expérience|year=2008|isbn=978-2-9531995-0-5}}</ref> and ''Madame, monsieur, bonsoir'' (2007).<ref>{{cite book|language=fr|title=Madame, monsieur, bonsoir : Les dessous du premier JT de France|first1=Patrick|last1=Le Bel|author-link1=Patrick Le Bel|year=2007|place=Paris|publisher=Panama|isbn=978-2-7557-0327-6|url=http://www.editionsdupanama.com/livre.php?id=276}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://television.telerama.fr/television/24226-autre_brulot_qui_allume_tf1.php|title=L'autre brûlot qui allume TF1|date=January 13, 2008|website=telerama.fr|first1=Virginie|last1=Félix|access-date=December 7, 2008}}</ref>
==Gallery== <gallery mode=packed> ImmeubleTF1-Boulogne.jpg|The TF1 Tower TF1, Pont d'Issy-les-Moulineaux, Paris 6 November 2016.jpg|On November 6, 2016. </gallery>
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