Founded in 2002, Buddhachannel provides editorial teams, journalists, and researchers with its authoritative benchmarks, investigative leads, and access to its documentary archives.
Created in Paris by Alain and Aliénor Delaporte-Digard, Buddhachannel is a media platform for Buddhist information, culture, and wisdom. A pioneer of multimedia portals since the early days of the French-speaking web, cited by INA and relayed internationally, it has documented over two decades of teachings, spiritual encounters, and cultural initiatives. Now fully modernized, it disseminates its content in 21 languages to an international readership.
Some documented angles ready for in-depth exploration for your articles, broadcasts, and investigations:
Launched in 2002 during the Web 1.0 era, Buddhachannel has navigated all digital revolutions (from 56k modems to modern edge architectures). A unique human and technical adventure in editorial longevity.
How an independent media platform has democratized ancient texts, the teachings of great masters, and the daily practice of mindfulness for hundreds of thousands of readers.
From French to sacred (Sanskrit, Pali, classical Tibetan) and international languages: immersion in a system for translating and preserving global philosophical heritage.
A look back at the history of a unique educational project born in 2007 (Steiff plush toy, 3D animations, Asian journey) and its renewed relevance today.
Buddhachannel opens its documentary collection (vintage audiovisual recordings, historical photographs, correspondence, press reviews, and physical editions) to journalists, academics, media historians, and essayists conducting in-depth research.
To submit an access request or arrange a meeting: info@buddhachannel.tv
Independent sources to verify and contextualize the media's history:
The National Audiovisual Institute references Buddhachannel among the leading generalist portals in the French Buddhist landscape.
Consult the source ↗The Cambodian national daily documents the journey of Buddhabear, an educational and cultural project supported by Buddhachannel and blessed by Buddhist dignitaries in Asia.
Consult the source ↗Conference by Alain Delaporte-Digard, co-founder of Buddhachannel, on the transmission of wisdom and inner ecology.
Consult the source ↗Alain and Aliénor Delaporte-Digard founded in Paris one of the very first multimedia Buddhist portals on the Francophone web—long before the advent of modern social networks.
Buddhachannel deploys its web-TV structure and submits an official application to the CSA for the allocation of a digital terrestrial television frequency in Île-de-France.
Creation of a universal symbol of peace for children in partnership with the Steiff manufacturer. Books, 3D animations, and a cultural exchange trip to Cambodia acclaimed by the international press.
Alain Delaporte-Digard shares Buddhachannel's vision and ethics at the TEDxISTEC conference.
The National Audiovisual Institute includes Buddhachannel in its overview of Buddhist media analysis in France.
Complete technological overhaul on a modern architecture (Astro / Edge): publication of over 770 multilingual contents translated into 21 languages, including Sanskrit, Pali, Tibetan, Japanese, and Chinese.
Alain Delaporte-Digard, co-founder and publishing director, is a shiatsu, yoga, qi-gong, and meditation instructor. After managing a thalassotherapy center in Deauville, he developed the bioRegulation method with his wife Aliénor Delaporte-Digard before creating the Buddhachannel portal in 2002 to offer a free and benevolent space for wisdom traditions.
23 Rue de Berri 75008 Paris, France
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Email: info@buddhachannel.tv · Direct Line: 06 88 05 61 88
Visual Kit: Official HD Logo (Transparent PNG). Photographs of the founders and archive visuals available upon request by email.
