First worldwide public TV network in French, TV5 provides a lot of news contents, but appears to be a “non market driven” channel, while other broadcast and cable television news face intense economic pressures and competition spawned by the increased number of outlets. The present analysis attemps to provide insights into several issues : how do TV5 journalists shape “international news” ? What differences can be made between these news television professionals’ work, values, standards and editorial contents compared to those of their counterparts of the European news-only television Euronews ? What are the effects of their privileged professional status, freed of traditional financial and business pressures, advertising concerns or political constraints to which their colleagues are overwhelmingly confrontated ? What role plays the specific perception of their audiences on the positive view they design upon their profession, on the newsroom habits, on the professional practices, and on the news coverage and content decisions ? The argument of the authors is based upon interviews with TV5 journalists, working at all levels of the organization hierarchy (managers, news directors, working journalists and editors), on observation of the work in the newsroom and of the news products, and on a survey of various internal documents, conducted from October 2002 to March 2003.