This is a list of French television related events from 2005. 
  Events
  Debuts
  Television shows
 1940s
  1950s
  1970s
  1990s
  2000s
  Ending this year
  Networks and services
 Launches
   | Network | Type | Launch date | Notes | Source | 
  | Sailing Channel | Cable and satellite | Unknown |  |  | 
  | Europe 2 TV | Cable and satellite | 17 October |  |  | 
  | Eurosport 2 | Cable and satellite | 10 January |  |  | 
  | M6 Music Black | Cable and satellite | 10 January |  |  | 
  | Ushuaïa TV | Cable and satellite | 14 March |  |  | 
  | Direct 8 | Cable and satellite | 31 March |  |  | 
  | France 4 | Cable television | 31 March |  |  | 
  | NRJ 12 | Cable and satellite | 31 March |  |  | 
  | NT1 | Cable and satellite | 31 March |  |  | 
  | W9 | Cable television | 31 March |  |  | 
  | OL Play | Cable television | 27 July |  |  | 
  | TPS Foot | Cable and satellite | 13 August |  |  | 
  | Discovery Real Time | Cable and satellite | 1 October |  |  | 
  | Nickelodeon | Cable and satellite | 16 November |  |  | 
  | Gulli | Cable and satellite | 18 November |  |  | 
  | BFM TV | Cable and satellite | 28 November |  |  | 
  | MTV Idol | Cable and satellite | 17 November |  |  | 
  | MTV Pulse | Cable and satellite | 30 November |  |  | 
  | Syfy | Cable and satellite | 2 December |  |  | 
 Conversions and rebrandings
    | Old network name | New network name | Type | Conversion Date | Notes | Source | 
  | i-MCM | Europe 2 TV | Cable and satellite | 17 October |  |  | 
  | Canal+ Confort | Canal+ Décalé | Cable and satellite | 5 March |  |  | 
  | Festival | France 4 | Cable and satellite | 31 March |  |  | 
 Closures
    | Network | Type | End date | Notes | Sources | 
  | RFM TV | Cable television | 31 March |  |  | 
 Births
   Deaths
    | Date | Name | Age | Cinematic Credibility | 
  | 8 January | Jacqueline Joubert | 83 | French continuity announcer, producer & director | 
 
 See also
  References