article_snippet.sent: (CNN)Eleven channels associated with the French-language global television network TV5Monde went black late Wednesday due to an "extremely powerful cyberattack," director Yves Bigot said.
article_snippet.sent: In addition to its 11 channels, TV5Monde also temporarily lost control of its social media outlets and its websites, director Yves Bigot said in a video message posted later on Facebook.
article_snippet.sent: The outage began around 10 p.m. Paris time (4 p.m. ET), and network teams were still working to restore service more than five hours later.
article_snippet.sent: According to France's Ministry of Culture and Communications, TV5Monde offers round-the-clock entertainment, news and culturing programming in French that reaches 260 million homes worldwide.
article_snippet.sent: The network functions under a partnership that consists of the governments of France, Canada and Switzerland, as well as the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
article_snippet.sent: Other networks that provide content to TV5Monde include CNN affiliates France 2 and France 3, France 24 and Radio France International.
highlights_snippet.sent: TV5Monde went black late Wednesday and was still out hours later .
  