The Institut national de l'audiovisuel (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃stity nɑsjɔnal də lodjɔvizɥɛl]; transl.

[3] Since 2006, it has allowed free online consultation on a website called ina.fr[4] with a search tool indexing 100,000 archives of historical programs, for a total of 20,000 hours.

[6] The Institut national de l'audiovisuel was founded in 1975 by a law of 1974 which split the ORTF into seven separate organisations.

The INA is tasked with the purpose of conserving archives of audiovisual materials, research relating to them and professional training.

From September 2006, the institute has been responsible for archiving 17 radio and 45 television services amounting to 300,000 hours per year.