Groupe M6

Metropole Télévision SA
Company typePublic
Euronext Paris: MMT
CAC Mid 60 Component
IndustryMedia
Founded1 March 1987; 37 years ago (1987-03-01)
Headquarters
Neuilly-sur-Seine
,
France
Key people
Nicolas De Tavernost (ex CEO)
Products
Revenue1,315,600,000 Euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
237,100,000 Euro (2023) Edit this on Wikidata
Owners
Websitewww.groupem6.fr Edit this at Wikidata

Metropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6 (English: M6 Group), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the commercial television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT (RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux.[1][2][3]

In addition to its audiovisual and digital media presence, some of the group's television channels are operated (including M6, W9, 6ter, Paris Première, Téva, Série Club) as well as the television channels of the Lagardères (Gulli, Canal J, TiJi, MCM, MCM Top and RFM TV), radio stations (RTL, RTL2 and Fun Radio), and film and television production and distribution companies. The company has also been presenting information and services on the Internet, including online video and computer companies. Since 1999, the group has also diversified into publishing, music and show production, distance selling, and sport with the Football Club of the Girondins de Bordeaux.

In May 2021, Groupe M6 and TF1 Group announced that they had begun negotiations for a proposed merger.[4][5] On 16 September 2022, the merger was officially abandoned.[6] On 22 September 2022, Thomas Rabe, CEO of RTL Group's parent company, Bertelsmann confirmed that Groupe M6 was up for sale, after the failed merger with TF1 Group.[7] On 3 October 2022, RTL Group confirmed that they would not be selling their stake in Groupe M6.[8]

  1. ^ "20 ans de cotation de M6 sur la place parisienne". Euronext. 24 September 2014.
  2. ^ "M6 en quête de nouvelles recettes". Le Monde. 22 November 2013.
  3. ^ "M6 souffle ses 25 bougies". Terrafemina. 1 March 2012.
  4. ^ "France's TF1 & M6 Enter Exclusive Merger Negotiations to Create $4B Media Giant". 18 May 2021.
  5. ^ Broughton, Mathew (20 May 2021). "TF1 & M6 Propose Merger; Vungle Acquires TreSensa". ExchangeWire. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Proposed merger between TF1 and M6 group abandoned, companies say". Reuters. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Billionaires prepare for new battle over French broadcaster M6". Financial Times. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Bertelsmann's RTL scraps plan to sell stake in French TV Group M6". Reuters. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 6 October 2022.