M6 (TV channel)

M6
CountryFrance
Headquarters89 avenue Charles de Gaulle 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Programming
Language(s)French
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
OwnerM6 Group
Sister channelsW9
6ter
Gulli
Paris Première
Téva
M6 Music
Série Club
MCM
RFM TV
MCM Top
Canal J
TiJi
History
Launched1 March 1987; 37 years ago (1987-03-01)
FounderJean Drucker
ReplacedTV6 France (1986–1987)
Links
Websitewww.6play.fr/m6
Availability
Terrestrial
TNTChannel 6 (HD)

M6 (French: [ɛm sis]), also known as Métropole Television, is the most profitable private national French television channel[1][2] and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world.[3] M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire[4] that owns several TV channels, magazines, publications, movie production companies, and media-related firms. It is owned by RTL Group.

On 20 May 2021, it was announced that M6 Group, owners of the channel, has proposed a merger with TF1 Group, which owns competing commercial network TF1.[5] On 16 September 2022, it was announced that the merger was officially abandoned, citing concerns from French antitrust regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, regarding competition in the advertising sector; the combined entity was likely to have been required to sell either primary channel (M6 or TF1) for the merger to proceed.[6]

  1. ^ "METROPOLE TV : M6 - Zonebourse". www.zonebourse.com. 27 July 2010.
  2. ^ "News | Business Wire".
  3. ^ M6 has always been ranked after TF1 and before (by some measure) or after (by others) France 2
  4. ^ Lopez, Julia (19 September 2018). "Le Groupe M6 acquiert CTZAR - Groupe M6".
  5. ^ "TF1 & M6 Propose Merger; Vungle Acquires TreSensa – ExchangeWire.com".
  6. ^ "PROPOSED MERGER BETWEEN THE TF1 AND M6 GROUPS ABANDONED". PROPOSED MERGER BETWEEN THE TF1 AND M6 GROUPS ABANDONED. Retrieved 17 September 2022.