M6 (TV channel)

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M6
Owned by M6 Group
Country France
Language French
Headquarters Neuilly-sur-Seine
Website www.6play.fr/m6
File:M6 logo.svg
M6's fourth logo from 1999 to 2009

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 and media-related firms etc. 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 TF1.[5] On September 16, 2022, it was announced that the merger was officially abandoned.[6]

History

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M6 headquarters, 89 avenue Charles-de-Gaulle in Neuilly-sur-Seine

M6 launched on 1 March 1987 at 11:15 am CET taking the place of TV6.

M6's current on-air brand image, introduced in May 2020 suggests that it tailors its service to teenagers and young-adult demographics. Its current programs lineup include:

In 2001, M6 became the first national French television network to broadcast reality programming. Its first program of this genre was Loft Story, and was highly watched. The president of TF1 at the time, Étienne Mougeotte, promised that TF1 would never air any reality programming. However, several months later, TF1 signed a contract with Endemol to air such programming. Endemol is the same company that created Loft Story for M6.

M6 is one of the only television services in France to have science-fiction programming as part of its regular schedule. Most supernatural dramas were shown on Saturday nights in what M6 called "la Trilogie du Samedi" (The Saturday Trilogy)

Programs (as of 2016)

News

  • Le 12:45 (national edition) and 19:45 (national edition), afternoon and evening news.
  • Zone Interdite, France's most influential Newsmagazine[7]
  • 66 Minutes weekly news magazine.
  • Capital, Economy-oriented newsmagazine.
  • Enquête Exclusive, Investigation magazine.

Show and reality show

Series

M6 Kid

The children block M6 Kid is broadcast on weekdays at mornings at 7:00am.

he starts with Presto!, then with Nicolas, Alvin and finishes with Paddington!

Past programs

See also

References

  1. Financial results of M6 2010
  2. Financial rentability 2010
  3. M6 has always been ranked after TF1 and before (by some measure) or after (by others) France 2
  4. the M6 Group : a French media empire
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  7. Zone interdite, one of France's most influential TV show
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