RMC BFM

RMC BFM

Company type	Division
Founded	2000;25 years ago (2000) (as NextRadioTV) 2021;4 years ago (2021) (as Altice Média) 2024;1 year ago (2024) (as RMC BFM)
Headquarters	Paris, France
Area served	France
Parent	CMA Média (CMA CGM)
Website	rmcbfm.com

RMC BFM is a French media company, division of CMA CGM. ^[1]

History

In 2000, the NextRadioTV company was founded by Alain Weill, who was chairman and chief executive officer. ^{[2] [3]} In 2021, NextRadioTV becomes Altice Média to accentuate the group's multi-media convergence around 5 themes: information, economy, sport, high-tech and discovery. ^[4]

Four months after announcing that it had reached a deal, ^[5] Altice completed the sale of its media division in July 2024 to CMA CGM. ^[6] The company was later renamed RMC BFM.

Operations

Radio stations

• BFM Business
• BFM Radio
• RMC
• RMC Gold
• BFM Grand Lille (radio)

TV stations

• BFM TV – national news channel, launched on November 28 2005 at 7pm
• BFM2 – news channel, launched on September 25th 2024 at 3pm
• BFM Business – business news channel, launched in the morning of November 22 2010
• RMC Story – generalist channel, formerly called Numéro 23, who airs Apolline Matin, Les GG, Estelle Midi and Super Moscato Show, launched on December 12 2012 at 8:30pm
• RMC Découverte – documentary channel, who airs Good Morning Business, on BFM Business, launched on December 12 2012 at 1pm
• BFM Régions – regional news networks
  • BFM Alsace (launched on June 28 2022 at 5pm)
  • BFM DICI (launched on March 9 2021 at 5pm)
  • BFM Grand Lille (launched on February 3 2020 along with BFM Grand Littoral at 5pm)
  • BFM Grand Littoral launched on February 3 2020 along with BFM Grand Lille at 5pm)
  • BFM Lyon (launched on September 3 2019 at 8pm)
  • BFM Marseille Provence (launched on July 5th 2021 along with BFM Nice Côte d'Azur and BFM Toulon Var at 6pm, then officially on October 26 2021 at 5pm)
  • BFM Nice Côte d'Azur (launched on July 5th 2021 along with BFM Marseille Provence and BFM Toulon Var, then officially on October 27 2021 at 12pm, 5 hours before BFM Toulon Var)
  • BFM Normandie (launched on September 28 2022 at 5pm)
  • BFM Toulon Var (launched on July 5th 2021 along with BFM Nice Côte d'Azur and BFM Marseille Provence, then officially on October 27 2021 at 5pm, 5 hours after BFM Nice Côte d'Azur)
• RMC Sport – sports channels
  • RMC Sport 1, formerly called SFR Sport 1
  • The defunct RMC Sport 2, formerly called Ma Chaîne Sport and SFR Sport 2
  • The defunct RMC Sport 3, formerly called MCS Extrême and SFR Sport 3
  • The defunct RMC Sport 4, formerly called Kombat Sport and SFR Sport 5
  • The defunct RMC Sport 1 UHD, formerly called SFR Sport 4K and RMC Sport UHD
• The defunct My Cuisine, formerly called MCS Maison
• The defunct MCS Bien Etre, now on Dailymotion
• The defunct MCS Tennis, Fused with SFR Sport 2
• The new MCS Extrême, a brand new platform
• The defunct UFC Premium, Fused with SFR Sport 5.
• Tech & Co – a channel based on 01net.com, formerly called 01TV, and launched on January 6th 2020.

Groupe 01

NextRadioTV also owns the media group Groupe 01 (formerly Groupe Tests), which specializes in the field of printed magazines and on the Web:

Websites

• 01Net
• 01Men

Magazines

• Micro Hebdo
• L'Ordinateur Individuel
• 01 Informatique

References

1. "Altice étend son empire médiatique". Libération (in French). 27 July 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
2. BusinessWeeks
3. "Iliad". www.iliad.fr.
4. "Altice France renforce son emprise sur NextRadioTV". lalettrea.fr (in French). 19 January 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
5. "French shipping tycoon to buy country's biggest 24-hour news channel". Reuters. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
6. "CMA CGM Completes Acquisition of Altice Media". CMA CGM Group. Retrieved 25 October 2024.