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Native name | Groupe TF1 |
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Company type | Public (Société anonyme) |
Euronext Paris: TFI CAC Mid 60 Component | |
Industry | Media |
Predecessors | La première chaîne (ORTF, 1975) |
Founded | 1935 1987 (privatized) |
Founder | Government of France |
Headquarters | TF1 Tower, , |
Key people | Gilles Pélisson (Chairman and CEO) |
Products | Television broadcasting and production, websites, media investments |
Revenue | €2.288 billion (2018) |
€174 million (2018) | |
€128 million (2018) | |
Total assets | €3.157 billion (2018) |
Number of employees | 3,135 (2018) |
Parent | Bouygues (43.8%) |
Website | www.groupe-tf1.fr |
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TF1 Group (French : Groupe TF1) is a French media holding company. Its best-known property is the broadcast network TF1.
The group was formed after TF1 was privatized in April 1987. It is controlled with a 43% stake by Bouygues, and is quoted on Euronext Paris.
The history of TF1 traces back to 1975, when the Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF) was split into 7 successor institutions. To provide competition for Canal+, La Cinq and M6, the French government decided to privatize TF1 in April 1987. Since then, it has been controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate after its privatization.
In June 2009, TF1 Group agreed to buy the NT1 channel from AB Groupe, as well as AB's 40% stake in TMC Monte Carlo (which would take TF1's total stake to 80%). The deal was cleared by France's competition authority and subsequently by the Council of State in December 2010, dismissing an appeal by Métropole Télévision. [3] As part of the same transaction, the group raised its stake in WB Television to 49%. [4]
On 21 December 2012, Discovery Communications purchased a 20% stake in Eurosport from TF1 Group for €170m. [5] Discovery has the option to increase its stake to 51% in 2014. Should Discovery exercise its option, TF1 Group would have the ability to then exercise a put option over the remaining 49% that would see Discovery take full control. [6] On 22 July 2015, Discovery agreed to acquire TF1's remaining 49% stake in the venture. [7] Discovery also took a 20% share in TV Breizh, Histoire, Ushuaia TV and Stylia – for €14m, with the option of increasing its shareholding to 49% in each channel in 2014. Discovery and TF1's production arm will also work together on making programmes. [8]
TF1 Group's Newen agree to acquire a majority stake in Reel One of Montreal in July 2019. Current owner and CEO Tom Berry would retain a minority stake in the company. [9]
In December 2017, the TF1 group finds an agreement with the Canal+ group, The MYTF1 service and thus restored on CANAL decoders and on myCanal and also the control of live (Start-Over) is possible on myCanal. A similar episode occurs in September 2022. [10]
On 18 May 2021, TF1 Group and M6 Group announced that both companies have begun negotiations for a proposed merger. [11] [12] On 16 September 2022, the merger was officially abandoned due to competition concerns by the antitrust French authorities. [13]
TF1 Group owns or has a direct stake in the following television channels:[ citation needed ]
TF1 INFO (launched on 24 January 2022) brings together information provided by TF1 and LCI newscast editions. [15]
The firm holds a number of other interests in the advertising, internet and publishing fields, including Aufeminin and 34% of Metro International's operations in France.
RTL Group is a Luxembourg-based international media conglomerate, with another corporate centre in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The company operates 56 television channels and 36 radio stations in Germany, France and other European countries. It also offers national streaming platforms, content productions and a range of digital services. Important segments of RTL Group are RTL Deutschland, Groupe M6 and Fremantle.
TF1 is a French commercial television network owned by TF1 Group, controlled by the Bouygues conglomerate. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network.
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TMC is a Franco–Monégasque general entertainment television channel, owned by the French media holding company Groupe TF1.
TFX is a French free television network owned by Groupe TF1.
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AB Sat is a package of digital terrestrial television channels offered by the satellite companies Hot Bird and Astra and marketed in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Germany. The channels are all run by the cable operators and certain networks ADSL. ABSAT has a stake on two digital terrestrial television channels. The company is chaired by Michele Cotta.
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Sports broadcasting contracts in France include:
Canal+ Calédonie, originally called Canal Satellite Nouvelle-Calédonie and CanalSat Calédonie, is a satellite provider based in the Overseas French Department of New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna, and with reduced offers in Vanuatu. It was launched in 1999 to distribute satellite television to the region. It offered 48 C=channels, four radio stations and eight international channels. It broadcasts using the Intelsat 701 Satellite at 180 degrees east.
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Metropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6, is a French media holding company. It was formed around the commercial television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT and La Lyonnaise des Eaux.
Newen Studios is a French television production company, the producers of such shows as Versailles, Braquo, and Plus belle la vie.
Bénédicte Le Chatelier is a French television journalist.
Histoire TV is a French television channel, owned by Groupe TF1. The network mainly carries programming about historical events.
Ushuaïa TV is a French television channel, owned by Groupe TF1. The network carries programming about nature.
Salto was a French subscription streaming service. A joint venture between France Télévisions, the TF1 Group and the Groupe M6, it was launched on October 20, 2020.