M6 (TV channel)

M6 (TV channel)
M6
M6-tv-logo.png
Launched 1 March 1987
Owned by M6 Group
Picture format 576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audience share 11,3% (October 2011, Médiamétrie)
Slogan La vie en mieux
Country France
Language French
Headquarters Neuilly-sur-Seine
Replaced TV6 (1986-1987)
Sister channel(s) W9
Paris Première
Téva
TF6
M6 Music Hits
M6 Music Club
M6 Music Black
M6 Boutique & Co
Best Of Shopping
Girondins TV
Série Club
Website www.m6.fr

M6, also known as Metropole television, is the most profitable private national French TV 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.

Other TV channels in the M6 portfolio include digital terrestrial channel W9, Paris Premiere, Teva, TF6 and digital cable channels M6 Music Hits, M6 Music Black, M6 Music Rock and Fun TV.

Contents

History

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

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

  • French TV Shows: Les Bleus, Scènes de Ménages, Vous les femmes
  • Investigative journalism shows, such as Capital, Zone interdite and Enquête Exclusive.
  • Long-lasting short programs, such as Turbo, CinéSix, and E=M6, as well as numerous music videos.

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)

Current programs

News

  • Le 12:45 (national edition) and 19:45 (national edition), afternoon and evening news.
  • Zone Interdite, France's most influential Newsmagazine[5]
  • 66 Minutes weekly news magazine.
  • Capital, Economy-oriented newsmagazine.
  • Enquête Exclusive, Investigation magazine.

Show and Reality Show

  • X Factor
  • Nouvelle star, (French adaptation of Pop Idol) reality television
  • L'amour est dans le pré, French adaptation of Farmer Wants a Wife
  • D&CO , homestyle show.
  • E=M6, science magazine.
  • Top Chef, French adaptation of Top Chef
  • Belle toute nue, the French equivalent of Channel 4's How to Look Good Naked.
  • Turbo, motor magazine.
  • Chef, la recette, culinary magazine
  • Hit Machine, musical show.
  • M6 Kid, program for children.
  • Pekin Express, French adaptation of Dutch show "Peking Express".
  • Off Prime
  • Accès Privé, entertainment news magazine

Series

Past programmes

See also

  • List of television stations in France

Note

1 Source: Médiamétrie

References

  1. ^ [1] Financial results of M6 2010
  2. ^ [2] Financial rentability 2010
  3. ^ M6 has always been ranked after TF1 and before (by some measure) or after (by others) France 2
  4. ^ [3] the M6 Group : a French media empire
  5. ^ [4] Zone interdite, one of France's most influential TV show

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