MCM Groupe (french: link=no, Groupe MCM) is a French television company, owned by

Groupe M6 Metropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6 ( en, M6 Group), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the Public television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT ( RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux. ...

, one of the largest media companies in Europe.

Television channels

Current channels

MCM Group manages all the music television channels of

M6 Group Metropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6 ( en, M6 Group), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the Public television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT ( RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux. ...

: * MCM * RFM TV *

MCM Top MCM Top is a French language music video TV channel owned by MCM Group, a division of Groupe M6. History To enrich the offer music channels, Lagardère Active launches November 28, 2003 MCM Music + channels. It is then composed of three channel ...

Defunct channels

* (Replaced by

Trace Urban Trace Urban (formerly MCM Africa then Trace TV) is a French pay-TV music video television channel owned by TPG Capital. It is the parent channel of the various Trace music channels. It is the third most distributed French television channel in t ...

and sold to Modern Times Group) *

Virgin 17 Virgin 17 was a French music video and TV show television network owned by the MCM Group, a subsidiary of Lagardère Active. It was available through digital terrestrial television (DTT). The channel was created for the launch of DTT and model ...

(Sold to

Bolloré Bolloré SE () is a French conglomerate headquartered in Puteaux, on the western outskirts of Paris, France. Founded in 1822, the company has interests in Vivendi, international freight forwarding, oil storage and pipelines in France, solid sta ...

and replaced by

Direct Star Direct Star was a French free-to-air music television channel owned by Vincent Bolloré, that launched and replaced Virgin 17 on 1 September 2010. The channel has been replaced on 7 October 2012 by D17 after being bought by the French group Cana ...

then Bollore sold the channel to

Canal+ Group Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow und ...

and replaced by D17 * (Closed on December 31, 2009) *

MCM Pop MCM Pop was a French language music video TV channel owned by MCM Group MCM Groupe (french: link=no, Groupe MCM) is a French television company, owned by Groupe M6, one of the largest media companies in Europe. Television channels Current ...

(Replaced by RFM TV) * (Merged with

Mezzo TV Mezzo is a French television channel devoted to classical music (including opera and ballet), jazz and world music. It was formed in 1992 and was called France Supervision until 1998. In 2010 it added a sister channel, Mezzo Live HD. In Ja ...

after MCM Group was acquired by

Lagardère Active Lagardère Active SAS, also known as Lagardère Media, is the media activities arm of the French Lagardère Group. Its subsidiaries include Lagardère's radio operations, television networks, and book and magazine publishers. In 2018, Arnaud Lag ...

to become Mezzo as international TV Channel in Europe) * Mezzo was acquired by

Groupe Canal+ Groupe Canal+ is a French mass media company. It is owned and controlled by Vivendi and has a film library in excess of 5,000 films. Vivendi has sold some parts of Canal+ to private investors which are still using the name of Canal+. It is headqu ...

and

Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien A group is a military unit or a military formation that is most often associated with military aviation. Air and aviation groups The terms group and wing differ significantly from one country to another, as well as between different branches ...

Mezzo Live HD Mezzo is a French television channel devoted to classical music (including opera and ballet), jazz and world music. It was formed in 1992 and was called France Supervision until 1998. In 2010 it added a sister channel, Mezzo Live HD. In Ja ...

was acquired by

and

Administration

; Presidents * Jean-Pierre Ozannat ( – ) * Frédéric Schlesinger ( – ) * Christophe Sabot ( – 2008) * Emmanuelle Guilbart (2008 – present)

References

{{RTL Group Music television channels Television companies of France RTL Group Mass media companies established in 1989 French companies established in 1989 Television networks in France Music organizations based in France