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.
History
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
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in December 2010, dismissing an appeal by
Métropole Télévision. As part of the same transaction the group raised its stake in WB Television to 49%.
On 21 December 2012,
Discovery Communications
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purchased a 20% stake in
Eurosport
Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. Owned by Warner Bros. Discovery through its international sports unit, it operates two main channels— Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2—across most of its territories, ...
from TF1 Group for €170m. 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. On 22 July 2015 Discovery agreed to acquire TF1's remaining 49% stake in the venture. 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.
TF1 Group's Newen agree to acquired 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.
On 18 May 2021, TF1 Group and
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.
...
announced that both companies have began negotiations for a proposed merger. On 16 September 2022, the merger was officially abandoned due to competition concerns by the anti-trust French authorities.
Operations
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Newen
Newen is a French television production company, the producers of such shows as ''Versailles'', ''Braquo'', and ''Plus belle la vie''.
In November 2015, TF1, France's leading television network, bought a 70% share of Fabrice Larue's FLCP, the h ...
- Paris-based TV production company
** Capa Drama, French banners
** Telfrance, French banners
**
Nimbus
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Arts and entertainment
* Halo (religious iconography), also known as ''Nimbus'', a ring of ligh ...
, Denmark
** Tuvalu, Netherlands
**Pupkin, Netherlands
**De Mensen, Belgium
** BlueSpirit, Canadian animation company
** Reel One, Canadian production outfit
Streaming service
*
Salto, with
France Télévisions
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and
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. ...
Television
TF1 Group owns or has a direct stake in the following television channels:
Free-to-air
*
TF1, channel 1
*
TMC, channel 10
*
TFX (launched in 2005 as NT1), channel 11
*
TF1 Séries Films
TF1 Séries Films, formerly HD1 (acronym for ''Histoire de'') is a French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group. HD1 launched on TNT, satellite, and xDSL on 12 December 2012.
History Proposed new TNT channels
With the shutdown of analogue televisi ...
(launched in 2012 as HD1), channel 20
*
LCI - ''La Chaîne Info'' (launched in 1994), channel 26
Pay
*
TV Breizh (launched in 2000)
*TF1 International, TF1's international channel
*
Histoire TV
Histoire TV is a French television channel, owned by Groupe TF1. The network mainly carries programming about historical events.
History
Histoire was launched on 14 July 1997 by an alliance of public holdings (France Télévisions, INA and ...
(launched in 1997)
*
Ushuaïa TV (launched in 2005)
*
Série Club
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.
...
- 50% stake
Former
*Stylia (ex-''Odyssée'' launched in 1996, closed in 2014) - 80% stake
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TF6 (closed in 2014) - 50% stake
Other assets
The firm holds a number of other interests in the
advertising
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,
internet
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and
publishing fields, including 34% of
Metro International's operations in France.
References
External links
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Pan-European media companies
Television networks in France
French-language television networks
Companies listed on Euronext Paris
Television channels and stations established in 1975
1975 establishments in France
Companies based in Île-de-France