2025 UNIVERSAL RE8ISTRATION DOCUMENT
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295
1 | INTEGRATED REPORT | 5 | |
1 | M6 GROUP PRESENTATION | 27 | |
1.1 | History and 2025 highlights | 28 | |
1.2 | Group market and activities | 30 | |
1.3 | Other specific features | AFR | 64 |
1.4 | 2026 Priorities | 67 | |
1.5 | 2030 objectives | 68 | |
1.6 | Significant events since January 1, 2026 | 69 | |
1.7 | Group structure | 70 |
SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
AFR
General information 296
Environmental commitment 315
Social commitment to its employees (S1) 339
Social commitment to workers in the value chain (S2)
User Data Security (S4) 361
Program content and its impact on audiences (S4)
366
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RISK FACTORS AND MANAGEMENT
AND INTERNAL CONTROL 73
Risk factors AFR 74
Internal control procedures and risk
management 82
Responsible advertising (S4) 374
Governance and business conduct (G1) 382
Cross-reference table 390
Data points derived from other EU legislation 391
Sustainability and Taxonomy Certification Report 395
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COMBINED GENERAL MEETING
OF 28 APRIL 2026 401
Proceedings and agenda 402
Report of the Executive Board and resolutions submitted to the Annual General Meeting 404
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 87
Supervisory Board 89
Executive Board 119
Corporate Officers' remuneration and benefits
126
Corporate Officers' remuneration policy
Statutory Auditors' report on the share capital reduction provided for by Resolution 23
Statutory Auditors' report on the issue of shares and various marketable securities with waiver or retention of pre-emption rights
Statutory Auditors' report on the issue of
417
418
420
Fixed amount allocated to members of the
147
shares and/or marketable securities with
Supervisory board 157
Additional information 159
Report of the Supervisory Board to the
Combined General Meeting of 28 april 2026 165
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COMPANY AND SHARE CAPITAL INFORMATION 167
waiver of pre-emption rights reserved for members of a company savings plan
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 423
Changes in accounting principles 424
Company Articles of Association AFR 168
Shareholding structure at 31 december 2025 182
Stock market information 191
Financial communication 193
Other information in respect of the parent company financial statements
AFR
Information included by reference
Person responsible for the Universal Registration
424
424
5 2025 FINANCIAL REPORT
AFR
197
5.1 2025 Results
198
201
204
Balance sheet and cash flow statement
Financial position of the parent company and agreements with its subsidiaries
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2025 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND RELATED NOTES AFR 209
Consolidated financial statements at 31 december 210
2025
Document 425
Person responsible for financial information 425
Statutory Auditors 425
Cross-reference tables AFR 426
Glossary 429
Index 431
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
Statutory Auditors' report on consolidated financial statements
Parent company financial statements at 31 december 2025
215
262
267
Notes to the parent company financial statements 270
Statutory Auditors' report on the parent
company financial statements 285
Summary of financial results for the last 5 years 290
Parent company cash flow statement 291
Statutory Auditors' special report on regulated agreements 292
The sections of the annual financial report are identified in the table of content using the pictogram AFR
2025 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT MÉTROPOLE TÉLÉVISION
including the Annual Financial Report
PROFILE
Established in 1987 around the M6 channel, M6 Group is a powerful multimedia group which focuses on three areas: television (13 channels including M6, the 2nd largest commercial channel in the French market), radio (3 stations including RTL, the leading private radio station in France) and digital (including mobile applications and IPTV services).
Leveraging its brands and content, M6 Group has gradually expanded its operations through targeted diversification activities (content production and acquisition, cinema, music, shows, etc.) and innovative offerings such as M6+, its digital platform.
Mindful of developing synergies between its brands, and of responding to the expectations of its various audiences while remaining one step ahead, it has emerged as a content publisher firmly anchored in the new technology era.
The French version of this Universal Registration Document was filed with the French Financial Market Authority (AMF) on 19 March 2026, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129, without prior approval in accordance with Article 9 of said Regulation.
The Universal Registration Document may be used for the purposes of an offer to the public of securities or admission of securities to trading on a regulated market if it is supplemented by a securities note and, if applicable, a summary together with any amendments to the Universal Registration Document. All shall be approved by the AMF in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/1129.
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The information included on the websites referred to using the hypertext links provided in the integrated report, in the introduction to Sections 3, 3.1.2, 4.2.3, 4.4.1, 7.2.1 and on the last page of this Universal Registration Document, with the exception of the information incorporated by reference, does not form part of this Universal Registration Document. As such, this information has been neither reviewed nor approved by the AMF.
INTEGRATED REPORT
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 7
EXECUTIVE BOARD
KEY FIGURES 8
Operations 9
Market trends and Group positioning 10
Shareholding structure 11
GOVERNANCE SUPPORTING
PERFORMANCE 12
Supervisory Board 12
Executive Board 15
Efficient risk management 17
OUR CSR APPROACH 19
4.1.
4.2.
5.1.
5.2.
Structure 19
Material CSR challenges 19
A MODEL THAT CREATES VALUE AND IS RESILIENT 20
Our business model 20
M6 Group Foundation: 15 years of commitment to professional 22
reintegration after prison
GROUP STRATEGY AND OUTLOOK 24
An ambitious strategy built on solid foundations 24
6 MÉTROPOLE TÉLÉVISION - 2025 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
Message from the Chairman of the Executive Board
2025 will be remembered as a landmark year for M6 Group. Thanks to the relevance of our editorial choices, our ability to innovate and the unwavering commitment of our teams, we have consolidated our place at the very heart of French people's lives. Within a media environment undergoing profound change, we have shown that a free, creative and ambitious media group remains essential to informing, bringing together and entertaining people.
Innovation and risk taking are the very foundations of what we do. No enduring success is built without the ability to be daring. This imperative guides what we do and is a key cornerstone of our model. It allows us to offer meaningful content that connects with audiences and flies the flag for French audiovisual creation.
In video, our channels have consolidated their audiences across the viewing public as a whole, while M6+ has established itself as a fast-growing streaming platform, capable of leveraging ambitious French content. In radio, new shows have established themselves firmly alongside powerful and well-known brands. Against a backdrop of an accelerated digital transition, listeners are staying loyal to our stations across all formats, enjoying both live and pre-recorded content. This collective momentum illustrates our ability to constantly innovate and connect with audiences, by offering a cultural lineup that is accessible, modern and deeply rooted in the everyday lives of French people. Across all our stations, we are steadfast in our commitment to supporting creation, informing without fear or favour and bringing people together.
This responsibility is nevertheless discharged within a regulatory framework that is no longer fit for purpose. The imbalances that persist in relation to international operators, who are not subject to the same rules, now limit our freedom of action. In 2026, we will actively press for a necessary review of this framework, to ensure fair competition and to safeguard the vitality of French audiovisual creation over the long-term.
Building on the momentum of 2025, we enter 2026 with confidence and determination. The year will be marked by powerful moments of shared emotion, starting with the FIFA World Cup, for which M6 Group will be the main free-to-air broadcaster. These events are a reminder of the unique power of television - its ability to bring people together, to excite and to foster connections.
We have the talent, vision and commitment to excellence required to rise to the coming challenges. Together, we will continue to ensure M6 Group remains an independent, innovative and essential part of the cultural and democratic life of our country.
David LARRAMENDY
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Key figures
In 2025, within a challenging business environment M6 Group successfully continued its ambitious transformation strategy focused on development in free streaming and the strength of its brands and linear content. Moreover, improvements to its range of entertainment programming in linear TV, initiated in September 2025 with the arrival of new talents, helped it to achieve its best market growth across all targets.
FINANCIAL INDICATORS
€1,256m
Revenue
€214m
EBITA
17.0%Operating margin
€139.9m
Net cash2
OPERATING INDICATORS
21.0% 608 +15% 16.7%Audience share 25-49 year olds - free-to-air channels
(+0.9pp vs 2024)
Million non-linear hours viewed1
hours viewed on M6+ vs 20243
13+ audience share Audio division
NON-FINANCIAL INDICATORS
60% 74 % 1,032 46%of news presenters
are women
of employees consider
having a good work-life balance
reports dedicated to
environmental issues (up 30% vs 2024)
of leadership roles filled by women
1 Médiamétrie / Médiamat - Base 4+, M6, W9, 6ter, Gulli and associated on-demand channels, excluding content exclusive to M6+ - FY including Médiamétrie estimates over the period from 01 June to 31 October 2025
2 Net cash corresponds to cash and cash equivalents, plus debit current accounts and loans, less credit current accounts, bank overdrafts and financial debt (now excludes loans to and borrowings from associates).
3 In-house data
4 Based on the survey conducted in 2025 among permanent employees
Created around the M6 channel in 1987, M6 Group is now a powerful multimedia group. Building on its brands and content, the Group has gradually expanded its activities through targeted diversifications. Taking care to develop synergies between its programmes, and to meet the expectations of its various audiences and the new ways in which they watch, it has emerged as a content publisher firmly anchored in the new technology era.
Advertising
Audio
Production and
audiovisual rights
Video
Diversification
Market trends and Group positioning
The French audiovisual landscape has undergone significant change in recent years. The development of digital technology has accelerated changes in the way content is consumed, with the emergence of video-on-demand and podcasts.
Stakeholder expectations have therefore changed in recent years, creating new opportunities for media industry players. The trends that have a particular impact on the M6 Group are presented below.
Video and audio
Transforming media usage
The development of digitalisation has led to the emergence of new ways of consuming audiovisual and audio content, particularly video-on-demand and podcasts, which can be free or paid for. These 'non-linear' viewing modes now exist alongside linear consumption, i.e. live TV, which remains the preferred viewing method. Traditional television remains the most popular media format in the video market. Almost 3 in 4 French people watch TV every day, with an average viewing time of 2hrs 581.
1 amongst people who own a TV, Médiamétrie's historical target
Video and audio
Changing expectations among viewers and listeners
In a world characterised by an abundance
of content, viewers and listeners have become more exacting. Demand for original and local content is growing, with the development of AVOD and FAST offerings competing with the pay streaming market.
Thanks to its internal and creative resources and its unique appeal to all its external partners, M6 Group has everything that it needs to develop its offers and adapt as effectively as possible to changes in usage.
Advertising
Changes in advertisers' expectations
Over the last fifteen years, technological developments and changing habits have reshaped the advertising landscape, with the Internet taking a key role. Against this backdrop, the TV and radio advertising markets have held up well, thanks to the unrivalled instantaneous power of these media. Within this new ecosystem, advertisers aim to increase the number of advertising contacts, combined with the most accurate targeting possible. They are also increasingly aware of the CSR impact of their campaigns and aim to promote a responsible approach.
These numerous changes represent both challenges and opportunities for traditional media, encouraging them to continue innovating to maintain their competitiveness in a constantly evolving media environment.
M6 Group sees the emergence of these new modes of consumption and changing expectations as an opportunity for growth and value creation. That is why it ramped up its development in free streaming from 2024, building on 36 years of experience in content distribution. Following the successful launch of its new platform M6+ in May 2024, the Group continued to consolidate its presence on this market in 2025. In addition, on 14 January 2026 M6 Group announced the signing of a distribution agreement for M6+ on Prime Video thus marking a new stage in its development. From this date, all Prime members in France are able to access M6+ free of charge and enjoy the editorial diversity of its content: the channels M6, W9, 6ter and Gulli, either live or on demand, as well as content exclusive to the platform. The agility and resilience that have characterised the Group since its creation are proving to be major assets in successfully tackling these major transformations.
By virtue of its corporate purpose and status as an operator of free-to-air television and radio broadcasting licences using available frequencies, M6 Group is governed by a specific legal and regulatory regime. This framework notably concerns share ownership, which is regulated by two main pieces of legislation detailed below.
The 49% rule
According to Article 39 of Law n°86-1067 of 30 September 1986, as amended, no individual or entity, acting alone or in concert, may hold, directly or indirectly, more than 49% of the share capital or voting rights of a company licensed to operate a national television service by terrestrial transmission. This provision limits the scope of the rule to those terrestrial channels with an average annual audience across the entire viewing public in excess of 8% of the total television audience.
At 31 December 2025, the M6 channel's average annual calendar audience share was only 7.9%. Consequently, Métropole Télévision no longer falls within the scope of Article 39.
The 20% rule - Foreign shareholders
Under the terms of Article 40 of Law n°86-1067 of 30 September 1986, as amended, no individual or entity of foreign nationality shall purchase an interest leading to foreign nationals holding, directly or indirectly, more than 20% of the capital of a company licensed to operate a national television or radio service by terrestrial transmission (subject to the international commitments of France, excluding notably European community or European economic area nationals).
At 31 December 2025, the proportion of foreign shareholders within the meaning of Article 40 was less than 20%.
The laws governing the Group's shareholding structure are set out in full in Section 1.2.6. The breakdown of shareholders at 31 December 2025 is shown in the graph below:
Shareholding structure at 31 December 2025
48.01%
Free float
CMA CGM 11.08%
Silchester 9.44%
2.07%
Employee shareholding
0.58%
Treasury shares
49.35%
RTL Group
The main shareholders at 31 December 2025 were:
RTL Group, the principal shareholder, is owned by the German Bertelsmann Group
CMA - CGM, which holds 11.08% of the Group's share capital
Silchester International Investor LLP, which holds 9.44%.
The Combined General Meeting of 26 May 2000 approved the adoption of the two-tier management structure comprising a Supervisory Board and an Executive Board. This organisation creates a separation between the management functions performed by the Executive Board and the management control functions devolved to the Supervisory Board. The Group has retained this organisational structure, considering it to be the best guarantee of the balance of powers for the benefit of all stakeholders.
Supervisory Board
At 31 December 2025, the Supervisory Board of Métropole Télévision was made up of nine members, comprising two legal entities and seven individuals (including the two members representing employees), all appointed for a term of four years. Since the Supervisory Board was set up in 2000, a number of specialist committees, whose specific terms of reference and operating procedures it defined, have been created. These committees are made up of members appointed by the Supervisory Board on the basis of their training and experience.
The Audit Committee and the Remuneration and Appointments Committees are chaired by an independent member of the Supervisory Board. The CSR Committee is chaired by the member representing employees.
Audit Committee
4
meeting
3
members
2
independent members
100%
attendance
SUPERVISORY
BOARD
CSR
Committee
2
meetings
3
members
7
meetings in 2025
95%
attendance
4
independent members
Remuneration
and Appointments Committee
3
meetings
4
members
1 2
independent independent
member members
100% 100%
attendance attendance
COMPOSITION OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD AT 31/12/25
ELMAR HEGGEN
P
MARIE CHEVAL
P
NICOLAS HOUZE
BJORN BAUER
RTL GROUP
Vermögensverwaltung GmbH
PHILIPPE DELUSINNE
SISKA GHESQUIERE
P
SOPHIE DE BOURGES
INGRID HEISSERER
CMA CGM PARTICIPATIONS
STEPHANE RICHARD
JULIE WALBAUM
PATRICK BEHAR
ELISABETH SANDRET-RENARD
CHRISTOPHE GOOSSENS
HERVE ROUSSEAU
Audit Committee
Remuneration and Appointments Committee
CSR CommitteeP Committee chair
Independent directorDirector representing employees
14
members
4.7
years - length of service
42%
women
7
meetings in 2025
33.3%1
independent members
95%
attendance
4
nationalities
1 At 31 December 2025
SKILLS MAPPING
The skills of Board members are diverse, in line with long-term strategic priorities, and cover in particular television, digital, marketing, governance, the operation direction of the companies, CSR, international experience, and finance. In addition, the criteria for selecting new members of the Board proposed at each General Meeting, also include promoting diversity amongst its members in relation to nationality, age and gender-based criteria.
Elmar Marie Nicolas Patrick Julie Stéphane Björn Philippe Siska Christophe Ingrid Elisabeth Sophie de Hervé
Heggen Cheval Houzé Béhar Walbaum Richard Bauer Delusinne Ghesquiere Goossens Heisserer Sandret-
Renard
Bourges Rousseau
Executive experience Industry experience
Media France (7/14)
Media outside France (9/14)
CEO of a listed company (3/14)
Head of a division or CEO of a privately-owned company (8/14)
Financial expertise (8/14)
International expertise (9/14)
Functional experience
CSR (8/14)
Technology / Digital (5/14)
Marketing (6/14) Legal (4/14) Strategy (10/14)
COMPOSITION AND OPERATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Group is run by an Executive Board, which acts under the oversight of a Supervisory Board. Members of the Executive Board must be natural persons. The General Meeting and Supervisory Board may remove from office any member of the Executive Board. At the date of publication of this document, the Executive Board of M6 Group comprised five members appointed by the Supervisory Board for three-year terms. The Executive Board is chaired by David Larramendy.
DAVID LARRAMENDY
Chairman of the Executive Board
KARINE BLOUET
Executive Board member in charge of Public Affairs
HENRI DE FONTAINES
Executive Board member in charge of Strategy, Transition and Development
GUILLAUME CHARLES
Executive Board member in charge of Channels and Content
HORTENSE THOMINE-DESMAZURES
Executive Board member in charge of Sales
At its meeting on 16 December 2025, the Supervisory Board renewed the term of office of the entire Executive Board with effect from 13 February 2026 for a duration of 3 years.
REMUNERATION IN LINE WITH SUSTAINABLE VALUE CREATION FOR THE GROUP AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS
M6 Group has introduced an attractive and demanding remuneration policy, with the aim of motivating and encouraging members of the Executive Board to make a significant contribution towards achieving the Group's strategic objectives and to ensure its long-term performance. The nature and amount of remuneration for each Executive Board member is determined by the Supervisory Board, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 22-10-26 of the French Commercial Code.
The remuneration of Executive Board members includes a fixed portion and a variable portion, the rules for determining which are established by the Supervisory Board each year, based on the recommendations issued by the Remunerations Committee and in accordance with the AFEP-MEDEF Code recommendations.
Annual variable remuneration (cash)
Performance criteria
The remuneration structure and the criteria on which it is based help to align the skills deployed by the Executive Board with the interests of the company and stakeholders. The composition of the variable part - subject to financial and operational criteria, specific to the separate fields of responsibility of members, and CSR criteria, applicable to all members - helps to ensure the achievement of the Group's financial and non-financial targets and its long-term value creation.
Financial criteria
47% to 76%
Consolidated EBITA
Advertising revenue
Operational criteria
14% to 43%
TV audience share
CSR criteria
10%
Technological transformation of the Group's business units
% of leadership roles filled by women
Raising public awareness of environmental issues
Energy sobriety
The breakdown and weighting of each criterion in the variable portion of each of the members of the Executive Board is presented in Section 3.3.2.2 of this document.
M6 Group aims to ensure that risks are managed efficiently to reduce the likelihood of their occurrence by implementing action and prevention plans.
ORGANISATION AND APPROACH TO RISK
EXTERNAL AUDIT
REGULATORS
Internal control is monitored at all levels within the Group. The Executive Board has delegated internal control powers to the following collegial organisations or functional mechanisms:
SUPERVISORY BOARD
AUDIT COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE BOARD - SENIOR MANAGEMENT
1st line of management
2nd line of management
3rd line of management
OPERATIONAL
MANAGEMENT
FUNCTIONAL
DEPARTMENTS AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Finance Legal
IT systems
Human resources Other
INTERNAL
AUDIT
Risk management lines
Responsibility for risk management is entrusted to the Managing Director in charge of the Finance and Support Functions, with the assistance of the Audit and Risk Manager who coordinates the management assignments in line with the action plan approved by the Executive Board.
Its main tasks are to:
Identify and list risks
Regularly review existing procedures and their correct application by operational staff and take corrective action if necessary
Report on its work to the Group Audit Committee. The latter then presents the conclusions of its work to the Supervisory Board.
MAPPING OF THE GROUP'S MAIN RISKS
The most significant and specific risks likely to have an influence on M6 Group's activities, financial situation, results and development are presented below, by category and order of criticality. This assessment is based on a rating of risks according to two dimensions: their criticality and their likelihood of occurrence.
Categories and risks Criticality
Business risks
Decline in audience High
Increase in programming costs High
Sensitivity to economic conditions High
Operating risks
Decline in distribution revenues High
Interruption of the signal of the Group's TV channels and radio stations High
Information systems Average
Legal
Broadcasting licenses High
Legislative and regulatory changes Average
A detailed description of these risk factors, their management and internal control is provided in Section 2 of the 2025 Universal Registration Document.
The Group is also committed to respecting its ethical principles, whose key features are presented on its website: https://www.groupem6.fr/fr/investisseurs/statuts-et-code-dethique/.
OUR CSR APPROACHStructure
Faced with various corporate, social and environmental challenges, the Group has pursued an active CSR policy for several years and clearly states its commitments to all its partners. This CSR strategy is developed by the Engagement Department, which works in support of the different operational departments to support them in its implementation. The Group also has a CSR Committee, which reports to the Supervisory Board and has three members, one of whom is independent. Meeting at least once a year, it is responsible for overseeing the overall CSR strategy and monitoring the implementation of the Group's commitments in this area.
As a media company, M6 Group attaches particular importance to respect for professional ethics. It has a "Committee on the honesty, independence and pluralism of information and programmes", more commonly known as the "Ethics Committee".
The Committee meets twice a year and publishes an annual report. It is made up of three members who are independent of the Group, its subsidiaries, its shareholders and its commercial activities. Its mission is to help ensure compliance with the principles relating to the independence of information that are guaranteed by Arcom and subject to the freedom of communication. It may be referred to or consulted by any person for this purpose. Details are available on the M6 Group website: https://www.groupem6.fr/fr/engagements/ comite-relatif-a-lhonnetete-a-lindependance-et-au-pluralisme- de-linformation-et-des-programmes/.
In addition, and in accordance with the commitments made by M6 Group under the agreement signed with Arcom for the broadcasting of the M6 frequency on DTT, an independent director was appointed by M6 Group's Supervisory Board in July 2023. Their role, which complements that of the Ethics Committee, is to ensure that the deliberations of the Ethics Committee are properly received and to monitor their effects.
Material CSR challenges
The analysis of the Group's double materiality analysis, developed as part of the implementation of the CSRD, led to the creation of a list of 11 material CSR challenges (whose score exceeds the materiality threshold which has been set at 2.2). These CSR challenges are presented in the double materiality matrix below, and the presentation of the Group double materiality analysis is detailed in Section 7.1.4 of this document.
4
tions and equal orkers in the
3.5
Equal opportunities: promoting diversity and male/female representation within the Group
Climate change mitigation and adaptation by the Group and its value
Business ethics, combatting corruption and compliance with statutory regulations and obligations
3
of sets
Health & safety, working conditions, quality of life and well-being at work
Managing energy resources within the business and its value chain
Journalistic ethics
2.5
Content and influence of
programmes on audiences
Responsible advertising
2
ety
1.5
anagement of waste life products
1
0.5
Impact of Gulli Parcs operations on local communities
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Managing con
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Data privacy and security
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Use
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Development employee skill
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Impact materiality
M6 Group Double Materiality Matrix
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
Financial materiality
Environmental challenges Social challenges Governance challengesA model that creates value and is resilient
Our business model
M6 Group's business model, which is based on six types of resources, ensures the creation of financial and non-financial value for all its stakeholders. It has underlined its resilience in an unstable business environment.
RESOURCES
HUMAN
2,001 permanent employees and 417 event contract workers1
56% of total workforce is female and 48% of leadership roles are filled by women
INTELLECTUAL
Portfolios of strong and attractive brands, incl. M6, No1 channel for French viewers2, and RTL, No1 French commercial radio station3
Extensive catalogue of rights with high-quality content, covering TV digital and cinema
6 TV personalities in the Top 10
most popular presenters in France4
FINANCIAL
€1,261.2m shareholders' equity
€256.5m net cash
INDUSTRIAL
28,750 m2 property assets Incl. 18,200 m2 owned in Neuilly 2 TV studios
8 radio studios
SOCIETAL
68% of TV news presenters are women and 45%
for Radio news
100% of programmes accessible5 to people with disabilities
M6 Group Foundation
the only foundation helping people who have been in prison
Disability Unit: 4.3% employees with disabilities, vs 3.8% in 2024
ENVIRONMENTAL
1,032 items on television news dedicated to environmental issues (up 30% vs 2024)
88 journalists trained in climate-related and environmental issues
FTE
Ifop / Survey on Image of TV Channels /
Survey of a representative sample of 2,200 French people aged 15 and over conducted online between 26 March and 5 April 2024
Médiamétrie EAR> National, FY 2025 vs FY 2024, Monday-Friday, 5:00-0:00.
OpinionWay TV Mag - 24 December 2025
Programmes with subtitles for the deaf or hard of hearing, and audio description for the blind or partially sighted (M6, W9 channels).
Investing
in content
CHALLENGES
Accelerating
development in digital
Supporting
the development of our diversification activities and find
new growth drivers
Network of franchised estate agents
Music events and musical works
TV content
Marketing solutions
Movie content
Network of
indoor play centres
4
BUSINESS DIVISIONS
Audiovisual
and radio programmes
Radio stations
Free-to-air and
pay TV channels
Digital
platforms
Advertising space
Streaming
platforms
space
Advertising
MARKET TRENDS
Transformation of media Advertisers' expectations:
usage (development of
AVoD, SVoD, podcasts)
effectiveness of advertising campaigns, CSR
Expectations of viewers/spectators/listeners: attractive content, content available anywhere at any time of day
To present its business model, the Group has used the integrated reporting analysis framework of the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) as its reference:
In accordance with the options offered by the reporting reference framework adopted, M6 presents the resources used in 3 forms:
Human and intellectual resources. Employees hold a privileged position within the value chain. Training and skills development are therefore essential resources for M6 Group, which also relies on the expertise of teams and the intellectual property of formats and brands, as well and an extensive catalogue of audiovisual,
Financial and industrial resources, which are the capital invested by shareholders as well as the profits generated over the years and reinvested in the development of M6 Group. M6 Group also uses buildings, studios, warehouses and facilities to create value,
Environmental resources, which are the natural resources utilised (electricity, paper, etc.),
Societal resources, which are M6 Group's commitments to society, the relationships between the Group's brands, viewers and listeners.
Our value proposition for
our STAKEHOLDERS
EMPLOYEES
Offering a fulfilling work environment
92.2% employee retention
(excl. LBAE)
22% internal mobility1
89% of managers trained in combatting harassment2
VIEWERS AND LISTENERS
Being at the heart of French • 23 M viewers people's concerns • 8m+ daily listeners
29m active users/month on M6+
€8.7m pro bono commercials3 on TV and radio
PRODUCERS
Contributing to French
and European
€502.3m TV
programming costs
audiovisual creation
ADVERTISERS
Providing a tailored No 1 multi-media advertising
service to generate agency in France
efficiency and 98% of the French population
performance reached4
PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AND MARKET REGULATORS
Maintaining relations • Signatory to the Média Climat
contract
DISTRIBUTORS
Offering a powerful and attractive audiovisual service
Content offering enhanced
with innovative features for subscribers
SHAREHOLDERS
Sharing the value and communicate with transparency
€157.1m dividends paid
in 2025 in respect of 2024
€1,539.7m market capitalisation at 31 December 2025
% of permanent opportunities filled via internal mobility.
% of employees who received training of more than 4 hrs during the baseline year. Free advertising space.
Médiamétrie - cross-media survey 2024 wave.
For each of the Group's business cycles (which are grouped into 4 segments of financial information), there are corresponding values created by M6 Group (audiovisual content, channels, etc.) that form the basis of financial and non-financial performance.
Lastly, Group stakeholders are the source of the resources made available to the Company, and benefit from the value created.
Our stakeholders, a fundamental component in the sustainable strategy
M6 Group stakeholders are numerous and can be classified according to the types below:
Employees are the company's human capital. They represent not only the workforce but also the creative synergies that drive innovation. They are also the ambassadors of M6 Group's values and commitments,
Viewers and listeners, for whom the channels and programmes are intended,
Producers, who supply the Group, particularly with audiovisual content. In addition, M6 Group plays a vital role in creating French and European audiovisual and film works. It gives a significant proportion of its advertising revenues to numerous coproductions, and reserves part of its investments for producers,
Advertisers, who benefit from the commercial breaks made available to them,
Public authorities, primarily the French State and the ARCOM (Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique - since the merger of Hadopi and the CSA),
Distributors, who include M6 Group channels and services in their distribution packages,
Shareholders, whose invested capital allows M6 Group to operate, who vote in General Meetings and receive dividends.
M6 Group Foundation: 15 years of commitment to professional reintegration after prison
In 2010, M6 Group created its own corporate foundation, having decided to get involved in the complex issue of combatting recidivism.
This commitment is based on the firm belief that M6 Group can provide different responses to societal issues, thereby going beyond its role of decoding society by becoming a stakeholder in its transformation.
Marking 15 years of the Foundation, 2025 was also notable for the start of a new 2025-2029 mandate, firmly focused on collaboration between the prison system and businesses.
THE FOUNDATION'S MAIN DRIVERS OF ACTION
Developing the employability of offenders: by supporting more than 280 projects in the past 15 years - both inside and outside prison - and via the creation and implementation of direct initiatives in prison.
KEY FIGURES: 15 YEARS OF ACTION
Facilitating the link between prison and businesses: of the firm belief that reintegration following prison involves collaboration between these two worlds, the Foundation strives to promote the return to work of former prisoners as a clear diversity and inclusion issue within the business world.
In 15 years, the M6 Group Corporate Foundation has created a unique place for itself in the prison system by combining commitment, belief and practical initiatives:
€7.5 million invested in professional reintegration
75% of prisons served
27,000 beneficiaries supported
900 M6 Group employees involved
20 ex-prisoners employed within M6 Group
In 2025, the Foundation won a major philanthropy award, the Grand Prix de la Philanthropie, in the "Rehabilitation & Equal Opportunities" category, awarded by Ficade Group
ONGOING SUPPORT, GUARANTEEING A RETURN TO WORK AFTER PRISON
The Foundation - driving the implementation of support initiatives
In 2025, the Foundation provided financial and operational support to 11 non-profit organisations, working very closely with beneficiaries to promote their access to employment, through three types of schemes:
Integration-in-prison workshop (Festin, WallBreaker and
SAS Insertion organisations)
Inside/outside support (organisations Sortir de Prison intégrer l'entreprise and Auxilia)
Accommodation and/or socio-professional support for individuals sentenced to alternatives to prison (organisations Foyers Matter, Fermes Emmaüs de réinsertion, l'ïlot and Anonymal).
The Foundation, an experimental laboratory a testing lab
Working on the basis that entrepreneurship can be a driver of professional reintegration for offenders, for three years the Foundation has also been contributing to the Entreprendre sa liberté (moving towards freedom) programme with several sponsors and in partnership with community service and professional integration agency ATIGIP (Agence du Travail d'Intérêt Général et de l'Insertion Professionnelle), a Ministry of Justice service with national coverage.
In 2025, the Entreprendre sa liberté programme helped launch four charity projects in nine French departments dedicated to entrepreneurship for prisoners: 43 workshops were held, involving 150 prisoners with the support of 70 entrepreneurs alongside them.
Support provided to organisations to develop employability - 2025 figures:
15 charity projects to support a return to work and the development of alternatives to prison;
579 offenders have received support;
63% of people whose support has ended have found work.
THE COMPANY, AN ESSENTIAL LINK IN PROFESSIONAL REINTEGRATION: INCREASED ACTION TO MARK 15 YEARS OF THE FOUNDATION
The Foundation leverages M6 Group's experience in hiring ex-prisoners to have a ripple effect on businesses. To marks its 15thanniversary and to highlight the issue of integrating former prisoners into the business world, in 2025 the Foundation was vocal in the media and with the business world:
First intervention at Inclusiv'Day, a trade fair focussed on diversity and inclusion, in May 2025. The aim was to highlight the issue of access to jobs following completion of a prison sentence during this unmissable event for organisations committed to inclusion and social innovation,
First press conference held in a custodial setting, on 2 July, at Amiens Prison, a symbolic venue to give a reminder of an ambition that remains unchanged since 2010 - working to achieve the reintegration of people leaving prison.
An "immersive" evening, which took place on 14 October at M6 Group's headquarters. The programme included an introduction to the prison environment through a recreated "mobile prison unit", featuring interesting interactions between former prisoners and their reintegration partners, as well as the sharing of experiences by companies that have taken on ex-prisoners.
These voluntary initiatives brought together 45 companies and approximately 10 journalists, and helped to roll out its flagship initiative, Découverte (Discovery), a day for former prisoners seeking work to meet employees from various companies.
Following UpCoop and Suez, the Foundation has already secured the involvement of HR teams from three new companies in rolling out Découverte in 2026: Carrefour, Saint-Gobain and Mobivia.
In 2025, there were four editions of Découverte resulting in:
210 people learning about offenders and their problems finding work,
80 employees being actively involved within M6 Group and UpCoop,
39 former prisoners being supported towards finding work.
Group strategy and outlook
An ambitious strategy built on solid foundations
Since its creation in 1987, the M6 channel, then known as "the little channel on the rise", has been able to leverage what sets it apart and develop in an agile way to grow into the powerful multi-media Group it is today, focused on the future.
Valued at €1.5 billion at 31 December 2025, M6 Group has the 2ndlargest French market capitalisation for a free-to-air television group.
Its tagline, "Continuons de grandir ensemble" ("Let's continue growing together"), reflects its close relationship with the French people and the Group's strong commitment to its audience.
In the medium term, the Group will continue to grow by focusing on the following three key strategic priorities:
1
Continue to grow in audience reach and in the video advertising markets
2
Continue transforming the business model
Plan 2030:Target of €80 million in savings over the next five years
3
Adapt the regulatory framework for the French audiovisual sector to
the current situation
The M6 Group aims to build on the strong audience growth it achieved in 2025, both in video and audio, while maintaining strict cost discipline across its programming.
The Group will continue transforming its operating model with the goal of achieving €80 million in savings over the next five years. These savings will be achieved by optimizing production costs, simplifying processes and organizational structures, and streamlining technical costs to enhance performance and agility, particularly through the integration of artificial intelligence across all business lines and support functions.
The Group will strive to evolve the regulatory framework, in particular to facilitate market consolidation, liberalize advertising, secure funding for content creation, lower distribution costs, revitalize radio and ensure transparency in investments between national media players and platforms.
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MÉTROPOLE TÉLÉVISION - 2025 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
1 M6 GROUP PRESENTATION
HISTORY AND 2025 HIGHLIGHTS 28
History 28
2025 highlights 29
GROUP MARKETS AND OPERATIONS 30
Video 31
Audio 48
Production and Audiovisual Rights 57
Diversification 61
OTHER SPECIFIC FEATURES 64
Property assets 64
Shareholding structure 64
Main legal and regulatory developments 65
Current legal proceedings 66
STRATEGY AND OBJECTIVES 67
Video 67
Audio 67
Production & audiovisual rights and diversification activities 67
2030 OBJECTIVES 68
SIGNIFICANT POST-BALANCE SHET EVENTS 69
GROUP STRUCTURE 70
Organisational structure at 31 December 2025 70
Changes in Group structure in 2025 71
HISTORY AND 2025 HIGHLIGHTS
History
From an entrepreneurial project to a listed company (1987-2004)
The Group's story began with the creation of the M6 channel in 1987. M6, the "little channel on the rise" was only received by a third of French households when it started out. The channel grew and set itself apart from its competitors thanks to groundbreaking counterprogramming targeting a young audience.
In 1994, seven years after the launch of the M6 channel, M6 Group became listed on the Paris stock exchange.
The Group continued its development, creating Studio 89 in 2003 to manage the production of its throwaway programmes.
Development of DTT and launch of M6 Replay, the first catch up TV site in France (2005-2013)
The launch of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) in 2005 led to an expansion of the range of free-to-air channels for French audiences. As such, in 2005 the Group launched W9, followed by 6ter in 2012. To respond to changing television viewing patterns, in 2008, ahead of its time, the Group launched M6 Replay, a website enabling M6 channel programmes to be viewed at any time free of charge. It was the first catch-up TV platform launched in France.
In parallel, the Group pursued its diversification activity, acquiring "Mon Album Photo" in 2010.
Expansion of the media range through mergers and acquisitions (2014-2019)
In 2017, the Group completed the biggest M&A transaction in its history by acquiring the French radio division of its shareholder, RTL Group, made up of the stations RTL, RTL2 and Fun Radio. This transaction enabled the Group to boost its position on the French media and advertising markets.
Two years later, in 2019, the Group acquired the TV division of Lagardère Group (excluding Mezzo) comprised of Gulli, Canal J, Tiji, MCM, MCM Top and RFM TV, further consolidating its overall positioning on the French media market.
Consolidation of its assets and ramping up in streaming (since 2020)
After the planned merger between M6 and TF1 Groups was abandoned in 2022, the Group pursued its development by continuing to put content at the heart of its strategy and building on its unique ability to reach the French population across innovative and leading powerful mainstream media.
M6 Group launched its new platform, M6+, on 14 May 2024 as part of its strategic push to accelerate the growth of its free streaming business.
JANUARY MARCH
23 January
M6 Group Foundation celebrates 15 years of helping ex-prisoners return to the workplace
MAY
15 May
M6+ toasts an excellent first year in operation against a backdrop of vigorous growth
31 May
M6 broadcasts its first ever Champions League Final, attracting up to 10.3 million viewers
SEPTEMBER
15 September
A native version of M6+ is pre-installed in all new BMW and Mini vehicles, enabling users to access all of the platform's free content in a fluid and intuitive way
19 September
M6 Publicité, M6 Group's advertising sales house, becomes M6 Unlimited - reflecting its ambitions to outgrow its traditional role and become a global player in advertising, events management and content creation
23 September
M6 Unlimited unveils a new partnership deal with music channel NRJ Hits
18 March
M6 Group and Webedia Group announce a strategic partnership between M6+ and Webedia's online platforms, including Allociné, spanning editorial and advertising content
APRIL
18 April
M6 Group reveals plans to launch '6èmeavenue', a second brand for real estate group Stéphane Plaza France
JUNE
6 June
Gulli departs Channel 18 for TNT's Channel 12, as Paris Première joins Channel 26
26 June The Group announces that it has acquired broadcast rights for the 2027 FIFA Women's
World Cup
NOVEMBER
5 November
M6 Group joins forces with Amazon Publisher Cloud to optimise ad targeting on its streaming platforms
21 November
M6 and RTL become official media partners of Paris FC for the two upcoming seasons
25 November
M6 Group Foundation honoured at the seventh edition of the Grand Prix de la Philantropie in the category 'workplace inclusion and equality of opportunity'
GROUP MARKETS AND OPERATIONS
Developed in 1987 around the M6 channel, over the years Métropole Télévision Group has become a powerful multimedia group, offering a wide range of programmes, products and services available on a wide variety of media: television, radio, internet, etc.
The programming of M6, the second largest commercial channel in the market, is complemented by the other free-to-air channels, W9, 6ter and Gulli. The family of pay TV channels (Paris Première, Téva, sérieclub, Canal J, Tiji, M6 Music, MCM, MCM Top and RFM TV) enhances the Group's range of programming, with extensive presence across all broadcast platforms.
M6 Group distinguished itself very early on with the development of a non-linear range, launched in 2008 with the catch-up service M6 Replay, later renamed 6play. In order to ramp up its expansion into the free streaming sector, in May 2024 the Group launched M6+, delivering 30,000 hours of programmes spanning all genres available all year round, including 10,000 hours of exclusive content.
M6 Group also owns three radio stations, RTL, RTL2 and Fun Radio, enabling it to offer a powerful multimedia range.
Moreover, the Group decided very early on to position itself on the production and audiovisual rights distribution markets, notably in order to provide the TV channels with high quality content.
Lastly, building on its brands, content, and air and advertising time available across all its media, M6 Group has gradually expanded its activities by means of diversification.
Conscious of developing synergies in its programmes, and of responding to and anticipating the expectations of its various audiences as well as their new viewing patterns, M6 Group has emerged as a content publisher firmly anchored in the new technology era.
Advertising
Audio
Production and
audiovisual rights
Video
Diversification
Video
THE GROUP
Linear free-to-air TV
Linear pay TV
Non-linear TV
International TV
€991.8mrevenue
€164.2mEBITA
16.6%operating margin
2025 KEY FIGURES
79.0%
of Group revenue
BUSINESS PRESENTATION
M6 Group's main business is television production and broadcasting, operated via a portfolio of channels and services that includes:
A linear offering with:
Free-to-air channels (M6, W9, 6ter and Gulli), accessible without subscription via a digital signal, mainly funded by the advertising investments of advertisers who seek to optimise the efficiency and cost of their media campaigns. These channels are also, to a lesser degree, financed by the income received from television service distribution platform operators (mainly cable operators, satellite and IPTV), according to the terms of the commercial agreements between publishers and distributors;
Pay-TV channels (Paris Première, Téva, Sérieclub, Canal J, Tiji, M6 Music, MCM, MCM Top and RFM TV) which rely on mixed financing, derived from both advertising revenues and distribution revenues from telecoms operators. The Paris Première channel also has a pay DTT licence.
A non-linear offering with:
M6+ (previously known as 6play), which now provides 30,000 hours of free, year-round programming spanning all genres, including 10,000 hours of exclusive content.
An svod offering with:
M6+ Max, a premium option of the M6+ platform, offers ad-free viewing, and provides access to exclusive content such as show previews
GulliMax, Gulli children's channel online platform.
In addition, M6 Unlimited, M6 channel's historical sales house, whose development it has supported - is currently responsible for marketing the Group's TV, radio and digital advertising space.
Métropole Télévision, parent company of M6 Group, broadcasts the M6 channel. It decides its programming strategy, its acquisition and production policies, and its schedule structure. Moreover, Métropole Télévision defines the policy directions pursued by the various Group entities and manages the cross-company administrative and support functions. The entire Group's strategic financial assets are predominantly held by the parent company.
GROUP POSITIONING
21.0%
audience share amongst 25-49 year olds1
The "youngest" TV
group in France1
1 Source Médiamétrie Mediamat
23 million
French people1
watch its channels every day
Linear free-to-air television
In 2025, M6 channel maintained its position as a major general interest channel with 7.9% ratings across all audiences and maintained its position as the 2nd largest national channel on the commercial target of 25-49 year olds with a 12.4% audience share (up 0.2pp). M6 is now France's leading entertainment channel, after a record-breaking year for its flagship programmes, including L'amour est dans le pré (28% audience share among 25 to 49-year-olds), la France a un incroyable talent (27%) and the French versions of Traitors (29%) and Married at First Sight (26%). Viewers welcomed the return of some cult favourite game shows, tuning in en masse for Wheel of Fortune and The Weakest Link. M6's current affairs shows, including Capital, Zone Interdite and Enquête Exclusive, capture the lion's share of prime-time viewers, while daily news bulletins (le 12.45, le 19.45 and le 20.10) are also performing well.
M6 Group is the official broadcaster of the Champions League Final for 2025-2027. This year's event attracted 8.7 million viewers, making it the most-watched television programme among the target 25-49 age group, with an audience share of 55%. The acquisition of the broadcast rights for the FIFA 2026 World CupTM is part of a wider bid for mass audience appeal.
W9 is M6 Group's DTT mainstream music and entertainment channel. W9 put
in another strong performance in 2025 in both linear and digital distribution, bolstered by traditional anchors including access prime-time reality shows, and prime-time current affairs programmes and films. The channel's audience share among the target 25-49 age group hit 4.2% (up 0.8 pp year on year).
Thanks to its popular dating and game shows, W9 came out ahead of all other DTT streaming channels. L'île de la tentation set a new record for the format with a 12% audience share among 25 to 49-year-olds, while les Cinquante remained a firm favourite with this age group with a 10% audience share and 55% of viewers choosing to watch on demand.1 From September, W9 entered a new era of growth with the successful launch of Tout Beau Tout Neuf, France's most-watched talk show in 2025, driving audience numbers to a historic high. The channel recorded up to two million viewers over the course of the season - a fourfold increase since the summer - and achieved an average audience share of 12%.
1 Source: Médiamétrie / Médiamat- audiences to date
6ter is M6 Group's DTT channel aimed at the whole family.
6ter reached an overall audience share of 1.8% in 2025 (+0.1pp); 2.6% among
25 to 49-year-olds (+0.4pp). As with each year since its creation, it was ranked as the leading new generation DTT channel on the commercial target
- and, for the first time, among the viewing public as a whole.
2025 was marked in particular by the success of its programmes such as Les Reines de la route (4.5% audience share amongst 25-49 year olds), Objectif Maison : chantier en famille, la Vie secrète des supermarchés, as well as Génération 90, les secrets des séries cultes. Movies also performed well with 40 films attracting more than 0.5 million viewers. Meanwhile, 6ter made a high-impact début into the world of sports broadcasting, pulling in half-a-million viewers for the Women's Nation's League Iceland vs France fixture - a historic first for the channel.
Gulli is mainly intended for children aged between 4 and 10, although it aims to bring the whole family together. Gulli is the leader for its target audience of 4-10-year-olds at all the important times of the day: mornings before school with a 25% audience share (up 4pp year on year), and after school1 with an 18% audience share (up 3pp year on year, a three-year high). Gulli also broke its own record for prime viewing among target groups, thanks to original entertainment programming (Les 100 Vidéos qui ont fait rire le monde entier (up to 600,000 viewers), Battlebots, le Choc des robots and le Grand bêtisier des animaux) and 15 films that together chalked up over 500,000 viewers.
On 6 June 2025, Gulli also passed a new milestone in its history by moving to channel number 12 on DTT, marking a major turning point for it and offering new audience and scheduling prospects. Gulli was once again voted the most popular family TV channel2, demonstrating the channel's continued commitment to delivering original programming that promotes positive values for all.
Monday-Friday (16:30-18:00)
During the 12thMajor Survey of Families' Favourite Brands, Retailers and Media, conducted from 22 October to 7 December 2025
Linear pay television
Digital pay channels are distributed on all broadcasting platforms and media (cable, satellite, IPTV, mobile, internet), with a view to maximising the potential of subscriber households/individuals.
This significant exposure enables Pay-TV channels to attract targeted or more mainstream audiences, depending on their positioning, and as a result offer commercial breaks that meet the objectives of advertisers' campaigns.
In this way, the Group has developed a family of pay channels to complement the free-to-air channels, with strong and identity-building positioning, aimed at making each of these channels a gold standard within its market (Paris Première for upper socio-economic professionals, Téva for women, Canal J/Tiji for children).
Gulli, top family channel
in 2025
Téva, best year across all audiences
since the introduction of the monthly Mediamat indicator
Paris Première, best ever year
across all audiences since its creation
With its irreverent discussions, hard talking commentators and magazine shows with high added value, and thanks to its bold approach and outspokenness, Paris Première features unique and intentionally different programming.
Attracting an average 13.6 million1 viewers per month in 2024 (up 0.2 million in comparison with 2024), it posted its best ever year among all viewers with an audience share of 0.7 % (up 0.1pp).
Paris Première benefits from an extensive broadcasting network: cable, satellite, IPTV, mobile TV (3G, 4G and 5G) as well as pay DTT since 21 November 2005, with a daily three-hour free-to-air time slot between 18:00 and 21:00.
1 Médiamétrie / Médiamat'Thématik - 10-second vision limit coverage
Téva is M6 Group's pay channel aimed at women. With an increasingly confident tone, the channel has become the place for genuinely open dialogue, in programmes such as OrgasmiQ ! Remaining both acerbic and fun, Téva has established itself as the channel with a female slant on humour, thanks in particular to its current affairs talk show Piquantes !
With 8.7 million1 viewers each month, Téva has become the channel of choice for women in the pay-TV universe. Téva had a record year for viewing figures among the public as a whole2 and delivered its strongest performance in eight years among the 25-49 age group, driven by its original programming, documentaries (Affaire Pélicot : les femmes de Mazan, Soumission chimique : un fléau silencieux, Toutes tatouées !) and series.3
Médiamétrie / MTK'Thématik - Whole of France
Since the introduction of the monthly Mediamat indicator Médiamétrie / MMT'Thématik - Extended competitive environment, January-November
Sérieclub, which is 50% held by M6 (and 50% by TF1 Group), occupies a clearly identified position in the complementary TV offering, asserting its positioning as the channel for series". It features a comprehensive range of recent new series as well as whole sets of classic series.
A leading and trailblazing children's channel in France, Canal J continues to captivate 7- to 12-year-olds thanks in particular to new seasons of top animated action and adventure shows.
TiJi is a young and playful channel aimed at 3- to 7-year-olds. It's good to grow up with TiJi thanks to original programmes that promote an understanding of and openness to the world.
MCM is the go-to channel for young adults for pop culture. As well as its commitment to the music that infuses its schedule, the channel offers the best adult animation shows and cult series.
International television
Armed with its expertise and brand reputation, Gulli has become popular around the world. International development is one of the cornerstones of its growth:
Gulli Girl and TiJi in the CIS and Eastern European countries -launched in May 2009;
Gulli Africa: launched in 2015 and operating across 25 French-speaking African countries;
Gulli Bil Arabi: launched in June 2017, the channel is broadcast in Arabic across 23 territories in North Africa and the Middle East;
Gulli Brasil: launched in September 2020.
Non-linear television
M6+, "youngest" platform on the market
8 years younger than the average of its competitors
56 million French viewers consumed streaming content provided by M6 Group
in 2025
M6+, M6 Group's free platform, is France's number one multimedia streaming service. It offers 30,000 hours of ready-to-watch content annually, including 10,000 hours of exclusive content, available for at least 30 days on the platform thanks to enhanced accessibility and the roll-out of M6+ to all smart TVs. With a host of innovations such as M6+ stories and the interactive player, and enriched with data visualisation, the platform promotes viewer engagement and the discovery of new content. M6+ also offers podcasts based on a selection of M6 Group's best audio content.
In 2025, one year after its launch, M6+ achieved a record performance, attracting an average of 29 million unique monthly users1 over 2025 as a whole, representing growth of +40% compared with 2024. M6+ stands out as the youngest platform in the market and is 8 years younger than the average of its competitors.
M6+ also has a pay option, M6+ Max, which allows viewers to watch programmes with no ad interruptions and to access exclusive previews. Users also have access to the best of HAYU reality TV series.
1 Médiamétrie / Médiamat - Base 4+
GulliMax is Gulli's SVOD service. Included in the packages of all major operators, it features the channel's entire range and all its most popular characters with more than 5,000 videos available without restriction and ad-free. The catalogue is comprised of entire seasons, both for the very youngest viewers and the whole family (Alvin and the Chipmunks, Les Sisters, Chica Vampiro, The Loud House, etc.), as well as exclusive previews of series created by the best French and international animation studios, films, and programmes from around the world.
Streaming technology
Bedrock was founded in 2020 as a joint venture between M6 Group and RTL Group. It implements its expertise and technologies for the benefit of media companies to offer them the development and maintenance of their streaming platforms with stringent quality standards. The company deploys its expertise with 4 European broadcasters groups (including M6 Group) covering 45 million users, and was behind the launch of M6+ in 2024.
RTL+ Germany is expected to move to Bedrock in 2026. This will be a major boost for the company's stature, innovation capacity and profile as a potential strategic partner for streaming providers throughout Europe and beyond.
Advertising services
N°1
sales house in France
13 TV channels, 3 radio stations, 2 digital platforms,
1 integrated sales house
96%
of the population reached each month
M6 Unlimited, France's leading multimedia sales house, helps advertisers build their brands and optimise performance in a rapidly evolving medial landscape.
At M6 Unlimited, we re-imagine what advertising can be, turning emotion into impact. It has one goal: to bring entertainment, news, sport and drama (linear and on demand) together into a single, integrated ecosystem, offering brands the visibility to become household names.
M6 Unlimited offers a comprehensive suite of powerful tools, customisable to client need: brand content, special offers, sponsorship, podcasts, influencer marketing, corporate, events, etc.
Its continued growth is guided by a set of core strategic goals:
Accelerating the monetisation of its digital catalogue, whether via the M6+ video platform, now distributed through Amazon Prime, or the rapidly expanding selection of digital audio content available on M6 Group's radio stations.
Supporting the development of its Ad Manager, designed to make it simpler for SMEs and micro-entities to launch a TV campaign by following a specially designed, step-by-step process.
Leveraging major sporting events, particularly the broadcast of the 2026 and 2030 FIFA World Cups on M6 (and simultaneously on M6+) and the upcoming Champions League Final.
M6 Unlimited also stands out for having one of the most robust data offers on the market, activable via streaming on all screens (OTT, CTV/IPTV) and segmented TV. This momentum is fuelled by strategic partnerships with Unlimitail, Valiuz, Infinity, Leboncoin, Veepee, Sirdata, DriveMedia, and more recently La Centrale and Amazon Publisher Cloud.
Buoyed by this ambitious strategy, M6 Unlimited is becoming a key player in advertising convergence, blending the power of traditional media with the precision and agility of digital.
M6 Créations
M6 Créations is the subsidiary that markets Special Campaigns for the Group's sales house, based on the brand M6 & Beyond. The appeal of its range lies in its ability to offer its clients increased pooling between the Group's various media (TV, radio, digital) as well as to integrate into its solutions flagship licences for the Group's programmes, popular presenters, original events, etc.
In 2025 it produced more than 340 special campaigns in TV, radio and digital formats, such as promotional and corporate films, sponsorship credits, events-based TV formats, short programmes, podcasts, radio adverts, viral content.
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTS
M6 Group has contracts in place for the distribution of all its channels and their related services with customers of the main distributors.
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MARKET TRENDS IN THE TV BUSINESS
A. STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN TV CONSUMPTION
Ownership and reception modes
Today, practically all French households (89.1%) have a television1. It is the second most popular screen in homes.
The chart below shows the trends in French household equipment:
91% | 90% |
86% | 86% |
84% | 85% |
90% | 89% | 94% |
89% | 89% | 89% |
87% | 88% | 89% |
46%
47%
47%
47%
47%
Q4 2021 Q4 2022 H2 2023 H2 2024 H2 2025
Television Desktops Smartphones Touchscreen tablets
Furthermore, 73.1% of households now own a smart TV (up 1.2 pp year on year).
Consumption
The development of smart TVs promotes other types of use such as:
Viewing OTT video content (via subscription video on demand (or SVOD) services like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, etc., or video sharing platforms;
Non-linear video content viewing on television channel platforms.
The data reflects this trend: in 2025, 60% of households subscribed to at least one paid service (SVOD and premium TV channels), an increase of 8pp since 2021. Every day, 16% of the French population consume TV content at home on a digital screen: 20% more than in 2024.2
In addition, the development of formats that don't require a TV, like video on social media (Facebook Watch, Snapchat, Tiktok, etc.) is also growing sharply amongst young people and they are challenging traditional TV.
On-demand video (BVOD, SVOD and online video content) accounted for 39% of daily viewing time in France in 2025, up from 36% in 2024.
M6 Group sees the emergence of these new modes of consumption and changing expectations as an opportunity for growth and value creation. That is why it ramped up its development in free streaming in 2024, building on 37 years of experience in content broadcasting to launch its new M6+ platform.
Despite these fundamental shifts, television continues to pull in viewers and is the only medium capable of generating instant power, including with younger people.
TV remained the leading media format in 2025, with an average daily viewing time of 2 hours and 58 minutes per person in households with a TV. This is 14 minutes less than in 20243, but significantly more than for other forms of TV use (1 hour and 4 minutes). TV remains a dominant presence in French daily life, with three out of four people watching at least once a day.
01:04:29
00:58:00
00:58:00
02:58:00
03:12:00
03:12:00
2023 2024 2025
Other viewing Linear and non-linear videoSource: ARCOM - Monitoring household audiovisual equipment - H2 2025
Source: Médiamétrie- L'année TV / Vidéo 2025
Source: Médiamétrie Mediamat - 4+ Whole of France
TV market audience ratings
Audience figures on the TV market by profile type are detailed in the tables below. It should be noted that the category 25-49-year-olds is M6 Group's priority commercial target.
4+ national audience share1:
(%) 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
M6 | 7.9% | 7.8% | 8.1% | 8.4% | 9.1% | 9.0% |
W9 | 2.5% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
Gulli | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
6ter | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.7% |
M6 Group | 13.3% | 12.8% | 13.0% | 13.5% | 14.3% | 14.6% |
TF1 | 18.7% | 18.7% | 18.6% | 18.7% | 19.7% | 19.2% |
TMC | 3.0% | 2.9% | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% |
NT1/TFX | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.6% |
HD1/TF1 Séries films | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 1.8% |
LCI | 2.0% | 1.7% | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
TF1 Group | 27.2% | 26.8% | 26.9% | 26.6% | 27.2% | 26.8% |
France 2 | 14.9% | 15.8% | 15.3% | 14.8% | 14.7% | 14.1% |
France 3 | 9.1% | 8.9% | 9.0% | 9.4% | 9.4% | 9.4% |
France 4 | 1.0% | - | - | - | 0.8% | 1.2% |
France 5 | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.5% | 3.6% | 3.3% | 3.5% |
franceinfo | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
France Télévisions Group | 29.4% | 29.0% | 28.6% | 28.7% | 28.9% | 28.9% |
Virgin 17/Direct star/D17/Cstar | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
Direct 8/D8/C8 | 0.6% | 3.0% | 3.1% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
i > Télé/Cnews | 3.4% | 2.9% | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.4% |
Canal+ | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
Canal+ Group | 6.6% | 8.2% | 7.7% | 7.2% | 6.8% | 6.4% |
Arte | 3.1% | 3.0% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
Chérie 25 ** | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
NRJ12 * | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
NRJ Group | 1.1% | 2.2% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% |
BFM TV | 2.8% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
RMC Découverte | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.3% |
RMC Story | 1.7% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 1.9% | 1.6% | 1.5% |
RMC Life *** | 0.3% | - | - | - | - | - |
CMA Média (formerly Altice) | 6.6% | 6.5% | 6.6% | 7.1% | 6.5% | 6.7% |
L'équipe 21/ L'Equipe | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.3% |
Amaury Group | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.3% |
Total Groups | 88.9% | 89.9% | 89.5% | 89.9% | 90.5% | 90.0% |
Total Other cable and satellite channels audience share | 10.0% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 9.1% | 9.2% | 9.6% |
Total DTT | 31.4% | 32.0% | 32.1% | 31.9% | 30.6% | 31.1% |
Total Other DTT channels audience share **** | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% |
TOTAL 4+ audience share | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
* Ended 28/02/2025
** Launched on 30/09/25
*** Launched on 01/10/25
**** T18 and Novo19 in 2025 / France 4 in 2022 and 2023
1 Source: Médiamétrie
39 MÉTROPOLE TÉLÉVISION - 2025 UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT
25-49 national audience share1:
(%) 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
M6 | 12.4% | 12.2% | 12.9% | 13.0% | 13.8% | 13.1% |
W9 | 4.2% | 3.4% | 3.5% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
Gulli | 1.8% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
6ter | 2.6% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.6% |
M6 Group | 21.0% | 19.6% | 20.5% | 20.3% | 21.3% | 20.9% |
TF1 | 20.2% | 20.4% | 20.5% | 20.3% | 20.6% | 20.1% |
TMC | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.7% | 4.5% | 4.2% |
NT1/TFX | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% |
HD1/TF1 Séries films | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% |
LCI | 1.1% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.7% |
TF1 Group | 30.9% | 30.5% | 30.6% | 30.5% | 30.2% | 29.9% |
France 2 | 9.1% | 10.8% | 9.5% | 9.2% | 9.8% | 9.0% |
France 3 | 3.0% | 3.6% | 3.0% | 3.6% | 4.0% | 3.7% |
France 4 | 1.1% | - | 1.0% | 1.4% | ||
France 5 | 2.0% | 2.1% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
franceinfo | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
France Télévisions Group | 15.8% | 17.1% | 15.0% | 15.3% | 17.0% | 16.6% |
Virgin 17/Direct star/D17/Cstar | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
Direct 8/D8/C8 | 0.6% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.9% |
i > Télé/Cnews | 2.0% | 1.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
Canal+ | 2.3% | 1.9% | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
Canal+ Group | 6.4% | 7.7% | 7.4% | 7.5% | 7.0% | 7.1% |
Arte | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
Chérie 25 ** | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% |
NRJ12 * | 0.3% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.7% |
NRJ Group | 1.0% | 2.5% | 2.7% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
BFM TV | 3.1% | 3.1% | 3.2% | 3.7% | 3.4% | 3.4% |
RMC Découverte | 2.2% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 2.9% |
RMC Story | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.6% |
RMC Life *** | 0.3% | - | - | - | - | - |
CMA Média (formerly Altice) | 7.9% | 7.1% | 7.5% | 7.8% | 7.4% | 7.9% |
L'équipe 21/ L'Equipe | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.4% |
Amaury Group | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.4% |
Total Groups | 86.6% | 87.7% | 87.1% | 87.2% | 88.5% | 87.9% |
Total Other cable and satellite channels audience share | 12.5% | 11.4% | 11.9% | 11.4% | 11.1% | 11.9% |
Total DTT | 36.9% | 36.2% | 37.2% | 37.5% | 36.3% | 37.4% |
Total Other DTT channels audience share **** | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
TOTAL 25-49 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
* Ended 28/02/2025
** Launched on 30/09/25
*** Launched on 01/10/25
**** T18 and Novo19 in 2025 / France 4 in 2022 and 2023
1 Source: Médiamétrie
