M6 (TV channel)

M6

Launched	1 March 1987
Owned by	M6 Group
Picture format	576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audience share	10.6% (2013, Médiamétrie)
Slogan	La vie en mieux (Making life better)
Country	France
Language	French
Headquarters	Neuilly-sur-Seine
Replaced	TV6 (1986–1987)
Website	www.m6.fr
Availability
Terrestrial
TNT	Channel 6 Channel 56 (HD)
Satellite
Canalsat	Channel 6 (SD/HD) Channel 504 (HD) Channel 704 (SD)
Cable
NOS(Portugal)	Channel 227
IPTV
Canalsat	Channel 6 (SD/HD) Channel 504 (HD)

M6 (pronounced: [ɛm sis]), 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. It is owned by RTL Group.

Other TV channels in the M6 portfolio include digital terrestrial channels W9, 6ter, Paris Première, and digital cable channels Téva, TF6, Série Club, M6 Music, M6 Music Black, M6 Music Club, Girondins TV and M6 Boutique & Co.

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

French TV Programs : Capital, Zone Interdite, Enquête Exclusive, Top Chef, Un dîner presque parfait, 100% Mag, 66 Minutes, Recherche Appartement ou Maison, L'amour est dans le pré, Maison à vendre, On ne choisit pas ses voisins, Belle toute nue, Nouveau Look pour une nouvelle vie, Hits Machines, M6 Boutique, LE 1945 and LE 1245 (news), Top tendance, Le meilleur patissier de france, Danse avec les stars, Morning Live, ...

American TV Shows: Once Upon A Time ; Terra Nova ; Desperate Housewives ; NCIS (NCIS: enquêtes spéciales) ; NCIS: Los Angeles ; Lie to Me ; Prison Break ;Medium (Médium) ; My Name Is Earl (Earl) ; NUMB3RS ; Bones ; Scrubs ; The Unit (The Unit : commando d'élite) ; Stargate Atlantis ; Nip/Tuck ; Californication ; Kyle XY ; Everybody Hates Chris (Tout le monde déteste Chris) ; Supernatural and Secrets and Lies (Secrets and Lies : l'affaire Tom Murphy).

These American TV Shows were previously shown on M6: Smallville ; Charmed ; The 4400 (Les 4 400) ; Jericho ; The Dead Zone (Dead Zone) ; Stargate SG-1 ; Malcolm in the Middle (Malcolm) ; Friends ; Alias ; Sex and the City ; Veronica Mars ; Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy contre les vampires) ; The X-Files (X-Files, aux frontières du réel) ; Ally McBeal ; Roswell ; Profiler ; The Pretender (Le Caméléon) ; The Sentinel ; Sliders (Sliders, les mondes parallèles) ; Hope & Faith (La Star de la famille) ; 8 Simple Rules (Touche pas à mes filles) ; My Wife and Kids (Ma famille d'abord) ; Still Standing (Une famille presque parfaite) ; Early Edition (Demain à la Une) ; Wildfire ; Once and Again (Deuxième chance) ; Relic Hunter (Sydney Fox, l'aventurière) ; Medical Investigation (NIH : alertes médicales) ; Tru Calling (Tru Calling : compte à rebours) ; Commander in Chief ; 1-800-Missing (Missing : disparus sans laisser de trace) ; Dark Skies (Dark Skies : l'impossible vérité) ; The Inside (The Inside : dans la tête des tueurs) ; Killer Instinct ; Vanished ; John Doe ; LAX ; Jake 2.0 ; Blind Justice ; Threshold (Threshold : premier contact) ;Summerland ; Beautiful People ; Young Americans ; Special Unit 2 ; The Evidence (The Evidence : les preuves du crime) ; South Beach ; L.A. Heat (Los Angeles Heat) ; Married… with Children (Mariés, deux enfants) ; The Cosby Show (Cosby Show) ; Who's the Boss? (Madame est servie) ; The Nanny (Une nounou d'enfer) ; Little House on the Prairie (La Petite Maison dans la prairie); The Simpsons (Les Simpson) ; Bewitched (Ma sorcière bien-aimée) ; The Wonder Years (Les annees coup de coeur) and Family Affair (Cher Oncle Bill) .

American programs: High School Musical ; Camp Rock ; America's Got Talent (with its own version : La France a un incroyable talent), American Idol (La Nouvelle Star), KaBlam! (KarToon (M6 version))

British TV shows: Primeval ; Secret Diary of a Call Girl (Journal intime d'une call girl).

British TV programs: Britain's Got Talent (with its own version : La France a un incroyable talent), Pop Idol (with its own version : Nouvelle Star), The X-Factor (with its own version), Wife Swap

These British TV Shows were previously shown on M6:Footballers' Wives (Femme$ de footballeurs) ;Queer as Folk ; Totally Frank ; Bugs ; and Hex (Hex : la malédiction).

These Canadian TV shows were shown on M6: Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (Sue Thomas, l'œil du FBI) and Falcon Beach.

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

Les reines du shopping
X Factor
Ice show
Nouvelle star, (French adaptation of Pop Idol) reality television (until 2011, then it moved on D8)
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
Vocation Medecin, health 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
Un dîner presque parfait, the French adaptation of Come Dine With Me
Nouveau look pour une nouvelle vie, fashion magazine
On ne choisit pas ses voisins, family magazine
La France a un incroyable talent, the French adaptation of Britain's Got Talent
Le meilleur pâtissier de france, the French adaptation of The Great British Bake Off
Le choix, the French adaptation of The Taste.
Cauchemar en cuisine, the French adaptation of Kitchen Nightmares.

Series

90210 Beverly Hills : Nouvelle Génération
Blue Bloods
Body of Proof
Bones
Burn Notice
Californication
Desperate Housewives
Drop Dead Diva
Earl
En Famille (French creation)
FBI : Duo très spécial
Glee
Hawaii 5-0
Journal intime d'une call girl
Justified
Kaamelott (french creation)
L'Homme de la situation (French creation)
La Méthode Claire (French creation)
Le Transporteur (French-Canadian creation)
Lie to Me
Ma famille d'abord
Ma femme, ma fille, deux bébés (French creation)
Médium
Modern Family
NCIS : Enquêtes spéciales
NCIS Los Angeles
New Girl
Numb3rs
Once Upon a Time
Ringer
Scènes de ménages (French creation)
Scrubs
Soda (French creation)
Sons of Anarchy
Supernatural
Terra Nova
The Finder
The Glades
The Good Wife
un gars une fille
Un, dos, tres
Under the Dome^[6]
Victoire Bonnot (French creation)
Wes et Travis

Future programs

J'ai décidé d'être heureux, coaching magazine
Top Chef : masters
Les Nannys, coaching magazine
Le transporteur, french serie (new season)
Cynical Cops !, new french serie

Past programs

Super Nanny
Culture Pub, a TV advertisements analysing show
Graines de star, a talents contests show
Loft Story (French adaptation of Big Brother), M6 and the first French reality show
Les colocataires (Roommates)a show similar to Loft Story.
Les Bleus (2006-2010) Police series about five rookies learning the ropes.
Morning Live, Morning show
Caméra Café, Comedy
Nouvelle Star (French adaptation of American Idol)
Êtes-vous plus fort qu'un élève de 10 ans ?, French adaptation of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Rubí rebelde, Venezuelan telenovela
Total Wipeout (French adaptation of Wipeout)
Stargate SG-1 The series has been fully aired between 18 September 1998 and 8 December 2007.
Stargate Atlantis The first two seasons aired between 15 April 2005 and 29 July 2006.

References

↑ Financial results of M6 2010
↑ Financial rentability 2010
↑ M6 has always been ranked after TF1 and before (by some measure) or after (by others) France 2
↑ the M6 Group : a French media empire
↑ Zone interdite, one of France's most influential TV show
↑ "M6 a acheté Sous le dôme". AlloCiné. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

External links

Official website (French)
M6 Replay

Television in France

Terrestrial digital (free)	TF1 France 2 France 3 Canal+ France 5 M6 Arte D8 W9 TMC NT1 NRJ 12 LCP & Public Sénat France 4 BFM TV I>Télé D17 Gulli France Ô HD1 L'Équipe 21 6ter Numéro 23 RMC Découverte Chérie 25

Terrestrial digital (pay)	Paris Première Canal+ Cinéma Canal+ Sport Planète+ TF6 LCI Eurosport

Other free	Equidia Euronews FashionTV France 24 KTO Liberty TV M6 Boutique M6 Music Téva TV5Monde

Canal+ Group	Canal+ Séries Canal+ Family Canal+ Décalé Ciné+ Premier Ciné+ Frisson Ciné+ Émotion Ciné+ Classic Comédie+ Jimmy Planète+ Planète+ Thalassa Sport+ Télétoon+

Orange S.A.	OCS Max OCS City OCS Choc OCS Geants

The Walt Disney Company	Disney Channel Disney Cinemagic Disney Junior Disney XD

NBCUniversal	13ème Rue Universal Syfy Universal E!

Viacom	MTV MTV Idol MTV Pulse MTV Base Nickelodeon Nickelodeon 4Teen Nickelodeon Junior Paramount Channel Game One J-One

AB Groupe	AB1 AB Moteurs Action Animaux Chasse et Pêche Ciné Fx Encyclo Escales Mangas Polar RTL9 Toute l'Histoire

Time Warner	TCM Cinéma Cartoon Network Boomerang Boing

Other (pay)	beIN Sports Canal J La Chaîne Météo MCM Mezzo OM TV XXL

Media holding companies	AB Groupe Canal+ Group France Télévisions Lagardère Active M6 Group Orange S.A. TF1 Group

Lists	Television series Television stations

RTL Group

Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland Germany, Austria and Switzerland	TV: RTL Television VOX RTL II^{[gl 1]} Super RTL^{[gl 2]} n-tv RTL Crime RTL Living Passion RTL Nitro GEO Television Radio: RTL Radio 104.6 RTL, Antenne Bayern^{[gl 3]} Radio Hamburg^{[gl 4]} Radio NRW^{[gl 5]} 105'5 Spreeradio Radio 21 (Germany)^{[gl 6]} Radio Regenbogen^{[gl 7]} Big FM^{[gl 8]} Hitradio RTL Sachsen^{[gl 9]} Hit-Radio Antenne^{[gl 10]} Radio Brocken (50%) 89.0 RTL Antenne Thüringen (15%) Radio Ton (2%) Rock Antenne^{[gl 3]} Sachsen Funkpaket (31/9%) Radio Dresden Radio Leipzig Radio Chemnitz Radio Lausitz Radio Zwickau Radio Erzgebirge Vogtland Radio Oldie 95 (4.78%) Radio Top 40 (15%)

RTL Nederland Netherlands	TV: RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 RTL 8 RTL Crime RTL Lounge RTL Telekids RTL Z Radio: RTL Lounge Radio

M6 Group (48.6%) France	M6 W9 6ter Paris Première Téva Série Club^{[gl 11]} TF6^{[gl 11]} M6 Boutique & Co M6 Music M6 Music Black M6 Music Club Best of Shopping Girondins TV

France	TV: RTL9^{[gl 12]} Radio: RTL RTL 2 Fun Radio RTL L'Equipe^{[gl 13]}

RTL Belgium	TV: RTL-TVI ^{[gl 14]} Club RTL ^{[gl 14]} Plug RTL ^{[gl 14]} Radio: Bel RTL (44.2%) ^{[gl 14]} Radio Contact (44.2%) ^{[gl 14]} Mint (44,2%)^{[gl 14]}

RTL Luxembourg	TV: RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg Den 2. RTL Radio: RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg RTL Radio

RTL Hrvatska Croatia	RTL RTL 2 RTL Kockica RTL Living RTL Passion RTL Crime

Magyar RTL Televízió Hungary	RTL Klub RTL II Prizma TV Cool Film+ Film+2 Sorozat+

Atresmedia Spain	TV: Antena 3 (HD) laSexta (HD) Neox Nova Mega Atreseries (only HD) Radio: Onda Cero Europa FM Melodia FM

RTL CBS Asia Entertainment Network Asia	RTL CBS Entertainment^{[gl 15]} RTL CBS Extreme^{[gl 15]}

India	Big RTL Thrill^{[gl 16]}

Production	FremantleMedia FremantleMedia Australia Blue Circle (Television production) Blu Productions Talkback (production company) Thames (production company) Retort (production company) Boundless (production company) UFA Grundy UFA Teamworx Phoenix Film

↑ joint venture with Tele München Fernseh, Heinrich Bauer Verlag and Burda. ↑ joint venture with The Walt Disney Company. 1 2 joint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft. ↑ joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag. ↑ joint venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and Westdeutscher Rundfunk. ↑ joint venture with Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio. ↑ joint venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas. ↑ joint venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk. ↑ joint venture with Broadcast Sachsen. ↑ joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs. 1 2 joint venture with TF1 Group. ↑ joint venture with AB Groupe. ↑ joint venture with L'Équipe. 1 2 3 4 5 6 joint venture with TVI, LEMAIRE ELECTRONICS and Rossel. 1 2 joint venture with CBS Studios International. ↑ joint venture with Reliance Broadcast Network.

Bertelsmann

RTL Group
(75.1%)

Mediagroup RTL Germany (+Austria & Switzerland)	TV RTL VOX RTL II^{[gl 1]} Super RTL^{[gl 2]} n-tv RTL Crime RTL Living Passion RTL Nitro Radio RTL Radio 104.6 RTL Radio Hamburg^{[gl 3]} BigFM^{[gl 4]} 89.0 RTL Antenne Thüringen (15%) Radio Ton (2%) Rock Antenne^{[gl 5]} Sachsen Funkpaket (31/9%) Oldie 95 (4.78%) Radio Top 40 (15%)

RTL Nederland	TV RTL 4 RTL 5 RTL 7 RTL 8 RTL Z RTL Lounge RTL Crime RTL Telekids Radio RTL Lounge Radio

M6 Group (48.6%) (France)	TV M6 W9 6ter Paris Première Téva Série Club^{[gl 6]} TF6^{[gl 6]} M6 Boutique & Co M6 Music M6 Music Black M6 Music Club RTL9^{[gl 7]} Radio RTL RTL 2 Fun Radio RTL L'Equipe^{[gl 8]}

RTL Belgium	TV RTL-TVI Club RTL Plug RTL^{[gl 9]} Radio Radio Contact^{[gl 9]} Bel RTL^{[gl 9]}

RTL Luxembourg	TV RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg Den 2. RTL Radio RTL Radio Lëtzebuerg RTL Radio

RTL Croatia	TV RTL Televizija RTL 2 RTL Kockica

Hungary RTL TV	TV RTL Klub RTL II Cool Film+ Film+2 Sorozat+ Prizma TV Muzsika TV

Atresmedia (Spain)	TV Antena 3 (HD) laSexta (HD) Neox Nova Mega Atreseries (only HD) Radio Onda Cero Europa FM Melodia FM

FremantleMedia	FremantleMedia Australia Blue Circle Blu Productions Talkback Thames Retort Boundless UFA Grundy UFA Teamworx Phoenix Film Buzzr

Gruner + Jahr

Brigitte Capital GEO Stern Sächsische Zeitung (60%) Der Spiegel (25%)

Prisma Press	Femme Actuelle Prima Voici VSD

Motor Press Stuttgart	sport auto Aerokurier Auto, Motor und Sport

News (56%)	NEWS Profil

arvato

Bertelsmann Education Group

Alliant International University
Relias Learning

Other assets

BMG Rights Management
Penguin Random House
Verlagsgruppe Random House (Goldmann)

↑ joint venture with Tele München Fernseh, Heinrich Bauer Verlag and Burda.
↑ joint venture with The Walt Disney Company.
↑ joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
↑ joint venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.
↑ joint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, Axel Springer AG, Hubert Burda Media, Studio Gong, Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft
1 2 joint venture with TF1 Group.
↑ joint venture with AB Groupe.
↑ joint venture with L'Équipe.
1 2 3 joint venture with TVI, LEMAIRE ELECTRONICS and Rossel.

Category
Commons

Fuji News Network / Fuji Network System

Hokkaidō and Tōhoku	UHB MIT OX AKT SAY FTV

Kantō, Shinetsu and Shizuoka Prefecture	CX NBS NST SUT

Kansai, Chūkyō and Hokuriku	KTV THK BBT ITC FTB

Chūgoku and Shikoku	TSK OHK EBC KSS TSS

Kyūshū and Okinawa	TNC STS KTN TKU TOS ¹ UMK ^{1, 2} KTS OTV

BS Digital	BS Fuji

¹ Also affiliated with the Nippon News Network ² Also affiliated with the All-Nippon News Network

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