Private company

Groupe M6

Logo: Groupe M6, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

French media broadcaster

Métropole Télévision SA, commonly known as M6 Group (French: Groupe M6), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the commercial television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT (RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux. In addition to its audiovisual and digital media presence, some of the group's television channels are operated (including M6, W9, 6ter, Paris Première, Téva, Série Club) radio stations (RTL, RTL2 and Fun Radio), and film and television production and distribution companies.2 It was founded by CLT-UFA.1 Its revenue was €1.3 billion in 2023.1 It is part of RTL Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

Mar 1, 1987Founded1
  • HeadquartersNeuilly-sur-Seine, France1
  • Websitewww.groupem6.fr
  • Legal formSA à directoire (s.a.i.)1
  • LEI96950018NOMJX5XRH0473
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address89 AVENUE CHARLES DE GAULLE, 92200 Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France3
  • Registered withNational Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies, 3390124523

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Siège M6
Photo: UHF, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

Métropole Télévision SA, commonly known as M6 Group (French: Groupe M6), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the commercial television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT (RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux.2

Corporate structure

Groupe M6 is part of a group headed by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA. 282 entities, 26 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Groupe M6 reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.1

The story

Founded by CLT-UFA on Mar 1, 1987.1

Products and brands

  • television

Listed on Wikidata.1

On 19 March 2008, M6 launched its first catchup service, M6 Replay. On 4 November 2013, M6 Replay, W9 Replay and 6ter Replay were merged into 6play. In late 2017, RTL radios joined 6play. 6play was declined in Belgium and Croatia as RTL Play, and in Hungary as RTL Most.

On 14 May 2024, 6play became M6+ and is now using the same platform as Germany’s RTL+ as they are developed by streaming technology company Bedrock co-owned by Groupe M6 and RTL Group.

M6 Group was a shareholder of the streaming service Salto as a joint-venture with TF1 Group and France Télévisions, active from 2020 to 2023.

From Wikipedia’s article on Groupe M6, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Subsidiaries

Also owns

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Acquisitions

  1. 2005Acquired Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie1
  2. Jul 2001Acquired Société nouvelle de distribution1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

  • 20231.3B EUR1

Net income

  • 2023237.1M EUR1

Timeline

  1. Mar 20, 1987Parent Directly consolidated by RTL Group3
  2. Mar 1, 1987Founded Founded1

Sources

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