TF1 Group
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| Type | Société Anonyme |
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| Traded as | Euronext: TFI |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Key people | Nonce Paolini (Chairman and CEO) |
| Products | Television broadcasting and production, websites, media investments |
| Revenue | €2.622 billion (2010)[1] |
| Operating income | €313.2 million (2010)[1] |
| Profit | €228.3 million (2010)[1] |
| Total assets | €3.325 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Total equity | €1.548 billion (end 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 3,800 (end 2010)[1] |
| Website | www.groupe-tf1.fr |
TF1 Group is a French media holding company (French: Groupe TF1), the owner of channel TF1, the largest European private TV channel, and Eurosport, the largest European sports network.
The group was formed after TF1 was privatised in 1987. It is controlled with a 43% stake by Bouygues, is quoted on Euronext Paris.
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[edit] Operations
[edit] Television
TF1 Group owns or has a direct stake in the following television channels:
- TF1, the most popular channel in France
- LCI - La Chaîne Info (launched in 1994)
- TV Breizh
- Eurosport, launched in 1991, replacing a previous Sky Television plc backed Eurosport
- Odyssée (launched in 1996)
- Histoire (launched in 2004)
- Ushuaïa TV
- TMC Monte Carlo - 80% stake
- TF6 - 50% stake
- Série Club - 50% stake
- NT1
The group also owns 33.5% of peers AB Groupe and WB Television (parent of Belgian stations AB3, AB4 and Vidéoclick).
In June 2009 TF1 Group agreed to buy the NT1 channel from AB Groupe, as well as AB's 40% stake in TMC Monte Carlo (which would take TF1's total stake to 80%). The deal was cleared by France's competition authority and subsequently by the Council of State in December 2010, dismissing an appeal by Métropole Télévision.[2] As part of the same transaction the group raised its stake in WB Television to 49%.[3]
[edit] Other assets
The firm holds a number of other interests in the advertising, internet and publishing fields, including 34% of Metro International's operations in France.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f "Annual Report 2010" (PDF). TF1 Group. http://docs.groupe-tf1.fr/eng/finance/registration-document/2010/files/docs/all.pdf. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ Le Galès, Yann; Renault, Enguérand (30 December 2010). "TF1 autorisée à racheter TMC et NT1" (in French). Le Figaro. http://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/2010/12/30/04015-20101230ARTFIG00548-tf1-autorisee-a-racheter-tmc-et-nt1.php. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
- ^ Vidalon, Dominique; Jacobs, Caroline (28 May 2009). "TF1 in exclusive talks to buy digital TV assets". Reuters (Forbes). http://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2009/05/28/afx6474083.html. Retrieved 2009-09-19.
[edit] External links
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