Journalist Marc-Olivier Fogiel has been appointed managing director of BFMTV, the channel announced on Wednesday. He will take office in July.

Marc-Olivier Fogiel will become the new managing director of BFMTV beginning in early July 2019, announced Wednesday the Altice group and the channel in a statement.

"By turning the page of the antenna, I will be 100% alongside the teams," said in this release the 49-year-old journalist who hosts for seven years an afternoon program on radio RTL.