Marriage TF1-M6: "The best way to control your enemy is to redeem him"
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TF1 could merge with M6 AFP / Archives
By: Florent Guignard
7 mins
On Monday, May 17, the Bouygues group declared that it had made an offer to acquire 30% of the shares of M6, of which the German shareholder Bertelsmann had announced its sale in February 2021. The first two French private channels, TF1 and M6, historically competing could so make only one.
But the pact is not sealed;
the Competition Authority and the CSA must be entered before any signature.
What impact can this merger have on the media landscape?
Elements of response with Raphaël Garrigos, editorial director of “
Jours
”,
media specialist.
Publicity
Raphaël Garrigos
and the co-author with Isabelle Roberts of the saga which has 163 articles:
The Empire, how Vincent Bolloré ate Canal +
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