RTL Group has published its quarterly statement for the first three months of 2026. Group revenue was stable at €1.29 billion, as lower TV advertising revenue was compensated mainly by higher streaming revenue. Group revenue was up 2.5 per cent organically. RTL Group’s digital advertising revenue was up 14.6 per cent to €118 million, compensating […]
smartclip, RTL Group’s adtech business, and M6 Unlimited, the advertising sales house for M6 Group, has announced that Groupe M6’s entire digital audio advertising inventory — including content from RTL, RTL2, and Fun Radio — is now available through smartx, smartclip’s ad serving and SSP technology platform. Through this partnership, smartclip enters the French digital […]
Holding the exclusive free-to-air FIFA World Cup rights in France, M6 Group, which has posted a Q1 consolidated revenue of €297.7 million (€314.9 million at Q1 2025, down 5.5 per cent), is anticipating a strong audience and growing ad revenues for Q2. This could compensate for the decline over the Q1 2026, as M6 Group […]
In revealing its 2025 results, French broadcaster M6 Group has announced “a savings plan of €80 million by 2030”, owing to the downward prospects on the advertising market and the progress made possible by AI. This outlook represents a five-year reduction of “about 8 per cent of the costs” of the group, which posted a […]
Media and entertainment powerhouse, Banijay Entertainment, today announces a brand-new primetime quiz show, How Old Is Your Brain? (Quel est l’âge de votre cerveau ?) for M6. Produced by DMLS TV, part of Banijay France, the educational and highly entertaining format will join the business’ ambitious London TV Screenings line-up. With 200 contestants in the […]
On-demand content consumption is firmly established in the French TV market according to Médiamétrie’s latest study, 2025 TV/Video Year. In 2025, French viewers devoted 61 per cent of their daily video time to live television, while à la carte video, including AVoD, SVoD and online videos (including social networks) represented 39 per cent of their […]
Amazon Ads is partnering with the French broadcasters M6 and TF1 to pilot launch its Amazon Publisher Cloud (APC) adtech service in the country. It marks the first roll out of the service in Europe, which will gradually open up to other broadcasters. APC enables media companies to combine their own data with Amazon Ads […]
RTL Group has reported a 3.2 per cent drop in its H1 2025 sales. The European broadcasting group saw revenue fell to €2.78 billion in the first half of the year. The sales decline was partly offset by higher streaming revenue, which increased 27 per cent on the year and totalled €235 million in the […]
M6+, the free French streaming platform, is set to gain increased distribution on connected TVs where “the commitment rate reaches 60 per cent,” according to Alix Sambroni, head of streaming content at M6 Group, revealing the group’s 2025-2026 line-up at a press conference. “This is a growth challenge, both for audiences and advertising,” she added. […]
RTL Group has reported that Q1 revenue was down 2 per cent to €1.2 billion mainly attributed to lower content revenue from Fremantle and lower TV advertising revenue, partly offset by higher streaming revenue. Group revenue was down 5.6 per cent organically. RTL Group’s total advertising revenue remained stable at €685 million (Q1 2024: €685 […]