M6 (TV channel)

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M6

Country	France
Headquarters	89 avenue Charles de Gaulle 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Programming
Language(s)	French
Picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SD feed)
Ownership
Owner	M6 Group
Sister channels	W9 6ter Gulli Paris Première Téva M6 Music Série Club MCM RFM TV MCM Top Canal J TiJi
History
Launched	1 March 1987; 37 years ago (1987-03-01)
Founder	Jean Drucker
Replaced	TV6 France (1986–1987)
Links
Website	www.6play.fr/m6
Availability
Terrestrial
TNT	Channel 6 (HD)

M6 (French: [ɛm sis]), also known as Métropole Television, is the most profitable private national French television channel^[1][2] and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world.^[3] M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire^[4] that owns several TV channels, magazines, publications, movie production companies, and media-related firms. It is owned by RTL Group.

On 20 May 2021, it was announced that M6 Group, owners of the channel, has proposed a merger with TF1 Group, which owns competing commercial network TF1.^[5] On 16 September 2022, it was announced that the merger was officially abandoned, citing concerns from French antitrust regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence, regarding competition in the advertising sector; the combined entity was likely to have been required to sell either primary channel (M6 or TF1) for the merger to proceed.^[6]