Group TF1

The Groupe TF1 SA is a audio-visual group French which was built around the hertzian commercial television channel TF1 privatized in 1987.

Organization

Leaders

President

Managing director

Vice-president and managing director of the antenna:

President of TF1 Publicity:

  • Claude Cohen

Capital

The capital of TF1 SA is held by the Groupe Bouygues (42,89%), the public (32,20%), J. - P. Morgan (10,06%), Putnam Investmet Management (4,95%), Sanford C. Bernstein (4,70%), the employees of the group (3,70%) and 0,06% in self-checking…

TF1 SA is with dimensions with the Bourse de Paris.

Sales turnover

  • the advertizing revenues account for 57,4% of CA of Group TF1 SA (for an advertizing market share of 54%)
  • the edition and the distribution account for 13,5%
  • digital television 12,9%
  • the specialized channels 12,2%
  • the audio-visual production and rights 3,5% (report source management of Group TF1)

Activities of the group

Television

Chains belonging completely to Group TF1:
  • TF1: general channel prémium of the group, bought in 1987 following its privatization
  • LCI : The Chain Information, first chain of information uninterrupted in France (launched in 1994)
  • International Eurosport (repurchased in 1993)
  • Eurosportnews (launched in September 2000)
  • TFOU (launched in 2003)
  • History (repurchased in June 2004)
  • Eurosport 2 (launched in January 2005)
  • JET (launched in October 2006)

Chaînes in which Group TF1 is partner:

  • TF6 (launched in 2000, held chain with 50% by group TF1 and 50% by the Group M6)

  • Sportitalia (launched in 2004, participation in 29% via the Eurosport group)

  • France 24 (launched in 2006, participation in 50% with France Televisions)

TF1 and TMC were approved by the SCUMS to belong to the offer of French Digital terrestrial television free in France. Eurosport France, LCI and TF6 were approved for the paying offer.

The chain of French international information, France 24, which was launched fine 2006 is coproduite by group TF1 and France Televisions.

Advertizing agency

  • TF1 Publicity: the advertizing agency of the group manages ad spaces of the chains of the group and its activities Internet.

Production company

  • TF1 Films Production
  • Glem
  • Alma Productions
  • TAP: Very audio-visual Productions
  • TF1 Publicity production
  • TF1 Undertaken: gather the activities in the fields of the edition and the licenses: TF1 Licenses, TF1 Ranges, TF1 Music, TF1 Publishing, TF1 Editions, TF1 Except media

Distribution

  • CANAL+ France: group TF1 holds 9.9% of this new unit (thus in particular of Canal+) born from the fusion of its platforms of satellite diffusion with subscription TPS and by ADSL TPS-L, of which it held 66%, with the competitor bouquet CanalSat.

Group TF1 has in project the creation of a new free range of satellite channels taking again its chains, the 18 free channels of TNT and the chains of the Groupe AB, in order to make it possible all French to receive television numerically.

Audio-visual rights

    International
  • TF1
  • TFM Diffusion (subsidiary of diffusion created in 2001 with Miramax, participation in 50%)
    • Video
  • TF1: marketing of vidéos.

Remote sale

  • TéléShopping

Internet and Video with the request

Group TF1 filialisé its department activities Internet Interactive TF1 in January 2000 by creating the company E-TF1. That Ci has in load to date inter alia management:
  • of the gate tf1.fr which one of is visited in France
  • of commercial sites TF1Video, Téléshopping,
  • of sporting sites OL, OM,
  • of the sites of video to the request TF1Vision. Wishing to benefit from the evolution of the information technology infrastructure of the Net surfers, Group TF1 launched its service of fine VOD 2005: TF1Vision. The access to the vidéos can be done by Streaming, temporary Téléchargement, final Téléchargement. Various offers are proposed: free (inauguration with the Master of the Zodiac on July 10th 2006), paying, of the coupled offers (remote loading, Creative DVD, and remote loading on walkman (Zen Vision)).

E-TF1 realized, in the first half of 2005, a turnover of 31 million euros.

Mobile telephony

In May 2006, group TF1 creates a License of mark of Mobile telephony in partnership with Bouygues Telecom which bears the name of TF1 Mobile. TF1 Mobile aims at an old public of more than 25 years.

Written press

  • Subway (participation in 34%)
  • PRIMA TV (participation in 49%)
  • Ushuaia, Nature and the Men (co-edition)

See too

External bonds

    International
  • TF1
  • TF1Vision: Video at the request of group TF1

Reference

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