M6 (TV channel)
| 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 |
| Founder | Jean Drucker |
| Replaced | TV6 France (1986–1987) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| TNT | Channel 6 (HD) |
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M6 (French: [ɛm sis]), also known as Métropole Television, is the most profitable private national French television channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world. M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire 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. 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.