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MCM Groupe

Formerly	Euromusique-MCM
Company type	SAS
Industry	Entertainment (television, Internet)
Genre	Music television network
Founded	1 July 1990 (1990-07-01)
Defunct	2003
Successor	Lagardère Active Groupe M6 (2019)
Headquarters	28 rue François 1er, 75008 Paris, France
Divisions	MCM MCM 2 Mezzo
Website	mcm.net

Groupe MCM (formerly Euromusique-MCM) was a French television company which used to be co-owned by Lagardère Active and Groupe Canal+. In 2003, Lagardère Active acquired fully the group and absorbed the MCM channels. In May 2019, Lagardère sold most its television assets including MCM to the Groupe M6, who incorporated its channels to its thematic unit.

Television channels

Channels still active

These are now part of M6 Thématiques.

• MCM
• RFM TV (still named MCM Pop in Portugal)
• MCM Top
• Mezzo was acquired by Groupe Canal+ and Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien

Defunct channels

• MCM Africa [fr] (sold to Modern Times Group and replaced by Trace Urban)
• Virgin 17 (Sold to Bolloré and replaced by Direct Star then Bollore sold the channel to Canal+ Group and replaced by D17
• MCM Belgique [fr] (Closed on December 31, 2009)
• Muzzik [fr] (Merged with Mezzo TV after Groupe MCM was acquired by Lagardère Active to become Mezzo as international TV Channel in Europe)

Administration

Presidents

• Jean-Pierre Ozannat (1 July 1990 (1990-07-01) – 1 August 2002 (2002-08-01))
• Frédéric Schlesinger (8 January 2002 (2002-01-08) – 31 August 2003 (2003-08-31))
• Christophe Sabot (1 September 2003 (2003-09-01) – 2008)
• Emmanuelle Guilbart (2008 – present)

References

1. "Gulli, Canal J... Le groupe Lagardère cède l'essentiel de son pôle télévision à M6". L'Express (in French). 25 May 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2024.

• RTL Group
• MCM Group
• Music television channels
• Television companies of France
• Mass media companies established in 1989
• French companies established in 1989
• Television networks in France
• Music organizations based in France