Métropole 6

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M6 (Métropole 6)
Image:M6 Logo.png
Launched:	1 March 1987 at 11:15 a.m.
Audience Share in 20041 :	12.5%
Owned By:	Métropole Télévision (of which RTL Group is the principal shareholder)
Web Address:	www.m6.fr
Availability
Terrestrial Analogue:	Normally tuned to 6 (in France)
Terrestrial Digital:	Tèlèvision Numèrique Terrestre Channel 6
Satellite:	Atlantic Bird 3 (analogue, in Switzerland), TPS Channel 6 (digital)
Cable:

Métropole 6, known popularly as simply M6, is a French television service owned by a company called Métropole Télévision. M6 broadcasts an over-the-air SECAM signal, and is also carried on the Atlantic Bird 3 broadcast satellite. M6 also broadcasts a digital signal to Switzerland via the W3A broadcast satellite. As of 2004, it is the second most-watched private television service in France, after TF1.

Other TV channels in the M6 portfolio include digital terrestrial channels W9, M6 Music, M6 Music Black, M6 Music Rock and Fun TV.

1 History
2 Current programs
3 Past programs
- 3.1 Note
4 External links

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History

M6 launched on March 1, 1987 at 11:15 a.m. CET.

M6's current on-air image suggests that it tailors its service to adolescent and young-adult demographics. Programs on its schedule include:

Science-fiction dramas, such as The 4400, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Smallville, Charmed, The X Files, Roswell, Profiler, The Pretender, Special Unit 2, Jake 2.0, Dark Skies, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. M6 is the only television service in France to have science-fiction programming as part of its regular schedule,
American programs, such as Desperate Housewives, NCIS, Medium, Nip/Tuck, Numb3rs, Prison Break, Commander in Chief, Bones, The Unit, South Beach, Threshold, Hope & Faith, Alias, Malcolm in the Middle, Sex and the City, 8 Simple Rules, My Wife and Kids, Still Standing, Killer Instinct, Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye, Summerland, 1-800-Missing, The Cosby Show, Who's the Boss?, The Nanny, Little House on the Prairie, Bewitched.
British shows such as Hex, and Footballer's Wives.
Investigative journalism shows, such as Capital , Zone interdite and Enquete Exclusive.
Long-lasting short programs, such as Culture Pub, Turbo, CinéSix, and E=M6, and
Music videos.

In 2001, M6 became the first French television service to broadcast reality programming. Its first program of this genre was Loft Story, and was watched by many people. The president of TF1 at the time, Étienne Mougeotte, promised that TF1 would never air any reality programming. However, several months later, TF1 signed a contract with Endemol to air such programming. Endemol is the same company that created Loft Story for M6.

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