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BFM Locales
TypeFree-to-air television network
Country
France
AvailabilityFrance
OwnerRMC BFM
ParentCMA CGM
Launch date
14 February 2019; 6 years ago (2019-02-14) (BFM Régions)[1]
22 November 2010; 14 years ago (2010-11-22) (BFM Business Paris)[2]
Official website
bfmtv.com/regions
LanguageFrench

BFM Locales, known until 2024 as BFM Régions, is a French network of local news television channels established in 2019. It is part of the BFM family of news and financial media properties.[3] It was partially modeled after the American News 12 Networks,[3] and originally belonged to the same conglomerate, Altice.[4] Today, it is a subsidiary of CMA CGM.[5]


Channel roster

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Current

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  • BFM DICI Alpes du Sud
  • BFM DICI Haute-Provence
  • BFM Grand Lille
  • BFM Grand Littoral
  • BFM Lyon
  • BFM Marseille Provence
  • BFM Nice Côte-d'Azur
  • BFM Normandie
  • BFM Alsace
  • BFM Toulon Var

Former

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  • BFM Paris Île-de-France

History

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Origins as BFM Business Paris

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At the inception of French digital terrestrial television in the second half of the 2000s, BFM's then parent company NextRadioTV only expressed moderate interest in the local TV market.[6] It did bid for a licence to broadcast in Paris,[6] but was not selected.[7] However one of the winning channels, Cap 24, found itself on the market in 2010 after parent company Groupe Hersant Media decided to wind down its struggling Antennes Locales network. Cap 24 was first sold to Bernard Krief Consulting, a controversial LBO specialist, then quickly sold again to NextRadioTV.[8]

NextRadioTV did not immediately put a full-fledged local channel in Cap 24's slot. Beginning in November 2010, it broadcast BFM Business Paris,[2] a variant of its non-terrestrial national business news channel BFM Business. It was largely the same as the national version, with three hours of daily local programming thrown in to comply with France's local television mandates.[2]

Expansion and BFM Régions network

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In the summer of 2015, French multinational Altice became a major shareholder in NextRadioTV, with the latter's chairman Alain Weill touting the expanded strategic opportunities afforded by the alliance.[9] In the fall of 2016, BFM bid for the Toulouse local broadcast licence (left vacant by the previous operator's bankruptcy), but withdrew at the last minute and took a minority participation in the competing project, TV Sud Toulouse (later ViàOccitanie Toulouse), following some pushback from independent television trade groups.[10]

2019–24 logo, as BFM Régions

In November 2016, BFM Business Paris was rebranded as BFM Paris, now a true capital region channel built around a majority of local programming.[11] In October 2018, BFM finally added another local station to its portfolio: TLM (Télé Lyon Métropole).[12] Access to the country's second largest media market formally paved the way for a national network.[13] In February 2019, the network officially became known as "BFM Régions".[1] TLM started broadcasting as BFM Lyon Métropole in September 2019 and just BFM Lyon in January 2020.[14]

In November 2019, BFM acquired a significant minority share in two local channels owned by Lille area company Groupe SECOM: Grand Lille TV and Grand Littoral TV (the latter serving the Calais-Dunkirk market). In February 2020, both channels officially became BFM Grand Lille and BFM Grand Littoral.[15] In the same transaction, BFM bought a stake in Grand Lille TV's sister radio station Grand Lille Info, which became Radio BFM Grand Lille.[16]

Aborted merger with Vià and continued expansion

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In March 2020, Altice entered an agreement with Vià to merge that network's owned-and-operated stations with BFM Régions.[17] Altice later backed out of the deal, arguing that its prospective partners had purposely underestimated the debt load of Vià's corporate entities.[17] They went into receivership soon after.[18] Altice bid for some of their assets but in April 2021, the Nîmes Commercial Court decided in favor of another buyer, La Dépêche du Midi, which was the employees' preferred choice.[19]

In the summer of 2020, BFM acquired DICI (stylized D!CI), a small market but highly rated[20] channel serving the southern part of the French Alps. In March 2021, it was replaced by two sister channels: BFM DICI Alpes-du-Sud (Hautes-Alpes) and BFM DICI Haute-Provence (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence).[21] In February 2021, Altice bought Azur TV, a regional network of three southeastern channels: Azur TV (Nice), Provence Azur TV (Marseille-Menton) and Toulon Azur TV, from Valeurs Actuelles publisher Iskandar Safa. In July 2021, their replacements BFM Nice Côte d'Azur, BFM Marseille Provence and BFM Toulon Var went on air.[22]

In March 2022, BFM Paris was renamed "BFM Paris Île-de-France" to signify its broader regional reach.[23] A few months after their respective purchases by Altice, Strasbourg-based Alsace 20 joined the network as BFM Alsace in June 2022,[24] while La Chaîne Normande, whose headquarters are located in Rouen, became BFM Normandie in September.[25]

Sale, rebrand as BFM Locales and closure of Paris channel

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On 2 July 2024, the sale of Altice's media division to freight company CMA CGM was finalized, which included BFM Régions.[5] That fall, member channels underwent a graphic makeover and the network was renamed "BFM Locales."[26] In December 2024, it was announced that BFM Paris Île-de-France would close in the first half of 2025.[27] The channel's persistent losses were attributed to redundancy with Paris-based national media[28] and insufficient support from local authorities.[28] It was shut down on 14 March 2025.[29] BFM Locales announced that it would migrate its Paris-centric content to its web platforms,[30] and prioritize beefing up the remaining affiliates' schedules in the face of impending competition from a new national channel aimed at provincial audiences, Novo19.[31]

Sports

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In addition to general news coverage, BFM Locales has branched out into live sports, which make for an attractive content differentiator.[32][33] Some of this programming is produced by sister premium channel RMC Sport, another CMA CGM property.[34]

Association football

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Basketball

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  • Network affiliates have broadcast the LNB Pro B and men's Coupe de France on a per-game basis.[37][38]

Ice hockey

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Rugby union

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  • Network affiliates have broadcast the Nationale division on a per-game basis.[39]

Volleyball

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Présentation de l'entreprise BFM Régions". inpi.fr. Institut National de la Propriété Intellectuelle. February 16, 2019. Archived from the original on November 26, 2024. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Thibault (22 November 2010). "Freebox TV : BFM Business est diffusée depuis 6h". universfreebox.fr. Medi@dsl. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. ^ a b Alcaraz, Marina (16 October 2006). "BFM Paris, nouvelle chaîne locale sur le modèle américain". lesechos.fr. Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ Littleton, Cynthia (2016-06-21). "Altice Completes Cablevision Acquisition, Creating No. 4 U.S. Cable Operator". Variety. Archived from the original on 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  5. ^ a b "BFMTV et RMC passent officiellement aux mains de l'armateur CMA CGM". franceinfo.fr (in French). France Télévisions. Agence France Presse. 2 July 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Renault, Enguérand (13 December 2006). "Il faut assurer la pérennité des indépendants de la TNT". lesechos.fr. Groupe Les Échos-Le Parisien. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  7. ^ "TNT en Île-de-France : les candidats retenus pour les quatre canaux". csa.fr. Conseil Supérieur de l'Audiovisuel - République Française. 6 June 2007. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  8. ^ "NextRadio TV reprend Cap 24... mais pas Orléans TV". lettrevalloire.fr. MCM Presse. June 29, 2010. Archived from the original on September 17, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  9. ^ "Patrick Drahi s'allie avec Alain Weill pour une alliance Altice/NextRadio TV". technic2radio.fr. 31 July 2015. Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  10. ^ "TNT / Fréquence toulousaine : TVSud seule en lice après l'abandon de BFM TV". Satellifax. No. 4810. Paris: Fréquences. 6 October 2016. p. 8.
  11. ^ Le Bourhis, Eric (7 November 2016). "BFMTV lance ce lundi soir sa chaîne locale BFM Paris". Télé 2 semaines. Prisma Média. Archived from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  12. ^ Croiset, Laure (3 September 2019). "BFM Lyon relance la guerre des télés locales face à France 3". Challenges (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  13. ^ AdR (10 October 2018). "Altice rachète TLM pour lancer BFM Lyon". strategies.fr. S2C. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  14. ^ Durand, Didier (15 July 2019). "BFM prépare sa rentrée à Lyon". brefeco.com. IDM Rhône-Alpes. Archived from the original on 18 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  15. ^ Gazzano, Christophe (29 November 2019). "BFM Grand Lille et BFM Grand Littoral : Altice lancera deux nouvelles chaînes locales en février 2020". ozap.com. webedia. Pure Média. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  16. ^ "Altice France et les actionnaires de Grand Lille TV entrent en négociation exclusive". groupesecom.tv. SECOM Holding. 9 August 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  17. ^ a b Vialatte, Hubert (December 10, 2020). "TV : pas de réseau national pour Vià Régions". lesechos.fr. Groupe Les Echos–Le Parisien. Archived from the original on April 25, 2021. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  18. ^ Isaac, Bary (January 28, 2021). "Les chaînes de télé locales du groupe Vià vont être déclarées en cessation de paiement". le24heures.fr. Institut supérieur de la communication, de la presse et de l'audiovisuel – Toulouse. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  19. ^ Dessort, Frédéric (April 12, 2021). "L'offre de La Dépêche du Midi retenue pour la reprise de Vià Occitanie". mediacites.fr. Médiacités. Archived from the original on April 21, 2021. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
  20. ^ Filhoulaud, Anne-Sophie (16 March 2018). "L'étonnante réussite de la chaîne locale DICI TV". Satellifax Magazine. No. 9. Paris: Fréquences. pp. 5–8. En audience cumulée, la chaîne dépasse, sur sa zone de diffusion hertzienne, bon nombre des chaînes de la TNT. Avec 12,6 %, elle est cinquième, derrière M6 et devant France 5
  21. ^ Salles, Benoît (6 July 2021). "BFM DICI arrive ajourd'hui". echosdunet.net. Selectra. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  22. ^ Salles, Benoît (6 July 2021). "Altice remplace Azur TV par BFM Marseille, BFM Toulon et BFM Nice". echosdunet.net. Selectra. Archived from the original on 17 September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
  23. ^ "BFM Paris devient BFM Paris Île-de-France à partir du 22 mars". bfmtv.com (in French). 24 February 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  24. ^ Kaspar, Nicolas (2 May 2022). "Après avoir racheté Alsace 20, 'BFM Alsace' sera lancé officiellement cet été". pokaa.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  25. ^ "BFM Normandie remplace La Chaîne normande dès le 28 septembre". lagazettefrance.fr (in French). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  26. ^ Girgis, Dahlia (6 September 2024). "Philippe Antoine (BFM Locales) : 'Dans nos vies, tout n'est pas gris". CB News (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  27. ^ "La direction de BFM Paris veut fermer la chaîne au 1er semestre 2025". Europe 1 (in French). Archived from the original on 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  28. ^ a b Montagut, Sacha (11 December 2024). "BFM Paris va disparaître d'ici 2025". influencia.net (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  29. ^ "BFM Paris a fermé ses portes". The Media Leader (in French). Archived from the original on 2025-03-17. Retrieved 2025-04-14.
  30. ^ Musset, Lucas (14 March 2024). "Clap de fin ce 14 mars pour la chaîne BFM Paris". universfreebox.com (in French). Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  31. ^ Benedetti Valentini, Fabio (18 March 2025). "Après l'arrêt de BFM Paris, le groupe à la relance sur ses autres chaînes locales". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved April 28, 2024.
  32. ^ a b Fraioli, Bruno (21 May 2025). "En région, BFM se met au sport". sportbusiness.club (in French). Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  33. ^ a b Chaperon, Matthieu (1 October 2024). "Le hockey sur glace, nouvelle star des antennes de BFM Régions". sportmag.fr (in French). Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  34. ^ "RMC : 'Nous réfléchissons à des passerelles, à un univers CMA CGM Sport' (K. Nedjari, RMC Sport)". newstank.eu (in French). 4 September 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  35. ^ "Des matches de National diffusés sur les chaînes BFM Locales et sur la chaîne Twitch et/ou YouTube de RMC Sport". L'Équipe (in French). 4 August 2025. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  36. ^ Coldefy, Quentin (20 August 2025). "Le barrage de Strasbourg diffusé sur BFM Alsace et sur les chaînes Twitch et YouTube de RMC Sport". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  37. ^ "Deux premières pour une victoire ! J11 : Évreux 78-76 Denain". alm-evreux-basket.com (in French). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  38. ^ Pantel-Jouve, Gabriel (11 February 2025). "Où regarder les quarts de finale de la Coupe de France de basket ?". bebasket.fr (in French). Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  39. ^ "Rugby: la dernière action du match entre le Stade Niçois et Tarbes". bfmtv.com. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  40. ^ "BFM Régions / Twitch de RMC Sport : diffusion du championnat de France de volley féminin (LAF)". Satellifacts (in French). 18 October 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  41. ^ Busignies, Milan (20 March 2024). "Mulhouse défie Nantes ce samedi en finale de la Coupe de France féminine de volley". bfmtv.com (in French). Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  42. ^ @BFMGrandLille (March 22, 2025). "Coupe de France de Volley" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Suivez la finale masculine entre Tourcoing et Montpellier Samedi 29 mars à 20h30, en direct sur BFM Grand Lille et BFM Grand Littoral
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