Who will be the two new members of the 25 free TNT channels? Réels TV, of the CMI France group, owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky (also a creditor of Release) will be a string “generalist, around documentary, debate and entertainment”, with a daily news and debate show from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., explained the group, which also promises cinema and live shows. The stated objective is, “promoting tolerance, debate, pluralism and reason”with “the ambition to replace combat with debate and fight against fake news”had exhibited at the Arcom Denis Olivennes, president of CMI, alongside the essayist Raphaël Enthoven. Daniel Kretinsky, who had wanted a TV channel for a long time – he was in the running for M6 – thus consolidates his media group, already strong with 18 magazines (Elle, Free-Shooter, TV 7 Days…) and digital media (Loopsider, Louie Media) et of Editis publishing group. It is currently negotiating the acquisition of l’Opinion but sells Mariannemore controversial.
OFTV will be the first national chain based outside of Ile-de-France and will mark the breakthrough in audiovisual of the SIPA Ouest-France group, parent company of the most widely read daily newspaper in France. OFTV will offer local and national news, inviting personalities who are not very visible in the media. “OFTV will be a unifying media, accessible to all, creating cohesion in the territories, and a player in strengthening intergenerational links,” according to the group’s executives, which is owned by a non-profit association. The program includes talk shows, documentaries and magazines to show “the real everyday life of people”.
Source: www.liberation.fr
