BFM Business (called BFM for ''Business FM'' until April 2009 and BFM Radio until November 2010) is France's first business news channel. It is also the most-listened to business news radio station in this country. From November 2010, BFM Business is a national economic television station offering

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in Ile-de-France. That regional variation was shut down in November 2016 and replaced by a local news channel, BFM Paris. Founded in 1991 (radio), it has been part of

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group since 2024.

Organization

Management

The

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is Guillaume Dubois and the assistant CEO is Nicolas Lespaule.

Capital

BFM Business is held by the French group

which also owns the national news channel BFM TV and RMC radio station.

Broadcasting

From November 2010 to November 2016, the television station was broadcast in 16:9 format on

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in the

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region (channel 24). It is still available by satellite in Western Europe and North Africa via Eutelsat 5 West A, available through Fransat, BiS TV and TV Orange-labeled or not. By land line in France, the channel is available via

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, SD streams, Internet and

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, through most operators. It is also distributed by a number of cable networks. The

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offers live streaming and a variety of podcasts (also available on the iTunes Store). BFM is also available on most internet radios and via streaming.

Presenters

* Guillaume Sommerer * Cédric Decoeur * Grégoire Favet * Sébastien Couasnon * Hedwige Chevrillon * Fabrice Lundy * Stéphane Soumier * and others.

Slogan

*December 2002 – November 2010: "La radio de l'économie" (The radio of economy) *November 2010 – September 2014: "Numéro un sur l'économie" (Number one for economy) *Since September 2014: "La France a tout pour réussir" (France has everything to succeed)

References

External links

* Radio stations established in 1991 News and talk radio stations in France French-language radio stations Business-related television channels Television channels and stations established in 2010 Television stations in France French-language television stations 24-hour television news channels in France {{france-tv-station-stub