TF1, the television aristocrat who said yes to the “new rich”

Once again, TF1 confirms that it has become one of the most pragmatic players on the market. Where many audiovisual groups often try to unroll barbed wire in an attempt to limit the development of new entrants, the Bouygues subsidiary strives to build bridges.

In 2016, TF1, the challenged leader, decided to turn its gaze towards the new world. He claps Netflix's hand to broadcast two episodes of Marseille in prime time , the first French series from the American giant of video on demand, with Depardieu in the casting. Bis repeated three years later. The two "enemy brothers" co-finance and disseminate in turn an ambitious historical fiction, The Bazaar of Charity .

Power and respectability

With the Sino-Spanish group Mediapro, TF1 goes even further. The alliance is announced for four years, or more if affinities. Beyond the announcements on the license of the Telefoot brand, the loan of its talents Grégoire Margotton and Bixente Lizarazu and the production

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