BFM_Business Knowpia

BFM Business
	Logo used since 2023
Country	France
Programming
Language(s)	French
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
Owner	Altice Média
Parent	Altice France
Sister channels	BFM TV; BFM Paris Île-de-France; RMC Découverte; RMC Story; RMC Sport; Tech & Co
History
Launched	1991
Links
Website	www.bfmbusiness.com

BFM Business (called BFM for Business FM until April 2009 and BFM Radio until November 2010) is France's first business news channel. It's also the most-listened to business news radio station in this country. From November 2010, BFM Business is a national economic television station offering regional variation 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 Altice Média group since 2021.

Organization edit

Management edit

The chief executive officer is Guillaume Dubois and the assistant CEO is Nicolas Lespaule.

Capital edit

BFM Business is held by the French group Altice Média which also owns the national news channel BFM TV and RMC radio station.

Broadcasting edit

From November 2010 to November 2016, the television station was broadcast in 16:9 format on TNT in the Paris 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 ADSL, SD streams, Internet and IPTV, through most operators. It is also distributed by a number of cable networks.

The website offers live streaming and a variety of podcasts (also available on the iTunes Store). BFM is also available on most radios sold in the Internet commerce, streaming.

Presenters edit

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

Slogan edit

December 2002 - November 2010: "La radio de l'économie" (The radio of economy) ^[1]
November 2010 - September 2014: "Numéro un sur l'économie" (Number one for economy)^[2]
Since September 2014: "La France a tout pour réussir" (France has everything to succeed)

References edit

^ "BFM - Nouvel organigramme et nouveau logo - Actualité radio - RadioActu". Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
^ "Nouveau nom: BFM Radio va devenir BFM Business | Jean-Marc Morandini".