"We Tried Everything": Why CMA Media Sells Its Nine Local BFM Channels
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150 journalists are concerned about these closures. On Wednesday, a plan of voluntary departures was announced by the management for the nine local stations of BFMTV. In the four stations of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur region, the strike movement launched this Wednesday is followed and the agitation and anxiety dominate.
The media group announced on Wednesday to separate from BFM Lyon, Marseille Provence, Grand Lille, Grand Littoral, Dici, Toulon Var, Nice Côte d'Azur, Alsace and Normandy.
As part of this "cost optimisation" project, CMA Media will open a voluntary departure plan within its audiovisual hub. The group wants to take advantage of it to invest more in sport and social networks.
In a difficult economic context, the group of Rodolphe Saadé intends to generate 20 million euros of savings to then invest in sport, content creators or social networks.
In the spring, Rodolphe Saadé's group was still showing its willingness to save its network of local TVs. Mutualization of editorials, new formats, openness to more sports and entertainment content: the project was intended to be ambitious and to allow local BFMs to regain a second breath. The objective was clear: to demonstrate that it [...]
CMA Media sells the nine antennas of BFM Locales, threatened with closure due to the lack of a receiver before the end of 2026. While private regional information is still looking for its model against the public service, BFMTV now concentrates its resources on the presidential and its audience battle against CNews. For this, the channel can rely on Sonia Mabrouk.
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