Jump to content

BFM Business

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BFM Business
Logo used since 2023
CountryFrance
Programming
Language(s)French
Picture format16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerRMC BFM
ParentCMA CGM
Sister channelsBFM TV
BFM 2
BFM Régions
RMC Découverte
RMC Story
Tech & Co
History
Launched1991
Links
Websitewww.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 RMC BFM group since 2024.

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 RMC BFM 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)

See also

[edit]

References

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