French TV

At the beginning of the year, the local news channel BFM Paris has signed a historic start to the year, with 2,700,000 viewers * for the month of January 2018, according to results published by Médiamétrie. For the first time, the channel exceeds the 2 million viewers in Île-de-France!
Strong increase in 4 months

In comparison with the previous wave of audience, the news channel of the group SFR Media has achieved a strong progression with an increase of 285 000 televiewers * on that measured in September 2017.
The morning in progress

The morning " Bonjour Paris " (broadcast Monday to Friday from 6am to 9am), and presented by Aurélie Blonde and Stefan Etcheverry, for its part spawned a strong increase in January " with a rise of 126% * in comparison with the average audience achieved in September 2017 ", according to a statement from the channel.

In January 2018, BFM Paris was watched by almost 19% of viewers in the Paris region, compared with 14% in September 2017 , thanks to strong news, particularly with the floods and bad weather in Paris, as well as the full broadcast of the festival. new year on the Champs-Elysées.

These figures, a good omen, should probably confirm the future ambition of the leaders of the group to launch new local versions of BFM in other major cities in France.

Some impressive ratings for BFM Paris:

The weather presenter in these test transmissions, Alain Chabat, is now one of France's most well-known humor comedians.

He started in the early 80's as a radio anchor and then as a weather presenter on Canal+, but nowadays he is mostly known for his absurd humour and his heavy use of parody,

whether in the movies he directs and plays in ( La Cité de la Peur , Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra , RRRrrrr!!! …)

or in the shows he hosted on Canal+ in the late 80s and early 90s along with his friends Bruno Carette, Chantal Lauby and Dominique Farrugia as "Les Nuls" ( TVN 595 , ABCD Nuls , Les Nuls l'Émission )

He also was the host of Canal+'s goofy game show Burger Quiz in the early 2000's. His production company, Chez Wam , produced the short cartoon series Avez-Vous Déjà Vu ? animated by Studio Normaal.

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As for the casualness, I guess it was also part of what was called "l'esprit Canal+" (the Canal+ spirit) at the time.

Here is the Google Translation of the article posted above by WW Update (nice find by the way)


Wow that is impressive. Plus it shows if you do it right and commit the right resources it will be rewarded with viewers. A half-hearted attempt (Im looking a you London Live) will never garner respect or viewership. Its also great their morning news starts at 6AM before people leave home. And shows that in the least Parisians like most major global cities have the telly on in the back whilst making breakfast and getting the kids ready. It become part of the daily routine and quite quickly since the birth of the channel. Interesting indeed.