Rémi Jacob, with AFP 10:05 a.m., February 16, 2023
While trying to buy M6, Xavier Niel was auditioned by Arcom on Wednesday February 15, 2023. The billionaire presented his project and made a totally surprising announcement: he wants to put the soap opera "Plus belle la life", arrested by France Télévisions last year.
An announcement that revives the hope of thousands of viewers.
Wednesday February 15, 2023, Xavier Niel was interviewed by Arcom.
The billionaire, who wants to buy M6, presented his chain project, called "SIX".
The series Plus belle la vie was stopped by France TV last year
Xavier Niel assured that he wanted to rely on "a different model, significant investments" in creation and to have "a great ambition for information".
First commitment for this channel that he wants to call SIX: "the first part of the evening, the" prime time ", will never start after 9:00 p.m.".
The boss of Free has also undertaken to broadcast "more original French creations in prime time", devoting two evenings a week to it: "You have to have great ambition, put the means into it".
He also announced that he was in advanced negotiations with the producer Newen (TF1 group) to put the soap opera Plus belle la vie
back on the air ,
which was stopped by France Télévisions last year.
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Xavier Niel wants to create "a real identified media"
The billionaire, very present in the press (group
Le Monde
,
Nice-Matin,
L'informé)
, explained that he wanted to create "a real identified media", with two sections of information per day of an hour and a half each, produced by an editorial staff of 200 journalists.
"In general, platforms and social networks plunder TV content. We want to do the opposite, we want to plunder the audience of social networks to bring them back to this new channel", pleaded Xavier Niel .
His project is carried by the company NJJ Project 5523, a subsidiary of his personal holding company.