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In a wide-ranging keynote address at Series Mania in Lille, M6 CEO David Larramendy laid out his ambitious vision for the future of one of France’s leading broadcasters. Reflecting on a transformative year and anticipating further changes, Larramendy emphasized the group’s strategic pivot toward streaming, fiction and content reinvention in a competitive global media landscape.

Possible Sale and Market Consolidation

Addressing rumors about a possible sale of M6, Larramendy deflected speculation: “Is M6 for sale? I don’t know. Ask our shareholder.” However, he acknowledged that the French media market needs consolidation. Due to current regulations, M6 cannot be sold before 2032, but he supports revisiting those rules.

“If the law changes, consolidation could happen,” he said, noting past interest from TF1 and new expressions of interest from others.

Cyril Hanouna Joins M6 in Entertainment Push

In a high-profile talent acquisition, TV host Cyril Hanouna will join M6 in September.

Anyone who remembers Totally Spies! from its original air date in 2001 must be excited about the live-action adaptation coming soon and already considering who could play the main trio. Clover, Alex, and Sam ran missions for the World Organization of Human Protection (Woohp) in Totally Spies!. The French cartoon earned a cult following all around the world in the 2000s. Now that Amazon Prime Video is working on a live-action Totally Spies!, casting will be underway soon for the show's three main spies, their adversaries, and their allies.

The news of Amazon Prime Video's upcoming live-action series comes not too long after a surprise Totally Spies! season 7 comeback for the animated series. It is clearly the year of Totally Spies!, and the franchise intends to take the world by storm. The series initially ended in 2013 after six seasons of California-based spy-fi action, but Gulli brought it back to France for...

French free-to-air kids’ broadcaster Gulli has given Watch Next the greenlight to begin production on “Wild Kat,” a new tween action series co-developed by M6 Group and Germany’s Super Rtl.

Created and developed in-house at Watch Next, “Wild Kat” will blend fantasy and adventure themes with humor and high-stakes action to appeal to a tweener audience and touch on themes important to them, such as identity and self-acceptance. Season 1 will include 26 22-minute episodes.

“Wild Kat” is set in a world like ours; only some individuals are gifted with the ability to transform into hybrid creatures known as Werelings. The show’s titular protagonist, Kat, is one such individual, and she works with her companions, Idris and Dimitri, to stop others from abusing their transformations for malicious purposes. As if that pressure wasn’t enough, Kat is also adjusting to life in middle school, one of the most impactful phases...

Totally Spies! season 7 is confirmed for 2024, with the French premiere on May 12. The original voice cast may be replaced for the new season, per Jennifer Hale's X post. Season 7 storyline details are still under wraps, but promise familiar elements.

Totally Spies! season 7 is the next installment of the French anime-inspired spy-fi series from creators Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel, and 2024 has seen some interesting news regarding release dates for the show. Despite being a French series, Totally Spies! debuted first in the United States in November 2001 on ABC Family. The series has had something of a complex distribution and release schedule since then. In the U.S., the show remained with ABC for one season before moving to Cartoon Network's animation lineup for seasons 2-5. The sixth season premiered on Universal Kids five years after season 5.

Totally Spies! The Movie came out between seasons 4 and 5, in 2009, and was...

Mediatoon Distribution has seen a slew of sales for a number of new and upcoming animated series, including a new adaptation of a beloved property.

The company unveiled three new titles at the Unifrance Rendez-Vous TV market in Biarritz this week, two of which have already found early buyers.

“Nicholas’ Fantastic Summer” follows the mischievous adventures of a boy and his friends as they get the most out of their summer beach holiday. Switzerland’s Rts, Mtva in Hungary and Poland’s TV Puls have already acquired the show, an adaptation of the bestselling books by late writer René Goscinny and cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé (who died Aug. 11). It was produced by Media Valley (“Zoom the White Dolphin”) for M6/Gulli, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Boing; and Belgian broadcasters Rtbf and Vrt.

The company has also pre-sold Season 2 of preschool show “The Fox Badger Family” to Tele Quebec in Canada and Rts in Switzerland.