TF1 Group

The TF1 Group is the leading private-sector television broadcaster in France, with five free-to-air and four pay-TV theme channels. The Group is adding a highly effective digital dimension to its channels on MYTF1, and video-on-demand offers and young offers. The TF1 Group is also present in the production and distribution of content, mainly via Newen, through which we are aiming to accelerate international expansion of our production and distribution activities. The TF1 Group has extended its digital footprint with the acquisitions of the aufeminin Group, Neweb and Doctissimo.

The TF1 Group offers to the Viva Tech visitors a catered area to the future of media where they can experiment new digital tools: augmented reality and virtual experiences, vocal assistants, new advertising formats, news technology. Besides, the “Media Lab TF1” supports and welcomes some 20 start-ups that address solutions which are central to our challenges: reinventing production, publishing, distribution of our content, imagining new advertising formats and new business models, implementing positive and responsible initiatives.

Since 2015, the TF1 group has set up an incubation program with several start-ups in order to develop synergies, co-experiment, and explore new business models. This productive collaboration led the TF1 group to launch in 2018 a start-up accelerator program in Station F, where they can benefit from technological solutions focused on media content. This initiative involves all of TF1’s businesses and has for main goal to create the media future and addressing new market trends : AI, adtech, new content production, data collect, advertising media, games…