BFM TV

BFM TV is a French rolling-news television channel and one of the most watched news channels in the country. It provides continuous coverage of breaking news, politics, economics, and current affairs to a broad national audience. The channel maintains a generally centrist news orientation and is a prominent source of live televised news in France.

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BFM TV at a glance

Country: France
Region: Western Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Television news channel
Editorial leaning: Centrist
Founded: 2005
Owner: CMA Média (CMA CGM group)
Published from: Paris
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How Crosswire groups BFM TV

Crosswire groups BFM TV as Centrist for comparisons within France's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In France, Libération and Mediapart are listed as Left-leaning, while Le Figaro and Le Point are listed as Right-leaning — so you can open BFM TV beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where BFM TV sits in France's press

BFM TV was founded in 2005, is published from Paris and is owned by CMA Média (CMA CGM group). It is one of 11 outlets tracked in France and the only television news channel tracked there. By outlets tracked, France ranks third of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 14 of the 66 television news channels in the directory. The nearest counterparts to BFM TV outside France, starting with Western Europe, are RT (Russia), Sky News (United Kingdom), TV 2 (Norway) and MTV Uutiset (Finland). Opening one of them beside BFM TV is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.