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2008 HIGHLIGHTS

JANUARY
■ The President of the Republic, Nicolas Sarkozy, states his intention to reform public service broadcasting. A parliamentary commission chaired by Jean-François Copé will be setup on 19 February 2008 to carry out the inquiries required for this reform.
■ Launched in 2005, M6 mobile by Orange proves its success with 1.17 million customers. At the end of 2008, the number of customers reaches 1.5 million.

FEBRUARY
■ M6 acquires the fi lm production company Hugo Films which has a catalogue of feature-length films. This enables the Group to strengthen its position on the market for distributing audiovisual rights.

MARCH
■ M6 Web launches the new catch-up television service, M6 Replay, which is available online. The service will become available on Orange broadband TV and mobile television (Orange World portal) at the start of 2009.

APRIL
■ The M6 Group completes the takeover of the Cyréalis group which operates websites with editorial content on the latest technology (clubic.com), video games (jeuxvideo.fr) and e-business (neteco.com) as well as the price comparison website (achetezfacile.com). This acquisition signifi cantly expands the M6 Group’s content offer and internet services and enables the Group to join the list of the 15 most visited websites in France.

MAY
■ The M6 and W9 channels are chosen by the CSA to form part of the Mobile Personal TV offer.

JUNE
■ Exceptional resources are deployed for the Group’s channels and websites in order to provide coverage for EURO 2008 football matches.

OCTOBER
■ The M6 channel is broadcast in HD on DTT.

NOVEMBER
■ M6 enters into an interprofessional agreement to modernise relations between writers, producers and broadcasters and makes a commitment to all the professional organisations in the audiovisual sector to maintain its support for new, rich and diverse French programmes.
■ The number of people visiting the Group’s websites exceeds 13 million (source: Nielsen NetRatings).

DECEMBER
■ The new HD broadcasting control room is opened.
■ The Distance-Selling Division becomes “Ventadis”, regrouping the two flagship brands M6 Boutique and Mistergooddeal. The merger is testament to the Group’s desire to combine the expertise of these two distance-selling operators.
■ M6 holds first place for the top 100 viewing figures for 2008 across all channels, with the Euro 2008 France vs. Italy match on 17 June 2008.
■ W9 ends the year with an average share of the national audience of 1.8 in 2008. The channel has doubled its share of the audience in one year.

• December , 31: W9 ended the year with an average audience share of 3.5% of DTT-equipped 4 year olds and over and positioned itself as the leader of new DTT channels. The channel can already be received by 30 million French people.
• November, 20: The CSA granted an HD DTT channel to M6, which will enable this channel to gradually extend the HD broadcasting to programmes such as drama and Euro 2008 matches.
• July, 27: PagesJaunes Group and M6 Group announced a strategic internet partnership, with a view to jointly develop the annoncesjaunes.fr website and make it the French leader for online multi-segment classified ads.
• July, 23: M6 Mobile topped the one million customers mark and became the leading alternative mobile phone operator on its 15-25 year old target, thereby meeting the objectives it had set itself a year early.
• May, 25: M6 acquired the exclusive distribution rights for half of Euro 2008 matches, including some of the French team, to be broadcast in HD on M6, W9 and M6.fr.
• April, 19: M6 Group announced the purchase of a 9% shareholding in US film production company Summit Entertainment LLC, thus becoming its distributor in France.
• March, 19: M6 becomes the first French nationwide TV channel to use a unique live subtitling technology, in order to increase deaf and hard of hearing people’s access to TV programmes.
• March, 08: M6 celebrates its 20th anniversary.
• February, 13: Acquisition of a 4,000 m2 building located in Neuilly sur Seine, France, where several Group entities will be transferred.
• January, 15: M6 Group acquired the Téva channel in full.
• January, 04: Vivendi, TF1 and M6 finalised an agreement for the merger of French pay TV participants TPS and Canal+Group in the new Canal+France entity, of which M6 owns 5.1% after contributing its 34% stake in TPS.

• December, 15: 20th anniversary of Paris Première.
• November, 01: Release of Ne le dis à personne by Guillaume Canet, coproduced by M6 Films (2.7 million tickets sold, 13th in the 2006 boxoffice).
• October, 31 : M6.fr moves up 5 places in the top 30 most visited websites in France, and ranks 24th for the first time with nearly 4.35 million unique visitors. M6video.fr is the most visited VOD website in France.
• October, 11: Pas le temps, Prison Break, French theme tune, performed by Faf Larage and marketed by M6 Interactions tops the charts.
• October, 01: Launch of 66 Minutes, a new weekly news magazine hosted by Aïda Touihri.
• September, 25: 1,000th issue of Turbo, the automobile and motorbike magazine hosted by Dominique Chapatte.
• September, 20: Desperate Housewives season 1 available on demand on m6video.fr.
• September, 01: M6 makes the headlines with the launch of the hugely successful Prison Break series (an average 5.8 million viewers in September / December 2006).
• July, 04: Suez Group sells its 5% shareholding in M6 to Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille (CNP) Group, controlled by Albert Frère.
• July, 03: For the 2nd year, M6 repeats the Talent M6 show and looks into the life of 5 young artists for two months, broadcast on its Free-to-Air channel and websites.
• June, 28: Release of the film Nos jours heureux, distributed by SND (1.5 million tickets sold in 2006).
• June, 12: M6 broadcasts in HD 31 matches of the Football World Cup; a success as records were beaten several times over (record 6.3 million viewers for the Brazil-Croatia match).
• June, 07: Launch of Laura, le compte à rebours a commencé,M6 first summer series.
• May, 23: Launch of the Desperate Housewives series and rollout of exceptional features on mobile internet : exclusive video
• contents, accessible from the OrangeWorld and M6 mobile by Orange portals, as well as on the M6 Gallery and i-Mode websites (2.5G and 3G).
• April, 22: Launch of D&CO, a new home improvement show hosted by Valérie Damidot (an average 5.1 million prime-time viewers).
• April, 19: Release of OSS 117, co-produced by M6 Films (2.3 million tickets sold in 2006).
• April, 12: The film Astérix and the Vikings produced by M6 Studio and distributed by SND (1.3 million tickets sold in 2006) is released.
• March, 31: 1st anniversary of W9, the leading DTT channel.
• March, 02: M6 renewed its exclusive agreement with Olympique de Marseille for 3 years, regarding all home matches played in 3 different European competitions (Champions’ League qualifying rounds, Intertoto Cup and UEFA Cup).
• February, 23: Success of Nouvelle Star on m6.fr with 300,000 videos viewed on the 1st day.
• February, 21 : M6 mobile passes the 300,000 subscriber mark
• January, 31 : M6 sponsorship of the “Graines de boss” competition, open to students and trade apprentices, rewarding the best start-up projects.
• January, 23 : Launch of 12.50 news.
• January, 15 : Launch of the adventure game show Pékin Express, presented by Stéphane Rotenberg.

• December 21 : M6 Mobile by Orange crosses the 200,000 subscribers threshold.
• December 16 : Vivendi Universal, TF1 and M6 announce that they are in negotiations leading to an industrial agreement in the area of pay television.
• December 15 : turbo.fr, the leading automobile publishing site, celebrates its 5th anniversary with new ergonomics and new articles focused on service.
• December 12 : Opening of the first M6 Boutique shop in Paris.
• November 21 : Launch of Paris Première on pay DTT.
• November 15 : M6 Group, via its Home Shopping Service subsidiary, acquires mistergooddeal.com, one the leading French players in e-commerce, the leader in inventory liquidation of major brands on the Internet.
• November 9 : Launch of the Auto Turbo magazine, the new automobile magazine, co-published with Motor Presse and M6 Editions.
• October 19 : M6 successfully runs French dramas with a comedy theme with the broadcast of On ne prête qu’aux riches bringing together Michèle Bernier and Axelle Laffont (5.4 million viewers).
• October 7 : M6 announces that it will be the leading free to air broadcaster for the football World Cup (in number of matches) by broadcasting live and in High Definition 31 of the 64 matches.
• September 28: M6 broadcasts the 1st episode of a new French drama Merci les enfants vont bien telling the trials and tribulations of a large family (5.4 million viewers).
• September 4 : Launch of 100% foot, the new weekly magazine presented by Estelle Denis.
• August 30 : M6 Interactions becomes the majority shareholder in the monthly free news magazine Citato, designed to introduce 15 to 20 year old to the press.
• July 27 : release in cinemas of the film Mr et Mrs Smith, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, co-produced by M6.
• July 2 : M6 is the exclusive French broadcaster of Live 8, 8 free concerts organised worldwide by Bob Geldof for the fight against poverty in Africa.
• June 30 : Laurent Boyer and M6 Group work in collaboration with Road Safety for the broadcast of an advertising spot on prevention concerning wearing a seat belt in the back seat at holiday times.
• June 17 : Ricardo Gomez Raymundo becomes the new manager of Girondins de Bordeaux.
• June 9 : Launch of the 1st commercial offer of M6 Mobile by Orange: a innovative fixed price subscription aimed at the 15 to 25 year olds.
• May 16 : Purchase by SND of the copyrights catalogue of Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC) for the release in cinemas, video and television of over 450 films, including the Gendarmes series.
• May 9 : M6 makes the headlines when broadcasting, for the first time, Star Wars’ double trilogy, following the story chronologically.
• May 3 : M6 innovates by broadcasting the documentary: Hitler, la folie d’un homme, a new documentary in colour retracing the dark Nazi era.
• April 26 : Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom attracts nearly 6.1 million viewers
• April 6 : The film Brice de Nice is released. It was co-produced by M6 (4.4 million in box office ticket sales in 2005).
• March 31 : M6 Music is launched on DTT under the name W9 on channel 9.
• March 31 : Launch of M6 Music Hits.
• March 21 : The Ilona Mitrecey song, Un monde parfait, becomes n°1 singles sales, an achievement confirmed in the whole year 2005.
• February 17 : The singers, Chimène Badi and Amel Bent discovered through M6 music shows, are the top selling artists in terms of albums and singles in the same week.
• February 10 : M6 concludes a mobile phone agreement with Orange: M6 Mobile by Orange.
• February 3 : all time record audience levels set for the TV series Les 4400, co-produced by Francis Ford Coppola, with 6.2 million viewers
• January 10 : Launch of M6 Music Rock and M6 Music Black
• January 3 : Launch of Kaamelott, a new short drama with a different tone.
• January 2 : M6 rallies to the aid of the South Asia tsunami survivors.

• December, 10: Camera Café, ça va déchirer ce soir, primetime inspired by the famous cult mini-series starring Yvan Le Bolloc’h and Bruno Solo, attracts 5.5 million viewers
• November, 1: record audience for a film on M6 with The Mask of Zorro (7.5 million viewers).
• October, 14: M6 parodies reality TV with Gloire et Fortune, la grande imposture.
• October, 13: M6 signs an exclusive contract with UEFA to broadcast the next two finals (2005 and 2006) of the UEFA Cup as well as the Super Cup in 2005.
• September, 2: Le Pensionnat de Chavagnes attracts 6.2 million viewers for its 1st episode. M6.fr proposes a new high definition video service.
• August : The single Dragostea Din Tei released by the Moldavian group O-Zone on 14 April in France becomes the summer’s favourite song and top selling single for the year.
• July, 1 : M6 joins the Euronext index for the 100 highest capitalisation values of firms that are listed on the Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels and Lisbon Stock Exchanges.
• June, 30: M6 Films co-productions ( Podium, Jeux d’enfants, Les 11 commandements) win all of the NRJ Ciné Awards for French productions.
• June, 9: the Fan 2magazine, edited by M6 Éditions, receives an OJD star* for the best progression in absolute sales value in the category of print magazines.
• June, 3: M6 realises for the first time a high definition broadcast: Nouvelle Star.
• May, 7: M6 finalises the acquisition in full of the share capital of Paris Première, in which the Group already had a 10.6% shareholding.
• May, 3: launch of the Le Chantier show hosted by Véronique Mounier, who recently joined M6
• April, 29: launch of the 24-7 home shopping channel M6 Boutique la Chaîne, which replaces Club Téléachat.
• April, 23: M6 commits itself with all analogue TV networks to devote 3 days of airtime to Sidaction: appeal for donations, reports,…
• April, 9: M6 Web announces the first broadcast of a television channel on mobile phone via the Orange GPRS and UMTS networks, with theLes Colocataires.
• March, 29: launch in Paris of the DSL option (TPS L) by TPS and France Télécom.
• March, 17: The M6 web cam inaugurates a new mode of interactivity between M6 and viewers, who can now see their videos on air.
  March, 16: Home Shopping Service acquires in full the Canal Club company from Canal Satellite, a subsidiary of Canal +.
• March, 15: TPS acquires the TV retransmission rights for France of the English Premier Football League.
• March, 7: launch of the new M6 co-produced French TV series Léa Parker, starring Sonia Rolland.
• February, 23: M6 implements the concept of public quiz shows with a special evening show produced by Starling: Permis de conduire: le grand test.
• February, 18: launch of the Spanish series Uno, dos, tres, starring Monica Cruz.
• February, 10: first episode of the 3-part documentary series Ma vie aux urgences.
• February, 3: Suez disengages itself from the M6 Group, maintaining a 5% shareholding.
• January, 16: M6 announces its decision to buy all shares in Paris Première from Suez.
• January, 1: opening up of TV advertising to the press:Bien dans ma vie, 1st press title to be advertised on M6.The éditions Michel Lafon is the first advertiser of the year on Téva. Launch of On a échangé nos mamans produced by PAF Productions.

• December 16: Showing of the BBC-produced dramatized documentary, “Sur la trace des Dinosaures”
• December 12: The single by the Link up (the Popstars winner) is at the top of the French charts
• November 17: Eric d’Hotelans becomes M6 Vice Chairman and Administrative Director
• October 16: “Popstars, le duel” attracts 3.9 million viewers (record for the season)
• September 30: Launch of “Stars Intimes,” by JLR Productions and hosted by Stéphane Rotenberg
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• September 21: French Premier Jean-Pierre Raffarin makes his first appearance on M6, in Zone Interdite
• September : Two show hosts from Belgium, Virginie Efira and Fred Courtadon, arrive at M6
• August 13: Soccer match between Vienne and Marseille broadcast at 8:40 p.m. M6 Montpellier celebrates its 10th year
• July 6: Guy Lagache replaces Emmanuel Chain as host of “Capital”
• July 3: M6 Interactions publishes a new bi-monthly magazine for adolescents: Hit machine girl (average circulation: 60,000 copies)
• July 2: Opération Séduction bursts on the scene for its 2nd season and the promise of the eventual selection of the summer’s most seductive female
• June : M6, Fun TV, and M6 Music combine to honor Algeria June 16: Nicolas de Tavernost chosen as President of the Association des Télévisions Commerciales (ACT)
• May 21: Fun TV is six years old; Série Club celebrates its 10th birthday
• May 15: M6 establishes M6 Studio, an animated film production subsidiary which produces the full-length film, “Asterix et les Vikings”
• May 15: TPS signs an exclusive media arrangement with French basketball
• May 7: The first installment of “Bachelor,” produced by W9.
  May 5: The year’s largest audience on M6 sees the film “Indiana Jones and the last crusade,” 6.3 million viewers
• April 30: Albert Frère replaces Jean Drucker as Chairman of the Board of Directors
• March : TPS concludes a film distribution agreement with Warner Brothers
• March 27: Launch of “A la recherche de la nouvelle star,” co-produced with Freemantle media
• February 21: in association with RTL4 and Yorin, HSS creates a Netherlands subsidiary
• February 14: M6 adorns itself with new finery
• February 13: Home Shopping Service (HSS) named to head the Electronic Retailing Association Europe, whose 516 members include home shopping operators and distributors from Europe, the United States, Latin America, and Asia
• February : Creation of production subsidiaries W9 Productions and Studio 89 Productions
• January 23: M6 Interactions enters the publishing business with “Caméra café: la vie en entreprise”
• January 23: kick-off of “J’ai décidé de maigrir,” produced by VM Productions
• January 15: introduction of M6 Intranet
• January : Release of Gangs of New York by Martin Scorsese

• December 25 : Broadcast of the Dinotopia mini-series, the world’s largest television production
• November : M6 Événements gets into musical comedies with 'Emilie Jolie' and 'Le petit Prince'
• October 17 : M6, M6 MUSIC, TF6, Parispremière and TPS Star selected by the Conseil Supérieur de l’Audiovisuel (CSA) to develop terrestrial digital broadcasting
• October : The fifteenth year of “Culture Pub”, the delight of advertising spot Epicureans
• October : Via TPS, M6 and TF1 submit a joint proposal to the French Soccer League
• September : Téva is taken by the Canalsatellite bouquet, increasing to 3.6 million the number of households receiving it
• August 29 : The launch of Popstars 2 October 2002. The fifteenth year of “Culture Pub”, the delight of advertising spot Epicureans
• August 25 : Club Téléachat, already at home with 3,850,000 households in France, is now available in Belgium
• July 18 : M6 increases to 34% its stake in TPS.
• July 11 : The opening of 'Opération Séduction aux Caraïbes', the first reality-TV series of the summer.
• April 21 : Girondins de Bordeaux, the M6 soccer club wins the 2002 League Cup, smashing Lorient 3 to 0
• April 11 : The second season of 'Loft Story' gets off to a blockbuster start: 8.2 million viewers, an M6 record.
• March 28 : 'QI: Le grand test': 6 million televiewers, M6 number one.
• March 17 : M6 celebrates its 15th birthday.
• March : Turbo is 15 years old July 18, 2002.
• January 30 : M6 raises its ownership stake in the Girondins de Bordeaux to 99%.

• December 28: The L5s, of the Popstars series, etablished a one-week album sales record with 230,000 copies sold.
• November 26: 'Zone Interdite' is recognized by the Angers Scoop Journalism Festival for its documentary 'Terreur en Afghanistan'.
• October 28: M6 awarded three 7 d'Or for 'Loft Story', 'Capital', and 'E=M6'.
• September 28: M6 launches 'C'est la jet set', a televised magazine presented by Benjamin Castaldi.
• September 20: Kick-off broadcast of 'Popstars'.
• August 31: CSA renewed M6's broadcasting license for five years.
• July 18: M6 acquired SND ( Société Nouvelle Distribution), the film distribution company, from thr RTL Group.
• June 21: Home Shopping Service partnered with AB Groupe to broadcast 'Club Téléachat' progams on RTL Shopping.
• June 5: M6 introduces 'Demain, tous...?' an event-driven TV magazine in the Tuesday evening alot. The first installment was entitled 'Demain, tous obèses?'.
• May 17: 'Loft Story' propels M6 to record heights, over 7.7 millions viewers.
• April 26: Launch of France's first reality television show, 'Loft Story'.
• April 10: First evening special documentary devoted to sects.
• February 19 : M6 associates with the RTL Group, taking a 20% share in RTL Shop whose purpose is to develop home shopping in Germany.
  
• January 29 : 'E=M6' celebrates its 10th anniversary.
• January 8 : Introduction of a new information slot, '6 minutes midi', Monday through Friday at 11:54 am.

• January 23 : TV investigative magazine Capital celebrates its 10th anniversary.
• January 17 : Creation of M6 Web, group subsidiary responsible for developing M6’s multimedia operations.
• January 10 : The Téva channel is broadcast in Guadeloupe, bringing its subscriber base to 1,250,000.
• January 1 : Christophe Dugarry, member of the winning French team in the 1998 World Cup, joins Les Girondins de Bordeaux.
• January 1 : M6 Publicité takes over advertising marketing for the four TPS cinema channels: Cinéstar 1, Cinéstar 2, Cinétoile, and Cinéfaz.
• February 17 : TPS launches AFP Infos, providing real-time news.
• May 26 : The group adopts a Management Board and Supervisory Board form of corporate governance
• March 24 : Exclusive Canal Satellite broadcasting of Club Téléachat.
• March 8 : On-line broadcast of national and local news of 6 minutes on M6.net.
• March 6 : 2000th edition of local information broadcasts in Lille, Marseille, and Tours.
• March 1 : Through M6 Web, M6 takes a stake in Ticketnet, the European leader in entertainment ticket sales15 HIGHLIGHTS
• June 30 : M6 is the partnership of CLUB MED WORLD of Bercy.
• June 5 : The launch of the M6net.fr ISP and leisure access portal.
• September 28 : The launch of the auto portal turbo.fr.
• September 5 : Launching of the music portal m6music.fr.
• October 18 : Introduction of the news magazine Culture Pub.
• November 27 : Opening of the 12th local broadcast unit in Toulouse and the launch of M6Toulouse.fr via the new local information portal M6ville.fr.
• November 23 : Launch of the video game portal M6game.fr.
• November 13 : M6 Publicity creates M6 Publicity Interactive, a subsidiary specialized in marketing web sites.
• December 18 : TF6, the mini general-interest channel is launched.
• December 5 : The launch by M6 Web of the Website M6Lyon.fr.
• December 1 : TPS crosses the one million subscriber threshold.

• 31 déc. TPS compte 815 000 abonnés
• 9 sept. TPS lance sa chaîne de Cinéma, Cinéfaz
• 1er sept. Première diffusion de Disney Kid, le nouveau rendez-vous hebdomadaire pour les enfants
• 31 mai M6 est dingue de foot. Reprise du club des Girondins de Bordeaux, avec 66% du capital.
• 30 avril Laurent Boyer attire 4 millions de téléspectateurs avec un Graine de Star à Lille.
• 27 février Les trois filles de la série Charmed font leur premier ravages sur M6.
• fin janvier M6 est désormais 2ème chaîne sur les moins de 50 ans.
• 31 janvier M6 Bordeaux, le premier décrochage local a dix ans.

• 31 déc. 615 000 abonnés sur TPS, soit 76% de progression en un an.
• 25 nov. Ally Mac Beal débarque sur M6.
• juillet Infosport fait son apparition sur la grille de TPS.
• 19 mai Club Téléachat, chaîne 24h sur 24, voit le jour sur TPS.
• 15 avril Création de la société canadienne de téléachat: HSS Canada inc.
• 5 avril Peur Blanche, une coproduction M6, remporte le premier prix du festival du film policier de Cognac
• 20 mars Nouveau record d´audience historique avec le Téléfilm Titanic: 6.5 millions de téléspectateurs.
• 5 mars Lancement de M6 Music sur TPS.
• 17 février M6 accroît sa participation dans TPS de 20 à 25% possédant ainsi, avec son actionnaire Suez 50% du capital du bouquet satellite.
• 18 janvier Capital avec son émission "Chasseurs de dettes" bat son record d'audience

• 4 juillet Accord M6, le Blic, l´ARP sur la production de films français. M6 est la première chaîne hertzienne qui consacrera au moins 85% de ses obligations dans le cinéma à la production indépendante.
• 4 juillet Un sondage Stratégies/ BVA élit M6 chaîne préférée des français.
• 1er mars M6 fête ses dix ans.
• 22 février Lancement de Fun TV. M6 possède 50% du capital de la chaîne musicale du bouquet TPS.
• 30 janvier TPS franchit le cap des 400 000 abonnés
• 27 janvier Emmanuel Chain reçoit le 7 d´Or du meilleur animateur de débats et Michel Jonasz celui de la musique originale pour Zone Interdite.

• 23 déc. Les travaux sont terminés au 89 avenue Charles de Gaulle. Les pionniers de M6 commencent à quitter Paris pour Neuilly.
• 16 déc. TPS, la Télévision par Satellite est lancée.
• 6 oct. La télévision au féminin fait son apparition sur le câble puis TPS avec le lancement de Téva.
• 13 sept. M6 prend le contrôle de HSS, la société de Téléachat opérant M6 boutique.
• 10 juin M6 préfère les femmes et lance sa campagne de publicité "0% foot, 100% M6", pendant l´Euro, ayant été privée par l´UER d´accès au Championnat d´Europe des nations.
• 20 mai M6 ouvre son site internet, www.m6.fr
• 12 avril M6 prend 20% du capital de TPS (Télévision par Satellite) aux cotés de la Lyonnaise des eaux, CLT, TF1 et France Télévision
• 13 février Le CSA renouvelle l´autorisation de M6 pour cinq ans de plus, jusqu´en 2002.
• 12 janvier M6 prend une participation de 10% dans le capital de Paris Première.
• 8 et 14 janvier Coup sur coup M6 réalise les meilleures audiences de son histoire: le film Double Impact avec 6 300 000 téléspectateurs et le magazine Capital avec 5 700 000 téléspectateurs.
• 2 janvier Première de "Graines de Star", le tremplin des jeunes talents avec Laurent Boyer et Yves Lecoq

• 28 nov. E=M6 reçoit le prix de l´information scientifique décerné par l´Académie des sciences.
• 25 oct. Lancement du premier périodique composite (magazine +CD), M6 Dance édité par M6 Interactions
• 10 oct. M6 Droits Audiovisuels entre dans le Top 10 des exportateurs français de programmes TV.
• 8 sept. Jean Edern Hallier était né un 1er mars à l´instar de M6, il était donc naturel qu´il vienne un jour animer l´antenne
• 8 sept. Mulder et Scully commencent à utiliser M6 pour diffuser leurs scènes de ménage.
• 2 sept. Cette fois c´est à Rennes que M6 installe un nouveau bureau.
• 6 juillet Création de Flashback, avec Laurent Boyer, premier rendez vous de variétés pour la chaîne à 20h30
• 17 mai "Voleurs d´Yeux", un document de Zone Interdite présenté par Patrick de Carolis reçoit le prix Albert Londres
• 20 février Le film "L´appât" de Bertrand Tavernier, coproduit par M6, reçoit l´Ours d´Or au festival de Berlin
• 31 janvier C´est un Emmanuel Chain ému qui reçoit le 7 d´Or du meilleur magazine d´information et de société pour Capital.
• 3 janvier M6 acquiert à Neuilly le 89 avenue Charles de Gaulle qui deviendra, après restructuration complète, le siège du groupe.
• 1er janvier M6 publicité devient régisseur de Antilles TV, première chaîne de télévision martiniquaise

• 7 déc. Nicolas de Tavernost est à son tour désigné Homme de l´année par le magazine Stratégies
• 28 sept. L´action M6 est introduite au second marché de la Bourse de Paris au prix unitaire de 260 francs, valorisant M6 à 2.6 milliards de francs.
• 22 sept. Pour la première fois M6 est première chaîne en audience à 20h30 grâce au film "Les hommes préfèrent les blondes"
• Septembre Ophélie fait sa première apparition sur M6 dans Hit Machine. La chaîne et les téléspectateurs remercient Laurent Boyer d´avoir découvert la belle dans un institut de beauté. Mais que faisait-il là?
• 6 septembre C´est une première en Europe, M6 diffuse ses informations en numérique.
• Avril M6 installe un bureau à Nancy puis, dans la foulée à Grenoble.
• 1er février Création de M6 droits audiovisuels qui commercialise les productions M6.

• 15 avril M6 se porte candidate à l´Union Européenne de la radiotélévision.
• 31 mars Entrée en vigueur de la loi Sapin sur la publicité favorisant la transparence des relations commerciales.
• 14 mars Lancement du magazine Zone Interdite à 20h50. Pour le premier numéro, Patrick de Carolis profite de la diffusion dominicale pour inviter Patrick Poivre d´Arvor, qui est libre ce soir là.
• 8 mars Les fans de séries vont être comblés puisque la chaîne Série Club fait son apparition sur le Câble
• 18 janvier M6 reçoit son premier "7 d´or", grâce à Culture Rock d´Alain Gardinier, sacrée meilleure émission musicale

• 31 déc. M6 boucle son premier exercice bénéficiaire avec 106 millions de francs.
• 8 oct. Reprise de Logoland et son catalogue de 2000 heures de programmes.
• 1er oct. création de M6 Interactions qui commercialise les produits dérivés de la marque M6.
• 21 juillet M6 change de satellite et passe par le Télécom 3B.
• 12 avril La cinq s´excuse pour cette interruption définitive des programmes.

• Septembre Ouverture d´un bureau à Nantes
• 12 juin Différenciation des programmes avec sonorisation du logo et adaptation au programme.
• Avril M6 organise et diffuse le premier festival de la vidéomusique, les Starclips, présentés par Adeline Hallyday, Laurent Petitguillaume et laurent Boyer.
• 7 février E=M6 et Mac Lessgy arrivent sur la chaîne. Caroline Avon devient l´amie des M6 Kids
• 1er janvier Création de Métropole Production, chargée de réaliser les magazines et les émissions produites par M6.

• 19 décembre : M6 aime le cinéma et crée M6 Films, filiale de coproduction des films de cinéma.
• Octobre : M6 débarque à Marseille pour son Six minutes local
• Septembre : Ouverture de bureaux locaux à Tours et Lille.
• 22 mai : Dernière augmentation du capital de M6 : 200 millions de francs. Avec cette augmentation, ils ont déjà investi 1 100 millions de francs depuis 1987.
• 5 mai : 17 000 jeunes réunis à Bercy pour se trémousser sur la musique de la "plus grande discothèque du monde", ancêtre du "Dance Machine".
• 22 février : M6 devient membre de l´ACT, l´association des télévisions commerciales européennes.
• 17 janvier : Nouvelle contrainte réglementaire : deux nouveaux décrets "Tasca" introduisent des quotas de diffusion aux heures de grande écoute, particulièrement difficiles à respecter pour M6.

• 7 octobre : M6 est la première et la seule chaîne française à afficher une signalétique en quatre couleurs destinée à préciser à quel public les films et téléfilms s´adressent. Le CSA reprendra l´idée pour l´imposer à l´ensemble des chaînes en 1996.
• 8 août : M6 navigue avec le triangle de "Ouest France": le plus grand rassemblement de planches à voile au monde.
• 1er juillet : L´amendement Schreiner supprime la possibilité d´une seconde coupure publicitaire dans les œuvres audiovisuelles.
• 31 janvier : Premier journal d´info locale à Bordeaux diffusé à 20h54, le premier d´une longue série.
• 2 janvier : L´audimat est remplacé par le médiamat.