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1985–1986 Mar–Jun 1987 Jun–Sept 1987 Sept 1987–1999 1999–2009 2009–2020 2020–present
1985–1986 Mar–Jun 1987 Jun–Sept 1987 Sept 1987–1999 1999–2009 2009–2020 2020–present

Métropole 6, better known as M6, is the flagship TV channel of Groupe M6, one of two main commercial free-to-air TV broadcasters in France, the other being Groupe TF1. M6, along with TF1 and flagship public channels France 2 and France 3, is one of the most popular TV channels in the country.

Groupe M6 is owned by RTL Group, a pan-European media conglomerate headquartered in Luxembourg. While the group does not use the RTL brand for its TV channels in France, using M6 instead, its two French radio stations are branded as RTL.

RTL6[]

1985–1986 (prelaunch)[]

M6 (1985)

M6’s history dates back to 1985 when CLT announced that they were going to launch a new terrestrial television channel in France called RTL6.

M6[]

March–September 1987[]

March–June 1987[]

M6 (March 1987)
Designer:  Unknown
Typography:  Helvetica
Launched:  March 1, 1987

On February 28, 1987, TV6 France was closed down and replaced by a new channel called M6 on March 1. Its first logo was a 3D-animated M coloured blue with a red 6 appearing to the right. It has a similarity to the MTV logo.

June–September 1987[]

M6 (June 1987)

On June 1, M6 slightly modified its network logo by making the red "6" become more abstract with the blue "M" growing bigger thus the "Metropole Television" was removed from the logo. The previous logo was still occasionally used.

1987–present[]

September 1987–1999[]

M6 1987 logo
Designer:  On/Off Productions
Typography:  Custom lettering
Launched:  September 1, 1987

On September 1, M6 replaced its original logo in favor of a new logo, which consists of an abstract "M" colored gray with the red "6" now being placed on the top at the middle of the gray "M" by having a new set of idents and also a new theme music to the set, composed by Philippe Eidel and Arnaud Devos.

1999–2009[]

M6 logo 1997
Designer:  Unknown
Based on design by On/Off Productions
Typography:  Custom lettering
Launched:  September 1st, 1999

2009–2020[]

M6 2009
Designer:  Unknown
Based on design by On/Off Productions
Typography:  Custom lettering
Launched:  November 30th, 2009

2015–2020[]

See the corresponding section in the Other page.

Designer:  Barjabulle
Based on design by On/Off Productions
Typography:  Custom lettering

On-air:
Novecento Sans
Launched:  November 16th, 2015

A new graphics package and set of idents, designed by the Paris-based Barjabulle, were introduced on November 16, 2015 that retained the 3D look. Novecento Sans, an all-uppercase font, was used in on-screen typography. (It is also used by M6 Music since March 2020.)

Over a hundred idents were produced for the channel, featuring everyday objects in various situations, all ending with the jingle, Woah-oh-oh M6, in the D major chord.

2020–present[]

M6 2020
Designer:  Gédéon
Based on design by On/Off Productions
Typography:  Custom lettering

On-air:
Grtsk Exa
Launched:  September 1, 2020

A new flat logo and a new graphics package were introduced on September 1, 2020. The logo now appears in plain white and red (or gray and red on a white background), losing the 3D effects it had over the years and instead goes for the flat variant in use since 1987.

The new graphics were designed by Gédéon, which had rebranded sister channel W9 in November 2018, and later on goes to rebrand their kids' channel Gulli in September 2023. A new branding font, Grtsk Exa, was used for the channel.

TV6 (France)
M6
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