Media & Entertainment Landscape of France
3,521 Media & Entertainment companies in France, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Media & Entertainment in France
Shows the 3,521 French media & entertainment firms and highlights which are hiring, best funded, or most covered; 154 are hiring now and 338 disclosed a funding round.
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Crédit Agricole11last posted Jul 2026
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L-Acoustics10last posted May 2026
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Dailymotion9last posted Jun 2026
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NRJ Group9last posted Jun 2026
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Cafeyn8last posted Jun 2026
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Nova8last posted May 2026
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Hachette Livre7last posted Mar 2026
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Radio France7last posted Apr 2026
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Banijay$4.5BConventional Debt · Apr 2023
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Vivendi$2.4BGrant (prize money) · Jan 2021
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EuropaCorp$1.5BGrant (prize money) · Mar 2018
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Deezer$445.7MGrant (prize money) · Apr 2022
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Studiocanal$374.5MGrant (prize money) · Apr 2024
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Euronews$258.7MGrant (prize money) · Nov 2023
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Animaj$191.8MSeries A · Mar 2026
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CANAL+$8.1BFY2025 filing
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Dassault Systems$2.6BFY2024 filing
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PULLUP ENTERTAINMENT$457.1MFY2025 filing
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ATEME$103.9MFY2023 filing
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Witbe$13.6MFY2024 filing
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Pathe$9.4MFY2018 filing
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metronews, france9,000tracked employees
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Canal+ Group7,600tracked employees
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la voix du nord3,000tracked employees
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TF1 Group2,830tracked employees
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M6 Group1,789tracked employees
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Broadpeak5.4%33 tracked events
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Dalet Digital Media Systems3.9%24 tracked events
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Mediawan181articles in the window
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OCS86articles in the window
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Europe 140articles in the window
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Xilam35articles in the window
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How the Media & Entertainment ecosystem in France grew, 2016–2025
Shows how many companies were founded each year, with a peak of 187 new firms in 2020 and only 11 in 2025.
Where Media & Entertainment companies in France are based
Lists the cities where these firms are located, led by Paris with 1,207 companies followed by Lyon, Roubaix, Bordeaux and Montpellier.
The Media & Entertainment market map of France: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the products these firms build, noting the largest sub‑categories and the most common revenue models such as advertising and subscriptions.
The biggest kinds of Media & Entertainment company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital1,827 companies · $1.5B raised · 62 hiring
- Enterprise Tech543 companies · $511.4M raised · 20 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce467 companies · $686.6M raised · 24 hiring
- Enterprise Software243 companies · $293.5M raised · 6 hiring
- Internet First News Publishers159 companies · $154.2M raised · 5 hiring
- Loneliness Economy129 companies · $36.7M raised · 3 hiring
- SaaS125 companies · $94M raised · 6 hiring
- Marketplaces120 companies · $19.1M raised · 11 hiring
- Internet First Sports Media78 companies · $4.4M raised · 2 hiring
- Media & Entertainment SaaS56 companies · $54.5M raised · 3 hiring
- Edtech55 companies · $34.5M raised · 2 hiring
- Real Money Gaming54 companies · $31.2M raised · 1 hiring
Monetization
How Media & Entertainment companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Media & Entertainment in France
Counts 433 corporate events over the past two years, including earnings releases, mergers and acquisitions, and key‑person announcements.
- M&ASeagram later merged with Vivendi in an all-stock deal.2026-04-29
- M&ADarwin CX, a division of Studio Media, has acquired Poool, a software provider specializing in subscription conversion and audience engagement technology for digital publishers.2026-03-06
- M&AMcCall was also asked about the impact of the newly announced Banijay–All3Media merger – which creates an $8 billion production group – on ITV Studios.2026-03-05
- FundingThema also secured a $1.7 million UK government grant, in partnership with the University of Cambridge, to advance trustworthy AI.2026-02-25
- M&AMediawan announced an agreement to acquire The North Road Company, expanding its international production footprint.2026-02-13
- M&AOrange is now exploring the sale of another strategic subsidiary, Viaccess.2026-02-11
- M&AWe were given an information note for a future consultation of the CSE on a project to divest Prisma Media's luxury pole to Vivendi group,2026-01-19
- M&AOCS has completed its acquisition of EMCOR UK from EMCOR Group Inc., bringing together two of the largest hard services-led facilities services businesses, with unmatched engineering capabilities and established operations across the UK.2025-12-03
- M&ASportway has announced the acquisition of Sportall.2025-10-10
- RegulatoryAccording to Livres Hebdo, French bookselling group Gibert has entered judicial restructuring, confirmed by the Paris economic court.2026-05-04
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Media & Entertainment company in France was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| Ladegaillerie consortium | undisclosed | Completed | 2026-06-24 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-10 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-29 | ||
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-04-24 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-04-07 | ||
| CMA-CGM | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-03-15 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Details specific events like IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins for companies in the sector.
MomentIPO · MNTA · 1 reportFeb 2025
BelieveIPO · 1 reportJan 2025
prisma mediaPhilipp Schmidt · DepartureJan 2026
SoftAtHomeOrchestr’ON (Services orchestration layer)Oct 2025
Harlequin Francescale undisclosed · AI-based machine translationJan 2026
Alchimie~26 roles reported · economic reasonsMay 2025
Technicolor Creative Studiosscale undisclosed · economic headwindsFeb 2025
gibertentered judicial restructuring — Paris economic courtMay 2026
gaumontissued compliance order to file public withdrawal offer — Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)Mar 2026
- Vincent Bolloré v vivendide facto control over Vivendi · OngoingFeb 2026
- ciam v Bolloré family, vivendide facto control of Vivendi shares during breakup · OngoingNov 2025
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than +1.4%, half slower.
Who is building Media & Entertainment in France
Profiles 926 founders and CEOs across 688 firms, showing their education and prior employers, with HEC Paris and Google appearing most often.
Co-Founder n9ne studio, ex-Technicolor, Mikros Image, Mikros Animation. ENSLL 1999, HEC Paris EMBA 2010
Dailymotion, ex-Contrad, ex-Plebicom, SUPINFO - The International Institute of Information Technology, 2012
TOGETHER STUDIO, ex- Co-Founder Studio bagel, Black Dynamite Production, TF1 the Group. Institute of Political Studies of Grenoble 1996
Ex-SNJV, Cedemo, Nexway Boonty.
Duke University LLM 1997
Photoroom, ex-Freelance, ex-Linkfluence, Telecom ParisTech, 2017
Ex- Co-Founder Twelve, Saloon. University Paris Dauphine 2014, Telecom ParisTech 2017
Ex-Allocine.
Wyplay, ex-Neotion, IAE FRANCE - Écoles Universitaires de Management
- flagged as repeat founders8
- no repeat-founder flag890
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Who funds Media & Entertainment in France
Summarizes 776 funding rounds since 2016 from 368 investors, with a typical round size of $333 k.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Europa | 542 | — | Sep 2024 |
| Bpifrance | 12 | 5 | Nov 2025 |
| Kima Ventures | 10 | 5 | Jun 2024 |
| Founders Future | 8 | 5 | Jun 2024 |
| Motier | 8 | 1 | Feb 2026 |
| CNC | 8 | — | May 2024 |
| Ministère de la Culture | 7 | — | Dec 2023 |
| Idinvest Partners | 5 | 4 | Nov 2020 |
| OneRagtime | 5 | 4 | Feb 2024 |
| Investisseur Prive | 4 | 4 | Aug 2020 |
The typical round is $333k — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Media & Entertainment funding rounds in France
Highlights the largest disclosed round—Deezer’s $186.8 M Series F—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series F | $186.8M | Aug 2018 | Kingdom Holding Company, Rotana, LBO France +2 more | |
| Series D | $130M | Jun 2012 | Access Industries, Idinvest Partners | |
| Series E | $109.3M | Jan 2016 | Access Industries, Orange | |
| Series A | $106.8M | Sep 2023 | Left Lane, Daphni, XAnge +2 more | |
| Series A | $85M | Jun 2025 | HarbourView, Bpifrance, Left Lane +3 more | |
| Series C | $79.9M | Jan 2011 | Orange | |
| Series C | $75M | Jun 2021 | Lupa Systems, James Murdoch, Tikehau Capital +3 more | |
| Series B | $75M | Nov 2021 | Bridgepoint Group | |
| Series B | $60M | Jun 2015 | TCV, XAnge, GP Bullhound | |
| Series C | $47.5M | Nov 2020 | Idinvest Partners, Alven, Sweet Capital +2 more |
31 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
SeedundisclosedApr 2026
Seed$10MFeb 2026
What the news says about Media & Entertainment in France
Counts 550,755 news articles about the sector in the last year, covering topics like international politics, sports, security and the Olympic Games.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Media & Entertainment news in France. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- International political relations74,167▲+18%
- International sports competitions69,660▼-53%
- Security and defense policies43,603▲+22%
- Olympic games coverage39,573▼-70%
- International relations and diplomacy31,898▲+21%
- Professional league updates30,431→+6%
- Championship event highlights23,287▼-26%
- Nationalism and sovereignty debates22,550→-5%
- Athlete transfer rumors20,209▲+25%
- Government international agreements coordination17,218▲+15%
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47 Media & Entertainment companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Media & Entertainment coverage in France as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in France Media & Entertainment coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Media & Entertainment jobs in France: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports 1,675 job postings from 163 employers in 12 months, listing top skills and a median advertised salary of $23 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Media & Entertainment employers in France put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- rust15→
- kotlin14▼
- c++13▲
- typescript13▼
- sql11▲
- python11▲
- swift10▼
- node.js9▼
- metal6▲
- opengl6→
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