6ter

6TER

Country	France
Broadcast area	France, Switzerland
Headquarters	Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Programming
Language(s)	French Original audio track
Ownership
Owner	Groupe M6
Sister channels	M6 Gulli W9 Paris Première Téva M6 Music MCM TiJi Canal J Série Club
History
Launched	12 December 2012 (2012-12-12)
Links
Website	6play.fr/6ter
Availability
Terrestrial
TNT	Channel 22
Streaming media
MyCanal	Live

6ter (French: [sistɛʁ]) is a French television network which is available free-to-air through digital terrestrial television, satellite and DSL, owned by Groupe M6.

The name's wordplay represents its positioning as M6's little "sister", and (via the ter suffix) as Groupe M6's third free-to-air entertainment channel (after M6 itself and W9).

History

Following the call for applications by the CSA for the launch of six new channels on the DTT, Groupe M6 presented three projects of channels : 6ter, M6 Boutique & Co and Hexa. On 27 March the CSA chose 6ter to be part of the 6 new channels to be launched on 12 December 2012 in HDTV (1080i).

In 2022, it was proposed that 6ter be sold to Altice, as part of a merger of Groupe M6 with Groupe TF1 (alongside TF1-owned channel TFX), in an attempt to alleviate competition concerns. This merger was abandoned in September 2022, leaving Groupe M6 as owners of the channel.

Like its sisters M6 and W9, 6ter has a Swiss subfeed, which air in Swiss providers and in free-to-air on satellite.

Programming

6ter's programming is family-oriented. 6ter shows magazines, documentaries, educational programs, along with children programmes, series and movies.

Until June 2016, 6ter had a weekday children morning block named Trop Toon. Since then, a few cartoons have sometimes been broadcast, notably Tintin.

• 90210 (90210 Beverly Hills : Nouvelle Génération, seasons 4–5, season 1–3 in syndication)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Buffy contre les vampires, HD version, SD version in syndication)
• Extant (season 2, season 1 in syndication)
• Family Blagues
• Fresh Off the Boat (Bienvenue chez les Huang)
• Grease: Live
• Jane the Virgin (since season 2, season 1 in syndication)
• King & Maxwell
• The Messengers
• Modern Family (since season 6, season 1–5 in syndication)
• Off the Map (Off the Map : Urgences au bout du monde)
• Once Upon a Time (season 3 and 5 only, other seasons in syndication)
• Reign (Reign : Le destin d'une reine)
• Sleepy Hollow (since season 2, season 1 in syndication)
• Switched at Birth (Switched)
• Witches of East End
• Zero Hour

Syndicated programming

• 8 Simple Rules (Touche pas à mes filles)
• The Adventures of Tintin (Les Aventures de Tintin)
• Arme Millionäre (Pauvres Millionnaires)
• Band of Brothers
• Caméra Café
• Charmed
• Crisis
• Der Clown (Le Clown)
• Desperate Housewives
• Dinotopia (miniseries)
• Dinotopia: The Series (Dinotopia)
• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (Docteur Quinn, femme médecin)
• Emily Owens, M.D. (Dr Emily Owens)
• Face au doute
• Geronimo Stilton
• The Good Wife
• Kaamelott
• Kid Paddle
• Kyle XY
• Largo Winch
• Le Petit Nicolas
• Les Blagues de Toto
• Les Cordier, juge et flic
• Les Nouvelles Aventures de Lucky Luke
• Life Is Wild
• Little House on the Prairie (La Petite Maison dans la prairie)
• Lou !
• The Magic Roundabout (2007, Le Manège enchanté)
• Malcolm in the Middle (Malcolm)
• Martial Law (Le Flic de Shanghaï)
• Martine
• Martin Mystery (Martin Mystère)
• Melrose Place (Melrose Place : Nouvelle Génération)
• Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes (Les Mystères du véritable Sherlock Holmes)
• My Wife and Kids (Ma famille d'abord)
• The Nanny (Une nounou d'enfer)
• No Ordinary Family (Super Hero Family)
• Numbers
• Paris 16e
• Prehistoric Park
• The Pretender (Le Caméléon)
• Primeval (Nick Cutter et les Portes du temps)
• Raising Hope
• Relic Hunter (Sydney Fox, l'aventurière)
• Robin Hood (Robin des Bois)
• Sherlock Holmes
• Smallville
• Sous le soleil
• Step by Step (Notre belle famille)
• Terra Nova
• Touch
• Un gars, une fille
• Un Paso Adelante (Un, dos, tres)
• Victoire Bonnot

External links

• Official website (in French)