6ter (French:[sistɛʁ]) is a French television network which is available free-to-air through digital terrestrial television, satellite and DSL, owned byGroupe M6.
The name's wordplay represents its positioning as M6's little "sister", and (via theter suffix) as Groupe M6's third free-to-air entertainment channel (afterM6 itself andW9).
Following the call for applications by the CSA for the launch of six new channels on theDTT,Groupe M6 presented three projects of channels :6ter,M6 Boutique & Co and Hexa. On 27 March the CSA chose6ter to be part of the 6 new channels to be launched on 12 December 2012 inHDTV (1080i).
In 2022, it was proposed that 6ter be sold toAltice, as part of a merger of Groupe M6 withGroupe TF1 (alongside TF1-owned channelTFX), in an attempt to alleviate competition concerns. This merger was abandoned in September 2022, leaving Groupe M6 as owners of the channel.
Like its sistersM6 andW9, 6ter has a Swiss subfeed, which air in Swiss providers and in free-to-air on satellite.
^abjoint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft,Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
^joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
^joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
^abjoint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft,Axel Springer AG, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.
^joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.
^joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.
