Tebeo & Tebesud

What Tebeo & Tebesud does

Tebeo & Tebesud is a regional free-to-air television broadcaster serving the Brittany region of France, legally structured as two SAS entities — Télévision Bretagne Ouest sas (headquartered in Morlaix) and Télévision Bretagne Sud sas (headquartered in Lorient) — both subsidiaries of the diversified regional media conglomerate Groupe Télégramme and led by president Hubert Coudurier. The operating model centers on two licensed Digital Terrestrial Television channels — Tebeo (TNT Channel 31, covering Bretagne Ouest/Finistère) and Tebesud (TNT Channel 33, covering Bretagne Sud/Morbihan) — distributed in parallel over Orange, Free, Bouygues, and SFR IPTV platforms, plus an owned Progressive Web App enabling browser-based streaming and replay. Programming spans a daily regional news magazine (Bonjour Bretagne), economic news (Éco & Co), local sports coverage with a dedicated Stade Brestois 29 football magazine (T dans le Match), lifestyle and cultural content, Breton-language series dubbed for the regional linguistic minority, and short-form digital formats.

Revenue is generated through two streams: advertising sales managed by an in-house advertising sales department (régie publicitaire), and recurring carriage or distribution fees paid by the French telecom operators for inclusion in their channel lineups. Audience reach is free to viewers and the business model is wholly B2C on the audience side and B2B on the advertiser and distributor side — with a single dominant customer segment being the general Brittany household audience seeking local and Breton-language content unavailable on national broadcasters.

The underlying technology stack is conventional broadcasting and web infrastructure: regulated DTT spectrum allocation plus a CMS-driven website with on-demand video and a PWA frontend; no proprietary AI, machine-learning pipelines, public APIs, SDKs, patents, or third-party technology integrations are indicated in the available data. Strategic content partnerships (Crédit Mutuel Arkéa for economic programming, Stade Brestois 29 and Le Télégramme for sports programming, e-declic for web hosting) and inclusion in the broader Groupe Télégramme media ecosystem are the primary operational differentiators.

Name

Tebeo & Tebesud

Legal name

TELEVISION BRETAGNE OUEST sas / TELEVISION BRETAGNE SUD sas

Website

https://tebeo.bzh

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Tebeo & Tebesud operates two free-to-air regional television channels in Brittany, France, broadcasting local news, sports, Breton-language content, and cultural programming via TNT and major French ISPs, owned by Groupe Télégramme.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Brest

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Advertising Revenue: The local television station generates revenue through advertising sales, with a dedicated advertising department (regie publicitaire) handling commercial partnerships and ad placements across programming.
2. Cable/ISP Distribution Fees: Distribution through major French telecommunications operators (Orange, Free, Bouygues, SFR) likely generates carriage or distribution fees as part of broadcast agreements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Tebeo & Tebesud operates two free-to-air regional television channels serving western and southern Brittany with locally produced news, sports, economic, cultural, and Breton-language programming, delivered via Digital Terrestrial Television (TNT), major French telecom operators, and a proprietary webapp. The channels generate revenue through advertising sales and distribution agreements while providing complimentary viewership to Brittany audiences.

Product overview

Tebeo & Tebesud operates two regional television channels (Tébéo and TébéSud) providing local news, sports, culture, and entertainment programming for the Brittany region of France. The channels offer live broadcasting, on-demand replay access, and a dedicated webapp for cross-platform viewing. The programming portfolio includes news programs (Bonjour Bretagne, Éco & Co), sports coverage (Multisports, T dans le match), cultural content (Spectacles, Kleizhenn), lifestyle programming (Bien dans votre assiette, Rendez-vous en Côtes d'Armor), and documentary magazines (Transitions en actions).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tebeo (Tébéo) Regional television channel covering western Brittany (Bretagne Ouest), available via TNT (channel 31), Orange/Sosh (channel 353), Free (channel 929), BBOX (channel 383), and SFR Box (channel 529). Provides free-to-air local news, sports, cultural, and Breton-language programming for western Brittany viewers.
• Tebesud (TébéSud) Regional television channel covering southern Brittany (Bretagne Sud), available via TNT (channel 33), Free (channel 928), BBOX (channel 382), and Orange/Sosh (channel 363). Provides free-to-air regional content for southern Brittany audiences.
• Bonjour Bretagne 26-minute daily news program providing analysis of Brittany current affairs, presented by Christophe Boucher and Pauline Fercot, airing Monday to Thursday. Targeted at Brittany residents seeking in-depth local news coverage.
• Éco & Co Economic news program covering territorial business and economic developments in the Brittany region, presented by Christophe Boucher. Targets viewers interested in regional economic and business news.
• T dans le Match Weekly football magazine dedicated to Stade Brestois 29, produced in partnership with Le Télégramme, airing every Monday at 20:15 for match reviews and discussion. Targeted at Stade Brestois 29 football fans and Brittany sports viewers.
• Transitions en Actions Monthly magazine decoding rapid evolutions of the world, produced in partnership with Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, airing on the first Saturday of each month at 14:00. Covers topics including AI in businesses, aging autonomously, Breton associative sector, agricultural generational renewal, freight decarbonation, banking digitalization, and cultural impact on festivals.
• Multisports Sports news program covering all sports news in the Brittany region. Targeted at regional sports fans wanting comprehensive Brittany sports coverage.
• Tebeo & Tebesud Webapp Progressive web application enabling direct browser-based streaming access to Tebeo and Tebesud content, installable on Chrome desktop, Chrome Android, and iOS Safari devices. Targets Brittany viewers wanting on-demand and live access across devices.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Credit Mutuel ArkeacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCredit Mutuel Arkea partners with Tebeo & Tebesud on the monthly magazine show 'Transitions en Actions' which explores societal and economic transitions in Brittany. The show covers topics including AI in businesses, aging autonomously, Breton associative sector, agricultural generational renewal, freight decarbonation, banking digitalization, and cultural impact on festivals.
• Groupe TelegrammecoreOthersParent media group providing corporate structure and shared resources across the Groupe Telegramme network of regional media properties including Le Telegramme newspaper, sports properties (OC Sport, La Solitaire du Figaro, Route du Rhum), BDM web media, and other regional publications and platforms.
• Marque BretagneminorOthersRegional brand initiative promoting Brittany as a destination and region. Listed as partner on Tebeo & Tebesud website footer.
• Stade Brestois 29coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWeekly football magazine 'T dans le Match' produced in partnership with Le Telegramme covering Stade Brestois 29. Show airs every Monday at 20h15 to discuss and debate club news and match results. Partnership provides exclusive local sports content for the regional station.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• TVRennes: TVRennes (formerly TV Rennes) is a local television channel serving the Rennes metropolitan area in Brittany, offering local news and cultural programming. As another Brittany-based regional broadcaster, it competes with Tebeo & Tebesud for regional identity audiences and Brittany-wide advertiser budgets.
• TL7 - Télé Lyon 7: TL7 is a regional DTT channel serving the Lyon metropolitan area with local news, culture, and lifestyle content. It is structurally analogous to Tebeo & Tebesud in business model, distribution, and regional-identity positioning, making it a direct peer for benchmarking.
• TV Sud Montpellier: TV Sud is a regional DTT channel serving the Languedoc-Roussillon area with local news, culture, and sports programming. It competes in the same category of small-to-mid-size regional free-to-air broadcasters and shares comparable advertiser dynamics and digital distribution approaches.
• BFM Grand Lille: BFM Grand Lille is a regional DTT news channel serving the Lille metropolitan area, sharing the same business model of free-to-air regional broadcast, advertising-supported revenue, and digital streaming extension. It is one of the closest structural peers in terms of scale, distribution, and value proposition.
• Alsace 20: Alsace 20 is a regional DTT television channel serving Alsace with local news, culture, and regional programming, sharing the same free-to-air local broadcaster model as Tebeo & Tebesud. Comparable in scale, audience target (regional identity-focused viewers), and advertising-driven revenue model.
• TéléGrenoble: TéléGrenoble is a regional local television channel covering the Grenoble metropolitan area, offering local news and cultural programming via DTT and digital platforms. It mirrors Tebeo & Tebesud's positioning as a regional identity broadcaster with similar audience and advertiser dynamics.
• Grand Lille TV: Grand Lille TV is a regional DTT television channel focused on the Lille metropolitan area, sharing the same hyper-local news, sports, and cultural programming model. It serves as a direct comparable for audience scale, advertiser relationships, and digital extension strategy.

Others

• Le Télégramme: Le Télégramme is the parent newspaper of Groupe Télégramme, which owns Tebeo & Tebesud, and serves as the print/online regional news counterpart for Brittany. While not a broadcast peer, it represents the same regional audience and shares content production resources, making it the most relevant ecosystem participant for evaluating Tebeo & Tebesud's audience and advertiser overlap.

Broad incumbents

• TV Breizh: TV Breizh is a Breton-themed general entertainment channel historically focused on Breton culture and heritage content, distributed nationally on French TV platforms. While its programming mix differs from Tebeo's news-and-local emphasis, it competes for the same Brittany cultural-identity audience and ad budgets, especially for Breton-language programming.
• France 3 Bretagne: France 3 Bretagne is the public-service regional broadcaster for the same Brittany territory, offering comparable local news, regional programming, and sports coverage. As the dominant regional incumbent with significantly larger resources, it is the primary benchmark for audience share and advertising competition in Tebeo & Tebesud's market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TebeoTV_Tebesud
• Facebookfacebook.com/tebeotebesud
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tebeo-tebesud
• Instagraminstagram.com/tebeotv_tebesud

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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