TVR

What TVR does

TVR is a privately held, free-to-air local television channel headquartered at 19 rue de la Quintaine, Rennes, France, founded in 1987. It broadcasts on France's TNT (Digital Terrestrial Television) on Canal 35 and is carried on Canal 30 by every major French cable and satellite operator (SFR, Numéricable, Orange, Free, Bbox), with additional online distribution via live streaming and on-demand replay at tvr.bzh. The channel targets residents of the Ille-et-Vilaine department and the wider Brittany region, with programming also extending into neighboring Côtes d'Armor.

TVR's core product is a daily local news bulletin ('TVR Info', airing Monday to Friday at 12:30 and 18:00) supported by a diverse portfolio of locally produced programs across verticals including culture (Combat de Coqs, Le grand BaZH.art, Concert, Faites-moi lire), society (Le Mag, C l'invité.e, Planète Séniors), sports (Pleine Lucarne, TVR Sports, Destinations Sport, Stade Rennais coverage), economy (Business Club de l'Ouest, TVR Events), environment (Ma Planète Bleue, Nouvel(le) R, Le Mag' de l'agriculture), regional language and identity (Kleizhenn, Combat de Coqs), politics (TVR Politique), and entertainment (Le cabas de Juliana, Nomad war an hent, Les Estivales). The technology stack is conventional broadcast television — there is no disclosed proprietary technology, and the digital layer consists of a website, on-demand replay, an account system ('Mon TVR'), and an Instagram presence.

The business model is the standard French local-TV stack: free-to-air distribution to consumers monetized through advertising sales and likely supplemented by regulator-allocated public funding for local television. No subscription pricing, ad rates, or revenue figures are publicly disclosed. TVR employs 11-50 people, indicating a lean operation relative to its broad daily programming output. No funding rounds, ownership structure, management team details, M&A activity, partnerships, patents, or awards are disclosed in the source material.

Name

TVR

Legal name

TVR

Website

https://tvr.bzh

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

TVR is a privately held, free-to-air local French television channel broadcasting on TNT (Canal 35) and cable/satellite (Canal 30) from Rennes, delivering daily local news, cultural, sports, and regional programming to viewers in Ille-et-Vilaine and broader Brittany.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Television Broadcasting

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Local TV Stations (MPABACAB)

Keywords

• Local television broadcasting
• Regional news programming
• Breton culture media
• French local tv
• Entertainment broadcasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Rennes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

TVR is a French local television channel headquartered in Rennes that produces and broadcasts a portfolio of regionally produced programs covering daily local news, cultural shows, sports coverage, environmental and agricultural reporting, and entertainment programming targeted at viewers in the Ille-et-Vilaine department and broader Brittany region. Programming is distributed free-to-air via TNT (Canal 35), cable/satellite (Canal 30), and live streaming plus on-demand replay via the official website tvr.bzh.

Product overview

TVR is a local television channel serving Ille-et-Vilaine in Brittany, France, offering a diverse portfolio of programs across multiple categories. The core offerings include TVR Info (daily news bulletins), Combat de Coqs (a local Breton culture quiz game show), Le cabas de Juliana (culinary market program), and Le Mag (societal magazine). Environmental programming includes Ma Planète Bleue (maritime environment), Nouvel(le) R (rurality), and Le Mag' de l'agriculture (agriculture). Entertainment includes the adventure travel show Nomad war an hent, the Welsh-language crime drama Kleizhenn, and various sports programs (Pleine Lucarne, Destinations Sport, TVR Sports). Cultural programming covers music (Concert), literature (Faites-moi lire), and art (Le grand BaZH.art). Business coverage includes Business Club de l'Ouest and TVR Politique. The channel provides live streaming, replay access, and a multi-device viewing experience.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TVR Info

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tébéo: Tébéo is a local DTT television channel serving Finistère in Brittany, operating under the same French local broadcasting regulatory framework as TVR. Both channels occupy French TNT slots and produce hyperlocal Breton programming for adjacent departments, making them the closest comparable on geography, model, and distribution.
• TV7 Bordeaux: TV7 is a local DTT television channel serving the Bordeaux/Gironde region in France. It is directly comparable to TVR as a similarly-sized, independently operated French local TV station with hyperlocal news, cultural, and regional programming on TNT and cable.
• TébéSud: TébéSud is the sister local DTT channel serving Morbihan in Brittany, sharing the Tébéo group's ecosystem. It is directly comparable to TVR as a department-level free-to-air local broadcaster carried on TNT and cable, with similar scale, hyperlocal programming orientation, and Breton cultural focus.

Broad incumbents

• France Télévisions: France Télévisions is France's public national broadcaster and the parent of France 3. It is comparable to TVR in that it produces and distributes television content on regional and national levels, but is a much larger incumbent offering overlapping capabilities across its full network portfolio rather than a single local channel.
• France 3 Bretagne: France 3 Bretagne is the regional news and programming edition of France Télévisions' public network. It is comparable as a Brittany-focused broadcaster producing local news, culture, and regional content, but operates under a national public-service umbrella rather than as an independent local channel like TVR.
• BFM TV Régions: BFM Régions is the regional edition of BFM TV, a national news network owned by Altice, producing regional news and programming across France. It overlaps with TVR on the local news and regional coverage mandate but operates with national-network resources and a broader footprint than TVR's single-department focus.
• TF1: TF1 is France's leading commercial national television network. It competes for the same advertising pool and audience attention as TVR, particularly through regional news inserts and digital channels, but is a broad incumbent operating nationally rather than a hyperlocal broadcaster.

Emerging players

• Brezhoweb: Brezhoweb is a digital-first Breton-language and cultural media platform based in Brittany. It overlaps with TVR on Breton cultural and linguistic content, but distributes primarily via streaming and online rather than over-the-air broadcast—making it a complementary rather than directly competing emerging peer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/tvrlachaine
• Xx.com/TVR35

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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