StudioFact Media Group

What StudioFact Media Group does

StudioFact Media Group is a privately held French integrated audiovisual production group headquartered in Paris (28 Docteur Finlay Street, 75015) with 44 employees. Founded by Jacques Aragones and Roxane Rouas-Rafowicz and established as a group in under five years, it operates through seven wholly-owned subsidiaries that together form an end-to-end true-story content pipeline: StudioFact Presse & Docs (documentaries and news), StudioFact Stories (fiction series and films), StudioFact Rights (international distribution and pre-financing), StudioFact Editions (narrative non-fiction books), StudioFact Music & Lab (music production and emerging talent), and StudioFact Audio (podcasts). The group's positioning is that it is the only French audiovisual production group exclusively producing content derived from true stories, with each underlying story exploited across multiple formats.

Name

StudioFact Media Group

Legal name

StudioFact Media Group

Website

https://studiofactmediagroup.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

StudioFact Media Group is a French integrated audiovisual production group with seven subsidiaries producing true-story content across documentaries, fiction, podcasts, books, and music for French broadcasters and international streamers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Audiovisual Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512), Other Sound Recording Industries (51229), Sound Recording Studios (512240)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Content Studio & Creative Resourcing (In-house/Embedded Teams) (BPAFAIAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Enterprise Audio Publishing & Private Podcast Platforms (MPAIADAI), Audio Production & Podcasting (BPAFAIAE)

Keywords

• Documentary production
• Fiction series production
• Podcast production
• Book publishing
• International content distribution

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Broadcasting and Streaming Rights: Production and sale of documentary and fiction content to French and international broadcasters (France Télévisions, ARTE, M6, Canal+, HBO Max) and streaming platforms.
2. Publishing Sales: Sale of books through StudioFact Editions, including autobiographical accounts, investigative narratives, and true crime stories. Books sold through bookstores, Cultura, Fnac, and other retailers. Distributed by Harmonia Mundi Livre.
3. International Distribution: StudioFact Rights handles international sales and distribution of the group's content, as well as representing ambitious external productions.
4. Podcast Production and Licensing: Original podcast production through StudioFact Audio, creating investigative and narrative audio content distributed on podcast platforms.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

StudioFact Media Group is a French integrated audiovisual production group that investigates, develops, produces, and distributes content derived exclusively from real-life stories. Operating through seven wholly-owned subsidiaries (documentaries, fiction, distribution, publishing, music, podcasts, and news), the group produces and licenses content to major French and international broadcasters and streaming platforms.

Product overview

StudioFact Media Group is a French audiovisual production group structured around seven subsidiaries that investigate, develop, produce, and distribute content in an integrated ecosystem where storytelling emerges from reality. The portfolio includes StudioFact Presse & Docs (documentaries and news), StudioFact Stories (fiction/series), StudioFact Rights (international distribution), StudioFact Editions (publishing), StudioFact Music & Lab (music production), StudioFact Audio (podcasts), and distribution/content catalog spanning documentaries, fiction series, podcasts, and books. Content covers current events, society, geopolitics, history, culture, science, and environment, distributed through major French and international broadcasters and streaming platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• StudioFact Presse & Docs Documentary and news production subsidiary producing reports, magazines, and investigative documentaries for major French and international broadcasters on current events, society, geopolitics, history, culture, science, and environment.
• StudioFact Stories Fiction subsidiary creating original series, mini-series, and films for streaming platforms, television, and cinema, drawing inspiration from real events with high creative value.
• StudioFact Rights International distribution, sales, financing, and representation subsidiary handling documentary and fiction content produced by the group as well as external productions across major international markets and festivals.
• StudioFact Editions Publishing imprint producing autobiographical accounts, true crime stories, testimonials, and immersive investigative narratives in the tradition of narrative non-fiction, distributed via Harmonia Mundi Livre to bookstores, Cultura, and Fnac.
• StudioFact Music & Lab Music production subsidiary identifying and supporting emerging talent with skills, tools, and mentorship, while building a catalog of original music compositions for media projects.
• StudioFact Audio Original podcast studio producing immersive, narrative, and investigative audio content based on true stories uncovered by journalists and investigators, distributed through major podcast platforms.

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor, core and unclear.

• ScreenLine ProductionsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2025ScreenLine Productions and StudioFact Stories announced joint development of a fiction series inspired by the 'L'Arnaqueuse de Kiabi' affair, in partnership with Le Journal Le Parisien.
• YES SIR FILMScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025StudioFact Media Group partnered with YES SIR FILMS to launch the audiovisual adaptation of the graphic novel 'La Bombe' (published by Glénat). This is a significant co-development partnership for a documentary series exploring the creation of the atomic bomb.
• Le ParisiencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2024Le Parisien and StudioFact created the Prix Jeunes Talents to encourage and support fiction and documentary authors. The award is announced annually at Festival Séries Mania in Lille.
• Harmonia Mundi LivrecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHarmonia Mundi Livre serves as the official distributor for StudioFact Editions books, handling distribution to bookstores and retailers across France.
• UnifranceminorOthersStudioFact Rights is a member of Unifrance, the French organization for the promotion of French audiovisual content internationally.
• SEDPAminorOthersStudioFact Rights is a member of SEDPA, a French professional organization in the audiovisual industry.
• To be confirmed (TBC)unclearOthersFor 'The Bomb' documentary series (4x52 min), the broadcaster/diffuser is listed as 'To be confirmed'.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Gedeon Programmes: French independent production group with strong documentary, factual, and fiction capabilities, producing for France Télévisions, ARTE, and international broadcasters. Closely matches StudioFact's mix of investigative documentaries and premium factual content for French public broadcasters.
• Federation Studios: Paris-based independent production group with comparable scale and similar mix of French drama, documentary, and international distribution. Operates a multi-label structure (Federation Entertainment, Make It Happen, etc.) and produces premium content for global streamers - directly comparable to StudioFact's integrated model.
• Nouvelles Écoutes: French independent podcast studio producing narrative, documentary, and editorial podcasts with strong storytelling focus. Closely aligned with StudioFact Audio in producing premium French-language narrative audio content.
• CAPA Entreprises: French independent production company specialising in documentaries, news magazines, and current affairs for French broadcasters including France Télévisions and Arte. Directly comparable to StudioFact Presse & Docs in subject matter and customer base.
• Binge Audio: Leading French independent podcast production company producing narrative, documentary, and investigative audio content. Directly comparable to StudioFact Audio in format, genre focus, and French-market distribution.
• Les Films d'Ici: Long-established French independent producer of documentaries, fiction, and animation, with a strong track record in premium factual and creative documentary. Comparable to StudioFact in producing award-winning documentaries for French and international broadcasters.

Broad incumbents

• Studiocanal: France-based production, distribution, and sales company (Canal+ subsidiary) with a sizeable European drama and film catalogue. Comparable to StudioFact Stories and StudioFact Rights in producing and selling premium European content internationally.
• Banijay Group: World's largest independent content producer and distributor, with deep French roots and a global catalogue spanning documentary, fiction, and unscripted. Represents the scaled end of the same market in which StudioFact competes for commissions and distribution slots.
• Newen (TF1 Group): Larger French production and distribution group owned by TF1, producing drama, documentary, and unscripted content across multiple European markets. A more capitalised incumbent competing for the same French broadcaster commissions as StudioFact.
• Fremantle: Global production and distribution company (RTL Group subsidiary) producing drama, documentary, and entertainment for major broadcasters and streamers worldwide. A scaled incumbent competing for the same premium documentary and fiction commissions as StudioFact.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/StudioFactOff
• Facebookfacebook.com/studiofact.officiel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/studiofact
• Instagraminstagram.com/studiofact.officiel/?hl=fr

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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