What 13 Prods does

13 Prods (legal name: 13 Productions) is a privately held French audiovisual production company founded in 2013, headquartered in Marseille with a regional office in Paris. The company produces a diversified portfolio of content including documentaries, television fiction (notably 90-minute dramas such as 'Le Poids du Silence' and 'Meurtres aux Marquises'), cinema feature films (e.g., 'Aïcha'), podcasts, short formats, news reportages, and a recurring regional TV magazine show ('Mon Côté Sud'). Productions span social-issue documentaries (e-waste, Interpol, environmental themes), crime fiction, lifestyle content, and current affairs.

The company's business model is sales-led B2B: it pitches and licenses content directly to French television broadcasters — France 3 is the only named buyer — and distributes cinema features through theatrical exhibition channels. Revenue is generated via production fees, licensing deals, and co-production arrangements, with pricing structured on a project-specific, quote-based basis (not publicly disclosed). The underlying technology stack consists of standard audiovisual production and post-production equipment and software; no proprietary technology, AI capabilities, or platform infrastructure is evidenced.

13 Prods is an independent, founder-managed entity with no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, parent company, subsidiaries, or M&A activity. It markets through its website catalog, newsletter, and social media, and operates within a single geographic market (France) serving a single customer segment (French TV broadcasters). The business is dependent on public-broadcaster commissioning cycles and French state audiovisual funding frameworks, with high customer concentration risk.

Name

13 Prods

Legal name

13 Productions (13 Prods)

Website

https://13productions.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

13 Prods is an independent French audiovisual production company, founded 2013 and based in Marseille and Paris, producing documentaries, TV fiction, cinema features, podcasts, and a regional TV magazine for French broadcasters, primarily France 3.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Marseille-en-beauvaisis

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Broadcast Content Licensing: Production and licensing of documentary, fiction, and TV magazine content to French broadcasters such as France 3. Revenue generated through production fees, licensing deals, and co-production arrangements with television networks.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

13 Prods is an independent French audiovisual production company that develops and produces documentaries, television fiction, cinema feature films, podcasts, short formats, news reports, and the regional TV magazine show 'Mon Côté Sud'. The company handles end-to-end production from development through post-production and licenses finished content to French television broadcasters (such as France 3) and cinema distributors. It operates production offices in Marseille (headquarters) and Paris, serving the French-language audiovisual market.

Product overview

13 Prods (13 Productions) is an audiovisual production company based in Paris and Marseille offering a diversified portfolio of content productions. The company produces documentaries, TV fictions (including 90-minute dramas and feature films), cinema releases, podcasts, short formats, news reports, and a TV magazine show called 'Mon Côté Sud'. The product portfolio includes: Documentaires (documentary productions), Fictions TV (television fiction including works like 'Le Poids du Silence', 'Meurtres aux Marquises', 'Aïcha'), Cinéma (feature films), Podcasts (audio productions), Formats courts (short formats), Reportages (news reports), and Magazine TV with the 'Mon Côté Sud' series featuring cultural and lifestyle content from Southern France.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Documentaires (Documentaries) Documentary productions covering diverse topics including environmental issues, social themes, cultural subjects, and human interest stories; produced for French television broadcasters such as France 3 and France Télévisions.
• Fictions TV Television fiction productions including 90-minute dramas and TV movies such as 'Le Poids du Silence' (2025), 'Meurtres aux Marquises' (2024), and 'Aïcha'; produced for French television broadcasters.
• Cinéma (Feature Films) Feature film productions for theatrical release, distributed through cinema exhibition channels.
• Podcasts Audio podcast productions distributed as standalone audio content.
• Formats courts (Short Formats) Short-format audiovisual content productions.
• Reportages (News Reports) News and current affairs report productions.
• Mon Côté Sud (TV Magazine) Regional lifestyle and cultural magazine show featuring personalities from the South of France, with multiple seasons and episodes; produced for television broadcast.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Cinétévé: Paris-based independent producer of documentaries, TV movies and series for French public broadcasters. Comparable as a similarly sized French indie with a documentary-led, public-broadcaster-focused slate.
• Quad Productions: French independent producer of documentaries, TV fiction and feature films for broadcasters and cinema. Comparable as a French indie with overlapping documentary and fiction output and similar distribution relationships.
• Mon Voisin Productions: French independent production company focused on documentaries and factual entertainment for French public broadcasters. Comparable as a similarly sized indie factual producer targeting France Télévisions-style buyers.
• Agat Films & Cie: Independent French documentary and fiction producer supplying public broadcasters and cinema. Direct comparable: similar size, similar mix of documentary, TV fiction, and cinema, similar Paris-based indie model.
• ZED (ZED Productions): French independent production company producing documentaries, magazine shows and factual series for public broadcasters including France Télévisions channels. Comparable as a similarly positioned French indie with overlapping documentary and magazine TV formats.

Broad incumbents

• Banijay Group: World's largest independent content producer with deep French roots, producing entertainment, drama and factual content for major broadcasters including France Télévisions. Comparable as a large-scale French-rooted production counterpart serving the same broadcasters.
• Studiocanal: Canal+-owned French film and series production/distribution company operating in cinema and TV fiction. Comparable as a major French player producing and distributing cinema features and TV content in the same market.
• Federation Entertainment: Paris-based independent production and distribution group producing French-language drama, documentary and unscripted content for broadcasters and global platforms. Comparable as a French indie producer operating across fiction, documentary and international sales.
• Newen (TF1 group): French production and distribution group within TF1, producing fiction, documentary and entertainment for French broadcasters and international buyers. Comparable as a major French fiction and documentary producer working with public channels.

Emerging players

• Elephant Doc: French independent documentary producer with a public-broadcaster focus. Comparable as a small-to-mid French factual producer serving similar commissioning editors on documentaries and reportages.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/13productions13
• Facebookfacebook.com/13prods
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/13-prods

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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