TF1 Group is a French media holding company, the owner of channel TF1, the largest European private TV channel, and of a 49% stake in Eurosport.The group was formed after TF1 was privatised in 1987. It is controlled with a 43% stake by Bouygues, is quoted on Euronext Paris.OperationsTelevisionTF1 Group owns or has a direct stake in the following television channels:TF1, the most popular channel in FranceLCI - La Chaîne Info (launched in 1994)TV Breizh - 80% stakeStylia (ex-Odyssée launched in 1996) - 80% stakeHistoire (launched in 2004) - 80% stakeUshuaïa TV - 80% stakeTMC Monte Carlo - 80% stakeTF6 - 50% stakeSérie Club - 50% stakeNT1HD1 (launched in 2012) In June 2009 TF1 Group agreed to buy the NT1 channel from AB Groupe, as well as AB's 40% stake in TMC Monte Carlo (which would take TF1's total stake to 80%). The deal was cleared by France's competition authority and subsequently by the Council of State in December 2010, dismissing an appeal by Métropole Télévision. As part of the same transaction the group raised its stake in WB Television to 49%.