B SMART Live: Stream France Television Online

Founder

Stéphane Soumier, formerly of BFM Business

Subject

Business, entrepreneurship and the economy

Language

French

B Smart is a French business channel set up by journalist Stéphane Soumier, who previously presented the morning program Good Morning Business on BFM Business. When the project was announced, its backer was CMI France, the French media group owned by Czech investor Daniel Křetínský.

The channel's pitch was to cover the economy from the point of view of the people building companies, rather than to run a constant market ticker. Founders, managers of small and mid-sized businesses, investors and people working on the energy and digital transitions are regular guests, and much of the airtime goes to long interviews and discussion rather than rolling headlines.

Typical subjects include how companies finance their growth, hiring and training, exports, regional economies outside Paris, and the technology and energy choices facing French industry.

For viewers, that makes B Smart better suited to background viewing on how French businesses are adapting than to minute-by-minute market updates. Programs follow Paris time (UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer).

Website: bsmart.fr