French TV Stocks Slide After Merger to Challenge Netflix Collapses

French TV Stocks Slide After Merger to Challenge Netflix Collapses
French television group M6 headquarters in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris on May 21, 2021. Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters
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PARIS/MILAN—The collapse of a deal to form a French TV giant to challenge U.S. streaming services such as Netflix knocked shares in M6 Group and TF1 on Monday.

France’s two biggest private broadcasters gave up their merger plan on Friday citing French antitrust requirements that rendered the deal unworkable.