[7] Groupe France Antilles was a major newspaper publisher although, as one of the entities resulting from the 1986 antitrust split of media mogul Robert Hersant's empire, its portfolio of titles was viewed as unbalanced.

[15] Through his Editions Suisses publishing group, Philippe Hersant also held a participation in the Swiss channels Léman Bleu and TVM3, respectively based in the Geneva and Lausanne agglomerations.

[16] To support the young network, Hersant Média partnered with France Télévisions and NRJ Group to start Uni TV, an advertising sales agency tailored for local televisions.

The network experienced a substantial setback when its TéléAlsace cable channel, a rare wholly owned entity,[18] lost on the new DTT licence in the Strasbourg-Mulhouse market to rival Alsatic TV, which was led by a strong coalition of regional players including Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace, L'Alsace, RC Strasbourg and SIG Basket.

Harmstrung by a loss of advertising revenue incurred by the 2008 recession and free Internet competition for its paid classified magazines, the group ceded its portfolio of local channels to separate regional investors.