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The world of pictures…
So the Glénat group came into the 2000s on a basis which allowed it to view the future
comfortably, by consolidating and diversifying its activities around the picture industry.
In comic strip, the “ground-breaking” Titeuf, the public’s obsession with esoteric series
(Triangle Secret, Décalogue, 3 e Testament….) and the presence of essential basic catalogue
items (Joe Bar Team, Mafalda, Peter Pan, Maître de l’Orge….) made the Glénat
Group henceforth the 1 st independant player in comic strip in France and Europe.
In the Books activity, the Glénat Group strengthened its Nature and Sea catalogues by the
acquisition of new publishing houses, while certain collections, became best-sellers (Contes
for children by Marlène Jobert published by Atlas Livres, Guides d’Alpinisme et de
Randonnée by Glénat Livres).
In 2003 the Group strengthened its activities in the area of production/photogravure, by
creating a specialised entity, Glénat Production.
Finally the Glénat Group has now become equally involved in television. So TV coproductions
were initiated around well-known series like Titeuf, while the cinema world
showed a more pronounced interest in purchasing licences for the great comic strip series
(Le Triangle Secret, Balade au bout du Monde, Les Pieds Nickelés, Giacomo C.,...).
Glénat continued this diversification into television with a particular interest in alpine
television, where it took shares in the capital of TV 8 Mont-Blanc.
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