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Premières Lignes

French investigative journalism agency and television production company behind Cash Investigation.

Last updated September 27, 2026

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Overview

Premières Lignes (also known as Premières Lignes télévision or PLTV) is a French press agency and television production company founded in 2006 and specialised in televised investigative journalism. It is led by journalist Luc Hermann and reporter Paul Moreira. The company produces its own investigative programme for France 2, Cash Investigation, and has contributed to a wide range of French and international current-affairs strands, including Spécial Investigation on Canal+, Le Doc du dimanche on France 5, Envoyé spécial on France 2, Arte Reportage and Pièces à conviction on France 3. Its output covers subjects such as cybercrime, terrorism, Russian oligarchs, the food industry and sex work, often in the form of long-form documentaries and investigations. In 2016 the company reported revenue of €4,544,200. On 25 September 2020, while the trial over the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack was under way, two employees of the agency were attacked with a meat cleaver in rue Nicolas-Appert, in front of the building that houses the production company's headquarters and formerly housed the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

History

Premières Lignes télévision was created in 2006 as a press agency and production company dedicated to televised investigative journalism. It was founded and is led by journalist Luc Hermann and reporter Paul Moreira. From its base in Paris, the company built a reputation for hard-hitting investigations produced for major French broadcasters. Its work has appeared in Spécial Investigation on Canal+, Le Doc du dimanche on France 5, Envoyé spécial on France 2, Arte Reportage and Pièces à conviction on France 3. It also produces its own investigative programme for France 2, Cash Investigation. In 2016 the company reported revenue of €4,544,200. On 25 September 2020, during the trial of the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack, two employees of the agency were attacked with a meat cleaver in rue Nicolas-Appert, in front of the building that houses the production company's headquarters and formerly housed Charlie Hebdo. The company continues to produce documentaries and investigations, with recent titles including 22h01 13 novembre 2015 Bataclan, Poutine et les oligarques and Putain de travail !.

  • 2020

    Two employees attacked with a meat cleaver in front of the company's headquarters on 25 September.

  • 2016

    Reported revenue of €4,544,200.

  • 2006

    Premières Lignes télévision founded as a press agency and production company.

Products and positioning

Independent French agency specialising in high-profile televised investigative journalism and documentary production.

Product categories. Investigative television documentaries · Current-affairs programmes · Television production services

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