Télé 7 Jours Magazine is a digital replica and TV program guide for French families, available on iOS.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Entertainment
Sentiment
5.0
5 reviews
Nemesis
Disney Advertising Sales
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to navigate weekly television schedules and access curated entertainment news, serving the job of a structured, reliable media companion.
For Families and television viewers seeking a comprehensive, curated guide to weekly TV programming and entertainment news.
What does it look like?
Key features
Full-issue digital replica with zoom, annotation, and bookmarking tools.
Comprehensive weekly TV schedule covering terrestrial, TNT, and cable bouquets.
Weekly articles covering celebrity interviews and lifestyle topics.
How much does it cost?
Subscription model anchored at 33.99 € per year, utilizing iTunes billing for automated renewal.
Velocity
Dormant developmentperformanceUX improvementsShow more...
The application exhibits a zombie development status, with no releases in the last 35 months. The release history shows extremely sporadic activity, with gaps spanning years between updates. The latest release focused on minor performance improvements, and there is no evidence of active development or live operations.
Who built it?
CMI France
12 apps tracked · Entertainment
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Not enough recent reviews to extract reliable themes yet.
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Competitive landscape for Télé 7 Jours Magazine
How's the Entertainment market?
The app maintains a 5.0 rating on the iOS platform, though the limited review count of 5 suggests a niche, highly loyal user base rather than mass-market penetration.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By Disney
This app competes for the attention of media professionals and industry stakeholders who track television programming schedules and content distribution.
- Provides exclusive access to upfront schedules and pilot streaming for industry-specific media planning workflows
- Features robust content management tools that cater to professional B2B users rather than casual readers
- Utilizes a pre-authorized login system that creates a high barrier to entry for unauthorized users
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Key takeaways for Télé 7 Jours Magazine
Where is it heading?
The market for traditional TV guides is consolidating as viewers shift to on-demand platforms. The app's stable, high-rating niche provides a base, but the lack of feature evolution leaves it vulnerable to competitors offering modern discovery tools.
- The app maintains a stable, high-rating niche, but the lack of feature updates suggests a maintenance-mode posture rather than aggressive growth.
The SWOT
- 60-year brand heritage sustains trust among legacy print readers.
- Integrated puzzle suite increases weekly session frequency.
- Implement a limited free-tier for program listings to drive top-of-funnel acquisition.
- Integrate push notifications for specific show alerts to increase daily engagement.
Next best moves
Ship a free-tier for program listings because the current mandatory subscription blocks top-of-funnel growth → increase install-to-subscriber conversion.
The counter-intuitive read
The app's reliance on a mandatory subscription is…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Real-time program alerts (available in AE Cinemas but absent here) +1
Since the last report: The app's strategic focus shifted from transactional feature expansion to addressing user acquisition barriers caused by its mandatory subscription model.
Bottom line
The app leverages strong brand loyalty to maintain a subscription-only model, but the lack of free-tier discovery limits growth, so the PM should prioritize a freemium program-listing layer to capture casual users.
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