10 March – The Presidential Office confirms that three French sports personalities taking part in the reality television series Dropped were among 10 people killed in a helicopter crash in Argentina's La Rioja province the previous day. Yachtswoman Florence Arthaud, Olympic swimmer Camille Muffat and Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine were taking part in filming for the series at the time of the crash.[1]
12 March – Emji wins the eleventh series of Nouvelle Star.
8–9 April – Hackers claiming to belong to the militant group Islamic State cause channels operated by TV5Monde to go off-air, and post material on its social media protesting against French military action in Iraq.[2]