Cyril Hanouna will have to change channels, Arcom withdraws his frequency

2024-07-24 21:18:37

Cyril Hanouna is currently without a television channel. Arcom has decided to withdraw its frequency from the C8 channel, which has already been in the hot seat for several weeks. What future for TPMP, which is no longer supported today?

They dare to “touch your post”. Arcom (Regulatory authority for audio and digital communication) has decided to limit the C8 channel of the TNT frequency, according to the information presented by AFP on Thursday July 24. The chain, mainly wearing about Cyril Hanouna and its emissions, should therefore possibly disappear in the coming week. Will the star host find a new foundation on the airwaves of the team led by Vincent Bolloré? Canal +, but also CNews channels or CStar channels take a TNT frequency and you can welcome the former host of France 4 and maybe even his flagship show, “Touche pas à mon Poste”.

C8 has been singled out several times in recent months by the audiovisual police, after numerous slips by Cyril Hanouna on air. The Council of State confirmed in July a record price of 3.5 million euros imposed on the channel after insults by the host himself against LFI deputy Louis Boyard last November. Another fine of 500,000 euros was also approved following comments by a TPMP visitor on an alleged drug based on the blood of children consumed by humans. In total, Cyril Hanouna’s slips have already cost C8 more than 7.5 million euros.

Confronted with the many flaws of TPMP, C8 decided to prevent live broadcasting at the beginning of the school year and to broadcast with little delay. Caution which is apparently not enough for Arcom.

A press release from Arcom, responsible for the allocation and management of frequencies in France, confirms that “25 applications are said to be acceptable, one of which excludes “in view of the end, in 2025, of orders for fifteen services” If the C8 disappears, such as the NRJ12 channel, the channel of Ouest-France and and RéelsTV, a project is already underway. by entrepreneur Daniel Kretinsky, has acquired the broadcast rights V.water lThe following projects selected by Arcom for the next ten years:

BFM TV (BFM TV Stations)
CANAL+ (publishing company CANAL PLUS)
CANAL+ CINEMA(S) (publishing company of CANAL PLUS)
CANAL+ SPORT (publishing company of CANAL PLUS)
CNEWS (Centre of information service)
CSTAR (CSTAR company)
GULLI (JEUNESSE TV Company)
LCI (LA CHAÎNE INFO COMPANY)
TI TV (TV company OUEST-FRANCE)
PARIS PREMIERE (PARIS PREMIERE company)
PLANETE+ (Canal+ Thématiques Company)
RÉELSTV (CMI France company)
TFX (TFX Company)
TMC (TELE MONTE CARLO COMPANY)
W9 (EDI-TV company)

“Arcom bases itself on the requirements mentioned in articles 29, 30 and 30-1 of the law of September 30, 1986, in particular evaluating the need of each project for the public with regard to the importance of the Multi-cultural flow of expression. The authority will now establish contracts with each of the selected candidates, a special condition for issuing the authorization to use the radio resource on DTT, for a maximum period of ten years”, indicates the example.

07/24/24 – 11:18 pm – Little chance we see TPMP disappear after the end of C8?

LIVE END – While Cyril Hanouna’s show always crosses the threshold of a million viewers, showing significant advertising revenue, the end of C8 should, unless there is a general surprise, not sign the end Do not touch My TV. If Cyril Hanouna “is not on C8, he will be on another channel tomorrow! He received offers a few months ago”, confirmed recently to Figaro Gérald-Brice Viret, director general of Canal + France. Rumors previously pointed to the broadcast of an unprotected show on Canal +, but it is still not excluded that the show, which is owned by the production company and not the broadcaster, intends to change the creams. The future of TPMP is therefore today more in the hands of Stéphane Courbit and the production company Banijay, of which he is the President, than of the Canal + group.

07/24/24 – 10:32 pm – This date when the Council of State revoked the Arcom decision

For the defenders of C8, the idea that the Council of State can change the decision of the audio police is a great comfort. Even if nothing is planned. This is what actually happened. In March 2016, the National Council “annulled the resolution of the CSA [ex-Arcom ndlr.] to remove the authority from the company that operates Channel Number 23”. Contact Wednesday through Le FigaroThe Council of State confided that it has “at this stage no information on a possible filing of an appeal”, insisting however that Arcom’s announcement about the Canal + channel group is very recent.

07/24/24 – 9:54 pm – Éric Ciotti launched a petition to request the treatment of C8 on TNT

“No to withdrawal of C8!” This is the title of the petition launched on Thursday evening by Éric Ciotti on the website Mesopinions.com. Some 3,500 people have already signed up. “Our crazy system gives priority to left-wing ideas on success. It seems to be guided by a dangerous bias: if people look bad (and vote bad) then let’s pull the people of the channels that bothers them”, contradicts the person who decides. to unite the forces of the Republicans with those of the National Rally during the legislative elections. “Voltaire’s country cannot cause the media to riot as authoritarian regimes do.

No to the censorship of C8 by the authorities!
Let’s protect freedom of expression.
Sign in and share the petition to request treatment @C8TV on TNT ✍️⬇️
— Eric Ciotti (@ECiotti) July 24, 2024

07/24/24 – 9:11 pm – The Council of State can also cancel Arcom’s decision

According to BFM journalist Raphaël Grably, the Council of State can also cancel Arcom’s decision and allow C8 to regain the frequency on TNT. He “has already canceled a decision by Arcom to remove a DTT frequency”, referring to his X account media and technical specialist, who remembers that the Canal + group has not yet responded to the sanction.

07/24/24 – 8:25 pm – When will channel C8 disappear from TNT?

If Arcom’s announcement of non-renewal of the DTT frequency of the channel falls this Thursday, July 24, C8 will not disappear from DTT for several months. So the Canal + group channel will still be able to be watched by viewers until the end of February 2025, i.e. for another six months.

07/24/24 – 7:52 pm – After C8, the end of CNews is hopeful or afraid about some

In the eyes of the audiovisual police, the ongoing news channel CNews finally escaped the same fate as C8. If you keep your TNT frequency, some room express their concern about your future, while others do not understand that you can maintain it. “Arcom does not renew C8, but does not see the problem with CNews, the first movement of the extreme right which increases racism and abusive comments under the cover of ‘personal feelings’ and ‘tell the truth’. TV Bolloré will continue its destruction. work with absolute indifference”, lamented the vice-president of the rebels in the Assembly, Nadège Abomangoli, while the vice-president of the National Rally, Caroline Parmentier, was afraid: “The next step: the destruction of CNews … We will fight . for freedom of speech!”

07/24/24 – 7:22 pm – Finnfindo of frequency, C8 condemned to disappear?

Not necessarily. Now, the response of the Canal + team after the loss of the frequency C8 is still waiting. But as pointed out The Parisian, the removal of whose frequency does not necessarily rhyme with the end of C8. The channel, which broadcasts TPMP, may well continue to be broadcast on the Internet, through boxes or connected televisions.

07/24/24 – 6:53 pm – With the end of C8, the end of TPMP?

Again, no guarantee. The followers of Don’t touch My TV can kill hope. If no one has already spoken on this topic, it is entirely possible at this stage that Cyril Hanouna’s show will be moved to another channel in the Canal + group. But it is also possible that TPMP ends on the Twitch platform. There are many options on the table.

07/24/24 – 6:21 pm – With the loss of its TNT frequency, C8 really suffering?

It is clear that if TNT sites are coveted, it is because there is a need. For C8, the loss of its frequency represents “a real disability because only 20% of the population has access to programs through TNT”, testified on this site Zineb Idrissi, specialist in effective communication and media, to our colleagues of Figaro.

07/24/24 – 5:34 pm – Arcom “hates freedom of expression” according to UNI

The UNI student union, which is classified as far right, also criticized Arcom’s decision, clearly angered by the lack of renewal of the chain after the multiplication of sanctions. “The channels that broadcast the announcement with our taxes (Franceinfo) are maintained. The Berlin Wall did not fall so that we could attract the French. Support for the C8 and the Bolloré group, victims of the public order that hates freedom of expression”, wrote the student.