While the future of C8 hangs by a thread, the TPMP show could also disappear… Perhaps putting an end to the collaboration between the Canal group and Cyril Hanouna.
Is the collaboration between Cyril Hanouna’s TPMP and the Canal group coming to an end? While “Touche pas à mon poste” cost 7.6 million euros in fines over eight years, and caused the closure of C8 by Arcom, the future of the show and the presenter are at stake. Canal+ could well end 12 years of collaboration with Cyril Hanouna, reports The Parisian .
“The Canal+ group will broadcast the daily program until February 28, 2025, but not beyond,” a source close to the matter told the newspaper. TPMP could therefore stop completely from next March, the date on which the C8 channel will stop broadcasting. Arcom has in fact decided not to renew its frequency, as well as that of NRJ 12. A measure which was questioned by an appeal to the Council of State, which must render its decision by the end of the year. And according to an executive from the Bolloré group, it holds Cyril Hanouna responsible for the closure of the channel.
“He got angry with three quarters of the PAF”
Is TPMP living its last months of existence? According to the source, the show, which brings together 1.25 million people every evening, recalls The Parisiancould even be stopped just before the Christmas holidays. “January and February are the quietest months in terms of advertising revenue, so I don’t see the point in starting a deadweight loss at the beginning of January.” And the chances of the show being picked up on another channel in the group, Canal+ or CStar, would be close to zero.
The remaining option is to move the show to another channel, which Cyril Hanouna would consider. The presenter met Nicolas de Tavernost, vice-president of the media branch of the shipowner CMA-CGM and interim boss of BFM and RMC. What he confirmed to the newspaper. “We saw each other because we always have to talk to talented people when they have questions about their future, but we don’t have any projects together.” But according to a competitor of Cyril Hanouna, the other channels would not risk saving the show, “for fear of alienating Arcom in turn”. And to add: “Not to mention that by criticizing TV sometimes fiercely, he got angry with three quarters of the PAF (French audiovisual landscape).”