Cyril Hanouna, star host of C8, is about to leave the channel to join a completely different group according to a former columnist. A major change which raises many questions about the future of TPMP…
This is one of the most important developments in television in recent years. At the end of February, two channels will disappear from TNT, NRJ 12 and C8, which have seen their frequencies reallocated to two other channels by the Audiovisual and Digital Communication Regulatory Authority (Arcom), the audiovisual policeman. This disappearance of C8 directly threatens its main host, Cyril Hanounaand his iconic show Don’t touch my postreal locomotives of the Canal+ group channel.
The future and especially the base of Cyril Hanouna and TPMP have therefore been the subject of intense speculation for months. Various hypotheses have circulated recently about the future of the star host, among which remaining on another Canal+ group channel (Canal+, CNews, CStar, etc.) or launching a new channel on the Internet were among them. most serious. But a more surprising path seems to be emerging. According to information from Clément Garrin, blogger and himself TPMP columnist until 2022, Cyril Hanouna is preparing to join a completely different group by the end of February.
“According to my information, the host will leave the Canal group on Thursday February 27 and will prepare for his arrival within the M6 group”, writes the person concerned on X, who specifies that M6 and Hanouna “have not yet signed”, having to wait for a mysterious “final decision from the Council of State”. As a reminder, since December 30, the Council of State has rejected the summary appeals of the C8 and NRJ 12 channels against the non-renewal of their frequency, but it still had to examine the case on the merits “in the coming weeks.”
A new TPMP or a new Hanouna show on W9?
Clément Garrin’s information on Cyril Hanouna obviously remains to be confirmed. “We do not comment on Cyril’s choices, they belong to him and we wish him good luck,” the Canal group’s communication would have responded to the blogger.
The leaders of M6 have in any case been making eyes at the host for a long time. Logically, if there was a transfer, the host could land on W9, the group’s TNT channel, a major competitor of C8 for decades. The latter would indeed seek to strengthen its prime-time access. This departure would also constitute a real media earthquake, Cyril Hanouna being one of the main bridgeheads in the Bolloré empire, owner of Vivendi and therefore of Canal.
The great unknown remains: what will become Don’t Touch My Poste ? Will Cyril Hanouna present a new show on W9 or will he manage to transfer his program while adapting it to his new channel? The next few weeks promise to be decisive for the future of the PAF troublemaker.