After the Arcom’s decision, confirmed by the Council of State on Wednesday, February 19, the withdrawal of their TNT frequency should act the imminent disappearance of C8 and NRJ12 television channels.
The hopes of C8 and NRJ12 passed out on Wednesday, February 19. The Council of State rendered its decision, unfavorable, resulting in the withdrawal of their frequency TNT and therefore the next end of their broadcast, scheduled for evening February 28, 20 years after their launch. A rare decision, but not unprecedented. It happened twice in Francein 1987 with the TV6 musical channel and in 1992 with the cessation of the five. The Council of State weighed the arguments of the Arch and the complainants, the Canal+ and NRJ groups. And agreed with the regulator.
For C8, the frequency is removed mainly because of the repeated shortcomings of its star host Cyril Hanouna in his program Touche not at my postwhich led the chain to accumulate 7.6 million euros in fines. Thursday, February 20, his insults uttered live towards the LFI deputy Louis Boyard even earned him a fine of 4,000 euros. An incident already sanctioned by the Arch, the regulator of mediaa fine of 3.5 million euros, in the name of the repeated non-mastrise of the antenna. But this is not the only factor. The French billionaire channel Vincent Bolloré has never reached balance and therefore did not demonstrate its financial sustainability.
NRJ12, an estimated “without viability” channel
This is also the case of the other complainant chain, NRJ12, which could not convince the regulator as to its viability. As a reminder, it had only one beneficiary exercise in 20 years and its audiences have never really managed to take off. After broadcasting reality TV shows such as Angels Or Allo Nabilashe bet on entertainment magazines or American series.
However, the Arcom reproached him for the omnipresence of reruns or the remote telets on the antenna, to the detriment of its contractual obligations. She thus pays for a lack of investments in the programs. The Arcom preferred to put an end to this channel when there is room on TNT, even by counting the two short stories expected for June and September: T18, Daniel Kretinsky’s channel, and Ouest France TV on Canal 19 .
An uncertain future for Cyril Hanouna
The fate of the star host of the Canal+group, widely criticized for its repeated frescoes, remains unknown. The M6 group seems ready to recruit it for its W9 and Fun Radio channel. Provided that it is limited to strict entertainment, perhaps sprinkled with a little news or politics, but especially without attacks ad hominem.
Only The Parisianit is again the Canal+ group that holds the rope. This would allow Hanouna to make the same program on the CSTAR channel and stay on Europe1. “” Vincent, it’s my family “The host said about Vincent Bolloré. In any case, from RN to the Republicans, Laurent Wauquiez or Bruno Retailleau, support for Hanouna or C8 is very marked on the right and the far right.
To listen tooDaily debate: was it necessary to deprogram the C8 and NRJ12 channels?