Businessman Xavier Niel, owner of the telecoms group Iliad (Free) and shareholder of several press titles, is a candidate for the takeover of a TNT frequency as part of the renewal of those of TF1 and M6, according to a Arcom press release published on Monday 23 January.
Three files have been submitted for the takeover of these channels: those of TF1 and M6, already holders of the existing frequencies, and that of a company of Xavier Niel, whose project called “SIX” shows that it is targeting the current frequency of M6.
The authorizations for the TF1 and M6 channels for their broadcast on DTT expire on May 5th. The hearings of the three candidates by Arcom, the media regulator, will take place on February 15, for an hour and a half each.
Xavier Niel is the eighth fortune of France, according to the ranking Forbesand is notably a shareholder of the group The world (Le Monde, Télérama, La Vie, Le Monde diplomatique, Courrier international).
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