The Council of State reduced Tuesday from 300,000 to 150,000 euros a fine imposed by the audiovisual regulator on the chain today disappeared C8, for a program where host Cyril Hanouna had attacked the mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo.
“The amount of 300,000 euros in the sanction imposed on C8 Company (Editor’s note: by Arch in May 2023) must be regarded as excessive, ”said the highest administrative court in his decision consulted by AFP.
The Council of State, which had been seized by C8, brought the fine to 150,000 euros, “having regard to the gravity of the shortcomings in question and all of their characteristics”.
The words targeted had been made in a issue of the program “Touche pas à mon poste” of October 5, 2022. The mayor of Paris, who did not participate, had been invited by Cyril Hanouna in particular to “close his mouth” and to “hunt rats at night instead of saying bullshit”.
-C8, channel of the Canal+ group in the giron of the conservative billionaire Vincent Bolloré, ceased to issue in March after the non-renewal of its frequency by the Arcom.
His eviction of TNT (digital terrestrial television) was largely motivated by the “repeated breaches” of the channel, which has accumulated 7.6 million euros fine because of the slippages of his show Cyril Hanouna.
The latter will join the M6 group in September, for two shows on Fun Radio and on the W9 channel.
