For a few moments, he came to support the small group of demonstrators who had gathered this Wednesday, December 18 in front of the Arcom headquarters to make their anger heard. “You know that I am fighting for TPMP to continue“, assured Cyril Hanouna to these C8 viewers, gathered to denounce the decision of the audiovisual regulator to exclude the Canal+ group channel from DTT after February 28, 2025.
“We are working on other avenues”
These demonstrators gathered at the initiative of Radouan Kourak, journalist from Entrevue.fr and columnist for C8, Aurane Reihanian, ex-LR and current elected official of the opposition from Bourg-en-Bresse, and Michel Taube, editorialist for CNews and founder of the Opinion Internationale site. Among the demonstrators was the presence of Émilie Thélot, 41 years old and member of the Reconquête! party. by Eric Zemmour. She explained to AFP that she had come to defend “freedom of expression“. “It’s important to me that all points of view can be expressed.“on television, she estimated.”C8, with ‘TPMP,’ guarantees the expression of these different points of view“, she added.
“We will, of course, continue to do the show until the end of February“, once again affirmed Cyril Hanouna. After that, “we are working on other avenues“to continue the program, said the host and producer again.”Don’t worry, you’ll have your talk show every night. (…) If I go to Canal+, on a new adventure, in the Canal+ group (head office of C8), everyone who worked with me (…) will be privileged”promised Cyril Hanouna to the address “technicians” who work on “Touche pas à mon poste”.
In a press release released on December 12, Arcom confirmed the exclusion of the C8 and NRJ 12 channels from DTT after February 28, 2025 at midnight. A few days earlier, on December 5, the Canal+ group announced that it would withdraw its pay channels from DTT on June 6, 2025, with Canal+ in the lead. Canal+ Cinéma, Canal+ Sport and Planète+ are affected. At the same time, the Canal+ group union indicated that some 250 positions were going to be eliminated within the Vivendi subsidiary, therefore 150 (CDI, CDD, freelancers and intermittent workers) in connection with the shutdown of C8 on TNT .
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As for the H2O teams, Cyril Hanouna’s production company behind “TPMP”, there is concern. “Most of us are convinced that we will be unemployed in March“, an employee confided to our colleagues at “Parisien”.We all know that we shouldn’t believe everything Cyril says, who tells lies from morning to night on this subject.”added a collaborator. On December 11, the host of “TPMP” indicated live on C8 during his show: “Arcom would like us to stop ‘TPMP’ on February 28. Well know that on February 28, we will stop ‘TPMP’… For a weekend, to resume on March 3. We are trying to find out where now. We work with the big bosses.” On CStar, whose renewal on DTT was approved by the audiovisual regulator? A platform created by the host that he has spoken about several times in recent weeks? The mystery still lingers.
